The rest are placed in a draw pile face down. Play Multiplayer Canasta Online The Deck and DealingĬanasta uses two standard decks, plus a set number of Jokers.Įach player is dealt a hand of 15 cards. A player cannot empty their hand entirely until their team has a set number of canastas A canasta is a meld containing at least 7 cards.
Black Threes can only be melded if the player has only Black Threes in hand