Wizard (card game)

Wizard is a trick-taking card game for three to six players designed by Ken Fisher of Toronto, Ontario in 1984.

[12] The objective of the game is to bid correctly on the number of tricks that a player will take in the subsequent round of play.

[23][24] Each character has a title such as der Krieger (the warrior) or die Priesterin (the priestess) printed at the top of the card.

The German decks contain four non-standard suits with values from 1 to 13,[14] four Z cards labelled either der Zauberer (the sorcerer) or die Zauberin (the sorceress), and four N cards labelled der Narr or die Närrin (the fool).

[13] The German deck is distributed in the United States as "Fantasy Wizard", with an English box and rules.

[24] The characters are: (2) Hermit, (3) Peasant, (4) Farmer, (5) Archer, (6) Blacksmith, (7) Merchant, (8) Bard, (9) Scholar, (10) Bishop, Knight, Queen, King, (Ace) Dragon.

[23] The cards are also color-coded: Hearts (Red), Spades (Black), Clubs (Green), Diamonds (Purple), Jesters (Brown), Wizards (Blue).

[3] The Wizard Camelot edition replaces the 4 deuces with Holy Grail, Excalibur, Merlin and Morgan le Fay cards.

[5] The Wizard Omnibus edition enables 3 levels of play: Classic, Camelot and Magic.

Solving for x to yield 0.4286 or greater gives the minimum number of cards a player needs to be ahead of to justify a bid of 1.

Cards, box, and scorecard
Score sheet demonstrating the varying game length depending on the number of players.