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! width="120" | [[Ace]]
! width="120" | [[Ace]] (Change[[Hercules beetle|Beetle]])
! width="120" | 2
! width="120" | 2 (Slash[[Lizard]])
! width="120" | 3
! width="120" | 3 (Beat[[Lion]])
! width="120" | 4
! width="120" | 4 (Tackle[[Wild boar|Boar]])
! width="120" | 5
! width="120" | 5 (Kick[[Locust]])
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! width="120" | 6
! width="120" | 6 (Thunder[[Deer]])
! width="120" | 7
! width="120" | 7 (Metal[[Bear]])
! width="120" | 8
! width="120" | 8 (None)
! width="120" | 9
! width="120" | 9 (Mach[[Jaguar]])
! width="120" | 10
! width="120" | 10 (None)
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! width="120" | [[Jack (playing card)|Jack]]
! width="120" | [[Jack (playing card)|Jack]] (Fusion[[Eagle]])
! width="120" | [[Queen (playing card)|Queen]]
! width="120" | [[Queen (playing card)|Queen]] (None)
! width="120" | [[King (playing card)|King]]
! width="120" | [[King (playing card)|King]] (None)
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==Combo==
* Lightning Slash({{Spades}}2+{{Spades}}6) AP:2600
* Lightning Blast({{Spades}}5+{{Spades}}6) AP:2700
* Lightning Sonic({{Spades}}5+{{Spades}}6+{{Spades}}9) AP:2800


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 11:02, 5 July 2009

Spades is one of the four suits found in the "international" deck of playing cards. The standard "international" deck uses the French suit system.

In bridge, it ranks highest out of the four suits. In some card games of Germanic origin such as Skat or Sheepshead, the suits rank: clubs, spades, hearts, and diamonds. In cartomancy, it is typically associated with death.[clarification needed][citation needed]

The symbol was first used on French playing cards, made in Rouen and Lyon in the 15th Century, around the time that playing cards were first mass-produced by the use of woodcuts.

In the Germanic countries the spade was the symbol associated with the blade of a spade. In German and Dutch the suit is also, alternately, named Schüppen and schoppen (shovel).

It is often stated that the suit is named after Spanish espada (sword), but this is not likely. In Germany and Scandinavia, Spanish playing cards were not in use, and Spanish loanwords in these languages were rare. It should also be noted that the Spanish name for the French suit is picas - not espadas.

In some parts of Britain, namely the West Midlands, the suit can be known as cabbages, or cabbage-leaf, which is a direct correlation with the German suit of "leaves".[citation needed]

Analogues in other suits

Meanings in other languages

Сodes of symbol

Unicode — U+2660 and U+2664:

♠ ♤

HTML♠ (♠) and ♤:

♠ ♤

Example cards

Ace (ChangeBeetle) 2 (SlashLizard) 3 (BeatLion) 4 (TackleBoar) 5 (KickLocust)
Ace of spades 2 of spades 3 of spades 4 of spades 5 of spades
6 (ThunderDeer) 7 (MetalBear) 8 (None) 9 (MachJaguar) 10 (None)
6 of spades 7 of spades 8 of spades 9 of spades 10 of spades
Jack (FusionEagle) Queen (None) King (None)
Jack of spades Queen of spades King of spades

Combo

  • Lightning Slash(2+6) AP:2600
  • Lightning Blast(5+6) AP:2700
  • Lightning Sonic(5+6+9) AP:2800

See also

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