made some updates to card and dealer to deal with face cards

card.py

@@ -11,5 +11,9 @@ class Card:
 
     def deal(self):
         self.face = randint(1, 11)
+        #I think here we should return 1-13 to include ace and face cards.
+        #This will make checking if 4 of a kind have been dealt easier.
+        #THEN when it comes to scoring we can use the value to calculate face cards as 10 points.
+        
         return self.face
 

dealer.py

@@ -2,18 +2,45 @@ import retro
 from card import Card
 #this code will be for creating a player to play against or to deal cards and to ask about your next action to continue the game.
 #this code will be the agent refered to as dealer for now.
+dealer_hand=[]
+player1_hand=[]
+
+def deal_first():
 
-def deal_first:
-    dealer_hand=[]
-    player1_hand=[]
 
     #deal two cards to the dealer one up and one down
     dealer_show = Card()
-    print("dealer shown card:"+ dealer_show)
+    while is_card_valid(dealer_show) == False:
+        dealer_show = Card()
+    if dealer_show == 1:
+        print("dealer shown card:"+ "Ace")
+    if dealer_show == 10:
+        print("dealer shown card:"+ "Jack")
+    #continue code here to show the correct face based on what was drawn
+
+        print("dealer shown card:"+ str(dealer_show))
+    
     dealer_hand.append(dealer_show)
+        
     dealer_hidden = Card()
     print("▮")
     dealer_hand.append(dealer_hidden)
-
     #deal two cards to the player (both showing since it's one player)
+    
+    
+def is_card_valid(card):
+    cards_dealt = []
+    
+    
+    for card_face in cards_dealt:
+        if card_face == card:
+            return False
+        else:
+            cards_dealt.append(card)
+            return True
+            
+deal_first()
+    
+    
+