I’d typically assume that after most card games, the cards become at least semi-ordered in some way, necessitating shuffling. However, after a standard game of war, I can’t quite figure out how the arrangement would become less random, since the winning and losing card stay together. If they’re indeed mathematically “less random,” after the game, why?
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It is mathematically a bit less random, but here’s precisely why:
In case of a draw – cards of the same value are pinned against each other. Another two cards are placed on top of first and second one. When collected usually you will pick one pile and then the next. This means it’s a tiny bit more likely that for every card of some value there’s another card of the exact same value, exactly 2 cards away in the deck (or more, if it was draw into draw).
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