Gypsy Wolfwoman
NorthernTigress said:Terminology:
I personally have not found an easy way to shuffle the T-O. If anyone has discovered a good shuffling technique, please, please, please let me know!
My adult sons and I play Magic: The Gathering, both against each other and in tournaments. Most of the cards in a really top-notch deck are worth between $2 and $100 each, so they are only played in deck-protectors, and - gods forbid! - NEVER shuffled! The method most used by any pro Magic player is to shuffle the cards into stacks - take the deck and lay out the first through, whatever number you like, say 6th cards, then keep going around until all the cards are stacked, as if you had X number of "players", then restack all the small stacks into one stack with the entire deck involved. This way you've redistributed the entire deck, bent no cards, and have a reasonable expectation of an even distribution of cards w/o having to physically manhandle them. It's worked great for me with the TO!