List of Penalties

Cards has a large, ever-expanding list of penalties. Unless stated otherwise, being penalized means drawing one additional card.

Speaking penalties

• Failure to say "Have a nice day" when playing any seven
• Failure to say "Crazy Eights" when playing an eight
• Failure to announce a suit when playing a Wild Card
• Failure to say "Thank you" when receiving a penalty
• Failure to say "I declare war" when declaring war
• Failure to say "Go fish" when you don't have the card another player asked for
• Failure to say "I jack it off" (or some variation thereof) when jacking off an effect
• Failure to say "It's a joke" when making something into a joke
• Failure to say "2-4-6-8, who do we appreciate?" when making a four-card run of those numbers
• Failure to announce the type of book or run being played when playing a book or run (ex. Book of 9's, Run of 5)
• Failure to shout "Get in the Game!!" when telling someone to get in the game
• Failure to shout "Bomb!" when playing a bomb
• Saying anything bad (or remotely negative) about Cards
• Talking to someone outside of the game, without inviting them to play
• Dealer's failure to say "Let it rip" before their first turn
• Mentioning Thick of it By KSI
• Mentioning any of XTRATUNA's music
• Mentioning "six seven"
• Making a funny joke
• Swearing (includes slurs, no matter the context)

Cards-related penalties

• Knocking over the deck
• Bending the cards
• Looking at your hand before the game has started
• Getting caught doing slight of hand
• Holding your cards out of sight of other players (ex. under the playing table)
• Touching any cards during a point of order (except when penalizing another player)
• Attempting to use number cards during an Attack
• Attempting to use magic in War
• Being caught giving cards to another player
• Playing Math after the third Math
• The dealer unintentionally giving too many or too few cards before the game begins
• Bringing two Custom Cards from the same source

Misc. penalties

• Making a mess
• Delaying the game (defined per-instance by other players)
• Getting another player penalized for attempting to assist you (being a tattle-tale)
• Being annoying
• Not knowing the answer to a question you asked during Bomb
• Intentionally penalizing yourself for additional cards results in your turn being skipped
• The dealer intentionally giving too many or too few cards before the game begins results in their turn being skipped