Quick winning principles
- Never take a card with negative points unless it completes a 10+ point combo.
- Draft peppers early—they multiply all future scoring.
- Complete one full category before splitting across categories.
- Deny opponents their 3rd card in a scoring category.
Ideal strategy
- 1
Negative point ruthlessness: -2 card needs +4 combo to break even; skip unless it enables 15+ point turn.
- 2
Pepper timing: draft 2 peppers by turn 3; each pepper multiplies all category bonuses for remaining game.
- 3
Category commitment: complete 7-card category for 10 bonus before starting second—partial categories score poorly.
- 4
Denial priority: opponents' 3rd card in a category is denial target over your 1st card in new category.
- 5
Endgame point calculation: before each draft, sum possible combos; draft card that maximizes total, not single category.