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...

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...

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...

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...

52-card French-suited deck comprises 13 ranks in each of the four suits: clubs (♣), diamonds (♦), hearts (♥) and spades (♠). Each suit includes three...

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...

hearts, and spades. This ranking is used in the game of bridge. ♦♣♥♠ Alternating colors Diamonds, followed by clubs, hearts, and spades. Similar to alphabetical...

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...

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...

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...