• Wild cards may represent any card in the standard 52-card deck.
• A wild card may not duplicate another card in a grouping it belongs to (hand, trick, book, etc.).
• A wild card's value is not static.
• A wild card's value may be assumed to be the most beneficial value possible at any time.
• If a wild card's value cannot be determined by the rules of the game, the value is that which the card's player intends.
• The Jokers are necessary for play with the Extended Deck and should not be removed.

• Each Draw, Reverse, and Skip card revealed during a player's turn is immediately redealt in the same way it was dealt.
• A redealt card is no longer in play; it may be removed, put aside, turned face down, etc.
• All redealt cards' effects apply to the player they were dealt to.
• If multiple cards are revealed simultaneously, their effects are cumulative and take place simultaneously.
• If comparing hands to determine a winner, any Draw, Reverse, or Skip cards revealed are redealt before determination.

2a · Draw When a Draw is redealt, a second card is dealt to the player in the same manner. If there is no pile to deal from, nothing happens.

2b · Reverse When a Reverse is redealt, the player's turn is paused and the order of play is reversed. When play returns to the affected player, their turn resumes. Multiple redealt Reverse cards have cumulative effect: any number pauses the turn, an odd number reverses order.

2c · Skip When a Skip is redealt, the player's turn is ended. Multiple redealt Skips have the same effect as one. A Skip revealed with a Reverse does end the player's turn.

• Unlike when revealed, a played card is not redealt, and its effects apply to the next player.
• Played card effects take place in the order they are played. If multiple cards are played simultaneously, their effects take place in the order the player intends.

3a · Draw When a Draw is played, the next player must draw two cards. If there is no pile to draw from, nothing happens.

3b · Reverse When a Reverse is played, the order of play is reversed. The next turn will be that of the first player in the new order whose turn is not ended and is not the affected player.

3c · Skip When a Skip is played, the affected player's turn will end immediately when it begins.

• All Draw cards are redealt as two cards rather than one.
• Then Reverse and Skip card effects apply to players in the order they were dealt, starting with the player whose turn is beginning.

• Draw, Reverse, and Skip cards have standard suits.
• Their ranks are "Draw," "Reverse," and "Skip," which have no value nor position in rank ordering.
• They can be compared to other cards' suits but are disregarded in decisions regarding rank order.

When beginning a game, consider the rules regarding any aspect which the Extended Deck modifies: the number of cards in the deck, the number and nature of face/letter cards, and the presence of wild cards. Some typical clarifications:

6a Games which begin by dealing out the entire deck may (but need not) begin by dealing the usual number of cards instead. This creates a draw pile, enabling Draw cards to have effect; undealt cards may make some games unwinnable or introduce the concept of a misdeal; rules regarding "all cards" apply only to cards in play.

6b Games with ordinarily equal hand sizes that play until all hands are depleted must play to the same specific number of turns or rounds ordinarily played, since Draw cards can change the size of individual hands.

6c Wild cards can cause ties.