<p>This is called random pile shuffling. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuffling#Pile_shuffle">Wikipedia</a> defines pile shuffling as:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Cards are simply dealt out into a number of piles, then the piles are stacked on top of each other.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Here is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgb7tEuRYYI">YouTube video</a> demonstrating pile shuffling.</p>

<p><strong>Trivia</strong></p>

<p>At a Magic: the Gathering tournament, pile shuffling by itself is not a sufficient means of randomization.</p>

<p>Two others popular types of shuffling are (warning, these are video links) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_39ROWJbM7w">mash shuffling</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EhLlSnTgL4">riffle shuffling</a>.</p>

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Rainbolt
<p>What is this kind of card shuffling called?</p>

<p>Its a grid of cards where you take 1 card at a time to create a grid of say 2 wide and 2 tall, (although it could be any number wide/tall)</p>

<p>ASCII Drawing;</p>

<pre><code>[[Deck]] -&gt; Add one card to create 4 stacks and repeat the process over &amp; over.

[Card] [Card]
[Card] [Card]
</code></pre>

<p>As you take cards you add it to a random stack thus creating (in the above example) 4 stacks (or decks) of cards</p>

<p>What is this shuffle called?</p>

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I've always called it pile shuffling, but I don't know if that is its real name.
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As noted by official Magic The Gathering tournament rules, this type of shuffling is, simply put: ***inadequate***.
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What is this kind of card shuffling called?
user12204
# What is this kind of card shuffling called?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-03-24)

What is this kind of card shuffling called?

Its a grid of cards where you take 1 card at a time to create a grid of say 2 wide and 2 tall, (although it could be any number wide/tall)

ASCII Drawing;

```
[[Deck]] -> Add one card to create 4 stacks and repeat the process over & over.

[Card] [Card]
[Card] [Card]

```

As you take cards you add it to a random stack thus creating (in the above example) 4 stacks (or decks) of cards

What is this shuffle called?

**Tags:** shuffling

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I've always called it pile shuffling, but I don't know if that is its real name.  
> **username_2**: As noted by official Magic The Gathering tournament rules, this type of shuffling is, simply put: ***inadequate***.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-03-24. Score: 14 | Accepted answer

This is called random pile shuffling. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuffling#Pile_shuffle) defines pile shuffling as:

> Cards are simply dealt out into a number of piles, then the piles are stacked on top of each other.

username_2 is a [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgb7tEuRYYI) demonstrating pile shuffling.

**Trivia**

At a Magic: the Gathering tournament, pile shuffling by itself is not a sufficient means of randomization.

Two others popular types of shuffling are (warning, these are video links) [mash shuffling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_39ROWJbM7w) and [riffle shuffling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EhLlSnTgL4).


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