Hanafuda cards by month
In order to capture cards in Koi-Koi, you must match them by month. Named cards are labelled and colored according to their type: red for Light cards, and green for Earth cards. Scroll cards are obvious and not labelled.
| Month | Flower | Card Images |
| January | Pine |
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| February | Plum Blossom |
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| March | Cherry Blossom |
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| April | Wysteria |
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| May | Iris |
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| June | Peony |
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| July | Bush Clover |
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| August | Pampas Grass |
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| September | Chrysanthemum |
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| October | Maple |
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| November | Willow |
Rainman |
Swallow |
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Lightning |
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| December | Paulownia |
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Hanafuda cards by type
To form most yakus in Koi-Koi, you need 3 to 10 cards of the same type. Here are all the cards by type.
| Type | Card Images |
Light cards
5 cards: the Crane, Curtain, Moon, Rainman, and Phoenix.
Collect these to form one of the high-scoring yakus. |     |
Earth cards
9 cards: the Songbird, Cuckoo, Dock, Butterflies, Boar, Geese, Cup, Deer, and Swallow.
Collect any five for a 1-point yaku.
Collect the Boar, Deer, and Butterflies for a 5-point yaku. |    |
Scroll cards
10 cards: three Poetry Scrolls, three Purple Scrolls and four regular scrolls.
Collect any five for a 1-point yaku.
Collect all three of either the Poetry or Purple Scrolls for a 5-point yaku. |     |
Junk
24 cards.
Collect any ten for a 1-point yaku.
The Cup (already pictured above) is counted as both an Earth card and a Junk card.
The Cup is the most powerful card in the game when allowing the Moon Viewing and Blossom Viewing Yakus. Once you have the cup, you just need either the Moon or Curtain to win the round and get 5 points.
Some players treat the Lightning (November's freaky looking Junk card) as a wild card which can match any other card. |
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