The Complete Canasta - With The Official Rules and Play

In Canasta, each card is assigned a point value as follows: To assist you in scoring, Stingray Canasta cards have the corresponding point value printed on the face of each card.

General Rules and Terminology

Red 3s feature a star symbol to mark their special significance. In order to draw from the discard pile, the player must be able to immediately use the top discard in a meld with at least two natural cards a natural is a non-wild card , After using the top card in a meld, the player then takes the entire discard pile into his hand, from which he may continue melding, or save the cards for later use.

The top discard may not be taken if it is a Black 3, or a Wild Card. There is no requirement to meld. Three Deuces, three Jokers, or three Red 3s are not legal melds.

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For the purpose of fulfilling this requirement, a player may put down two or more melds at once if necessary. The individual card point values are added cumulatively for all melded cards to verify compliance with the minimum count requirement. This is made easy if you are playing with Stingray Canasta cards because the point values are printed right there on each card! Once the initial meld requirements have been met, any further melds may be laid down without regard to point values.

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Ultimately, the players are attempting to make Canastas before the hand ends. A Canasta is a 7 card meld of the same rank cards. There are two types of Canastas, and each type earns bonus points when scoring: There is a maximum of three wild cards whether they be Jokers or Dueces, or a combination of both allowed per Canasta. Mixed Canastas receive bonus points.

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A Natural Canasta is rewarded with bonus points. Special rules apply to all Red Treys in Canasta: If you collect all four red treys and have at least one meld , you are award a double bonus of points each for a total bonus of points. Black treys may be melded only when a player is going out. Otherwise, black treys may not be melded. They can be used as stop cards when discarded, this means your opponent must draw from the stock and not the discard pile. This can be especially useful if you want your partner to have the opportunity to pick up the discard pile.

Initially, the discard pile is frozen until your partnership is able to meet the minimum requirements of an Initial meld. You may use the top card of the discard pile to unfreeze the discard pile for you and your partner. The discard pile remains unfrozen for your partnership until such time as one of your opponents discards a black trey or wild card. If the pile is unfrozen, and a player wishes to use the top discard, he must first show his opponents he is entitled to take the card by first showing the two or more cards already in his hand either two naturals, or one natural card plus a wild which he intends to meld with the top discard.

Only then can the player pick up the entire discard pile and use whichever cards he chooses to make additional melds optional. The melds produced from the discard pile cannot be used to meet the minimum count requirement of an initial meld. A player cannot take the discard pile to be used as an addition to an already played meld unless he can combine the top card with two additional cards already in his hand. You may not take the discard pile if the top up card is either a black trey or a wild card, the discard pile is said to be frozen.

You may not take the up card if there are no other cards in the discard pile, and you have only one card in your hand. When a player is left holding no cards whatsoever, because he either discarded his last card, or he played his last card in a meld, the hand is over, provided his partnership has at least one Canasta. Without at least one Canasta, a player is not allowed to go out, he must keep one card or more in his hand. Going out earns a point bonus. This is hard to do. To go out concealed, you must play all of your cards at once, with at least one Canasta.

To go out concealed, you must not have played any previous meld cards of your own, nor contributed any meld cards to your partners meld s. Going Out Concealed earns a point bonus. In a unique twist to Canasta, a player may ask his partner for permission to go out. A player may only ask at the beginning of his turn, or immediately after drawing a card.

The partner must reply with only a one word answer: Permission is not a requirement for going out, a player may go out at any time he meets the minimum requirements.

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When a hand ends, each partnership begins scoring by adding the point values shown on the melded cards, then each partnership subtracts the point values of any cards they are left holding in their hands, finally you add any bonus points your partnership may be entitled to. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Would you like to tell us about a lower price?

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