Canadian Blind

Canadian Blind lets a player go alone without looking at their cards, for a bigger reward if it works.

The deal

Every hand is dealt face down. Your cards stay hidden, even from you, until you choose to look. You can look at any time, but once you have looked you can no longer go blind for that hand.

Your turn to bid

While your cards are still face down, your turn offers three choices:

• Go alone blind. In round one you order up the turned card; in round two you name a trump suit. Either way you are going alone, and your partner sits the hand out.
• Pass blind. Pass without looking, keeping the blind option open for round two.
• Look at your cards, then bid as you normally would.

Ordering up or naming trump normally (not blind) always requires looking first.

Once trump is set, everyone’s cards are turned up. The blind loner plays their hand face up to themselves like anyone else; only the bid was made blind. The dealer looks before discarding.

Scoring

Result	Points
Blind loner takes all five tricks	5
Blind loner takes three or four	1
Blind loner is euchred	2 to the defenders

Everything apart from the blind march scores exactly like an ordinary loner (who scores 4 for a march).

With Ace-No-Face and Farmer’s Hand

Both still work. Since nobody sees their hand at the deal, a qualifying hand’s offer arrives the moment its owner looks, and the table pauses while they decide, just as it would at the deal. Each player is offered at most once per hand, and only before trump is set.

Rated or casual?

Rated. Canadian Blind changes what a hand can be worth, not who can win.