In Canasta Fun, there is no minimum point requirement to start placing melds.
Melds consist of 3 or more cards of the same rank, for example, three 5s. A meld that contains at least 7 cards is called a "canasta".
There are two types of melds and canastas; natural and mixed. A "natural" canasta consists only of natural cards (no wild cards such as Jokers and Twos) while a mixed canasta contains wild cards (Jokers and/or Twos).
In a mixed meld, the number of wild cards (Jokers or Twos) can outnumber the number of natural cards as long as the meld consists of at least 2 natural cards (with a maximum of 3 wild cards per meld). For example, two 9s and three 2s.
Unlike Rummy, wild cards (Jokers or Twos) cannot be exchanged/ swapped from melds on the table.
It is not possible to meld cards to your opponent's melds.
Melds & Canastas
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