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Why Uno includes blank cards

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The customizable wild cards that let you invent sadistic new rules were born from sheer practicality. They were originally included strictly so families could use a marker to replace the cards that inevitably slipped between the couch cushions. Society simply co-opted them into instruments of torture, allowing players to invent rules like skipping someone's turn indefinitely.

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