Are cheats of use in getting a good card (3,2,6)
I believe the answer is:
ace of hearts
'card' is the definition.
(ace of hearts is a kind of card)
'are cheats of use' is the wordplay.
'use' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'using' mean this (the letters used in a different way)).
'are'+'cheats'+'of'='arecheatsof'
'arecheatsof' anagrammed gives 'ACE OF HEARTS'.
'in getting a good' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ace of hearts that I've seen before include "red card?" , "Scottish team's top player" .)