– A Meld is a set of cards sharing the same rank number. – The team cannot go out with an incomplete natural meld of Aces, 7’s or wild cards on the table. The team that starts a meld of wild cards can’t add any wild card to another meld until finishing the wild canasta. Mixed melds are treated of Aces s normal, not special meld. – A meld of natural Ace’s (no wilds) : this special meld must be pure unless it is part of the team’s initial meld and includes at least one wild card from the beginning. – A meld of 7’s: this special meld doesn’t ever allow adding any wild cards.

– When a Canasta is completed, neither team is allowed to begin or add to a meld of that rank, those remaining cards are known as Dead Cards. – When a natural meld contains five natural cards a wild cards can be added. – Wild cards can be used as substitutes for one or two of the cards in a meld but any meld must have at least two natural cards and never more than 2 wild cards. – A Meld consisting of the same rank is called a natural meld, while melds that include at least one wild card are called mixed or unnatural. At least 3 cards are needed to form a meld and 7 cards become a Canasta. – 2s and Jokers are wild, 3”s are special, other remaining cards are called natural.

Rules for card game sevens