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MAGIC325 Regular user 157 Posts |
Say- in my hands of course it's a trick deck. That's what I do..
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Russell Davidson Inner circle Hampshire, England 1108 Posts |
Don't open with a trick deck effect. Just use a matching regular deck first & switch in the gaffed deck later.
Laymen expect you to have a deck of cards. They most certainly do not expect you to have two. |
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martydoesmagic Inner circle Essex, UK 1665 Posts |
I'd do a trick that makes my regular deck look like a trick deck, and try and convince my audience that I was using "trick cards" somehow (a trick like Elmsley's All Backs with Aces would work). I'd then pull the rug from under their collective feet by allowing the cards to be examined at the conclusion of the routine.
Kenton Knepper has some work on this idea called Trick Deck - Real Deck that you might want to look into. Marty |
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Hofi New user 55 Posts |
I ask them to hand me out their deck of cards - what they normally do not have at hand. And than I offer to give them the deck after the performance, no one asked ever to get the deck later. BUT I normally do not use trick decks - in case I do use I switch the deck twice in my jacket pockets
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MickNZ Special user Auckland, New Zealand 576 Posts |
"Is that a trick deck?"
- "What's a trick deck?" "Uhh.. I dunno." Short of a deck with 52 of the same card, the whole "trick deck" idea for laypeople is similar to the concept of things going up sleeves, mirrors, or the hand being quicker than the eye. There's no reason for you to be scared of the question. Unless your deck really is made up of 52 of the same card. |
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Hofi New user 55 Posts |
Nice story: I was asked if I could do these things with ANY deck . "sure, give me yours" (normaly NO one has one). The lady opend the purse and took out the playing cards of her son ;-) o.k. did my things but still a person insisted "these are all queens of hearts" as in the last effect a QoH where used - I showed her all cards where QoH "yes it is not my deck of cards, but ALL cards are QoH" -she was happy and the rest of the crowed could not believe that suddenly all cards changed to QoH.
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