Last Card

Last card or Switch is a popular card game in NZ gaming venues and schools that resembles to Uno and Crazy Eights in its style, rules and gameplay flow.

Last Card is also known as the classic Blackjack casino game, but these two card games have nothing in common other than the name.

If you want to master the rules of the game and increase your skill with some good tips, read the full guide below on how to play the Last Card.

Info

♦️ Players	4-8
♠️ Deck	2 standard 52-card decks
♣️ Origin	New Zealand
❤️Special card	Joker

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Last Card rules

The objective of the game is to get rid of your cards in hand before any other player.

When a player has only one card in hand, he must say “Last Card”.

The game can be played with one or two standard 52-card decks. Jokers must be included.

To play the Last Card, the minimum number of players required is two, and the maximum is up to 5.

How to play Last Card?

The course of the Last Card is quite fast and straightforwards, so it is very important that you play tactically.

If you are played by 4 players you can split into pairs and play two against two.

The number of cards dealt is usually five, but if the game is played with two players you can deal more if you wish.

Let’s look below at the Last Card rules.

Special cards

What kind of card game would be the Last Card game without some turns and twists. Boring, yes we know.

So to make it more interesting the creators of this card game introduced a few special cards that can make the whole course of the game upside down.

The special cards include Aces, Two’s, Eight, Jack, and Jokers.

See the meaning of special cards:

Card	Action
Aces	Change suit
Two’s	Next player pick two cards
Eight	Next player miss turn
Jack	Free throw
Jokers	Next player pick up six cards and change the suit

Players actions

To make it more easier to understand the rules of the Last Card here we have explained in details all the actions after receiving each special card. These are:

Aces

A player can throw an ace at any time during the game when it is his turn to play. After throwing an ace, the player can choose another suit of his choice to be followed by the next player who is on the move.

Two’s

Also called as terrible Two’s. When a player throws it, the next player on the move must pick up two cards before hitting.

If the next player has two in his hand, he can throw it to save itself by punishing the next player to pick up 4 cards. So the terrible two-sentence will go in a circle until the unlucky player breaks the chain and pick all cards.

Eights

When player throws the eight, the next player in the line must skip his turn to play.

Jack

This card allows a player to have a free throw, which means he can play another card after throing jack.

Joker

When a player throws joker, next player must pick up 6 cards. Joker can be used no m atter what was the last card. Player who throw a joker gets to choose the suit of teh game.

Optional rules

There few optional rules that can be introduced to the game by choice of all payers.

• Two and Five are pick up cards
• card number 3 is a block pick up card
• Instead of card 8, the 10 is a skip card
• Joker can change the suit to any other

The winner

During the game, when a player is left with only one card in his hand after throwing cards, he is obliged to shout “last card”.

It is also important to know that the Last Card cannot be any of the special cards we mentioned (A, 2, J, 8, Joker).

Once you have decided on the last card in your hand, the game is over and you are all the winner.

Other players can continue the game if they wish, or start a new one.

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