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Can I draw face-up cards when the deck and discard pile are both empty?
The designer answered this directly in 2023 and it differs from the rulebook's wording.
- Ticket to Ride rulebook · Rulebook · Train Car Cardsdisagrees
- alanrmoon · Designer · 2023-12-19
- mark_c · Community · 2023-12-19
- Eldard · Community · 2023-12-19disagrees
Yes, if face-up cards remain you may draw them (two cards, or one if you take a Locomotive). If only one face-up card is left, or none, you must claim a route or draw Destination Tickets instead. The rulebook says no train cards can be drawn in this situation; the designer's 2023 ruling refines that, so it prevails.
“If there are face up cards, these can be drawn.”
— alanrmoon, designer