Alternatively, they may also pick up all the cards in the discard pile, if they can use the top card of the stock in a meld or lay it off immediately. The top card of the draw pile is turned face up to begin the discard pile.Ī player begins their turn by drawing a card from the draw pile. The rest are placed in a draw pile face down. Play Multiplayer Canasta Online The Deck and DealingĬanasta uses two standard decks, plus a set number of Jokers.Įach player is dealt a hand of 15 cards. A player cannot empty their hand entirely until their team has a set number of canastas A canasta is a meld containing at least 7 cards.Black Threes can only be melded if the player has only Black Threes in hand If a Black Three is on the top of the discard pile, the pile cannot be picked up.

Teams score points by creating melds (sets of cards of the same rank).