They score points based on how many they do. It’s a trick-taking card game, which means each round players play a single card and try to outrank each other. There are 13 "tricks" played in spades.

Enter Blvck Spades, playing cards that are designed to celebrate Black, Egyptian royalty. You know how things can get tight with rules and debates about who’s cheating.

♠ How to Play the Best (and Blackest) Card Game The goal of Spades is for you and your partner to combine to win as many rounds as possible. First, you need four people and one set of 52 cards.