Can the card game war go on forever?

We know that it is finite assuming that the players regularly use both possible ways of returning cards to their hand. Another question is if there exists a strategy? I’ve always played war where the captured cards go into a pile which are shuffled before played again. In this case a war game will rarely go on forever.

Can you shuffle in war?

Each player takes their cards and holds them in their hands FACE DOWN – you are not allowed to look at the cards. Each time a player runs out of cards in his/her hand, the player shuffles the cards in the discard pile and turns the shuffled discard pile into his/her new hand.

How do you break a tie in war?

In the game of War, a war is a means to break a tie. When two cards of the same rank are played, you break the tie by playing new cards. The player with the highest-ranking new card wins the tie breaker and all the played cards.

How do you shuffle cards?

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What is the most effective way to shuffle cards?

According to the video, the familiar “riffle method“ of shuffling trumps all the others. It involves holding half of the deck in each hand and then using the thumbs to alternate the cards. But you’ve got to shuffle seven times to get the job done.

Does riffle shuffle damage cards?

Nicholas. I riffle shuffle unsleeved cards, assuming that the decks is big enough to do so. If you do it properly, there is no way that you are damaging the cards.

How many times should you shuffle cards?

Jim Reeds at Bell Laboratories and showed that a deck is perfectly mixed if it is shuffled between 5 and 20 times. Next, Dr. Diaconis worked with Dr. Aldous and showed that it takes 5 to 12 shuffles to perfectly mix a deck.

Can you shuffle cards too much?

There’s no such thing as “over-shuffling” the cards. Either you haven’t shuffled enough for a fair game, or you have. Shuffling only two or three times produces less-than-random hands. To make sure that the cards are mixed—and that all players have the same chance—you should shuffle about seven times.

How much cards do you get in war?

The deck is divided evenly, with each player receiving 26 cards, dealt one at a time, face down. Anyone may deal first. Each player places their stack of cards face down, in front of them.