If I haven't used the deck in some time, I often like to deal the entire deck out across the reading surface and then pick them up one by one in a random fashion. It feels like "resetting" it to me, while retaining the random order.
The idea of restoring numerical order sounds tedious to me (even more so with Tarot) and I worry that I'll get clumps of consecutive cards in my reading. I typically only shuffle nine times and then cut into three stacks, so there's a good chance of this happening with a reordered deck.
I think it's entirely up to the user in the end. Do what feels most right to you and let the cards fall where they may, so to speak!
Thanks for the note. I know, long time in reply. Too many things going on. Anyway, it is tedious to reorder but not as much as you might think. I was very surprised at how fast it can be done. I make 4 piles: 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, and 31-36. First I just go thru the deck and find which main pile the card should be in. At the end the reordering within each pile goes super quick. Then I mesh the whole deck in order.
So the subject of clumps of consecutive cards in also an interesting one. If we say 'the cards fall where they're supposed to' then even if I get sequential cards together it would seem they were 'meant to be', or not? On the other hand, just how much does one shuffle and how does it actually effect the outcome of randomness? And again, is randomness even the goal? Aren't we leaving it up to the super-conscious to reflect back what it is we already know (on another level)? So maybe it's meant to be consecutive cards flowing out, and again, or not? The jury is still out for me on it. Just thoughts..
Well lately I've been avoiding reordering (or resetting) to see if I could glean any difference in my reads. Seems to me that it's true, the cards fall where they're 'supposed to', and seemingly no how much I 'manipulate' the deck (either reorder or not, a few shuffles or 50 shuffles) the cards flow out reflect the answer to me anyway.