The shoes

Eight mechanically-distinct decks. The Playing shoe is orthodox 52; the rest are reclaimed by climbing the High Table.

Shoe	What it does
The playing deck	Orthodox 52 cards. The blackjack you remember.
The tarot deck	Face cards replaced by Major Arcana. They have opinions — and each one dealt to you pays +10 chips, +20 for the cruel ones, win or lose.
The bone deck	No court, only bone. Every card of a winning hand grinds to chips.
The decimated deck	Your tens, decimated from the shoe. In return, your 21 always wins.
The true deck	Only two suits, doubled. Suited hands run true and often.
The twinned deck	No small change — five up. Pairs run thick; split them deep.
The sevened deck	Eights gone, sevens doubled. Three of a kind, within reach.
The court deck	The court doubled — faces run thick. Your blackjack pays even.