Ok, now that you're back. Let me talk about how I shuffle. I do the same thing every time. I start with one pile shuffle to count my deck. I don't really think pile shuffling does you anything from a randomization stand point but it is the fastest way I know to count my deck. I find mistakes all the time, card left in a box, or a bonus sideboard card still in, etc. I don't go so far as to pile my opponents deck but I would probably pick up a free win at every PTQ if I did.
Now that my cards are counted I proceed to riffle shuffle, and riffle, and riffle, and riffle. Until my opponent presents I keep shuffling. That's all. Then I just cut their deck. Because I don't really care. Maybe I should do more at a PTQ but for FNM or CK draft or Prerelease there is just no way.
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I'm sure I've been cheated against countless times. However I've only been told about it once. I was playing a draft back at The End. I was in the finals and playing against some douche bag. He took forever to shuffle my deck. And I got mana screwed hard. I didn't think anything of it and the same thing happened again in game two. After the match I was bitching about it to someone I had befriended at the store. He just laughed at me. He then asked a few questions:
Do you play with sleeves? --- NO
What lands are you using? --- My old revised lands
He then went on to explain that "my grandmother" can pick those lands out. And that my opponent simply clumped my lands. I was completely shocked. I couldn't even fathom someone doing that to win a game of magic. My eyes were open. I play in sleeves now. Looking back how could I not realize that you can see old cards pretty easy without sleeves, but that's just how I was. Never even thinking about cheating.
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