Who goes first in SKYJO?
Magilano classic edition (English)
For the first round, the player whose two face-up cards have the highest total goes first. Play proceeds clockwise.
If your rules call for a random choice, use the player picker.
Rule details
Deal each player twelve cards face down in a four-column, three-row layout. Each player then turns over two cards of their choice before comparing the totals.
For each subsequent round, the player who ended the preceding round goes first.
If there’s a tie
The rulebook doesn’t say. If you need a tie-break, pick a player at random.
Source & edition
- SKYJO — Magilano multilingual rulebook, English sectionMagilano · Preparing a Game Round, The Start of a Game Round, and clockwise Course of the Game on printed/PDF page 4; complete English continuation and scoring example on printed/PDF page 5; Magilano publisher and classic 150-card deck on unnumbered PDF page 24 · Checked 2026-09-26
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