If the player does not like the first card he turns, he need not show it, but may put it in his hand and turn the other. This second one must be the trump; or a Grand may be played if the card is a Jack. In case the game is lost after taking the second card, it costs double. This is called Passt mir Nicht.
In a Solo, the skat cards are not touched, the successful bidder naming the trump to suit the hand of ten cards originally dealt him. The Skat belongs to him, as in Frage and Tourné, but he must not see its contents until the hand is played out, when any points and Matadores it may contain will count for him.
In a Grand there is no trump suit, the four Jacks being the only trumps in play. These four cards preserve their relative suit value, the club Jack being the best, and they are still Matadores. There are four varieties of Grand: A tourné player may make it a Grand if he turns up a Jack. This is called a Grand Tourné. A player may make it a grand without seeing either of the skat cards. This is called a Grand Solo. A player may announce a Grand and lay his cards face up on the table; exposed, but not liable to be called. This is called a Grand Ouvert. A Frage cannot be played as a Grand under any circumstances. A player may announce Gucki Grand, which means that he will take both the skat cards into his hand at once, in order to get the privilege of laying out any two cards he pleases, but that Jacks will be the only trumps. If a Gucki Grand is lost, it costs double.
A player may announce a Gucki Nullo, in which he takes both the skat cards into his hand and lays out any two cards he pleases. This loses double if it is not successful.
Revolution is seldom played. It is a Nullo in which the adversaries put their twenty cards together as one hand to see if they can make the player take a trick.
Uno and Duo are Grands, in which the single player engages to take one trick in Uno, or two in Duo, neither more nor less.
GAME VALUES. Each of the foregoing games has what is called a unit of value, which is afterward multiplied several times according to the number of Matadores, and whether the game was schneider or schwarz.
These unit values are as follows, beginning with the lowest:
| Suits Trumps:— | Jacks Trumps:— | No Trumps:— | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turn | Solo | Turned Grand | 12 | Gucki Nullo | 15 | |
| ♢ | 5 | 9 | Gucki Grand | 16 | ” if played open | 30 |
| ♡ | 6 | 10 | Solo Grand | 20 | Solo Nullo | 20 |
| ♠ | 7 | 11 | Open Grand | 24 | ” if played open | 40 |
| ♣ | 8 | 12 | Ramsch | 20 | Revolution | 60 |