How do you get a canasta?

How do you get a canasta?

A meld comprising seven or more cards, including at least four natural cards (called a “base”), is a canasta. In addition to the point values of the cards, a canasta earns a bonus of 500 for a natural or “pure” canasta (one that has no wild card), and 300 for a mixed canasta (one that has one to three wild cards).

How many decks of cards does it take to play canasta?

two

What is the definition of canasta?

1 : a form of rummy using two full decks in which players or partnerships try to meld groups of three or more cards of the same rank and score bonuses for 7-card melds. 2 : a meld of seven cards of the same rank in canasta.

How do you play canasta hand and foot?

Each player is dealt 11 cards as a hand and 13 as a foot. Completed melds of seven cards are called canastas. In melds (other than wild melds) you must have more normal cards than wild cards – so there can be up to 3 wild cards in a dirty canasta, and up to two wild cards in a dirty meld of five or six cards.