Sentence examples for suit card from inspiring English sources

If you don't have any cards in the leading suit, you may "ruff" (play a trump suit card, assuming it is different from the lead suit) or "sluff" (play a card from one of the two remaining suits).

The suit of this card is the suit for the trick, which means that players can only win the trick with a card of that suit, or a trump suit card.

In all tarot games except French tarot, the suit cards below the jack rank "upside down" (1 down to 10) in the two red suits (hearts, diamonds) or round suits (cups, coins).

Lead suit cards must be played if possible.

If you called suit, take matching suit cards from your friends and put them in a deck.

The person who chose the trump suit then picks up the kitty (if this hasn't already been done) and takes all of the trump suit cards out of it.

If West had led a minor-suit card, six spades would have failed.

If South had thrown a minor-suit card, West would have been able to lead the discarded suit effectively.

If West had now led a minor-suit card, the contract would have failed, but hoping his partner had the ten, West returned his spade jack.

If he had played a minor-suit card, declarer would have discarded a heart from the board and ruffed in his hand.

And note that if West had had one fewer heart and one more minor-suit card, Garner's line would still have succeeded.