Spade Pirates

The **Spade Pirates** (スペード海賊団, *Supēdo Kaizokudan*) is a group that appears in the *Fairy One Piece Tail* series. It was the former Pirate Crew of Trace D. Portgaz that was founded five years before the current storyline. The crew was later integrated into the Whitebeard Pirates.

"*.*"

—About the Spade Pirates.

## Jolly Roger

The Spade Pirates' Jolly Roger is a normal grinning skull and crossbones wearing Trace's signature hat, which has two "smileys", one smiling and the other frowning. The top of the hat has flames protruding from it, a representation of Trace's fire-based abilities. The background of the skull is a spade and the word "SPADE" is beneath it.

## Crew Members

* Trace D. Portgaz - Captain (Former)
* Oscar Buckrun - First Mate
* Deuce Masked

### Gallery

Trace D. Portgaz
(Former Captain; Deceased)
## Crew Strength

The Spade Pirates were powerful enough to make it through the first half of the Grand Line. Their captain, Trace, managed to fight on equal terms with one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Jimbei, for five days straight, as well as being offered a position as a Warlord himself. The crew also showed a lack of fear, as they attempted to attack Whitebeard in order to save their captain despite knowing that they were outmatched.

## Ships

### Main Ship

The Spade Pirates' ship was seen only in Trace's flashback. As they have now disbanded and integrated into the Whitebeard Pirates, it is unknown what happened to the ship.

The figurehead of the ship is similar to the design of their Jolly Roger; a flaming skull. There are also chains linked to the skull and the sides of the ship. The foremost sail bears the crew's Jolly Roger. The back sail on the top contains the word "SPADE", and has the crew's flag on top of it. As only the front of the ship is shown, it is unknown what the rest of it looks like.

### Striker

*Main article:* *Striker*
The Striker, first seen during the *Alabasta Arc*, was first built by Deuce Masked when he, Oscar and Trace were shipwrecked on SIXIS. The ship was adapted to work with Trace's Curséd Fruit ability at some point, and he kept the ship with him when his crew assimilated into the Whitebeard Pirates.

## History

### Past

Sometime after Trace left Dawn Island to pursue his path as a pirate, he become shipwrecked on SIXIS, a beautiful desert island. There, he met two men who became his friends, who he dubbed "Oscar the Cursed Reaper" and "Deuce the Masked". After a few days and a discussion about Trace's lineage, Trace found a large fruit which he split with Deuce. Trace was granted the fruit's powers of fire, and Deuce agreed to build him a ship ("Striker"). From there, the trio founded the Spade Pirates.

Over time, the crew gained a great reputation, and Trace was known as a "super rookie" and was also offered the chance to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but he refused. He also attracted Whitebeard's attention through the newspaper. When they finally entered the New World Region Ace immediately went to meet "Red Haired" Shanks in order to thank him for saving his little brother.

Trace and his crew eventually decided to challenge Whitebeard for his head, but were stopped by Jimbei, who fought Trace to protect Whitebeard. They fought for five days without rest, until they both fell in a tie. After the battle had ended, Whitebeard and his crew appeared. Whitebeard announced to whoever wished to kill him that he would take his head himself. Whitebeard then attacked the Spade Pirates, and utterly defeated them. When Trace knew there was no hope of victory, he formed a firewall to allow his crew to escape, while he continued to fight Whitebeard alone. Whitebeard then offered a heavily wounded Trace a chance to join his crew and (in his words) to become his son to which Trace outright refused. Regardless, he was knocked unconscious and dragged onto Whitebeard's flagship.

## Synopsis

The remaining Spade Pirates tried to take Trace back, but they were all defeated in their attempts. However, they were fortunately spared and taken aboard the same ship as Trace. Trace tried many times to assassinate Whitebeard (said by Vista to be at least 100), but eventually gave up and accepted the offer to join. The Spade Pirates have since then been integrated along with their captain into the ranks of their former enemy. They mourned their former captain's death at the end of the Battle of Navyford, along with the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates.

## Trivia

* Their name "Spade", as well as their captain's nickname "Ace", are both references to the ace of spades.
* They are the second pirate crew revealed to have joined another crew, the first being the Fanged Toad Pirates joining the Foxy Pirates; although, unlike the Fanged Toad Pirates, of whom only the most important members were taken, the entire Spade Pirate crew was integrated into Whitebeard's crew.
* One of the members of the Spade Pirates strongly resembles a member of the Sun Pirates seen during Jimbei's flashback.