"mana shuffle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mana shuffles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mana shuffle (plural mana shuffles)
  1. (Magic: The Gathering) The act of stacking one's deck to ensure even distribution of land cards. Categories (topical): Magic: The Gathering Synonyms: mana weave
    Sense id: en-mana_shuffle-en-noun-rowgBsAL Disambiguation of Magic: The Gathering: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 84 16

Verb [English]

Forms: mana shuffles [present, singular, third-person], mana shuffling [participle, present], mana shuffled [participle, past], mana shuffled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} mana shuffle (third-person singular simple present mana shuffles, present participle mana shuffling, simple past and past participle mana shuffled)
  1. (Magic: The Gathering) To stack one's deck to ensure even distribution of land cards.
    Sense id: en-mana_shuffle-en-verb-Wk4DFWu0

Inflected forms

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