The universality of playing cards has resulted in a seemingly limitless number of games to play. But we’re all using — more or less — the same deck. That’s kind of magic.

A deck of playing cards offers multiple options for valuable team-building activities. Getty Team-building activities bring co-workers together to form closer professional relationships quickly.

However, because playing cards already have a long history, the Clover suit is colloquially called Cubs, and the Leaf suit is known as Spades (as in Pikes, an evolution from the Italian Baton).