1. DECK SHUFFLING A SHORT INTRODUCTION ON TECHNIQUES USED TO STACK A DECK AND CUTTING TECHNIQUES

2. SO WHO AM I? Niki Lin Level 2 Judge Antwerp Area I love playing Magic (the gathering!) I have a big interest in magic (the make believe illusions) 3. WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR 1. A HANDS UP INTERACTIVE PART 2. MAGICAL NUMBERS 3. A HANDS DOWN LOOK HOW ITS DONE 4. WHO AMONG YOU COUGHT ONE RED HANDED? 5. SO MAGIC PLAYERS ARE SHUFFLE SAINTS? 6. AT WHAT LEVEL DO PLAYERS ACTIVELY CHEAT? 7. CHEATERS CHEAT AT THE LEVEL THEY WANT TO BEAT 8. HOW WOULD WE DESCRIBE CHEATING 9. CHEATING IS SADISTIC BEHAVIOUR 10. THE RULES THE CR EDITION CR 103.1. At the start of a game, each player shuffles his or her deck so that the cards are in a random order. Each player may then shuffle or cut his or her opponents decks. The players decks become their libraries. CR 701.16a. To shuffle a library or a face-down pile of cards, randomize the cards within it so that no player knows their order. 11. THE RULES THE MTR EDITION Decks must be randomized at the start of every game and whenever an instruction requires it. Randomization is defined as bringing the deck to a state where no player can have any information regarding the order or position of cards in any portion of the deck. Pile shuffling alone is not sufficiently random. Once the deck is randomized, it must be presented to an opponent. By this action, players state that their decks are legal and randomized. [] the opponent must notify a judge. 12. THE RULES THE MTR EDITION Decks must be randomized at the start of every game and whenever an instruction requires it. Randomization is defined as bringing the deck to a state where no player can have any information regarding the order or position of cards in any portion of the deck. Pile shuffling alone is not sufficiently random. Once the deck is randomized, it must be presented to an opponent. By this action, players state that their decks are legal and randomized. [] the opponent must notify a judge. 13. ORDER DEFINES SEQUENCE THIS MIGHT SOUND VERY STATISTICAL 14. L-S-S-L-S-S-L YOUR PERFECT OPENING HAND SEQUENCE 15. S-L-L-S-L-L-S S-L-S-S-L-S-L L-L-S-S-S-S-L BUT THAT IS NOT THE ONLY SEQUENCE 16. BUT WAIT! THE OPPONENT SHUFFELS THE DECK! 17. QUESTION 7 What description mostly resembles the way you shuffle your opponents deck a. I often dont shuffle it nor cut it b. I mostly cut my opponents deck c. I shuffle it at the beginning of the game, during the game I cut d. I always shuffle, although briefly e. I always shuffle thoroughly 18. QUESTION 7 What description mostly resembles the way you shuffle your opponents deck a. I often dont shuffle it nor cut it (8.2%) b. I mostly cut my opponents deck (35.7%) c. I shuffle it at the beginning of the game, during the game I cut (50.2 %) d. I always shuffle, although briefly (5.8%) e. I always shuffle thoroughly (0%) 19. A STACKED DECK MIMICS A TRUELY RANDOMIZED DECK 20. QUESTION 5 Give the following type of events a number from 1 to 5 on how lickely you think players cheat in that circuit. a. Midweek draft b. FNM c. GPT d. PTQ e. GP f. PT g. Worlds 21. QUESTION 5 Give the following type of events a number from 1 to 5 on how lickely you think players cheat in that circuit. a. Midweek draft (2.2) b. FNM (3.4) c. GPT (2.9) d. PTQ (3.2) e. GP (3.1) f. PT (2.1) g. Worlds (1.9) 22. QUESTION 6 Give the likelyhood players use this type of cheat (from 1 to 5) a. Replacing cards b. False Shuffling c. Drawing Extra Cards d. Cheating against the Rules 23. QUESTION 6 Give the likelyhood players use this type of cheat (from 1 to 5) a. Replacing cards (2.9) b. False Shuffling (3.3) c. Drawing Extra Cards (2.3) d. Cheating against the Rules (2.9) 24. QUESTION 8 Does the way you shuffle your opponents deck change depending on the level of event? a. Yes b. No 25. QUESTION 8 Does the way you shuffle your opponents deck change depending on the level of event? a. Yes (70,4 %) b. No (29,6 %) Luckily players get more vigilant, but they should realize that at the lower end tables cheating is a prevalent as the higher stakes tables. 26. CONCLUSIONS Players are aware that cheating occurs Players think its mostly done at the levels above wich they play Players become more vigilant if they play for higher stakes 27. INTERESTING QUOTE If I ever would want to play on professional level, the first thing I would learn is shuffle techniques, its what all pros use 28. THE CHEATS PERFORMED DURING SHUFFLING Stacking the deck in a specific order Stacking the deck for optimal sequencing Loading a card in a specific spot while tutoring for another card Loading an opening hand after an opponent shuffled the deck Forcing an opponent into cutting/shuffling badly (by using force and jogged deck) Substituting cards on hand (or even GY) with cards from the library 29. WHAT ARE OFTEN TELLS Please dont shuffle my deck like that its bad for my cards A player shuffling excessively and with lots of flair A player watching how his opponent shuffles in anticipation of his own shuffling Players using the very same shuffling techniques every round in the same order They use other techniques to shuffle the deck of their opponent The player shuffles while keeping guard of his suroundings Midround deckchecks with 5 copies of a card 30. THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF MAGIC 31. FALSE CUTTING 32. FALSE OVERHAND 33. FALSE RIFFLE 34. MY ADVICE Monitor the false shuffler all day long (be very vigilant between rounds) Use undercover judges Look at his decklist and try to find what patterns he would be interested in. Be even more vigilant if he uses cards that let him tutor Do a casual deckcheck on the first game of the match At the start monitor him, not the shuffling, you wont pick it up anyway. Try to speak with his past opponents in descretion 35. 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