Strategy tips
- With 104 cards and only 2 redeals, prioritize clearing the reserve early.
- Two foundation stacks per suit let you split duplicates — use both stacks to avoid bottlenecks.
- Read the full Variegated Demon strategy guide.
Canfield variant
Variegated Demon
Variegated Demon scales Canfield to a double deck: 104 cards, 8 foundations (two per suit, each building A→K), 5 tableau columns, and a 13-card reserve. All 8 aces are pre-placed at the start. Draw three, up to 2 redeals. Tableau builds downward in alternating colors with wrap-around.
Click the stock to draw 3 cards, or select a card to move it.
Stock
Waste
Empty
Reserve (13)
♣ Clubs #1
♣ Clubs #2
♦ Diamonds #1
♦ Diamonds #2
♥ Hearts #1
♥ Hearts #2
♠ Spades #1
♠ Spades #2
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Related solitaire variants
- Canfield — single deck original
- Thirteen Up — single deck, fixed base rank 2
- Selective Canfield — choose your base rank
What is Variegated Demon?
Variegated Demon is a two-deck expansion of Canfield (also called Demon). The core mechanics are the same — shared base-rank wraparound foundations, a 13-card reserve, and draw-three stock with limited redeals — but with two decks (104 cards) and eight foundations instead of four. Having two copies of every card means each foundation rank must receive two cards of that suit rather than one, and the two-deck reserve is deeper.
Two decks, eight foundations
The jump from one deck to two doubles the game’s length and the number of foundation tracks to maintain. With eight foundations (two per suit), each suit has two separate piles building from the same base rank. This means a single 7 of hearts (for example) can go to either of the two hearts foundations — giving more routing options but also requiring you to track eight foundation states simultaneously.
The two-foundation-per-suit structure also means blocked situations from one deck are less catastrophic: if one hearts foundation is congested, the other may be more accessible.
Canfield family variants
- Canfield (Demon) — single deck; four foundations; same base-rank mechanics
- Thirteen Up — single deck; fixed base rank 2; same-suit tableau
- Selective Canfield — player chooses base rank; single deck