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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import itertools
+import sys
+from collections import deque
+from typing import Deque, List, Tuple
+
+Deck = Deque[int]
+
+
+def parse_decks(raw: List[str]) -> Tuple[Deck, Deck]:
+    deck_1 = deque(int(n) for n in itertools.takewhile(len, raw[1:]))
+    deck_2 = deque(
+        int(n) for n in itertools.islice(itertools.dropwhile(len, raw[1:]), 2, None)
+    )
+    return deck_1, deck_2
+
+
+def play(deck_1: Deck, deck_2: Deck) -> Tuple[int, Deck]:
+    while len(deck_1) and len(deck_2):
+        left, right = deck_1.popleft(), deck_2.popleft()
+        if left > right:
+            deck_1.extend((left, right))
+        else:
+            deck_2.extend((right, left))
+    return (1, deck_1) if len(deck_1) else (2, deck_2)
+
+
+def solve(raw: List[str]) -> int:
+    __, deck = play(*parse_decks(raw))
+
+    score = sum((i) * val for i, val in enumerate(reversed(deck), 1))
+
+    return score
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    input = [line.strip() for line in sys.stdin.readlines()]
+    print(solve(input))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()