Trull (cards) Trull (cards) The trull is a trio of three special trump cards used in Tarock games in Austria and other countries that have a much higher card value than the other trumps. The individual cards are known as trull cards ("Trullstücke"). The word "trull" is derived from the French "tous les trois" which means "all three". In spite of its French roots the term is not common in the game of French tarot, where the trull cards are called "les bouts" ("butts") or, in earlier times, "les oudlers", which has no other meaning. The games of the tarot (French) or
Trump (card games) Trump (card games) A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its usual rank in trick-taking games. Typically, an entire suit is nominated as a "trump suit"; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the term trump card can refer to any sort of action, authority, or policy which automatically prevails over all others. Contract bridge can be played with any suit as trump, but also includes an option to play without a trump suit. In a version known as Rex Bridge, there are two versions of no-trump, the common one (NT)