If wild cards are used, it is a mixed canasta.

A natural canasta ist a meld that consists of at least seven natural cards of the same rank. This is the name of the game and one of its key elements at the same time. The blockade is lifted once the player following you finished their turn. When you place a black Three or a wild card on top of the discard pile, it is blocked for the next player they can neither draw from the discard pile nor pick it up. Left in hand by the end of the round, each black Three yields 100 negative points instead of five. This custom rule raises the penalty score for black Threes. Black Threes can only be played in the very last meld when going out. Black Threes (Cards):īlack Threes act as block cards: Placed on the discard pile, they prevent the next player from drawing there or picking up the entire discard pile. Players of an alliance or team share their melds and scores. In our Canasta Palace, your ally is placed in the top center of your screen and marked blue. The teams remain throughout all played rounds at the table. In a game of four, Canasta is played with alliances or teams. Use this custom rule to play with one more Joker per deck. With this custom rule, you are using an additional deck in the game.

There are plenty of recurring terms used for explaining Canasta rules, and some of them have synonyms, too. We collected all important terms concerning Canasta in this glossary for you.

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