Now Eldest discards by taking a card from hand and placing it face up on the pack (or beside the stock if the pack has been taken). Any red 3 is at once placed face up on the table but, because the card was from the pack and not from the stock, no replacement card is drawn. Thus Eldest might, in melding the top card, have acquired red 3(s) and/or wild card(s). Notice that the entire discard pile is taken, not just the top card. Instead of drawing from stock, Eldest could have taken the up pile, known as the “pack” or “pot”, provided that the top card could be melded with two natural cards from hand and provided that the minimum point requirement for the initial meld was met. Declaring melds are always optional, and a player with two melds in hand could elect, for example, to declare only one of them. Black 3s, exceptionally, may not be melded until play ends (see below). No meld may contain more wild cards than naturals. More than one meld can be declared on a turn. Eldest then declares any melds, provided that the point count of the cards is melded add up to the minimum requirement (see table below), by placing them face up on the table. If it is a red 3, this is at once laid face up on the table and another card is drawn to replace it.
To score points by declaring and building on melds of three or more cards of the same rank and to earn bonuses, especially by forming canastas (melds of seven cards or more).Įldest starts and first places any red 3(s) held face up on the table, replenishing his hand with the same number of cards from the top of the stockpile. If the turn-up is a red 3 or a wild card the next card is turned over to cover it, and again is necessary, until the turn-up is natural. The remainder forms the stockpile, which is placed face up beside the stock. Each player receives 11 cards singly, face down. Deal: partners, who have been decided by cutting or other convenient means, sit opposite each other. In play, ranks are irrelevant buy have values for scoring purposes. Ranking: for cutting the pack only, the cards rank Ace (high) down to deuce (low), and the suits spades (high), hearts, diamonds, clubs (low). Red 3s are bonus cards and are not used in the play.
#BASIC RULES CANASTA CARD GAME PLUS#
Cards: two standard packs plus four jokers well shuffled. Its detractors claim it is over elaborate, but it retains the loyalty of a widespread band of enthusiasts. Some 50 years ago it was the most popular card game in the United States, from whence it spread to Europe and became something of a craze before going into decline. This guide will cover the basic canasta rulesĬanasta (Spanish for “basket”) originated in South America.
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