Open the deep columns before the final stock pass.

Read the opening layout

The first column contains ten cards, with nine hidden. Each next column has one fewer card, ending with one face-up card in the tenth. All columns offer a movable top card, but the deep columns hold the most unrevealed information.

Look first for moves that expose a face-down card. A move between already open columns may still be useful if it creates space, but it does not reveal a new card by itself.

Use empty columns deliberately

Under the standard rule, any card or valid descending run can enter an empty column. This makes an empty column a temporary staging area: move a run into it, uncover another card, then rebuild. Avoid filling it with a card that blocks further movement.

Under Kings only, the available move must be headed by a King. Clearing a column before a King is available gives fewer immediate choices, so look for an accessible King and a useful run beneath it.

Manage both copies of each suit

There are two foundations for every suit. An Ace starts each one, then cards build upward in that suit. If a card can play to either foundation, consider whether a lower card of the same suit is waiting in the tableau. Advancing one foundation too far can leave the other copy of a lower rank without a place.

Moving a top card to a foundation is especially valuable when it reveals a hidden tableau card or frees a column. When it leaves a useful alternating-color run without a destination, inspect the tableau before committing.

Budget the waste recycle

Each stock click reveals one card, and only the top waste card is available. After the first pass you can turn the waste back over once; then no further recycle is allowed. A card skipped on the second pass may be inaccessible for the rest of the game.

Before drawing past a playable waste card, check whether it can build a foundation, extend a tableau run, or fill an empty column. A tableau move can change what the next waste card is able to do.

How Pyramide changes Klondike

Klondike also asks you to weigh hidden-card reveals against foundation progress. Pyramide doubles the deck, uses ten columns and eight foundations, limits the waste to one recycle, and lets you choose whether empty columns accept any card or only Kings. Those rules make stock passes and the selected empty-column mode part of every plan.