Card Club

The Card Club is an elite group of Triple Triad players in Final Fantasy VIII. Made up of students and faculty members of Balamb Garden, the identities of the members of the Club are unknown, and the player must scour the Garden to find them. The Club members will only acknowledge their membership once the previous member has been defeated. Though there is no reward in particular for beating the Card Club, their members hold many rare cards.

The members of the Card Club are as follows:


 * 1) Jack, who was the first to mention the CC Group to Squall. He is also the first member to challenge Squall once he had considerable skill in Triple Triad. He is found in the main lobby.
 * 2) Knight Club, who is only interested in playing Triple Triad with Squall, and says nothing else except "Draw..." to challenge him. He is found outside of the dormitories along the circular walkway.
 * 3) Princess Diamond, who is a pair of female Garden students and holds many of Triple Triad's high level cards. They are found with Jack in the main lobby, walking up to and standing in front of the directory.
 * 4) Prince Spade, who gave Squall his first deck of Triple Triad cards. He is found on the second floor in the hall leading to the elevator.
 * 5) Queen Heart, who is Xu and holds many high level cards, which includes the Carbuncle card. Her location varies depending on when in the storyline the player looks for her.
 * 6) Master King, who is revealed to be Quistis Trepe, holds many high level cards, including the Gilgamesh card. She only challenges Squall in his dorm room when he rests after defeating Heart.
 * 7) Magician Joker, who holds the Leviathan card. He updates the battle meter and acts as a shopkeeper in Balamb Garden's training center and the Ragnarok spaceship. He appears randomly on a platform overlooking the water in the training center.

Dr. Kadowaki also mentions she once served as Master King, but was defeated by an unspecified student (presumably Quistis) several years prior. She does not hold any rare cards.

The CC Group, like everyone else, are caught in the Time Compression initiated by Sorceress Ultimecia but they survive by boarding the spaceship Ragnarok. Here, the group members, including Quistis, will wander the airship's halls waiting to challenge Squall with rules from around the world. Of particular note, Diamond will use any rare cards Squall has missed during the game, albeit she uses them one at a time.