Maintaining your hand's flexibility while being aware of what your discards reveal to your opponents requires a delicate balance. Using strategic thinking is also necessary when drasttaakingwing from the deck or selecting cards from the discard pile. Players should think about how their decision may help or hurt their opponents in addition to their immediate needs when choosing from the discard pile. Picking up a card that your opponent just threw away, for example, could indicate that you are trying to finish a sequence they were also pursuing.