On the lawn, I am a three-lobed sprig of green, but shuffle a deck of cards and I suddenly become a black suit built like a weapon. What am I?
A clover
Wordplay on 'clover' (the plant) and 'clubs' in playing cards (which represents a stylized clover or trefoil, derived from the French trèfle).
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