Beginning Player here, after watching a ton of videos that just confused me, I happened across yours, it is perfect! Thank you for making a straight to the point video about card shuffling 👍
Lol i wish you couldve heard the satisfying AHH! when you explained the corners piece. Definitely was doing the sides and was like what magic trick is this guy doing? 😂
Loved the explanations and not-to-do/common failure examples, feels realistic that we can replicate the shuffle after watching the video. Watched a few other videos, were basically "draw a circle, now draw the owl".
Long time casual player just starting to learn how to play seriously. I would always just spread my cards all over the table, mix them up, then straighten them back out. This is a much cleaner and faster method! Thanks a ton.
That's called "washing" and is only really good for poker because it's played on felt. On a hard table, the cards will be rubbed together at the edges wrong because nothing can really go under the cards unless it is forced to.
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Great video. I have the hardest time making each shuffle half the speed you're practicing--they don't mash nearly as easily as yours seem to and I have Katana sleeves, which I found are even slicker/easier to shuffle than DShield...any tips?
I will add, Mana-weaving (stacking 2 non lands, to 1 land roughly) helps with dry/flood hands even after 7 or more shuffles. I've also found shuffling 50 cards into themselves, then shuffling the other 50 cards into themselves causes more dry/flooded hands. My preffered overall method is to shuffle 50 cards 7 times, shuffle the other 50 7 times, then take the time to shuffle all 100 at least 3-7 times. This makes the halves easy to shuffle, but also makes sure to cut into any dry/flood chunks with true random shuffling.
Mama weaving is not necessary and could be considered cheating. You aren't entitled to an evenly distributed land base. If you want to do it before mash shuffling, that's fine but it really won't matter if you shuffle properly.
@brianfediuk I have taken a played deck, shuffled the gym, hand and field together, then shuffled 7. Numerous times. Every time I get many of the same cards together. Using the technique here, going to 10-13 shuffles, and my same cards are combod together, my draws are very similar.
@@brianfediuk and that's why I specified to shuffle 7. 7 is the "mathematical" true random. So can I stack my cards AAB, then shuffle 7? Or is shuffle 7 not truly random?
I've done what you tell me to do. 7 shuffles is fine IF you know how to shuffle well and interweave cards effectively. If you're chunking 5-6 cards together in your mash, you are failing to mash shuffle. As for stacking your cards beforehand, I wish you the best of luck explaining that to a judge and not getting DQ'd.
Lol I do the small batch just seeing if there was an easier way to shuffle all the commander cards lol also nice choice with meren as your commander my favorite commander cause she’s so flexible
Hey ! Thx for this video. Which sleeves do you suggest the best for the mash shuffling, feeling and sound, the Art matte dragon shield or the Brushed Art dragon shield ?
For shuffling casually, sure. However you don't want to be able to see the cards, or else you could make decisions based on knowledge you shouldn't have. Some people are even really good at finding cards and manipulating them to the top of the deck.
Agreed. Unsleeved cards should be riffle-shuffled. It will bend them, but it won't mess up the edges/corners too badly. Mash shuffling unsleeved cards will completely fray all of the edges after a pretty short period of time.
Grip the cards a bit looser and try with less cards. Start by shuffling two piles of 10 cards. Another strategy is to pinch the cards on the sides that won't be pushed together, which will open up the other sides.
It will partially work, but you will be damaging your cards! I do not recommend doing this at all. You can buy extremely cheap sleeves here: amzn.to/2EpuTq1
It takes 10 proper riffle shuffles to randomize a deck. With this not-perfect mash method, I'd bump that up to 12 at LEAST. That said, most casual games won't care to be that thorough.
This actually helped, I learnt mash shuffle in 5 min
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5 years later and this is still a great video. I'm using this for the Arkham LCG. Thanks!
Thank you! Im a Pokemon tcg player myself and do not want to riffle shuffle in case of damage, so this was really useful!
Beginning Player here, after watching a ton of videos that just confused me, I happened across yours, it is perfect! Thank you for making a straight to the point video about card shuffling 👍
Thanks! Be sure to share the video with anyone else if you feel inclined :)
that inner/outer comment really helped! i've been mash shuffling but have had a hard time with certain blocks not getting shuffled well. thanks!
Happy to help. I always see people shuffle in very weird ways which keeps their top 20 or so cards untouched. And it drives me crazy!
Started playing with sleeved cards, best shuffling method, really easy and somehow satisfying.Thanks
Happy to help!
I never knew how to do this, after watching your vid I just copied what you did and it worked! 0-0 thnx dude
This helped me a lot. Been driving my crazy shuffling my commander deck. I knew there had to be a better way!
Glad you figured it out!
Lol i wish you couldve heard the satisfying AHH! when you explained the corners piece. Definitely was doing the sides and was like what magic trick is this guy doing? 😂
Glad I could help!
Getting into MTG this year, this video is extremely helpful! Thanks so much!!!
Happy to help!
Loved the explanations and not-to-do/common failure examples, feels realistic that we can replicate the shuffle after watching the video.
Watched a few other videos, were basically "draw a circle, now draw the owl".
All I ask is that you share it with people who might be interested :)
Long time casual player just starting to learn how to play seriously. I would always just spread my cards all over the table, mix them up, then straighten them back out. This is a much cleaner and faster method! Thanks a ton.
That's called "washing" and is only really good for poker because it's played on felt. On a hard table, the cards will be rubbed together at the edges wrong because nothing can really go under the cards unless it is forced to.
Turns out that that is the best shuffling method in terms of randomness if done properly for about 20 seconds.
Me having small hands and playing commander: chuckles I’m in danger
Haha but who is your commander, Ralph?
@@brianfediuk anowan ruin thief
Hi everyone! I am so happy that I've helped you all learn to mash shuffle! If you want to learn to code, see my adventures, or just do me a solid, please consider checking out the rest of my videos on my channel. There is a TON of Magic the Gathering content there too! If you like what you see, please subscribe. Otherwise, keep being awesome!
I have just discovered that dropping half of your deck on the floor and then doing this for a few more minutes really helps that randomness 😉
Nothing is more random than unexpected chaos!
This was a very helpful video. I shuffled while I was watching and the commander deck i was using was decently shuffled. Thanks for the assist.
Glad to help!
Thank you so much! Definitely will keep an eye out to ensure you're over 1k subs.
Thank you :)
Great video. I have the hardest time making each shuffle half the speed you're practicing--they don't mash nearly as easily as yours seem to and I have Katana sleeves, which I found are even slicker/easier to shuffle than DShield...any tips?
Lighten your grip
@@brianfediuk Thanks so much for the lightning-speed reply! Yes, I was just trying that and it's probably several times faster.
Thank you for the helpful video!
“don’t be doing this in public”
me: …..
new guy here
thanks!
Thank you i needed this for Metazoo
Happy to help!
Actually know how to shuffle now, 10/10 would MTG Again
Thanks a lot ! You really helped me.
That's really helpful mate, thank youuuuu :)
My pleasure! Good luck!
I will add, Mana-weaving (stacking 2 non lands, to 1 land roughly) helps with dry/flood hands even after 7 or more shuffles.
I've also found shuffling 50 cards into themselves, then shuffling the other 50 cards into themselves causes more dry/flooded hands.
My preffered overall method is to shuffle 50 cards 7 times, shuffle the other 50 7 times, then take the time to shuffle all 100 at least 3-7 times.
This makes the halves easy to shuffle, but also makes sure to cut into any dry/flood chunks with true random shuffling.
Mama weaving is not necessary and could be considered cheating. You aren't entitled to an evenly distributed land base. If you want to do it before mash shuffling, that's fine but it really won't matter if you shuffle properly.
@brianfediuk I dare you to test it. Play two games, 7 shuffle between, then fan your deck and come back.
@brianfediuk I have taken a played deck, shuffled the gym, hand and field together, then shuffled 7. Numerous times. Every time I get many of the same cards together. Using the technique here, going to 10-13 shuffles, and my same cards are combod together, my draws are very similar.
@@brianfediuk and that's why I specified to shuffle 7. 7 is the "mathematical" true random. So can I stack my cards AAB, then shuffle 7? Or is shuffle 7 not truly random?
I've done what you tell me to do. 7 shuffles is fine IF you know how to shuffle well and interweave cards effectively. If you're chunking 5-6 cards together in your mash, you are failing to mash shuffle.
As for stacking your cards beforehand, I wish you the best of luck explaining that to a judge and not getting DQ'd.
This might sound really stupid but how do you hold your cards so loosely? I just can't seem to so my shuffle is quite clumpy.
Keep practicing. Buy those clear penny sleeves if you need to learn the dexterity
riffle shuffele the sides would be an option as well but feels weird
How do you spread the two decks before connecting them into the shuffle? I can't get it.
Try with smaller piles
Lol I do the small batch just seeing if there was an easier way to shuffle all the commander cards lol also nice choice with meren as your commander my favorite commander cause she’s so flexible
Yup! Love that deck!
Hey ! Thx for this video. Which sleeves do you suggest the best for the mash shuffling, feeling and sound, the Art matte dragon shield or the Brushed Art dragon shield ?
Matte
@@brianfediuk thx a lot. So with matte the cards won’t stick together during the waterfall or mash shuffling and will sound crispy ?
Exactly that, yes. The matte makes a really cool feeling between cards, too!
Im trying doing this and its always 2/2/2/2 instead of 1/1/1/1 each card. Cannot split the chunks with the sleeve.. any ideas?
You can opt to pile shuffle between to add more randomness to it
Thanks!!
really helped thx
This is awesome, thanks!
Happy to help!
What about Cards that have no sleeves?
+John Ivan Oplimo your cards should always be in sleeves!!!
Yikes. Duly noted. Thank you, good sir!
Can't do this without sleeved cards. You're more likely to damage unsleeved cards like this since you'll be forcing the edges onto each other.
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Can you do it from the frontside. Or do you have to shuffle the cards from the back
For shuffling casually, sure. However you don't want to be able to see the cards, or else you could make decisions based on knowledge you shouldn't have. Some people are even really good at finding cards and manipulating them to the top of the deck.
@@brianfediuk ok, thank you so much, when I mash shuffle, I will usually look away from my deck so that they don’t think I’m cheating. 😃
It's best to do both. Also you don't want your opponents to see your deck either, especially on game 1.
@@brianfediuk yeah that’s tru 👍
I have rougher sleeves, so I can't really mash shuffle
Yes you can!
@@brianfediuk well I can, just not efficiently
Infect, nice 😉
This may be the first time someone has said that to me lol
One of the most crucial Part is missing... dont shuffel your commander in....
That only happens like... Twice a week
hiya great video, would this technique work well for unsleeved cards too?
or is it more likely to damage the corners? Cheers
thanks! any shuffling without sleeves will damage cards. mash shuffling unsleeved cards does the most damage though!
+Brian Fediuk thanks! I'll try to master the riffle shuffle for unsleeved cards, and mash for sleeved :-)
Agreed. Unsleeved cards should be riffle-shuffled. It will bend them, but it won't mess up the edges/corners too badly. Mash shuffling unsleeved cards will completely fray all of the edges after a pretty short period of time.
What if I wanna do it in public 😮
Illegal. You go to jail.
@@brianfediuk worth it
Subbed. Ty Sir
when I try mash shuffle after watching this, as you said I slid the corner in first but it still just bangs the cards together.
Grip the cards a bit looser and try with less cards. Start by shuffling two piles of 10 cards. Another strategy is to pinch the cards on the sides that won't be pushed together, which will open up the other sides.
thanks man :)
One and one and one is three
“Don’t do this in public.” May I ask why? I have seen people do a lot weirder shit than this.
I think this was a warning to not mash shuffle someone else's deck. They might react negatively
Does this work without sleeves?
It will partially work, but you will be damaging your cards! I do not recommend doing this at all.
You can buy extremely cheap sleeves here: amzn.to/2EpuTq1
Alright, thank you! Also if I went for more expensive sleeves, would you recommend KMC?
Sleeves are easier thn whitout
+Sebano Von Piano agreed.
It takes 10 proper riffle shuffles to randomize a deck. With this not-perfect mash method, I'd bump that up to 12 at LEAST.
That said, most casual games won't care to be that thorough.
+Gary the Hypocritical Skeptic I've heard 7, but I could be wrong.
Gary the Hypocritical Skeptic yes 7 mash shuffles is "random" according to the official serious competitions