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Middle-Earth => Bag End => Topic started by: sharkey on December 09, 2009, 09:23:57 AM

Title: How do you shuffle your deck?
Post by: sharkey on December 09, 2009, 09:23:57 AM
Okay, how does everyone shuffle their LOTR TCG decks? The infamous poker shuffle? The semi-infamous pile shuffle? The multiple cut sideways shuffle? My favourite, the grid shuffle? Or some other way? And what have you found best?
Title: Re: How do you shuffle your deck?
Post by: Not a Zombie on December 09, 2009, 09:25:51 AM
I have all my deck in cheap card sleeves that allow me to grind shuffle with no damage :D
Title: Re: How do you shuffle your deck?
Post by: sharkey on December 09, 2009, 09:26:35 AM
Grind shuffle? How does that work?
Title: Re: How do you shuffle your deck?
Post by: sharkey on December 09, 2009, 09:29:47 AM
I use grid shuffle, lay top cards of you deck in a 4 by 4 grid, then place cards from the top or bottom of your deck randomly on top of those. When you run out of cards, start stacking one pile on top of the other until you are left with one. Repeat if you wish :)

I usually wait until I have 2 stacks, then poker shuffle. And I usually preface and end my shuffling with the sideways cut. Holding the deck long edge towards your face, cut the back or front of the deck into the front, middle, or back of the deck as much as you want.

I'm pretty thorough with my shuffling, aren't I?
Title: Re: How do you shuffle your deck?
Post by: sharkey on December 09, 2009, 09:30:47 AM
Control-S? Tell me how, I like learning new ways :)
Title: Re: How do you shuffle your deck?
Post by: sharkey on December 09, 2009, 09:32:30 AM
Thorough doesn't seem like the right word. Superstitious is getting closer.
-wtk

Well, I like having my cards evenly dispersed. I've found that to be the most time effective and effective strategy yet. But yeah, maybe I do have a problem :(

As for Control S, I wish I had that IRL...
Title: Re: How do you shuffle your deck?
Post by: sharkey on December 09, 2009, 09:45:10 AM
COOL!

Do you know if you can find a link to that study?