Hrm. Ok. so now with pcscd started I get:

(~) Tranquility $ gpg --charset utf8  --status-fd 2 --fixed-list-mode --with-colons --card-status --no-auto-check-trustdb
gpg: pcsc_connect failed: unknown reader (0x80100009)
[GNUPG:] CARDCTRL 5
gpg: card reader not available
AID:::
gpg: OpenPGP card not available: general error