Is a deck of cards arranged any less randomly after a game of War? Why?

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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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I believe there was a Vsauce where Michael discusses the process of shuffling a deck of cards. Effectively, anytime it is shuffled, it is a completely new, never before ordered deck. This is because if a deck was shuffled once a second, 52! is more seconds than the universe has existed.

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