Cruel Solitaire

Four aces are already home in Cruel. Twelve piles of four hold the remaining 48 visible cards, with only the exposed card of each pile available.

A redeal changes the groups, not the order

Build down by suit, moving one card at a time. An emptied pile cannot receive cards. You have five redeals: the remaining cards are gathered in their existing order and dealt back into piles of up to four. They are not randomly shuffled.

Removing a card changes the next deal

Finish the four suited foundations upward through king. A card sent home alters how the remaining cards fall into groups on the next redeal, potentially exposing a previously buried rank. Search for useful foundation moves and suited uncovering moves before redealing; the five opportunities are limited.