<p>Since according to the <a href="https://service.mattel.com/instruction_sheets/GDR44-English.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mattel's UNO FLIP! rules</a> there are no special instructions for a Flip Card turned over at the start of the game.</p>
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<p>NOTE: If any of the Action Cards (symbols) are turned over to start the DISCARD pile, see FUNCTIONS OF ACTION CARDS for special instructions.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>If the card turned over to start the DISCARD pile is a Flip Card you should &quot;flip over&quot; all the cards and play the Dark Side.</p>
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<p>Flip Card – when you play this card, everything flips from the Light Side to the Dark Side. Once the Flip card has been played, flip over the Discard Pile (the card just played will now be on the bottom), then the Draw Pile, then everyone’s hands must flip to the other side...</p>
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<p>Question 2 is answered here:
<a href="https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/49745/what-to-do-after-flipping-the-discard-pile-in-uno-flip">What to do after flipping the discard pile in Uno Flip?</a></p>

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2020-02-09T17:44:36.063Z
2024-11-13T21:46:02.837Z
2024-11-13T21:46:02.837Z
Ola Ström
<p>The <a href="https://service.mattel.com/instruction_sheets/GDR44-English.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UNO Flip! rules</a> (from 2018) didn't clearly address this issue, but the <a href="https://service.mattel.com/instruction_sheets/GDG37-Eng.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UNO Flip! rules</a> (from 2020) now state.</p>
<p>When the Flip Card is turned over at the beginning of play:</p>
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<p><strong>the deck is immediately flipped to the Dark Side</strong>.</p>
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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/51uWCS1H.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/51uWCS1H.png" alt="Flip Card" /></a></p>

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2024-11-12T09:42:55.067Z
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Zicoo
<p>If when you flip the discard pile and the first card is a wild draw color nothing happens according to the rules, only REGULAR wilds get reactivated.</p>

<p>If the first card taken from the draw pile to the discard pile is a flip card then you should flip to the opposite side i.e Light Side to Dark Side and vice versa.</p>

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2020-05-26T21:53:44.967Z
2020-05-26T21:53:44.967Z
YAY13241
<p>I have a couple of questions regarding the use of the Flip card in UNO Flip. </p>

<ol>
<li>What happens if the card turned over to start the Discard pile in the beginning of the game is a Flip card? Do we then start with the Dark Side or the Light Side?</li>
<li>What happens when we use a Flip card and then it reveals when flipped that the Discard pile's first card is a Wild Draw Color card?</li>
</ol>

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2020-02-10T12:19:06.977Z
Welcome to Board & Card games Q&A.
Your question contains of two different questions. Can you please split them in to separate questions.
Toon Krijthe
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What happens if the first card is a Flip Card in UNO Flip?
Ivan Kralj
# What happens if the first card is a Flip Card in UNO Flip?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-09)

I have a couple of questions regarding the use of the Flip card in UNO Flip.

1. What happens if the card turned over to start the Discard pile in the beginning of the game is a Flip card? Do we then start with the Dark Side or the Light Side?
2. What happens when we use a Flip card and then it reveals when flipped that the Discard pile's first card is a Wild Draw Color card?

**Tags:** uno-flip

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Welcome to Board & Card games Q&A. Your question contains of two different questions. Can you please split them in to separate questions.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-02-09. Score: 2

Since according to the [Mattel's UNO FLIP! rules](https://service.mattel.com/instruction_sheets/GDR44-English.pdf) there are no special instructions for a Flip Card turned over at the start of the game.

> NOTE: If any of the Action Cards (symbols) are turned over to start the DISCARD pile, see FUNCTIONS OF ACTION CARDS for special instructions.

If the card turned over to start the DISCARD pile is a Flip Card you should "flip over" all the cards and play the Dark Side.

> Flip Card – when you play this card, everything flips from the Light Side to the Dark Side. Once the Flip card has been played, flip over the Discard Pile (the card just played will now be on the bottom), then the Draw Pile, then everyone’s hands must flip to the other side...

Question 2 is answered here:
[What to do after flipping the discard pile in Uno Flip?](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/49745/what-to-do-after-flipping-the-discard-pile-in-uno-flip)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2024-11-12. Score: 1

The [UNO Flip! rules](https://service.mattel.com/instruction_sheets/GDR44-English.pdf) (from 2018) didn't clearly address this issue, but the [UNO Flip! rules](https://service.mattel.com/instruction_sheets/GDG37-Eng.pdf) (from 2020) now state.

When the Flip Card is turned over at the beginning of play:

> **the deck is immediately flipped to the Dark Side**.

[![Flip Card](https://i.sstatic.net/51uWCS1H.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/51uWCS1H.png)


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-05-26. Score: 0

If when you flip the discard pile and the first card is a wild draw color nothing happens according to the rules, only REGULAR wilds get reactivated.

If the first card taken from the draw pile to the discard pile is a flip card then you should flip to the opposite side i.e Light Side to Dark Side and vice versa.


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