Dappen: Puzzle X5

DAP-X5 Puzzle

You claimed the Dapp. Your eighteen cards: Skus, XXI, I, Khearts, Kdiamonds, XVI, XIII, X, VII, IV, Qspades, Cspades, Jspades, 8spades, Cclubs, Jclubs, 7clubs, 7spades.

Which six do you keep?

Reveal answer

Answer

Skus, XXI, I, Khearts, Kdiamonds, XVI. Five of the seven guardians are sitting right here, but Kspades and Kclubs never arrived: the instant win is out of reach this hand, no matter how the last free slot is spent, so stop chasing it. Keep every guardian you were dealt (the law demands it anyway) and use your one open seat on the strongest remaining Tarok, XVI, not a Queen or a Jack that was only ever going to ride into the discard pile regardless.