<p>No, you cannot shuffle the discard pile back into the deck.
The entire point of Exploding Kittens is that the game eventually draws to a dramatic conclusion where almost all the leftover cards are exploding kittens.</p>
<p>This is supposed to be a short game that you can play multiple rounds of, otherwise a player that is out early in the game would be quite bored.</p>

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2023-01-04T09:51:57.827Z
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n0m4d3
<p>(Kid-friendly Exploding Kittens for ages 7+)</p>
<p>When the draw pile begins to dwindle down to say 5 or less cards, are we able to combine those few with the large play/discard pile of cards next to it? In other words, let's say there are only 5 cards left face down, and 2 of the 5 are exploding kittens. I'd like to better my odds by combining those 5 remaining cards with the remaining deck and shuffle all of them. Is this allowed?</p>

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Related: https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/58368/swap-top-and-bottom-card-in-exploding-kittens
GendoIkari
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Can I shuffle discards into the draw deck?
Sylvia Wright
# Can I shuffle discards into the draw deck?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-01-04)

(Kid-friendly Exploding Kittens for ages 7+)

When the draw pile begins to dwindle down to say 5 or less cards, are we able to combine those few with the large play/discard pile of cards next to it? In other words, let's say there are only 5 cards left face down, and 2 of the 5 are exploding kittens. I'd like to better my odds by combining those 5 remaining cards with the remaining deck and shuffle all of them. Is this allowed?

**Tags:** exploding-kittens

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Related: https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/58368/swap-top-and-bottom-card-in-exploding-kittens  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-01-04. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

No, you cannot shuffle the discard pile back into the deck.
The entire point of Exploding Kittens is that the game eventually draws to a dramatic conclusion where almost all the leftover cards are exploding kittens.

This is supposed to be a short game that you can play multiple rounds of, otherwise a player that is out early in the game would be quite bored.


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