Editing The Magician (tarot card) (section)

==In the tarot game==
In most [[Tarot card games|tarot games]], the ''Bagatto'' is the lowest ranking [[trump (card games)|trump]] card but worth a lot of points.  Therefore, many players want to take a [[trick-taking game|trick]] when it is played. In most games played out of Italy, winning the last trick with it awards bonus points.

In [[tarocchini]], the ''Bégato'' still serves as the lowest trump, but it has an added ability. During score counting, it and the Fool can function as limited [[Wild card (card games)|wild cards]] known as counters (''contatori'').<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100210070930/http://www.tarocchino.com/page45.html Tarocchino Bolognese]</ref> They can be used separately or together to fill missing gaps in combinations, though not to fill in two consecutive gaps in sequential combinations, or to replace the highest trump or kings. Both cards can be used in every sequence, but as the Fool cannot be captured while the Magician is vulnerable to capture, the player holding the Magician would want to use it only judiciously.<ref>[http://www.pagat.com/tarot/ottocen.html#sequences Tarocchini sequences]</ref>

In Sicilian tarocchi, the Bagatto is the second lowest trump, outranking an unnumbered trump called ''Miseria'' of no significance.<ref>[http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks07/d05236/d05236text.htm Sicilian tarocchi]</ref>