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The spade symbol is a very stylized spearhead shape, pointing upwards, the bottom widening into two arcs of a circle and sweeping towards the centre to then form a sort of foot. Generally, spades are black so they can be used in some games as a pair with Clubs (suit) , like Klondike (solitaire) .
The four French-suited playing cards suits used in the English-speaking world: diamonds (♦), clubs (♣), hearts (♥) and spades (♠) Traditional Spanish suits – clubs, swords, cups and coins – are found in Spain, as well as Hispanic America, Italy and parts of France
Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s. It can be played as either a partnership or solo/"cutthroat" game. The object is to take the number of tricks that were bid before play of the hand began. Spades is a descendant of the whist family of card games, which also includes bridge, hearts, and oh hell.
Spades is a trick-taking card game played with teams of two. The object is for each pair to take at least the number of tricks they bid on before the game begins.
Standard 32-card deck of the Paris pattern. French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of trèfles (clovers or clubs ♣), carreaux (tiles or diamonds ♦), cœurs (hearts ♥), and piques (pikes or spades ♠). Each suit contains three or four face/court cards.
A card that is unguarded by other, usually lower cards in the same suit: "I held the blank king of spades." [20] To discard in such a way as to leave a card unprotected: "She blanked the king of spades." [20] To void a suit. [21] blank suit A suit of which one holds no cards. A void (suit).
Spades is newer than most other popular card games, although its main features-partnerships, bidding, and trumps-derive from older games such as Bid whist, Bridge, Pinochle, and Euchre.
The ace of spades, unique in its large, ornate spade, is sometimes said to be the death card or the picture card, and in some games is used as a trump card. The queen of spades usually holds a sceptre and is sometimes known as " the bedpost queen ", though more often she is called the " black lady ".