Ambigu is an historical French vying game, composed of the characteristic elements of Whist, Bouillotte and Piquet. A Whist pack with the court cards removed is used, and from two to six persons may p
The suit of Spades in Ambigu
In a deck of playing cards, the term face card or court card, and sometimes royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. In a standard 52-card pack
The jack, queen and king of spades: three court cards (face cards) from an English pattern pack
Persian Ganjifeh courts with an ace
King, Ober, and Under of Acorns from a Swiss deck (1880)
Emperor Tenji on a yomifuda