Deck Hands

Deck Hands
Appears in	Mario Party 7 Mario Party: The Top 100
Type	Battle minigame (Mario Party 7) Free-for-All minigame (Mario Party: The Top 100)
Time limit	10 seconds per turn
Music track	Without a Care
Music sample Mario Party 7: Mario Party: The Top 100:

Deck Hands is a Battle minigame in Mario Party 7 and a Free-for-All minigame in Mario Party: The Top 100. The name comes from the "all hands on deck" boatswain's call. This is the only minigame that uses the music track "Without a Care" (not counting the Mic Space minigame).

Introduction

The cards all fall from above and land in a pile in front of a Shy Guy. Sections of the floor then open up, and platforms with the players on them rise. The camera then switches to the view of the Shy Guy, who then looks at the first player.

Gameplay

In this minigame, players take turns choosing cards numbered one through thirteen from the table. The cards are facedown, making this a game of chance. Each player gets three turns to choose a card. In the first round, the order of play is random, but in the succeeding rounds, it goes by who got the lower-numbered cards. There is only one of each card numbered one to thirteen in the deck. The highest possible score is 36, and the lowest possible score is six. The player(s) with the highest total value of their cards win(s).

Ending

The one card remaining after the players have chosen the others returns to the center of the table, and the camera switches views to show all the players and the Shy Guy. In Mario Party 7, the winner(s) then do(es) their victory animation(s) while the loser(s) do(es) their losing animation(s), with the Shy Guy cheering in the background.

Controls

Mario Party 7

• – Select card
• – Confirm

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Left and right: Select card
• : Confirm

In-game text

Mario Party 7

• Rules – "Pick a card, any card! The player who picks the 3 highest cards is the winner!"
• Advice – "Card numbers range from 1 to 13. Watch the cards... and hope you get lucky!"

Mario Party: The Top 100

• Description – "Draw 3 cards. Whoever has the highest total at the end wins!"
• On-screen – "Pick the highest cards!"

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See also

• Card Smarts
• Chips and Dips

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	３まいえらんで 3(San)-mai Erande	Pick Three
Dutch	Kaart van fortuin	Card of fortune
French	Pink Jack	Pink Jack
German	Kartenraten	Cards Guess
Italian	Le tre carte	The three cards
Spanish (NOA)	Afortunaipes (Mario Party: The Top 100)	Portmanteau of afortunado (fortunate, lucky) and naipes (playing cards)
Spanish (NOE)	Unas manitas	A Handyman