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The canasta must contain at least seven natural cards (this is called the base). Seven or eight of a kind, with no wild cards, is called a natural canasta (or pure canasta); A set of seven or more containing of a kind, and one to three wild cards, is called a mixed canasta.
There are other types of card decks that have a different number of cards. A Pinochle deck has 48 cards - two copies of each of the 9, 10, jack, queen, king, and ace cards of all four suits. There are 52 cards in a standard deck. There are four different suits: Diamonds, Clubs, Hearts, and Spades. There are thirteen cards, Ace - Two - Threeâ¦ Ten - Jack - Queen - King in each suit. Many decks are sold with a couple of extra cards; they could be Jokers, ads, or the ranks of poker hands.