How are the four jacks ranked as trumps in skat?

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In the card game of skat, the four jacks are always the highest-ranking trumps. Regardless of the specific suit-trump bid, they are ranked in the following order from highest to lowest:

Jack of clubs
Jack of spades
Jack of hearts
Jack of diamonds1

In "grand" bids, these four jacks serve as the only trumps, forming a separate four-card suit of their own.1