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== Card games by objective ==
Another broad way of classifying card games is by objective. There are four main types as well as a handful of games that have miscellaneous objectives.

=== Capturing games ===
In these games the objective is to capture cards or to avoid capturing them. These break down into the following:<ref>[https://www.pagat.com/class/capture.html ''Capturing Games''] at [[pagat.com]]. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref>

* ''Most cards''. The aim is to capture as many cards as possible. Most plain trick games fall into this group.
* ''Fewest cards.'' Common in [[#Compendium games|compendium games]], otherwise rare. Often occurs as a contract within a game known as a [[Misère]], [[Bettel (cards)|Bettel]], Null or Nolo.
* ''Exact number of cards''. To win games of the [[#Exact bidding group|exact bidding group]] a player must take the exact number of tricks bid.
* ''Most points''. In point-trick games and most fishing games, the aim is to capture the most points in cards.
* ''Fewest points''. Some or all cards incur penalty points and so the aim is to  capture as few points as possible.
* ''Exact points''. A small group in which players aim to score a specific number of points e.g. [[Differenzler Jass]].
* ''Most or fewest points''. In some [[Jass]] games e.g. [[Molotov (card game)|Molotov]], the aim is to secure either the most or fewest points, leaving the player in the middle as the loser.
* ''Win last trick''. In games like [[Tuppen (card game)|Tuppen]], the player who takes the last trick wins; all earlier tricks are irrelevant. Some games also have a bonus or extra points for winning the last trick or winning it with a specific card.
* ''Lose last trick''. In a few games, e.g. [[Krypkille]], the aim is to lose the last trick.
* ''Mixed objectives''. Some games, e.g. [[Kaiser (card game)|Kaiser]], have both positive and negative point cards.

===Shedding games===
{{see also|List of shedding-type games}}
In a shedding game, also called an accumulating game, players start with a hand of cards, and the object of the game is to be the first player to discard all cards from one's hand. Common shedding games include [[Crazy Eights]] (commercialized by [[Mattel]] as [[Uno (card game)|Uno]]) and [[Daihinmin]]. Similar games are [[Switch (card game)|Switch]], [[Mau Mau (card game)|Mau Mau]] or [[Whot!]]. Some matching-type games are also shedding-type games; some variants of Rummy such as [[Paskahousu]], [[Phase 10]], [[Rummikub]], the bluffing game [[I Doubt It]], and the children's games [[Musta Maija]] and [[Old maid (card game)|Old Maid]], fall into both categories.

===Combination games ===
In many games, the aim is to form combinations of cards: by addition, by matching sets or forming sequences. All [[Rummy]] games are based on the last two principles, although in the basic variants, the end objective is to shed cards which makes them shedding games (see above). However, meld scoring variants such as [[Canasta]] or [[Rommé]] are true combination games.<ref>[https://www.pagat.com/class/combine.html ''Combination Games''] at [[pagat.com]]. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref>

===Comparing games===
Comparing card games are those where hand values are compared to determine the winner, also known as "vying" or "showdown" games. [[Poker]], [[blackjack]], [[Mus (card game)|mus]], and [[Baccarat (card game)|baccarat]] are examples of comparing card games. As seen, nearly all of these games are designed as gambling games.