"Unfortunately, the published version of the mechanic seems more like Boromir's perspective on the Ring than Tolkien's
There's almost always a different path you can take to win every game you play -- you just have to find it
Red Red's Challenge 159/173 Tag Team GX All Stars Red's Challenge 201/173 Tag Team GX All Stars Red & Blue 108/095 Alter Genesis Pikachu 054/049 Dream League Red's Challenge 370/SM-P Sun & Moon Promos Red's Challenge 029/031 Starter Set Tag Team GX, Darkrai & Umbreon GX / Espeon & Deoxys GX Red's Challenge 088/095 Double Blaze Red's Challenge 107/095 Double Blaze Red's Pikachu 270/SM-P Sun & Moon Promos
If you tee it up with a card like Not Dead After All or Kayas Ghostform, Ancient Adamantoise will return to the battlefield before it can be exiled by its death trigger
(And if youre an idiot like me, who doesnt read the piece of paper with READ THIS FIRST before thinking you know better and shuffling the cards, theyre also numbered so you can put them back in the correct order.) Once youve played that through once, you can go ahead and shuffle as much as you want, and then play the game proper