| Seperate the DARK and LIGHT backed power plant cards | |
| Shuffle DARK backed power plants together | |
| Deal 8 onto the market spots on the board sorted in numeric order |
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| Set aside the top card of the DARK stack for later | |
| Shuffle LIGHT backed power plants together | |
| Shuffle the remaining DARK and LIGHT stacks together | |
| Set the STEP-3 card FACE-DOWN on the BOTTOM of the combined deck | |
| Place the DARK card set aside in step 4 above on TOP of the combined deck | |
| Set the deck in appropriate spot on the board deck | |