In this card game, the card of spades is quite important. The spade card, sometimes known by the name of Pik or Pique, is an upside-down facing black heart-shaped icon with just a stem sort of structure at its base. In a conventional French card deck, a spade in cards has been one of the suits. Before we understand what the spades card game is all about, here’s a brief introduction to spades in cards.