In popular myth and folklore, it is also known as the "death card."

The death card serves as a free pass to the lifeboats.

When I got older, come to find out the ace of spades is a death card.

He had been dealt the death card by the boss.

The death card was a last resort, but it would always be there, waiting for him in a pinch.

The ace of spades (the "death card") comes up each time.

"Except his habit of placing death cards with his victims."

Legrec had wanted those death cards to be discovered.

That must have been when the death card was placed in the vest pocket.

The ace of spades itself is the one to book out for, that's the death card.