Use one-card cells to expose foundation cards.
Use the cells to uncover a buried low card, but keep at least one free so another exposed card has an escape route.
Last updated: September 2026
Four cells, four separate cards
Unlike the post-stock Waive in Miss Milligan, Milligan Cell starts with four empty holding cells. Each accepts only a single tableau card. A cell card may return to a legal tableau column or move to a foundation. Two decks start with eight exposed tableau cards; the remaining stock deals one row at a time.
Suppose an Ace sits below a red 6 in a column. Parking that 6 in a cell exposes the Ace immediately, but the 6 needs a black 7 or a foundation route to leave the cell. Check that route before occupying a cell; an unavailable return can reduce your working capacity for later rows.
Use storage without exhausting it
Legal descending alternating-color groups can move directly between tableau columns. Cells are most useful for a single blocker that prevents access to a low foundation card. Empty tableau columns accept Kings only, so a free cell and a free column solve different access problems.
After every deal, compare newly exposed foundation moves with the cost of occupying another cell. Four full cells leave no further temporary card storage until one card returns to the tableau or foundation.