No matter the suit chosen for trumps, the four Jacks are top trumps.
Below outlines the corresponding suits.Ĭard rankings depend on which game the declarer wants to play. The game was traditionally played with German cards which use different kinds of suits. There are three different ways to play skat, which change the value of the cards: suit games, grand, and null. The game is a mixture of Schafkopf, Tarok (Tarot), and l’Hombre. Skat is not to be confused with the American card game Scat. Skat uses three hands with 3 active players, the fourth being the dealer who sits out. It was created in 1840 in Altenburg, Germany by Brommesche Tarok-Gesellschaft members. Skat is a popular German trick-taking game that accommodates 3 players.
OBJECTIVE OF SKAT: Fulfill your contract by winning or losing tricks.
