Uno Flip Cards: Official Rules and Roles

The Uno Flip! cards differ from the classic Uno cards as they have two playable sides, a light side and a dark side. You are not allowed to look at the back of the cards you have during the course of the game!
Each card does not have the same back as its identical card (for example, the two Blue 5 cards have different backs).
Sometimes the backs differ from one version of the game to another.

An Uno Flip! deck contains 112 light and dark side cards distributed in the following way:

The Light Side Cards (White Border)

18 cards of each color numbered from 1 to 9 (blue, green, red, and yellow)
8 Draw One cards (2 of each color)
8 Reverse cards (2 of each color)
8 Skip cards (2 of each color)
8 Flip cards (2 of each color)
4 Wild cards
4 Wild Draw Two cards

Dark Side Cards (Black Border)

18 cards of each color numbered from 1 to 9 (pink, teal, orange, and purple)
8 Draw Five cards (2 per color)
8 Reverse cards (2 per color)
8 Skip Everyone cards (2 per color)
8 Flip cards (2 per color)
4 Wild cards
4 Wild Draw Color cards

Light Side Action Cards

Draw One Card

The next player must draw a card and their turn is skipped.
It can only be played on a card of the same color or another Draw One card.
If this card is turned over at the start of the game, its effect still takes place.
If you place a Draw One card on top of another Draw One, the effect will not stack and you will still need to draw a card.

Reverse card

This card changes the direction of play. For example, if the direction of the game was moving clockwise, it must now move counterclockwise.
The Reverse card can only be played on a card of the same color or another Reverse card.
If turned over at the start of the game, its effect still takes place.
In a 2 player game, this card skips the other player’s turn, therefore allowing you to play twice.

Skip Card

The next player must skip their turn.
Can only be played on a card of the same color or another Skip card.
If this card is played at the start of the game, its effect still takes place.

Wild Card

When you play this card, you get to decide whether to change the color in play to the color of your choice or keep the same color.
This card can be played at any time, even if you have another card you can play.
If this card is played at the start of the game, the player to the left of the dealer chooses the starting color and plays the first card.

Wild Draw Two Card

A player who places this card gets to choose whether or not to change the color in play and the next player is forced to draw 2 cards and their turn is skipped.
This card can only be placed by a player who does not have a card of the color in play.
If a player thinks that a Wild Draw Two card has been played against them illegally, they can challenge its player who will then have to show all of their cards to prove that they do not have a card of the color in play.

If the player of the card is found guilty, they will have to draw the 2 cards instead. However, if they’re innocent, then the challenger will have to draw 4 cards instead of just 2.

If this card is turned over at the start of the game, the dealer must return it to the center of the draw pile and turn over a different one.
If you place a Wild Draw 2 card on top of another Wild Draw 2, the points will not stack and you will still have to draw 2 cards.

Flip Card

The game switches from the light side to the dark side. This is done by turning over the draw pile as well as all the cards in the players’ hands.
Play continues with the dark side of the cards until another flip card is played.
This card can only be played on a card of the same color or another Flip card.

Dark Side Action Cards

Skip Everyone Card

Skips all of the opponents’ turns, allowing the player who placed it to play again.
This card can only be placed on another Skip Everyone card or a card of the same color.

Draw Five Card

This card forces the next player to draw 5 cards and skip their turn.
Can only be played on a card of the same color or another Draw Five card.

Reverse Card

This card changes the direction of play. For example, if the direction of the game was moving clockwise, it must now move counterclockwise.
The Reverse card can only be played on a card of the same color or another Reverse card.
In a 2 player game, this card skips the other player’s turn, therefore allowing you to play twice.

Wild Card

When you play this card, you get to decide whether to change the color in play to the color of your choice or keep the same color.
This card can be played at any time, even if you have another card you can play.

Wild Draw Color Card

When you play this card you force the next player to draw a card of the color of your choice. They will have to keep drawing until they have a card of that color, their turn is then skipped.
This card can only be placed by a player who does not have a card of the color in play.
If a player thinks that a Wild Draw Color card has been played against them illegally, they can challenge its player who will then have to show all of their cards to prove that they do not have a card of the color in play.

If the player of the card is found guilty, they will have to draw cards until they have the color they themselves had named (essentially, receiving the effect of the card instead of their opponent). However, if they’re innocent, then the challenger will have to draw until they find the card of the named color (the card’s effect) and then draw 2 additional cards for wrongly accusing the player who’d placed the Wild Draw Color card.

Flip Card

The game switches from the dark side to the light side. This is done by turning over the draw pile as well as all the cards in the players’ hands.
Play continues with the light side of the cards until another flip card is played.
This card can only be played on a card of the same color or another Flip card.

Values of Uno Flip! Cards

The first player to get rid of all their cards gains a number of points corresponding to the cards the losing opponents still have.

Points are scored based on the side the game ends on. For example, if the game ends while playing on the dark side then points are scored based on the dark side of the cards.

Here’s how to score points in Uno Flip!: