A shedding-type card game is a game in which the player's objective is to empty one's hand of all cards before all other players. Popular card games of this type include:
- Action/power/trick cards; win by least number of points
- One deck per pair; play in pairs; shed sets of cards for points; win by reaching a certain point value
- Challenge truth
- One suit per player
- Dedicated/non-standard card/commercialised games
- Miscellaneous