How To Play — Canasta

(A typical game of Canasta in action) Card Game Rules Canasta is a Rummy type game of melding that is played with two 52 playing card decks and two teams of 2. The objective of Canasta is for your team to reach 5000 points first. For other Rummy type games, see our guides for Classic Rummy and Gin. If you are looking for cards to play Canasta with, check out a standard pack here or one of our more recent arrivals here. Set Up Before the game begins an initial dealer must be chosen. To do so, every player is given a card from a shuffled deck...