Cards & Keywords
Below you’ll see some of the keywords that are often referred to in Monopoly deal:
- Your hand: Your hand consists of the cards you hold and can use during your turn, including property cards, money cards, and action cards, with a limit of seven cards at the end of your turn.
- Playing area (or ‘tableau’): The area in front of you where you place your collected property sets and banked money or action cards.
- Bank: Where you place Money cards and action cards with monetary value, used to accumulate funds for paying rent and other fees.
- Property Set: A collection of all property cards of the same color group, which, when completed, allows players to charge higher rent and add houses or hotels to increase the rent value further.
- Play: A “play” refers to the action of using one of your cards during your turn. You can play up to three cards per turn, which can include laying down property cards, placing money into your bank, or using action cards to perform various actions like charging rent or stealing properties.
- Action Card: Action cards allow you to perform various actions, such as collecting rent, stealing properties, or canceling actions.
Cards in Monopoly Deal
Below you’ll find a list of all cards in Monopoly deal. Note that for the property cards, we list the property names for the US and UK version of the game only. There are various versions that may have different property names.
Property Cards | Action Cards | House and Hotel Cards | Wild Property Cards | Money Cards
Property Cards
Property cards represent the various properties you can collect and complete sets with.
Yellow property set
The yellow property set consists of three properties. The may be the following, depending on the version of the game you have:
- Marvin Gardens / Leicester Square
- Ventnor Avenue / Piccadilly
- Atlantic Avenue / Coventry Street
The complete the set, three yellow properties are required.
Utility company cards
The utility company cards are:
- Electric Company
- Water Works
The complete the set, two utility properties are required.
Blue property set
The blue property set consists of two properties. The may be the following, depending on the version of the game you have:
- Park Place / Park Lane
- Boardwalk / Mayfair
The complete the set, two blue properties are required.
Purple property set
The purple property set consists of three properties. The may be the following, depending on the version of the game you have:
- St. Charles Place / Northumberland Avenue
- States Avenue / Pall Mall
- Virginia Avenue / Whitehall
The complete the set, three yellow properties are required.
Red property set
The red property set consists of three properties. The may be the following, depending on the version of the game you have:
- Kentucky Avenue / Trafalgar Square
- Indiana Avenue / Strand
- Illinois Avenue / Fleet Street
The complete the set, three red properties are required.
Brown property set
The brown property set consists of two properties. The may be the following, depending on the version of the game you have:
- Mediterranean Avenue / Old Kent Road
- Baltic Avenue / Whitechapel Road
The complete the set, two red properties are required.
Green property set
The green property set consists of three properties. The may be the following, depending on the version of the game you have:
- Pacific Avenue / Regent Street
- North Carolina Avenue / Bond Street
- Pennsylvania Avenue / Oxford Street
The complete the set, three green properties are required.
Light blue property set
The light blue property set consists of three properties. The may be the following, depending on the version of the game you have:
- Oriental Avenue / Pentonville Road
- Vermont Avenue / The Angel Islington
- Connecticut Avenue / Euston Road
The complete the set, three light blue properties are required.
Orange property set
The orange property set consists of three properties. The may be the following, depending on the version of the game you have:
- Kentucky Avenue / Trafalgar Square
- Indiana Avenue / Strand
- Illinois Avenue / Fleet Street
The complete the set, three orange properties are required.
Black property set
The orange property set consists of four properties. The may be the following, depending on the version of the game you have:
- Reading Railroad / King’s Cross Station
- Pennsylvania Railroad / Liverpool Street Station
- B. & O. Railroad / Fernchurch Street Station
- Short Line / Marylebone Station
The complete the set, four orange properties are required.
Action Cards
Action cards allow players to perform special actions during their turn. You can view the different action cards in Monopoly Deal below.
Standard Rent Cards
Charge rent for properties of specific color groups if you have properties associated with that color (e.g., Yellow Rent, Blue Rent).
There are 10 Standard Rent cards available.
Wild Rent Cards
Charge rent for properties you own from any selected color group.
There are 3 Wild Rent cards available.
Sly Deal Card
These cards allow you to steal a single property card from another player. The property you steal must not be part of a complete property set.
There are 3 Sly Deal cards available.
Pass Go Cards
These cards allow you to draw two extra cards from the draw pile.
There are 10 Pass Go cards available.
Just Say No Card
These cards cancels any action card played against you.
There are 3 Just Say No cards in Monopoly Deal.
It’s Your Birthday Card
These cards allow you to collect $2 million from each player.
There are 3 It’s Your Birthday Card cards available.
Double the rent card
These cards allow you to double the rent value of a rent card you play. It does count as an additional play.
There are 2 Double the Rent cards available.
Debt Collector Card
These cards allow you to force one player to pay you $5 million. You can choose the player.
There are 3 Debt Collector cards available.
Deal Breaker Card
This card allows you to steal a complete property set from another player. If the property set includes a house or a house and hotel, these are included in the steal.
There are 2 Deal Breaker cards available.
House and Hotel Cards
These cards increase the rent value of a complete property set. A hotel is an upgrade from a house.
House Card
Can be added to a complete property set before adding a hotel.
There are 3 Houses Cards available.
Hotel Card
Can be added to a property set that includes a house.
There are 2 Hotel Cards available.
Wild Property Cards
Can be used as any property in a specific color group.
Money Cards
These cards represent different denominations of money. They can be used to paying rent, to swap property with an action card, or to pay fees.