I tried the game again. It's quite comfy to go for a run once in a while.
The changes seem good. A bit more juice and some tooltips are welcome. The tutorial is a little intrusive, but that's fine since it's better than not knowing what's going on.
The new character sprites are cool, although I do think they could benefit from a little bit more character. They don't really have a Solitaire or playing card theme to them.