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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.
1 A canasta is a meld of at least seven cards of the same rank. 2  Each player starts with 15 cards in hand. 3  Yours are visible at the bottom of the window. 4  Both players take turns in drawing one card from the stock, and discarding one card on the discard pile (in that order). You score points by melding cards, and making as many canastas as possible. 2  A canasta is a meld of at least seven cards of the same rank. 3  Each player starts with 15 cards in hand. 4  Yours are visible at the bottom of the window.