diff --git a/environment_manager.gd b/environment_manager.gd
index 81d4f03..b4399d6 100644
--- a/environment_manager.gd
+++ b/environment_manager.gd
@@ -159,3 +159,7 @@ func _on_web_client_notify_player_turn(client_id: String, is_self: bool) -> void
 	_current_turn_client_id = client_id
 	if _current_turn_client_id:
 		hand_associations[_current_turn_client_id].set_turn(true, is_self)
+
+func _on_web_client_reset_first_card() -> void:
+	# clear stack of played cards
+	card_stack.purge_cards()
diff --git a/game.tscn b/game.tscn
index 716fb92..427a77e 100644
--- a/game.tscn
+++ b/game.tscn
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ playing_card_scene = ExtResource("6_eow3j")
 [connection signal="received_winning_client" from="WebClient" to="EnvironmentManager" method="_on_web_client_tcp_received_winning_client"]
 [connection signal="request_next_play" from="WebClient" to="HBoxContainer/GameUI" method="_on_web_client_tcp_request_next_play"]
 [connection signal="request_next_round" from="WebClient" to="HBoxContainer/GameUI" method="_on_web_client_tcp_request_next_round"]
+[connection signal="reset_first_card" from="WebClient" to="EnvironmentManager" method="_on_web_client_reset_first_card"]
 [connection signal="reset_first_card" from="WebClient" to="EnvironmentManager/PlayerHand0" method="_on_web_client_tcp_reset_first_card"]
 [connection signal="trump_received" from="WebClient" to="EnvironmentManager" method="_on_web_client_tcp_trump_received"]
 [connection signal="trump_received" from="WebClient" to="EnvironmentManager/PlayerHand0" method="_on_web_client_tcp_trump_received"]