From the publisher’s rulebook
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.
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.
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 2026-09-26Printed page references: 4, 5
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If there’s a tie
The rulebook doesn’t say. If you need a tie-break, pick a player at random.
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