Card Games Home Page | Alphabetical Index | Classified Index | Related Games Canasta Introduction General Terminology: Cards; Deal and Play; Melds and Canastas Classic Canasta: Deal; Melds; Initial Meld; Play; Threes; Frozen Discard Pile; End of the hand; Scoring; Strategy; Variations Modern American Canasta: Deal; Melds; Play; Threes; Aces and Sevens; Initial Meld; End of the Play; Special ...