Spades

Spades is a trick-taking card game somewhat akin to Hearts and Bid Whist but more closely related to bridge. Number of Players: Two+; four is the most common number of players in teams of two ("Partnership spades") The Deck: Standard 52 card deck, can also be played with one or two jokers and/or predetermined cards removed. With 6+ players, a second deck is often used. Rank of Suit: Spades always trump. Other suits have no intrinsic value, however a card of the suit led in the current trick will beat a card of any other suit except Spades. Rank of cards (descending): Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. There is a variation where all 2s count as the highest spades, in which the order is 2 of Hearts (highest card), 2 of Clubs, 2 of Diamonds, 2 of Spades, then all the rest of the spades, Ace through 3. There is another variation, when playing with the Jokers, the 2 of diamonds and the 2 of spades are high trumps, the Ace, King, and so on. There is a variation where... full article at wikipedia