An educational card game 10 including at least one deck of cards 20 comprising a plurality of individual cards 21 having a front face 22 and a rear face 23. The rear faces 23 are provided with a generic legend 24 and selected pairs of front faces 22 are provided with a pictorial representation 25 and a descriptive legend 26, respectively, of a related species that is covered by the generic legend 24 that appears on the rear face 23 of each playing card 21.