How to play Pyramid Deal 28 cards into a pyramid - row 1 has 1 card, row 7 has 7.A card is playable only if both lower cards are gone.Pair any two exposed cards whose ranks sum to 13 to remove them.Kings count as 13 and are removed alone.Remaining cards sit in the stock - flip them one at a time and pair with exposed pyramid cards. Strategy & tips Trace each card upwards to see what it blocks before deciding to play it.Try to dismantle the pyramid corner-first - the corners free up two paths each.In Relaxed mode, multiple stock passes turn losing deals into winnable ones.