Phase 10
It's from 1982, before you were born.
- Maker
- Fundex / Mattel
- Type
- Card game
- Debuted
- 1982
- Note
- A rummy variant with 10 escalating 'phases'
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About
As of 2026, it's 44 years old.
Phase 10 dealt in starting in 1982, a rummy-style card game where players race through ten increasingly difficult 'phases' — sets, runs, and color collections — that must be completed in order. Get stuck on a phase and you'll watch everyone else pull ahead while you try, and fail, to assemble that one stubborn run.
Its long arc (a full game can stretch on for a satisfyingly long time) and the agony of being stuck on Phase 7 while a rival cruises to Phase 10 made it a beloved, occasionally rage-inducing family-night staple alongside its cousin Uno.
Escalating, rummy-based, and patience-testing, Phase 10 is the card game that turned a ten-step climb into a long, tense, family-table marathon.
