alsa.card versus index

[Tom Horsley]

If I run "pacmd list-cards" I get very confusing output
where the card with index: 0 has the property
alsa.card = "1", and the card with index: 1
has the property alsa.card = "0"

Since none of the command line utilities
that deal with cards ever document which
card number they mean in the help info,
I'd really like the numbers to match in
order to keep my head from exploding.

Anyone know how to influence either of these
numbers?