A player's turn consists of three phases: drawing, melding, and discarding. The player left of the dealer is first to play. A group cannot have more than two wildcards. Wildcards can be added to a group of cards as long as there are twice as many natural cards as wildcards. A sequence of seven cards is known as a samba. A group of at least seven cards is known as a canasta. A sequence is a run of three to seven cards in the same suit. A group is three or more cards in the same rank. A set of three cards starts a meld and can be added to throughout gameplay.Ī set can be a group or sequence. Points are scored by melding cards into sets. The objective of the game is to be the first team to score 10,000 points. When playing with two, three, or five players, players will play individually. When playing with four or six players, players will play with a partner. After the deal, the remaining cards in the middle form a draw deck, and the top card is flipped face up to start a discard pile. DealĮach player is dealt 15 cards, one card at a time.

Two to six players Three 52 card decks with a total of six jokers.

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