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MCR PATTERNS

MCR patterns worth 64 points

The second tier. Four of the six are built from honours and terminals (Little Four Winds, Little Three Dragons, All Honors and All Terminals); the others come from concealed pungs or one very particular set of chows.

About this tier

They are demanding but a little more reachable than the 88-point hands, especially the honour-based ones.

How to read the examples: sets that were called from a discard (exposed) are underlined in orange, and the winning tile has a gold outline. Every example is a complete winning hand that has been checked against the scoring engine.

All Terminals (清幺九) · 64 points

Every set and the pair are made of terminals (1 or 9), with no honors.

Little Four Winds (小四喜) · 64 points

Pungs of three winds and the pair is the fourth wind.

Little Three Dragons (小三元) · 64 points

Pungs of two dragons and the pair is the third dragon.

All Honors (字一色) · 64 points

Every tile is an honor (winds and dragons).

Four Concealed Pungs (四暗刻) · 64 points

Four concealed pungs (concealed kongs count). If you win on a discard, the last pung counts as melded.

Pure Terminal Chows (一色雙龍會) · 64 points

One suit: two 1-2-3 chows, two 7-8-9 chows, and a pair of 5s.

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