public Card[] deal(int numCards) {
        if (cards.length - numCards > 0) {

            int subDeck = cards.length - numCards;

            Card [] smaller = new Card[subDeck];

            for (int i = 0; i < smaller.length; i++) {
                smaller[i] = cards[numCards + i];
            }

            Card [] dealtHand = new Card[numCards];

            for (int i = 0; i < dealtHand.length; i++) {
                dealtHand[i] = cards[i];
            }
            cards = smaller;
            return dealtHand;
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }