Stack same-rank cards into seven-card canastas, grab the discard pile, and outscore your rival to 5000.
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How to play
Each turn you draw from the stock or take the discard pile, then lay down melds of three or more cards of the same rank. A meld of seven cards is a canasta, and you need one before you can go out.
Melds need at least two natural cards and no more than three wilds
A pure canasta scores 500, a mixed canasta 300
Red threes are laid aside for bonus points
Empty your hand after a canasta to end the round
Controls
Desktop: click cards and buttons to draw, meld, discard and go out
Phone & tablet: tap cards and on-screen buttons
Game modes
Daily and Practice rounds against the computer
Online: one-on-one matches against another player
Tips & strategy
Hold wild cards to complete a meld that is close to a canasta rather than scattering them
Watch the discard pile grow and time a freeze or grab when the pot is fat
You cannot go out without a finished canasta, so secure one early
About Canasta
Canasta is an original free implementation of the classic meld-building card game in the rummy family. Play in your browser with no install required.
A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.
