Hand Limit
Draw PhasePandemic
You may hold at most 7 Player cards. The moment you exceed that, discard cards or play Event cards until you're back down to 7. Only Player cards (City and Event) count — nothing else in the game has a hand limit.
With On the Brink: The Archivist has a hand limit of 8.
With State of Emergency: The Limited Options Emergency Event lowers everyone's hand limit to 6.
With In the Lab: The solo game's CDC has a hand limit of 7.
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