Read the opening deal
One card sets the foundation base rank. Four cards start the tableau, and only the top of the thirteen-card reserve is visible. The remaining cards are in the stock.
Canfield family · The Heights
Variegated Demon
A two-deck Canfield with 8 foundations (two per suit). All eight Aces are pre-placed, draw three, two redeals.
Seed78190
Moves0
Timer00:00
Redeals left2
StatusIn progress
Streak0
Click the stock to draw 3 cards, or select a card to move it.
The base-rank foundation
Canfield’s defining feature: foundations do not start on Aces. The first card dealt sets the base rank for all four suits. If that card is a 7, all four foundations build 7→8→9→10→J→Q→K→A→2→3→4→5→6. The three remaining base-rank cards can start their suit foundations when accessible. Check which base-rank cards are already exposed before drawing.
Reserve and wraparound tableau
The 13-card reserve is Canfield’s other core structure. Only the top card is available at any time; the other twelve are face-down until uncovered. Tableau sequences wrap around — Ace goes on 2, King on Ace — and alternate colors.
Canfield variants
The seven board variants are available from the selector above. A brief summary of what each changes:
- Selective Canfield — choose your base rank before play from 5 dealt options
- Superior Canfield — all 13 reserve cards visible; otherwise identical to standard
- Thirteen Up — fixed base rank 2; same-suit tableau; draw one; max 2 redeals
- Variegated Demon — two decks, 8 foundations, Aces pre-placed, draw three
- Chameleon — 3 columns, draw one, no redeals, any-suit downward build
- Rainbow — 4 columns, draw one, no redeals, any-suit downward build
Key strategic concepts
Think in full wrapping cycles. If the base is 9, the full sequence is 9→10→J→Q→K→A→2→3→4→5→6→7→8. Cards just above the base are urgent; cards just below the base will be last. In draw-three, only the top waste card is playable at a time. Check the exposed reserve and tableau cards before covering a useful waste card with another draw.
Related games
Variegated Demon is part of The Heights · Canfield family and is a variant of Canfield.
More Canfield family games
- Canfield — Compact reserve patience with wrap-around foundations.
- American Toad — Two-deck patience with a 20-card reserve.
- Chameleon — Canfield variant: 3 columns, any-suit, no redeals.
- Rainbow — Draw one, any-suit tableau, no redeals.
- Selective Canfield — You choose the foundation base rank.
- Superior Canfield — Visible reserve, unlimited redeals.
Also try
- Babette — Two-deck blockade with ascending and descending suit foundations.
- Big Ben — Clock-face foundations building by suit.
- Miss Milligan — Double-deck patience with a weave reserve.