This actually helped, I learnt mash shuffle in 5 min

@brianfediuk

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Please check out my channel for other goodies too!

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 👍

@brianfediuk

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Be sure to share the video with anyone else if you feel inclined :)

Started playing with sleeved cards, best shuffling method, really easy and somehow satisfying.Thanks

@brianfediuk

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

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!

@brianfediuk

2 жыл бұрын

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!

Getting into MTG this year, this video is extremely helpful! Thanks so much!!!

@brianfediuk

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Thank you for the helpful video!

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!

@brianfediuk

7 ай бұрын

Glad you figured it out!

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.

@brianfediuk

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

Thanks a lot ! You really helped me.

Thanks!!

Thank you so much! Definitely will keep an eye out to ensure you're over 1k subs.

@brianfediuk

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

That's really helpful mate, thank youuuuu :)

@brianfediuk

6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Good luck!

really helped thx

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".

@brianfediuk

Жыл бұрын

All I ask is that you share it with people who might be interested :)

new guy here thanks!

Thank you i needed this for Metazoo

@brianfediuk

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

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.

@jajison

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@ArnaldurBjarnason

6 жыл бұрын

Turns out that that is the best shuffling method in terms of randomness if done properly for about 20 seconds.

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 😉

@brianfediuk

7 ай бұрын

Nothing is more random than unexpected chaos!

Actually know how to shuffle now, 10/10 would MTG Again

This is awesome, thanks!

@brianfediuk

6 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

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!

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? 😂

@brianfediuk

10 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

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

@brianfediuk

3 жыл бұрын

Yup! Love that deck!

Infect, nice 😉

@brianfediuk

4 жыл бұрын

This may be the first time someone has said that to me lol

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.

@brianfediuk

5 ай бұрын

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.

@Joshua-gt7pz

5 ай бұрын

@brianfediuk I dare you to test it. Play two games, 7 shuffle between, then fan your deck and come back.

@Joshua-gt7pz

5 ай бұрын

@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.

@Joshua-gt7pz

5 ай бұрын

@@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?

@brianfediuk

5 ай бұрын

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.

Subbed. Ty Sir

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 ?

@brianfediuk

3 жыл бұрын

Matte

@shadowraziel69

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianfediuk thx a lot. So with matte the cards won’t stick together during the waterfall or mash shuffling and will sound crispy ?

@brianfediuk

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly that, yes. The matte makes a really cool feeling between cards, too!

One and one and one is three

Me having small hands and playing commander: chuckles I’m in danger

@brianfediuk

3 жыл бұрын

Haha but who is your commander, Ralph?

@pestilencetheplague7646

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianfediuk anowan ruin thief

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.

@brianfediuk

5 жыл бұрын

Keep practicing. Buy those clear penny sleeves if you need to learn the dexterity

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?

@brianfediuk

3 жыл бұрын

You can opt to pile shuffle between to add more randomness to it

hiya great video, would this technique work well for unsleeved cards too? or is it more likely to damage the corners? Cheers

@brianfediuk

8 жыл бұрын

thanks! any shuffling without sleeves will damage cards. mash shuffling unsleeved cards does the most damage though!

@salmanqaisar7377

8 жыл бұрын

+Brian Fediuk thanks! I'll try to master the riffle shuffle for unsleeved cards, and mash for sleeved :-)

@perashaman

7 жыл бұрын

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.

Can you do it from the frontside. Or do you have to shuffle the cards from the back

@brianfediuk

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@screamforedits1645

3 жыл бұрын

@@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. 😃

@brianfediuk

3 жыл бұрын

It's best to do both. Also you don't want your opponents to see your deck either, especially on game 1.

@screamforedits1645

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianfediuk yeah that’s tru 👍

What about Cards that have no sleeves?

@brianfediuk

7 жыл бұрын

+John Ivan Oplimo your cards should always be in sleeves!!!

@johnivanoplimo5172

7 жыл бұрын

Yikes. Duly noted. Thank you, good sir!

@mossrocks8360

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@esper4605

5 жыл бұрын

aaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

One of the most crucial Part is missing... dont shuffel your commander in....

@brianfediuk

3 жыл бұрын

That only happens like... Twice a week

I have rougher sleeves, so I can't really mash shuffle

@brianfediuk

2 ай бұрын

Yes you can!

@Halokiller8643

2 ай бұрын

@@brianfediuk well I can, just not efficiently

Sleeves are easier thn whitout

@brianfediuk

6 жыл бұрын

+Sebano Von Piano agreed.

Does this work without sleeves?

@brianfediuk

6 жыл бұрын

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

@wecros3249

6 жыл бұрын

Alright, thank you! Also if I went for more expensive sleeves, would you recommend KMC?

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.

@brianfediuk

7 жыл бұрын

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.

@duckman6403

7 жыл бұрын

thanks man :)

What if I wanna do it in public 😮

@brianfediuk

Жыл бұрын

Illegal. You go to jail.

@rbikidportland

Жыл бұрын

@@brianfediuk worth it

“Don’t do this in public.” May I ask why? I have seen people do a lot weirder shit than this.

@brianfediuk

3 жыл бұрын

I think this was a warning to not mash shuffle someone else's deck. They might react negatively

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.

@brianfediuk

6 жыл бұрын

+Gary the Hypocritical Skeptic I've heard 7, but I could be wrong.

@InsanityFlux

6 жыл бұрын

Gary the Hypocritical Skeptic yes 7 mash shuffles is "random" according to the official serious competitions