Questions tagged [shuffling]
Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines 'shuffle' as a verb "to rearrange to produce a random order."
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If I can infinitely shuffle my deck and can also look at the top card of my deck, can I short cut it to putting a card on top my deck?
If I have the ability to shuffle my deck at will, and am able to look at the top card of my deck in-between each of the shuffles, would it be legal to short cut it to looking through my deck, ...
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Does a maximally clumped deck or a mana woven deck require require more shuffling to sufficiently randomize?
I've been under the impression that a mana woven deck (i.e., nonland nonland land nonland nonland land...) reaches a state of randomization after fewer riffle shuffles than the same deck with all ...
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How does reshuffling the draw pile in Uno Flip! work?
When reshuffling the draw pile in Uno Flip!, do I keep the bottom card from the discard pile (as it is the last flip card meaning it is on the same color we left the dark side on so we can continue ...
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What is the correct way to shuffle?
What is the correct way in terms of damage to the card/have a deck well shuffled for competitive tournaments, since you can make piles; I personally consider that the best way, just one for the game.
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How fair is an almost perfect riffle shuffle?
I've been practicing an in-hands riffle shuffle, just to make it look and sound smooth. In doing so, I've noticed I'm able to weave the cards almost perfectly.
An almost perfect shuffle.
Is such an ...
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Do people commonly play collectible card games without shuffling?
I was watching the Garfield lecture on luck last night, and he mentioned that Magic eventually adopted a discard rule for the first hand drawn if it was a "dud", so that defeat is not so dependent on ...
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Is it okay to draw from the middle of the deck? [closed]
This question is not related to "Ticket to Ride", but while playing Ticket to Ride, the following happened:
There were 5 us around the table, and to make it easier to reach for all players, we split ...
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Is either player at a disadvantage when cards "aren't' shuffled well enough"?
Perhaps I should be asking this on one of the math sites rather than here, but I reckon cardplayers would know: when my wife and I play Skip-Bo and things aren't going her way, she claims that I "didn'...
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What's a good way to shuffle sleeved cards?
I usually use a riffle shuffle with unsleeved cards. Riffle shuffling sleeved cards however is, uh, slightly disastrous as cards frequently get caught in the sleeve openings.
What's a good way to ...
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What is this kind of card shuffling called?
What is this kind of card shuffling called?
Its a grid of cards where you take 1 card at a time to create a grid of say 2 wide and 2 tall, (although it could be any number wide/tall)
ASCII Drawing;
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Is there an official rule on "setting up" your deck before play? [duplicate]
It never occured to me that this might not be an action sanctioned for tournament, but me and my friends have always done it as long as I can remember.
Every time before a new game, we look through ...
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Effective way of shuffling small form cards
My shuffling skills leave a lot to be desired, in particular when it comes to small form cards, such as those found in Arkham Horror and number of other Fantasy flight games.
What are some effective ...
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Is Mana Weaving ok if it's followed by a thorough shuffle?
My friends and I are relatively new to MtG. At some point, one of them introduced us to the idea of mana weaving, and we'd do this to declump our decks prior to a very thorough shuffling. However, at ...
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What's a good way to shuffle small decks of cards?
In the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, there are a lot of small deck of cards to shuffle: 1 to 6 15-cards character decks and 3 to 8 10-card location decks, depending on the number of players. Due to ...
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Magic: Shuffle face down cards after opponent looked at one?
As I understand it, there is basically hidden and public information in Magic. Now let's suppose I have multiple face-down cards on the battlefield, and my opponent gets to look at one of them. Is ...
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Does 'shuffle your library' mandate that the cards actually change order?
According to the comprehensive rules, the definition of shuffling is thus:
701.16a To shuffle a library or a face-down pile of cards, randomize the cards within it so that no player knows their order....
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What is the best way to shuffle a large deck without damaging the cards?
I'm quite familiar with a few methods of cards, primarily Riffling and Mongean* shuffling. The issue I have with those is that the Riffling shuffle tends to bend cards and wear them out, as well as ...
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What are the drawbacks of an automatic card shuffler?
I've seen people specifically mention they use automatic shufflers with easily replaceable cards, but what about if it matters if the cards get damaged?
What are the drawbacks to using automatic ...
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What is the optimal method to shuffle an organised deck of cards
In a number of games I play there are a play deck and a discard deck (for example Ticket to Ride and Pandemic). The discard deck, by the way the games are constructed, becomes organised as cards are ...
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Please recommend a good shuffling machine
The shuffling question What is a safe and accurate technique for shuffling cards? reminded me of a recent game of Munchkin with many expansions that taxed our shuffling endurance to the limit. My ...
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What is a safe and accurate technique for shuffling cards?
Especially for games which involve frequent card shuffling by multiple players of decks of uneven sizes is there is a technique for shuffling which is quick and easy for everyone to learn yet also ...
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