Partnerships are formed by drawing cards from the deck. Red 3 cards = 100 or 200 points Picking Partners:Ĭanasta has an interesting approach to forming partnerships. In Canasta the value of cards is as follows:
NUMBER OF CARDS: Double 52-card decks plus four jokers (108 cards in total) / Specialty Canasta Deck A meld consists of three of more cards of the same rank, and jokers can be used as wild cards to help form melds. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the game is to form as many melds as possible.
