English

Alternative forms

• top deck
• top-deck

Verb

topdeck ‎(third-person singular simple present topdecks, present participle topdecking, simple past and past participle topdecked)

1. (collectible card games, transitive) To draw (a card) from one's deck and play it on the same turn.
   • 2002 January 7, Watman, “Re: [t2] deck critique - mono red (and counter-burn too)”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy, Usenet, message-ID <a1dvht$mv9$3@news.tpi.pl>:

     opp [...] was one turn short of death, when he topdecked wrath... i topdecked skizzik, but he had counter...

2. (collectible card games, intransitive) To draw cards from one's deck and play them immediately turn after turn because one has no other cards to play.
   • 1998 November 8, Steven Merritt, “Re: Is it really the Academy?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy, Usenet, message-ID <36461201.2C67@165.95.92.10>:

     I've countered, burned, destroyed pretty much everything he's played, but now I'm out of cards and so is he. So now it's a topdecking game.