<p>It triggers when the trick is finished, no matter which card it was. It doesn't have to be the last card played to the trick.</p>
<p>These <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/217709/wizard-25th-edition-new-card-rules" rel="nofollow noreferrer">google-translate-based rules</a> are phrased ambiguously:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>When a trick is completed with the Juggler, each player
simultaneously gives one of his hand cards face down to his left
neighbor.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>However, the <a href="https://www.amigo-spiele.de/content/download.php?group=rule&amp;file=02101-DE-AmigoRule.pdf&amp;title=02101-DE-AmigoRule.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">original German</a> is not ambiguous. (Emphasis added)</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>Den Jongleur kannst du
immer spielen, auch wenn du
bedienen könntest. Er hat den
Wert 7 1⁄2, ist also höher als
eine 7 und niedriger als eine 8. Spielst du den Jongleur in
einen Stich, sagst du deutlich
an, welche Farbe (auch
Trumpffarbe) die Karte annehmen soll. <strong>Ist
dieser Stich beendet, gibt jeder Lehrling
gleichzeitig eine seiner Handkarten verdeckt
an seinen linken Nachbarn.</strong> Danach
nimmt jeder seine neue Karte auf die Hand.
Das Weitergeben der Karten entfällt, wenn
der Stich mit dem Jongleur der letzte Stich
einer Stichrunde war.</em></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Which translates to</p>
<blockquote>
<p>You can always play the Juggler play, even if you
could follow suit. He has the
Value 7 1⁄2, and so it is higher than
a 7 and lower than an 8. When you play the Juggler to a trick, you state what suit (even
Trump suit) the card is. <strong>When the trick is finished, each apprentice simultaneously passes one of his hand cards facedown
to his neighbor on his left.</strong> Cards are not passed if
the trick with the Juggler is the last trick
of the round.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This <a href="https://youtu.be/Higriwiu0pQ?t=58" rel="nofollow noreferrer">video explanation</a> agrees (T=0:58)</p>

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<p>We’re playing the wizard jubilee edition and the rules seem to be unclear about this: the juggler has the effect that everyone in the game must pass a card to the left neighbor. Now the question is whether this event is triggered only when the juggler is played at the very end of the trick, so being the <strong>last card</strong> of the trick, <strong>or</strong> if the juggler can be played at <strong>any moment</strong> in the trick and still triggers its event?</p>
<p>Would appreciate if anybody has an answer to this.
Thanks!</p>

<wizard>
Juggler must be played at the end of a trick or any time to trigger its event?
Fabian G
# Juggler must be played at the end of a trick or any time to trigger its event?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-07-05)

We’re playing the wizard jubilee edition and the rules seem to be unclear about this: the juggler has the effect that everyone in the game must pass a card to the left neighbor. Now the question is whether this event is triggered only when the juggler is played at the very end of the trick, so being the **last card** of the trick, **or** if the juggler can be played at **any moment** in the trick and still triggers its event?

Would appreciate if anybody has an answer to this.
Thanks!

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-07-06. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

It triggers when the trick is finished, no matter which card it was. It doesn't have to be the last card played to the trick.

These [google-translate-based rules](https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/217709/wizard-25th-edition-new-card-rules) are phrased ambiguously:

> When a trick is completed with the Juggler, each player
> simultaneously gives one of his hand cards face down to his left
> neighbor.

However, the [original German](https://www.amigo-spiele.de/content/download.php?group=rule&file=02101-DE-AmigoRule.pdf&title=02101-DE-AmigoRule.pdf) is not ambiguous. (Emphasis added)

> *Den Jongleur kannst du
> immer spielen, auch wenn du
> bedienen könntest. Er hat den
> Wert 7 1⁄2, ist also höher als
> eine 7 und niedriger als eine 8. Spielst du den Jongleur in
> einen Stich, sagst du deutlich
> an, welche Farbe (auch
> Trumpffarbe) die Karte annehmen soll. **Ist
> dieser Stich beendet, gibt jeder Lehrling
> gleichzeitig eine seiner Handkarten verdeckt
> an seinen linken Nachbarn.** Danach
> nimmt jeder seine neue Karte auf die Hand.
> Das Weitergeben der Karten entfällt, wenn
> der Stich mit dem Jongleur der letzte Stich
> einer Stichrunde war.*

Which translates to

> You can always play the Juggler play, even if you
> could follow suit. He has the
> Value 7 1⁄2, and so it is higher than
> a 7 and lower than an 8. When you play the Juggler to a trick, you state what suit (even
> Trump suit) the card is. **When the trick is finished, each apprentice simultaneously passes one of his hand cards facedown
> to his neighbor on his left.** Cards are not passed if
> the trick with the Juggler is the last trick
> of the round.

This [video explanation](https://youtu.be/Higriwiu0pQ?t=58) agrees (T=0:58)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: An example of where failing to distinguish between the instrumental and genitive case can lead to ambiguity.  

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