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Deck Manipulation refers to abilities that re-arrange the cards on the top of your deck.
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It can be seen on cards such as Pulpy Goobie.
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Water  / Creature Gel Fish 3000 |
 Blocker (Whenever an opponent's creature attacks, you may tap this creature to stop the attack. Then the 2 creatures battle.) ■ When you put this creature into the battle zone, look at up to 5 cards from the top of your deck. Then put them back in any order. ■ This creature can't attack. |
It is often used to support a combo that involves the top card of a deck such as the Chain, Gachinko Judge or Vividdraw abilities. Even if used outside a combo, it can be effective as getting Information Advantage. As the order of cards in your deck aren't public information, changing the order of the next cards you will draw can prove useful.
Although it doesn't cause a direct advantage, it can be said that it sets up advantage on future turns.
- You can change the cards put into your mana zone by Mana Acceleration cards such as Faerie Life or Bronze-Arm Tribe
- Before it was put into the Hall of Fame, it was commonly used with Transmogrify to put powerful finisher creatures into the battle zone. These Transmogrify decks were common, represented by decks such as Sapphire Reincarnation or Raiser Reincarnation.
- Putting cards on the top of your deck in order to draw the card you wanted without one of these abilities is known as "stacking", and is obviously against the rules.
Commonly used Deck Manipulation cards[]
- Pulpy Goobie — Rearranges 5, Also has blocker.
- Tempest Baby — Can use cards from your hand.
- Secret Clocktower — Puts a card on the bottom of your deck, as well as drawing a card.
- Necrodragon End of the World — Can put all but 3 cards of your deck into your graveyard.
- Lost Watergate - Can put any multicolored card from your deck on top.