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2026: the year hands

Four hands built on the digits of the year, and the soap that plays as zero.

The card · lesson 2 of 10

The year section is four hands, and every one of them uses the white dragon as the zero in 2026. Soap is the tile this section runs on: if you have none and see none, look elsewhere.

222 000 2222 6666

Any two suits, 25. Four groups of three or more, so a joker can go anywhere in it.

That first hand is the friendly one. It is all pungs and kongs, which means every group takes jokers, and it wants only two suits. If you are drawn to the year section, this is usually the hand to be on.

22 00 222 666 NEWS

Any two suits, 30. Two pairs and four single winds, so jokers only help the two pungs.

The 30 is a trap for a rack with jokers in it. Six of its eight groups are pairs or singles, so those jokers have exactly two places to go. Go for it when the winds are already in your hand, not because it pays five more.

2026 DDD 2222 DDD

Any two suits with matching dragons. The kong is a 2 or a 6.

FFF 2026 222 6666

Any three suits, 25. The flowers and the two big groups take jokers.

Note

In all four hands the digits 2, 0, 2, 6 that spell the year are singles. No joker ever stands in for one of them. You need the soap and both numbers in your hand, in the right suit, before this section is real.

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