mana weave

noun, verb — 2 senses

mana weave

noun

1

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

Magic: The Gathering

This will tend to break up the clumps without drawing attention to yourself with the mana weave.1997 November 16, Roger Wink, “Re: Tournament Shuffling”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet):
As a result I find the mana weave to be a fair means of randomizing a deck provided it is done face down, and followed by 1 or 2 riffle shuffles.2000 December 7, James Lyvers, “Re: R: Shuffeling?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules (Usenet):

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If you are using a sufficently^([sic]) uncertain (I'm not going to say random)method of shuffling your deck, then the mana weave should make no differance^([sic]) to the final state of the deck before game play.2002 March 9, Simon White, “Re: Doing the Shuffle”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet):

Synonyms: mana shuffle

mana weave

verb

1

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

Magic: The Gathering

I played against a guy yesterday who mana wove in CASUAL games.1997 June 19, James Darby, “Re: A Little Survey: Cheating”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet):
Yet. . . What happens if you catch someone mana weaving their lands?1998 July 14, Eric Taylor, “Re: Mike Long = Cheating Bastard”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):

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if you mana weave, you're reducing the chance of clumps.1998 July 16, Chen, “Re: Mike Long = Cheating Bastard”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):

Synonyms: mana shuffle

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