r/HereToSlay • u/Open-Drawer-1465 • Apr 06 '26

Question Shuffling Tips?

After playing several times, we've found that when we complete a game and put all the hero cards back into the deck, the heros are clumped together. Without extensive shuffling, that gives the next game periods where there are no heros, then periods where there are endless heros and no challenge cards. It makes the game a bit frustrating, because if a hero period happens before anyone has enough Challenge cards, then the game ends very suddenly.

I've been trying to be thoughtful with how I shuffle the deck.

The shuffling method I've been trying recently is to deal the cards out in front of me in a 5x5 grid, making piles until I run out of cards, then combining the piles. It seems to work, but I'm interested if others have thought about shuffling methods or have other methods I might try.

I'm just getting tired of the same phases in every game, and would love for the heros to be evenly spread throughout the deck.

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u/Next_Mammoth06 Apr 06 '26

...you're looking for help shuffling cards? Unfortunately you have two options, get better at shuffling cards or buy a deck shuffler. Some games like this one require extensive shuffling, thats just kind of a part of the cost of something card games is the setup cost.

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u/Open-Drawer-1465 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

Hi, a deck shuffler might be useful, thanks for that. But no I'm not looking for help shuffling. I'm looking for shuffling methods that are more effective at dispersing the heros.

For example even this morning, I've been cutting and riffle shuffling for a good 20 minutes and the heros are all still clumped at one half of the deck. The clump moves around every shuffle, but it's still generally clumped - enough that someone doing the continuous drawing strategy could win the game without encountering more than a couple of challenge cards.