Some games come with gigantic stacks of cards that I find hard to mix with card-friendly methods. Games like Ark Nova, Clank, Hogwarts Battle have unmanageable decks but I hate bending the cards.
Whats the best way?
I usually “deal” the cards face down in 6 different piles and then stack them together again, and repeat the process two or three times
In TCG tournaments you usually do this with 5 or 7 stacks of cards to shuffle your cards.
I can’t comment on TCGs outside of MtG, but this is not considered sufficient shuffling in Magic tournaments (you may pile shuffle to count the cards in your deck, but it is not enough on its own). I would be surprised to find out that it’s not also considered cheating in other games as well, since it is extremely easy to manipulate the location of cards while seeming to randomize your deck using this method, if you know what you’re doing.
That said, in casual board game play, I don’t see the issue with doing it.
Table-riffle, split into smaller decks if needed. Easy to learn and not too bad on the cards since you bend them much less than you’d with a regular riffle.
I enjoyed watching this video about how the pros do it.
I had a major shuffling speed boost with the No bend riffle shuffle , but a little modified, I hold the cards of one hand rotated 90 degrees.
This is after the full deck is broken down into manageable size chunks.
I highly recommend everyone try this style of riffle. It took one day to have a decent speedy riffle.
Probably still explain or ask permission before doing it with other peoples cards too.
