No. Only eights have a special power here. There are no skip, reverse or draw-two cards, so every other card is played only by rank or suit.
In this game the only special card is the eight. Queens, twos, aces and jacks are ordinary cards, so there is no skip, no reverse, and no draw-two or draw-four penalty.
Where the confusion comes from
Many families play house rules that give other cards a power, such as a 2 that makes the next player draw two, or a queen that skips a turn. Those rules vary from table to table, which is why searches for them give different answers. Here, every non-eight card follows the same rule: match the rank or the active suit of the top discard.
- Eights: wild, and you name the suit.
- All other cards: played by matching rank or suit.
- No match: draw one card.
With so few special cards, choosing what to play matters more than luck; see the strategy guide.