Since 1824, they have been making high-quality playing cards in the Piatnik playing card factory in Vienna in Austria in the European Union. Like these classic canasta playing cards from Piatnik with point values, the canasta cards are made of cardboard in bridge size (58 mm x 89 mm) and have a classic design on the back and a smooth finish. This canasta playing card set with point values has 4 standard indexes and is ideal for the classic canasta card game with 2 to 6 players. This double deck from Piatnik comes in a beautiful presentation box with 2 x 52 canasta playing cards + 3 jokers and a booklet with the canasta game rules in the English and French language.
Classic Canasta Playing Cards A classic card game is traditionally for two. three, five, or six players but is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. Canasta is originally from South America and is part of the rummy family of games. Players aim to make melds of seven cards of the same rank an go out by playing all cards in their hand. These classic canasta playing cards are made of a very good quality and guarantee hours of canasta fun!