How many cards in Rummy?

German Rommé is played with 110 cards: two 52-card decks plus six jokers, and every player is dealt 13 cards — whether two of you play or six. That is the short answer. The longer answer depends on which Rummy is on your table, so here are all three.

German Rommé: 110 cards, 13 each

The standard in the German-speaking world. Two full decks are shuffled together with six jokers; each player receives 13 cards, the rest form the face-down stock and the discard pile. Two decks are what make the game roomy: six players fit, and a rank can appear twice in the same set of melds. The full rules are in our Rummy rules guide.

Single-deck Rummy: 52 cards, deal by player count

The basic international game uses one 52-card deck (often without jokers), and the deal shrinks as the table grows:

Fewer cards per hand, faster rounds, less room for long runs — a different rhythm, not a lesser game.

Royal Robber Rummy: 110 cards, 12 each

Our game keeps the German 110-card pack but deals 12, and your hand may never grow past 15 — because there is no discard pile, and hoarding is punished by the Robber’s Tax. Every number (decks, jokers, hand size) is a setting you can change before the game. The full house rules are in how Royal Robber Rummy plays.