int bottomDeckCount = 0;
        int topDeckCount = 0;
        Card[] shuffled = new Card[cards.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < cards.length; i++) {
            if (i % 2 == 0 && i != 1) {
                shuffled[i] = cards[topDeckCount];
                bottomDeckCount++;
            } else if (cards.length % 2 == 0){
                shuffled[i] = cards[bottomDeckCount + (cards.length / 2) - 1];
                topDeckCount++;
            } else {
                shuffled[i] = cards[bottomDeckCount + (cards.length / 2)];
                topDeckCount++;
            }
        }
        cards = shuffled;
    }