If a team has no melds when the opposing team goes out, the value of their red 3s is deducted from their score. If a wildcard is the first upcard, another card is flipped from the deck, and the wildcard is placed sideways, freezing the discard pile.ДЄ meld can have more than seven cards, but the only additional points come from the value of the card added.Д«lack 3s can be melded if the player melding them is going out to end the round. If a red 3 or a black 3 is the first upcard flipped from the deck, another card from the deck is flipped over. Going Out: The team of the player who ended the round gets 100 points. If a team gets all four red 3s, they are awarded 800 points. Red 3s: A team gets 100 points for each red 3. If the canasta does include a wild card, it is considered a mixed canasta. If the canasta does not include a wild card, it is considered a natural canasta. There are four areas where points are scored.Д¬ard Values: Using the card values from above, teams score the points from the cards in their melds, minus the points from the cards left in their hands.Д¬anastas: A team gets 500 points for each natural canasta and 300 points for each mixed canasta. Depending on what is left in the partnerвЂ™s hand, the partner may want the round to continue. A player is allowed to ask his/her partner if he/she should go out. When a player from a team with a canasta is able to end his/her turn with no cards left in his/her hand, the round is over. A player can end the round if his/her team has a canasta. Going OutДЄ meld of seven cards is known as a canasta. The top card on a frozen discard pile cannot be drawn to add to an existing meld. The frozen discard pile can only be drawn from if a player is able to make a natural meld with the top card. The discarded wildcard should be played down horizontally on the discard pile.

If a wildcard is discarded, the discard pile becomes frozen. A player cannot draw from a blocked pile. If a black 3 is discarded, the discard pile is blocked. The DiscardДЄ playerвЂ™s turn ends with a discard. The value can come from multiple melds in the same turn. Once a team hits 3000 game points, the first melds need to have a combined card value of 120 points. Once a team hits 1500 game points, the first melds need to have a combined card value of 90 points. The first melds laid by a team need to have a combined card value of 50 points when starting the game. Wildcards (jokers and 2s) can be used in any meld, but a meld can never have more wildcards than natural cards. Three cards of similar rank are needed to start a meld. MeldingДЄfter the draw, a player can choose to create melds, if possible. The player can also choose to draw the top card of the deck, even if it is possible to draw the top discard. If a player cannot draw the top discard, the player must draw from the deck. If the top card of the discard pile is successfully melded, the player gets all the other cards in the discard pile. A player is allowed to draw from the discard pile if the top card is used to create a meld, or can be added to an existing meld. If a player is dealt a red 3, or if a red three is ever drawn, it is immediately played on the table, and a card is drawn to replace it. The player left of the dealer is first to play. These wildcards can be added to any meld, but a meld can never have more wildcards than cards of the actual number. A meld has to have at least three cards to be started.

Points are scored by melding cards of the same rank together as a team.

The objective of the game is to be the first team to score 5000 points. The top card of the remaining deck is flipped up. Two card decks including jokers Four players pen and paper for scorekeeping DealД®ach player is dealt 11 cards, one at a time.

Rules for canasta card game