Every meld must contain at least two natural cards, the number
Wild cards (jokers and twos) can be used in melds. Short Canasta rules: Each player is dealt 15 cards, the rest of the deck is placed face-down to form the stock,Īnd the top card of the stock is turned face-up and placed alongside the stock to start a discard pile.
The object of the game is to score points by melding cards. It is played with two standard 52 card packs plus four jokers (two from each pack), 108 cards in all. Here you can play two-player canasta against other people worldwide.