<p>Yes. This is explicitly allowed by <a href="http://www.shuffle.cards/resources/manuals/en_gb/MonopolyDeal_GameGuide_EN.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the rules</a>:</p>

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  <p>On your turn:<br>
  Play up to 3 cards ... You don’t have to play any cards if you don’t want to.</p>
</blockquote>

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2020-03-30T11:48:06.403Z
2020-03-30T11:48:06.403Z
L. Scott Johnson
<p>Drawing an excess number of cards is a legitimate tactic.</p>

<p>Suppose you have 6 cards at the start of your turn, 3 of which are "Pass Go" (i.e., play to discard pile, draw 2 new cards). In theory, you could finish your turn with 11 cards (6 + 2 drawn at turn start, + 3 for each Pass Go played), so you need to discard 4 of them to get back down to 7. You could discard property cards your opponent is seeking, denying them the chance to draw them / steal them, whilst freeing your own hand up.</p>

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2020-04-22T09:53:38.873Z
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robyaw
<p>Monopoly Deal - Suppose, I have 6 cards before I got my turn. I picked up 2 Cards from the deck. Now, I have 8 cards. Can I not use any of the cards in this turn and pass my turn? Which means I have 1 excess of 7 (so i will put 1 card back to the deck). Is this a valid move?</p>

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2020-04-01T20:17:29.593Z
To be clear, your cards in excess of 7 get placed on the discard pile, not the draw pile.
BradC
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2020-04-22T22:02:05.233Z
Just curious what would be the advantage to drawing excess cards and then not playing any?
Jokus
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Monopoly deal - Can I not use any of my cards during a turn and then let go excess cards?
Ravi Kanth Revuru
# Monopoly deal - Can I not use any of my cards during a turn and then let go excess cards?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-30)

Monopoly Deal - Suppose, I have 6 cards before I got my turn. I picked up 2 Cards from the deck. Now, I have 8 cards. Can I not use any of the cards in this turn and pass my turn? Which means I have 1 excess of 7 (so i will put 1 card back to the deck). Is this a valid move?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: To be clear, your cards in excess of 7 get placed on the discard pile, not the draw pile.  
> **username_2**: Just curious what would be the advantage to drawing excess cards and then not playing any?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-03-30. Score: 2

Yes. This is explicitly allowed by [the rules](http://www.shuffle.cards/resources/manuals/en_gb/MonopolyDeal_GameGuide_EN.pdf):

> On your turn:  
> Play up to 3 cards ... You don’t have to play any cards if you don’t want to.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-04-22. Score: 0

Drawing an excess number of cards is a legitimate tactic.

Suppose you have 6 cards at the start of your turn, 3 of which are "Pass Go" (i.e., play to discard pile, draw 2 new cards). In theory, you could finish your turn with 11 cards (6 + 2 drawn at turn start, + 3 for each Pass Go played), so you need to discard 4 of them to get back down to 7. You could discard property cards your opponent is seeking, denying them the chance to draw them / steal them, whilst freeing your own hand up.


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