Ayelet's Challenge: The Hint to the Hint

28 - 4 = 24

4x3x2x1 =24

• There are just 28 cards available, 4 have been displayed, so the card that Ayelet holds is just one of 24.
• One can assign - in various ways - a number 1..24 to the hidden card
• The four cards laid down are laid down in a definite sequence.
• There are 24 possible sequences of 4 cards.
• So Ayelet laid down a NUMBER that specifies the missing card.

There is a like challenge with a 124 card pack, also comprised of equal numbers of four suits.

But differing in precisely one other detail from Ayelet's Challenge.

Could one add a Joker to THIS pack, and still use the rejected cards, laid down, to indicate the hidden card ?

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