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How do you shuffle big decks? (feddit.de)
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Some games come with gigantic stacks of cards that I find hard to mix with card-friendly methods. Games like Ark Nova, Clank, Hogwarts Battle have unmanageable decks but I hate bending the cards.

Whats the best way?

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[โ€“] noonan1487@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't comment on TCGs outside of MtG, but this is not considered sufficient shuffling in Magic tournaments (you may pile shuffle to count the cards in your deck, but it is not enough on its own). I would be surprised to find out that it's not also considered cheating in other games as well, since it is extremely easy to manipulate the location of cards while seeming to randomize your deck using this method, if you know what you're doing.

That said, in casual board game play, I don't see the issue with doing it.

[โ€“] dpunked@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting, the page you linked, does it explain anywhere what is the recommended shuffle style? It just says not to pile shuffle (only once), but maybe I missed it.