Klondike (Draw 3)

Family: Klondike Family

The authentic, high-difficulty way of drawing three cards at a time from the stock.

In Draw 3, three cards are turned from the stock to the waste at once, and only the top one is immediately playable. To use a card you want, you have to work out the cycle in groups of three.

Compared to Draw 1, which turns one card at a time, fewer cards are reachable, so the win rate is lower and play is more strategic. Planning when to recycle the stock and which cards to leave behind is key.

Many purists consider Draw 3 to be "real Klondike." You can switch to Draw 3 in this site's settings.

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