Aces are high (above a King) or low, (below 2), and Jokers and black twos are wild cards.(red twos are just playing cards) Each game has 10 hands, and the rules for each hand are unique. Two decks are required for game of up to four players. Shanghai rum is played with multiple decks of 54 standard playing cards, including the Jokers. Shanghai rum is a Rummy card game, based on gin rummy and a variation of Contract rummy played by 3 to 8 players. A meld of four cards in the game Shanghai rum
