# Do You Draw a Tile After You Take a Discard?

**Quick answer:** No. In Mahjong Island, when you take another player's discard, you skip the draw. You lay the matching tiles face up and discard right away, unless the tile wins your hand.

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You skip the draw and discard right away.

On a normal turn, you draw one tile from the Draw Pile. Then you discard one tile. Taking a discard is the other way to get a tile. So you do not draw after taking a tile in Mahjong Island.

## What happens when you take a tile?

You use the taken tile to make a Group, lay it face up, then discard. A Group here is 3 to 6 identical tiles that a hand on the Island Card still allows. The smallest is a Set, three matching tiles (called a pung in traditional mahjong).

Tiles: 7 Dot, 7 Dot, 7 Dot. A Set: three 7 Dot tiles.

Say you hold two 7 Dot tiles, and a hand on the card needs three. Another player discards a 7 Dot. You take it and lay all three face up as an Open Group, which every player can see. Then you discard one tile, with no draw first.

## What if two players want the same tile?

A Win comes first. If nobody wins on the tile, the player closest after the discarder gets it. That player then discards, just like any other take.

## What if the tile wins the hand?

Then you do not discard at all. You can Win by taking a discard that completes your hand, and the hand ends there.

To see every rule in one place, read the [Mahjong Island rules guide](/guides/mahjong-rules). To learn how lines on the card are built, see [how the Island Card works](/guides/mahjong-winning-hands).

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## Frequently asked questions

### Do you draw after taking a tile in Mahjong Island?

No. After you take a discard, you lay your Group face up and discard right away, with no draw.

### Where does the Group go after you take a tile?

It goes face up as an Open Group, so every player can see it.

### Do you discard after taking a tile to win?

No. If the taken tile completes your hand on the Island Card, you win and the hand ends.