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{{Game|358}}
{{Game|358}}
{{InfoWeapon358
{{InfoWeapon358
|name=High Roller's Secret
|name=High Roller’s Secret
|katakana=勝負師のお守り
|katakana=勝負師のお守り
|romaji=Shōbushi no Omamori
|romaji=Shōbushi no Omamori
|jpname=Gambler's Charm
|japname=Gambler's Charm
|image=High Roller's Secret KHD.png
|desc=A weapon that draws forth its wielder's personality.
|desc=A weapon that draws forth its wielder's personality.
|str=+90
|str=+90
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|char=Luxord
|char=Luxord
}}
}}
The '''High Roller's Secret''' is a deck of [[Cards]] that can be wielded by [[Luxord]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''. It represents Luxord's personality.
The '''High Roller's Secret''' is a deck of Cards that can be wielded by [[Luxord]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''. It represents Luxord's personality.
 
==Development==
High Roller's Secret was originally planned to be a banknote with a value of 10 and a portrait depicting Luxord's face in its center.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Ultimania]]''''', pg 483</ref>


==Design==
==Design==
A "card" from the High Roller's Secret deck is shaped like a four-leaf clover. It has the four distinctive, heart-shaped leaves of a clover and is colored in shades of light green.
A "card" from the High Roller's Secret deck is shaped like a four-leaf clover. It has the four distinctive, heart-shaped leaves of a clover and is colored in shades of light green. According to the [[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania#Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Ultimania|''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' Ultimania]], it was originally planned to be a ten-dollar bill.


High Roller's Secret is one of only four of Luxord's weapons whose name is not drawn from one of twenty-two cards that make up a {{w|Tarot}} deck's {{w|Major Arcana}}. The others are [[The Joker]], [[Fair Game]], and [[Finest Fantasy 13]]. Instead, its name is drawn from the superstition that four-leaf clovers are blessed with good luck.
High Roller's Secret is one of only four of Luxord's weapons whose name is not drawn from one of twenty-two cards that make up a [[wikipedia:Tarot|Tarot]] deck's [[wikipedia:Major Arcana|Major Arcana]]. The others are [[The Joker]], [[Fair Game]], and [[Finest Fantasy 13]]. Instead, its name is drawn from the superstition that four-leaf clovers are blessed with good luck.


The High Roller's Secret represents Luxord's reliance on luck and chance to assure victory.  
The High Roller's Secret represents Luxord's reliance on luck and chance to assure victory.  
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The aerial combo consists of Luxord throwing his "cards" forwards in a boomerang-like fashion, followed by a spinning leap, surrounded in an upward spiral of "cards", and ends by riding a larger version of one the "cards" like a surfboard while performing a forward 360° spinning attack with larger versions of the "cards" held in each hand.
The aerial combo consists of Luxord throwing his "cards" forwards in a boomerang-like fashion, followed by a spinning leap, surrounded in an upward spiral of "cards", and ends by riding a larger version of one the "cards" like a surfboard while performing a forward 360° spinning attack with larger versions of the "cards" held in each hand.


==Notes and references==
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*Artwork by Tetsuya Nomura shows that Luxord's original Mystery Gear weapon were designed as dollar bills.-->
 
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