Trick 8 of 10. The Call: you are the Forehand, and P3 played the XIX you called on trick 2, so P3 is your Partner. You won trick 7 and lead; the Skus is the only Tarok still out.
P3Partner
3 cards
P2Defender3 cards
P4Defender3 cards
Your hand
Pad
- Still out, Taroks: Skus.
- Still out, colors: Q♥, Q♣, C♣, K♠, Q♠, C♠, J♠, 10♠.
Which card do you lead?
Answer
The XX. The Skus is its holder’s last Tarok, and every other Diamond has been played, so it falls on whatever you lead: on a Tarok because the Color Rule makes it follow, on the K
because nobody can follow a Diamond. Lose the 1 Card Point of the XX to it, and your XXI and K take the last two tricks; lead the XXI or the K and the Skus captures 5 Card Points instead.
because nobody can follow a Diamond. Lose the 1 Card Point of the XX to it, and your XXI and K take the last two tricks; lead the XXI or the K and the Skus captures 5 Card Points instead.Rule: The Skus is the strongest Tarok and beats all the others. If the three Trull cards all fall in the same trick, the Pagat wins it.