Spades () (French: Pique) is one of the four playing card suits in the standard French-suited playing cards. It has the same shape as the leaf symbol...
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and the black suits (spades and clubs). Rank is used to indicate the major (spades and hearts) versus minor (diamonds and clubs) suits. Shape is used...
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being decided by the highest bidder or at random, the spade suit always trumps, hence the name. Spades was devised in the Midwest of the United States in...
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The queen of spades (Q♠) is a face card in decks of French-suited playing cards and Tarot, depicting a queen of the spades (♠) suit and associated with...
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Standard 52-card deck (redirect from Two of Spades)
52-card French-suited deck comprises 13 ranks in each of the four suits: clubs (♣), diamonds (♦), hearts (♥) and spades (♠). Each suit includes three...
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they can be used in some games as a pair with Spades (suit), like Klondike (solitaire). However, the suit may also be green, for example as sometimes used...
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hearts, and spades. This ranking is used in the game of bridge. ♦♣♥♠ Alternating colors Diamonds, followed by clubs, hearts, and spades. Similar to alphabetical...
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carreaux (tiles or diamonds ♦), cœurs (hearts ♥), and piques (pikes or spades ♠). Each suit contains three or four face/court cards. In a standard 52-card deck...
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showing a 4-card spade suit, possibly including a 4-card heart suit, or 5 spades and 4 hearts. Opener's rebids: 3♠ = showing 3 spades and denying 4 hearts...
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shovel. Early spades were made of riven wood or of animal bones (often shoulder blades). After the art of metalworking was developed, spades were made with...
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