Slovenian Tarok: Puzzle R6

Answer

Group B. With the Skus and the Moon in your hand the Moon is safe for good: only the Skus or an Emperor’s Trick could take it, and both need your Skus. Take Group A and the Skus and the Moon wait face down for the trick with your K; if a Defender trumps that King, they take the Skus, the Moon and its 4 Victory Points. The king-rescue is worth taking for cards you can spare, not for the Skus and the Moon.

Rule: Calling a King that turns out to be in the talon also leaves you alone, but then the king-rescue applies: you may take the group that contains your called King, the talon cards you did not take are set aside face-down, and when you play that King later, these cards go face-up onto the trick, and the player who wins the trick takes them. Protect the Moon: keep the Skus as its cover when you hold it, and never lead the Moon late while the Skus has not been played, whoever holds it. A Moon left in the talon counts as lost by the Declarer; it costs nothing when it lies among the set-aside cards and is won back by the king-rescue.