# Basic (and reversed card) not working and creates duplicate card

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**Category:** Card Design\
**Created:** [January 20, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/basic-and-reversed-card-not-working-and-creates-duplicate-card/26590 "2023-01-20T19:43:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![camillafoglesong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@camillafoglesong](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/camillafoglesong)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/basic-and-reversed-card-not-working-and-creates-duplicate-card/26590/1 "2023-01-20T19:43:07Z")

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Whenever I try to use a basic (and reversed card) card type it just creates two identical cards instead of the second one being the reverse. The second card is the always same as the first.  
I have included screenshots to show the problem.

 ![Screen Shot 2023-01-20 at 2.39.26 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/6/68675f97c70c59506621353b8af65d06f1afe36a.jpeg)  
 ![Screen Shot 2023-01-20 at 2.39.34 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/2/256d5695fc5e5b6d9313d93198c27513efa4984e.jpeg)  
 ![Screen Shot 2023-01-20 at 2.40.34 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/0/03781c4c82daaa30d03de190266080f94b31c1b0.jpeg)  
 ![Screen Shot 2023-01-20 at 2.41.15 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/3/308d4bdf5d1580490ceaf2d6b6f18ff22029c63a.jpeg)  
 ![Screen Shot 2023-01-20 at 2.41.44 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/f/ffb0ab62208eaef9c75dc078d7705f2bf994ac61.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![daddydave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@daddydave](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/daddydave)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/basic-and-reversed-card-not-working-and-creates-duplicate-card/26590/2 "2023-01-20T20:23:52Z")

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That looks right to me. Front and Back are just field names in the last screenshot. Use that Preview button in the last screenshot to see the finished product

From the third and fourth screenshots, you can see that it displays the (Back) field on the front of the card. The double meanings of the words Front and Back are a little confusing at first.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/basic-and-reversed-card-not-working-and-creates-duplicate-card/26590/3 "2023-01-23T05:29:13Z")

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With the default settings, the first card is shown again after a 10 minute delay when you press good, which may cause you to think you’re seeing two of the same cards.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/basic-and-reversed-card-not-working-and-creates-duplicate-card/26590/4 "2023-02-22T05:29:35Z")

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