mana shuffle meaning: definition, quotations

mana shuffle

noun

The act of stacking one's deck to ensure even distribution of land cards.

Magic: The Gathering

Once my opponents see that I actually shuffle the deck after the mana shuffle I will almost never have a problem.1996 May 6, IHorizons [username], “Re: Mana Shuffling 'Cheating or Not?'”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):
Now I can be kicked out of at tourney because of a mana shuffle?1996 September 13, Garry O'Connorg, “New Floor Rules Cheating and shuffleing”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet):

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Actually, GreatLich, there ARE tournament rules for shuffling... If I remember right, they don't care if you do a mana shuffle, but the last three times (I think it is) half to be the kind of shuffling you do with playing cards... you know, one stack in each hand, and alternating bits from each stack falling.. I think it's called a "riffle shuffle"... look it up onWOTC's page :-)2000 December 12, Erich Leibrock, “Re: Shuffeling?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules (Usenet):

verb

To stack one's deck to ensure even distribution of land cards.

Magic: The Gathering

People "mana shuffle" because of the numerous games they have played and they have found that land becomes clumped together (i.e. a "mana pocket").1996 May 9, Jag^aCiD [username], “_.xX Mana Shuffling Xx._”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):
I have never mana shuffled my deck and I never will. I go for what luck has to offer me and if I get "mana screwed", so be it.1996 May 11, Mark Carravetta, “Mana shuffling is cheating!!!!”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):

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So, there shouldn't be any need to "mana shuffle" your deck if you're actually shuffling correctly.1998 December 7, Andrew, “Re: Can we ever do something about manascrew?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):