plain-trick game

A "plain-trick game" is a type of card game where the primary objective is to win as many tricks as possible. A trick is formed when each player plays one card, and the player with the best card wins the set. In plain-trick games, there isn't a special trump suit that outranks all others; the highest card of the suit led typically wins the trick.1

Examples of plain-trick games include whist and spades. In spades, for instance, players form partnerships and bid on how many tricks they expect to win, with spades always being the trump suit, though the core mechanic of winning tricks remains central.21