You are Declarer in a Two. Taroks are led: an opponent leads V, the next follows with IV. You are last to act and must follow with a Tarok. In your hand: XXI, IX. The enemy Skus has not fallen all hand.
Which Tarok do you play?
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Answer
The IX. It already beats V and IV, so the trick is yours without spending the Moon. Play the XXI here instead and you have handed the enemy’s still-hidden Skus its cleanest shot: lose the Moon to it and each of your opponents adds 20 Victory Points, a bill for a trick the IX could pay for free.