In This Guide
What is Super Trunfo?
Super Trunfo — known internationally as Football Blitz Top Card — is a live card game by Pragmatic Play that fuses the simplicity of Dragon Tiger with the passion of football (soccer). Streamed from a Brazilian-market-focused studio with hosts presenting in Portuguese, the game's mechanics are immediately intuitive regardless of language.
Two cards are dealt: one for the Home side, one for Away. The higher card wins. That's the core. What sets Super Trunfo apart from its competitors — Evolution's Football Studio and OnAir's Card Matchup — is its layered spread betting system with RNG-assigned multipliers that can reach 500x, and a card counting opportunity that sophisticated players can exploit.
Card Values & Game Mechanics
Super Trunfo uses eight standard 52-card decks. Card values follow a natural ranking:
| Card | Value |
|---|---|
| Ace | 1 (lowest) |
| 2 – 10 | Face value |
| Jack | 11 |
| Queen | 12 |
| King | 13 (highest) |
After bets close, one card is dealt face-up to Home (Mandante) and one to Away (Visitante). The higher card wins. If both cards share the same value, it's a Draw. Spread bets are only available during the early rounds of the shoe — they become disabled once a threshold of rounds has been played (varies by spread size).
Betting Options & RTPs
Home (Mandante)
Bet on the Home card being higher. Even money payout.
1:1 Payout 96.27% RTP $0.10 – $5,000
Away (Visitante)
Bet on the Away card being higher. Even money payout.
1:1 Payout 96.27% RTP $0.10 – $5,000
Draw
Bet on both cards sharing the same value. Higher payout, lower RTP.
11:1 Payout 89.64% RTP $0.10 – $1,000
Spread Bets
Bet on a side winning by more than the spread. Multipliers apply. Early shoe only.
Up to 500x +1.5 to +10.5 $0.10 – $1,000
Spread Multipliers
After betting closes, the RNG assigns multipliers to anywhere from 1 to all 12 available spread bets. Multipliers are applied independently — the Home +3.5 spread may have a multiplier while the Away +3.5 spread may not. The larger the spread, the higher the potential multiplier ceiling.
The +10.5 spread wins only when one side wins by 11 or more card value points — which means a King (13) beating a 2, or a Queen (12) beating an Ace (1) are the only possible outcomes. Its rarity is precisely why the 500x multiplier is reserved for it.
RTP by Bet Type
| Bet Type | Payout | RTP | Bet Limit | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +1.5 Spread | 1x – 10x | 97.27% | $0.10 – $1,000 | First 60 rounds |
| +3.5 Spread | 2x – 20x | 97.15% | $0.10 – $500 | First 60 rounds |
| +5.5 Spread | 4x – 30x | 96.95% | $0.10 – $500 | First 60 rounds |
| Home / Away | 1:1 | 96.27% | $0.10 – $5,000 | Always |
| +7.5 Spread | 8x – 50x | 92.51% | $0.10 – $200 | First 60 rounds |
| +9.5 Spread | 20x – 200x | 90.41% | $0.10 – $100 | First 50 rounds |
| Draw | 11:1 | 89.64% | $0.10 – $1,000 | Always |
| +10.5 Spread | 40x – 500x | 87.49% | $0.10 – $100 | First 50 rounds |
Strategies
Low Risk
Spread Coverage Strategy
Place bets on both Home and Away with the +1.5 and +3.5 spreads simultaneously. Since these spreads cover most card differential outcomes and carry the two highest RTPs on the board, this approach prioritizes consistency over big multiplier hits. Suitable for players who want to stay active through the early shoe.
Medium Risk
Multiplier Focus Strategy
Target the +3.5 and +5.5 spreads specifically when multipliers are displayed before betting closes. The 20x and 30x ceilings on these spreads offer meaningful returns without the extreme rarity of the +9.5/+10.5 bets. The key is discipline — only bet when a multiplier is assigned, not speculatively.
Low Risk
Draw Hedge Strategy
Place a small portion of your session bankroll (5–10%) on Draw as a hedge against push outcomes. At 11:1, a single Draw win recovers a meaningful number of lost moneyline bets. This is a variance-reduction tool, not a primary strategy — avoid over-allocating to the Draw given its 89.64% RTP.
High Risk
Multiplier Prediction Strategy
Monitor which spread positions have and haven't received multipliers in recent rounds. Some players focus on the +9.5 and +10.5 spreads after extended multiplier-free runs on those positions. This approach relies heavily on Gambler's Fallacy reasoning — the RNG has no memory — but the bet size limits ($100 max) naturally contain downside exposure.
Card Counting & Volatility Straddle Strategy
Super Trunfo is dealt from an 8-deck shoe, which creates a genuine card counting opportunity. You are not playing every hand with this strategy — you play when the count provides the best conditions. The objective is not to predict which side wins, but to identify when the shoe composition makes a large card differential more probable.
The Three Silos
Track card removals across three groups independently:
Low Silo
Mid Silo
High Silo
Why Mid Silo Depletion Matters
When the shoe is rich in low and high cards, the two dealt cards are more likely to come from opposite ends of the value spectrum — a King against an Ace, a Jack against a 2. Those are exactly the outcomes that spread bets are designed to capture. A mid-heavy shoe produces more 6-vs-7 or 5-vs-8 type results, where the differential is small and spread bets lose.
Applying the Strategy
When the mid silo shows significantly more depletion than the low and high silos, engage the +3.5 spread on both Home and Away. Covering both sides means your bet wins regardless of which team draws the higher card — the only question is whether the differential exceeds 3.5 points. Without a multiplier attached, a win pays 1.5x. The multipliers are upside, not the plan.