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=== Variations to basic rules ===
Numerous further variations to the basic rules may occur, and only a few examples can be mentioned here:
* Certain games require the holder of a certain card value to play it as the lead to the first trick of a hand; [[Hearts (card game)|Hearts]], as commonly played in North America, requires the player holding the 2{{Clubs}} to play it as the lead-off card. Variants of [[Pinochle]] sometimes require the first player to the left of the dealer that holds a ''dix'' (9{{Clubs}}) to lead off.
* There may be restrictions on leading certain suits; a common Hearts rule is that a player may not lead a Heart until at least one trick has had a Heart played off-suit to another trick. Spades has a similar but less-common variation regarding its trump suit.
* There are trick-taking games played with [[Domino]] tiles instead of playing cards. These include the Chinese [[Tien Gow]] and [[42 (dominoes)|Texas 42]]. Giog is played with [[Xiangqi|Chinese chess]] tiles.
* Many games are played with one or more ''[[stripped deck]]s'' (a deck from which certain card values are removed). The most common stripped deck is a [[piquet deck]], used for [[piquet]], [[Belote]], [[Skat (card game)|Skat]], [[Euchre]], [[Bête]], [[Écarté]], [[Bezique]] and (with two piquet decks) [[Pinochle]], among others. [[Rook (card game)|Rook]]'s main variant, Kentucky Discard, uses the equivalent of a 52-card deck with all card values 2–4 removed. Most regional [[Tarot]] variants, especially Central European and Italian variants like Tarock and Tarocco, use some subset of the "full" 78-card Tarot deck.
* In Bridge the partner of the contractor or ''declarer'' is called ''dummy'' and does not actively participate in the play; dummy's hand is instead laid on the table face-up after the opening lead, and declarer chooses the cards from dummy's hand to play during dummy's turns.
* In [[Karuta#Unsun Karuta|Hachinin-meri]] and Truf, trumps are played face down. When the trick is finished, the trumps are revealed to see who won the trick.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Depaulis|first1=Thierry|title=Unsun, a Far-eastern Cousin of Ombre|journal=[[The Playing-Card]]|date=1983|volume=12|issue=1|pages=39–44}}</ref><ref>McLeod, John. [http://www.pagat.com/exact/truf.html Truf] at [[pagat.com]]. Retrieved 25 January 2016.</ref>
* In many trumpless games that do not require following suit, sloughing is done face down. This is done in [[Madiao]], [[Tien Gow]], [[Tam cúc]], [[:zh:六虎牌|Six Tigers]], [[Ganjifa]], [[Kaiserspiel]], and Brazilian [[Truco]].
* Some cards lose their trick-taking power if they are not led or played in a specific trick as in [[Karnöffel]], [[Tien Gow]], and [[Ganjifa]].
* In [[tarot game]]s played outside of Central Europe, [[The Fool (Tarot card)|the Fool]] is a special card that excuses the player from following suit. Except in rare circumstances in some games, it can neither capture nor be captured. Usually a non-counting card is given as compensation to the trick's winner by the Fool's owner.