Initially there was just one, the Knave of Clubs later the Nine of Diamonds was added. However, Brag introduced a key innovation over Post and Pair: the concept of wild cards known as 'braggers'. The rules of Brag first appear in 1721 in The Compleat Gamester where it is referred to as 'The Ingenious and Pleasant Game of Bragg', but in fact, it originates in an almost identical game called Post and Pair which is recorded as far back as 1528 (as Post) and which, in turn, was descended from Primero. It has been described as the 'longest-standing British representative of the Poker family.' History
It is a descendant of the Elizabethan game of Primero and one of the several ancestors to poker, the modern version just varying in betting style and hand rankings.
The highest hand in Three-Card Brag: a prial of 3sīrag is an 18th century British card game, and the British national representative of the vying or 'bluffing' family of gambling games.
