I sometimes "refresh" a deck, by re-ordering it .. and i do this because i only have four decks, and every so often i will want to work from a deck that contains only MY energy .. especially if i haven't read for "myself" in awhile. If you can appreciate that i read for others using all four decks, but then every so often i will want to read for myself and so will reorder a deck to remove the energy of others. (Hmmn, if i wasn't so strapped for cash i would purchase a deck JUST for me .. not to mention, but i can also see having different decks for different people .. ie. everyone i read for would have their own deck, but alas i can't afford to work this way @ the moment).
& YES i get what you are saying about how decks can take on a life of their own, and how you can get really spot-on readings by USING them .. so why mess with a good thing? << which is why i don't "refresh" mine very often .. (indeed i will read for years with a deck), but every so often i will "feel" that the time is right to CHANGE the decks energy by "removing" the energy thats built-up, and so i systematically re-order it, and then i infuse the deck with my energy.
& Speaking of which, i just "refreshed" my deck earlier this week, and i posted the throw i did AFTER having done this in the "your readings" forum. Further to which, and for anyone whose interested in "re-ordering" a deck, if you check out the post "ALL four 4's" in this section, you will note where the first few paragraphs explain my METHOD of re-ordering a deck.