vaporeon
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Its not cheating BlisseyRocks. What you do during your search is your business. You can move around cards because the end result is the shuffle, which destroys the information you gained from that search. I shuffle the deck and then offer it to you for the final shuffle and or cut.
In the case of Shaymin, I see nothing wrong with that. I split all my into trainer, energy and pokemon, then I put them into a order in the deck. I put in 1 Pokemon, trainer and then energy. I put my 4 of cards into the 1/4 spot, all my 3 of cards into the 1/3 spot and all my 2 of cards into the 1/2 (between cards number 20 and 40) and all my 1 of in the middle, then I shuffle. My opponents watch me do this. I then do a quick pile shuffle and another riffle or 2 then offer to my opponent.
That makes the deck more random to me in terms of card distribution. The huge different between me and the Shaymin guy is I have no idea where any of my cards are at any given time. Its a disadvantage for me to bring my card order to a new game. I treat every round as if it were round 1 after deck check.
Its the same thing as bringing a old broom from your last house to your new house. Its just something your don't do.
In the case of Shaymin, I see nothing wrong with that. I split all my into trainer, energy and pokemon, then I put them into a order in the deck. I put in 1 Pokemon, trainer and then energy. I put my 4 of cards into the 1/4 spot, all my 3 of cards into the 1/3 spot and all my 2 of cards into the 1/2 (between cards number 20 and 40) and all my 1 of in the middle, then I shuffle. My opponents watch me do this. I then do a quick pile shuffle and another riffle or 2 then offer to my opponent.
That makes the deck more random to me in terms of card distribution. The huge different between me and the Shaymin guy is I have no idea where any of my cards are at any given time. Its a disadvantage for me to bring my card order to a new game. I treat every round as if it were round 1 after deck check.
Its the same thing as bringing a old broom from your last house to your new house. Its just something your don't do.