diff --git a/src/card.rs b/src/card.rs
index 048a87d..6c9cecf 100644
--- a/src/card.rs
+++ b/src/card.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ pub struct Card {
 }
 
 impl Card {
+  /// Create a new card from the given Cell array
+  pub const fn new(cells: [Cell; 9]) -> Self {
+    Self {
+      cells,
+      nw: false,
+      n: false,
+      ne: false,
+      w: false,
+      e: false,
+      sw: false,
+      s: false,
+      se: false,
+    }
+  }
+
   /// Produces a new card by stacking another on top of this one.
   pub fn merge(self, top: Self) -> (Self, Option<Self>) {
     let mut new_card = Self::default();