best way to implement a deck for a card game in python

Question

What is the best way to store the cards and suits in python so that I can hold a reference to these values in another variable?

For example, if I have a list called

Answer 1

You could simply use a number, and decide on a mapping between number and "card". For example:

number MOD 13 = face value (after a +1)

number DIV 13 = suit