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In the manga, there are 19 cards featured, whereas in the anime this number
has grown to be 52 (excluding the card created during the 2nd movie).

Has there ever been a reason given for this large expansion?


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Why did the anime have so many additional cards?


As far as I can tell, there has never been an explanation given for this
change. However, there is one major difference between the manga and the anime
that may have led to this. In the anime, Meiling Li comes to help Syaoran Li
collect the Clow Cards. This may have caused a need for more episodes to deal
with her getting in the way of Sakura collecting Clow Cards, which required
more Clow Cards to exist.

This is the major difference between the manga and the anime in terms of the
collecting Clow Cards arc, but this is only speculation.

There are six "leader" cards (The Dark, The Earthy, The Firey, The Windy, The
Light, and The Watery) and all remaining cards, whether part of the original
19 or part of other 33, fall under the leadership of one of those six. While
the creators of the anime made 33 more cards, they did not make any more
leader cards, implying that these cards are filler.

More information about the Clow Cards can be found here:
<http://ccs.wikia.com/wiki/Clow_Cards>


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In addition to filler cards, if you reflect upon the number, it's the same as
the original deck of cards: 52 cards. Why 52? Although some have not been
physically shown to have been captured (time span between episode 35 and 36
which was spring break), it can represent that concept of cards. The addition
of the combination of the last two cards (the Hope card) in the movie can be
categorized as the Joker card which can be anything you want it to be (which
makes sense). Although, this is speculation on comparison with a regular set
of the deck of cards.


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