def deal_cards(shuffled_deck):
    """Returns a hand of 13 cards each to four players from a shuffled deck"""
    hands = [[], [], [], []]
    print("Dealing the cards!")
    hands[0] = shuffled_deck[:13]
    hands[1] = shuffled_deck[13:26]
    hands[2] = shuffled_deck[26:39]
    hands[3] = shuffled_deck[39:]
    return hands