Read the selector before choosing.
Pas de Deux uses two decks. One fills a four-by-thirteen face-up grid; the other is a selector stock. Match the revealed selector to a grid card, then swap that card within its row or column.
Last updated: September 2026
Read the selector before choosing
Every selector card points to one matching card in the grid. That card may trade places with any card in its row or column, but it cannot jump diagonally.
Compare the row target and column target positions before committing. A swap can place one card correctly while displacing another.
Build the final rows
The goal is four suit rows, each ordered Ace through King. A row with several correct cards is an anchor: use matching selectors to reposition misplaced cards without undoing settled positions.
The same physical grid card can be reached again when the second deck reveals its match after a redeal.
Use skips and the redeal
If the revealed selector offers only harmful swaps, skip it. Each swap consumes that selector and reveals the next automatically.
The selector deck allows one redeal, so weigh a skip against the chance to use the card on the next pass. Later grid changes may make that same match more useful.
Favor swaps with two useful outcomes
The selector forces which grid card moves, but you choose its partner in the same row or column. A strong swap places the selected card in its final location while moving the displaced card closer to its own suit row or rank column.
A card already in the correct position can still be selected. Skipping may preserve it, especially if every available swap would disturb a settled part of the grid.
Before the selector deck is recycled, review which cards remain misplaced. The second pass can revisit the same matching selectors after other swaps have changed the grid, creating opportunities that were absent on the first pass.