<P> With two regular decks of cards, the suits can represent the four different colors, kings can represent the wild cards, and jokers can represent the skip cards . </P> <Ul> <Li> Wild: A "Wild" card may be used in place of a number card and can be used as any color to complete any phase . Original print runs of Phase 10 had two Wilds in each color; to reduce confusion, current print runs use black Wilds . <Ul> <Li> More than one "Wild" card may be used in completing a Phase . Players can use as many "Wild" cards as they want as long as they use one natural card . </Li> <Li> Once a "Wild" card has been played in a Phase, it cannot be replaced by the intended card and used elsewhere . It must remain as that card until the hand is over . </Li> <Li> If the dealer starts the discard pile with a "Wild" card, the card may be picked up by the first player . </Li> <Li> A "Wild" card may not be used as a "skip" card . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Skip: Skip cards have only one purpose: to cause another player to lose a turn . To use, a player discards the "Skip" card on their turn and chooses the player who will lose a turn . <Ul> <Li> When a "Skip" card is drawn it may be discarded immediately or saved for a later turn . </Li> <Li> A "Skip" card may never be picked up from the discard pile . </Li> <Li> A "Skip" card cannot be used to complete any phase, including Phase 8 (seven cards of one color). The original print runs of Phase 10 had blue Skip cards, causing confusion with normal blue cards in the deck; Skip cards are now black in current editions . </Li> <Li> Any player can be skipped, not just the person who would normally play next . </Li> <Li> A player cannot be skipped twice in the same round; they must lose turn in the round before being skipped again . (They can be skipped twice in a row but not until they miss their turn .) </Li> <Li> If the first card that starts the discard pile is a "skip" card then the first players first turn is skipped . </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Wild: A "Wild" card may be used in place of a number card and can be used as any color to complete any phase . Original print runs of Phase 10 had two Wilds in each color; to reduce confusion, current print runs use black Wilds . <Ul> <Li> More than one "Wild" card may be used in completing a Phase . Players can use as many "Wild" cards as they want as long as they use one natural card . </Li> <Li> Once a "Wild" card has been played in a Phase, it cannot be replaced by the intended card and used elsewhere . It must remain as that card until the hand is over . </Li> <Li> If the dealer starts the discard pile with a "Wild" card, the card may be picked up by the first player . </Li> <Li> A "Wild" card may not be used as a "skip" card . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> More than one "Wild" card may be used in completing a Phase . Players can use as many "Wild" cards as they want as long as they use one natural card . </Li> <Li> Once a "Wild" card has been played in a Phase, it cannot be replaced by the intended card and used elsewhere . It must remain as that card until the hand is over . </Li> <Li> If the dealer starts the discard pile with a "Wild" card, the card may be picked up by the first player . </Li> <Li> A "Wild" card may not be used as a "skip" card . </Li> </Ul>

Do wilds count as colors in phase 10