Only The Ladder Is Real

Bookmark credit: "Las Escalera" and "La Bandera" from Lotería (attributed to Don Clemente Gallo, 1887).

Cards:

• "Diplomat" (Lorraine Schleter, 2016), from Dominion - Intrigue, card game by Donald X. Vaccarino, published by Rio Grande Games.
• "Ambassador" (Samuel Araya, 2019), from Invisible Sun, RPG by Monte Cook.
• "The Letter" (Colleen Hardy, 2022), in the Alleyman Tarot, originally in The Enchanted Woods Lenormand.