I carry a Z-fold wallet with the aces for Twisting the Aces in an envelope so as to be able to the the Darwin Ortiz finish with the ace of spades. I can also use the aces for Dr. Daley's Last Trick. The wallet also contains the cards for Brother John Hamman's Pinochle. In addition I also have the cards for Swain's Psychic Poker. Also in the wallet are five business cards with consecutively numbered business cards (mine).

Of course I don't perform all of these in the same performance.

I usually carry an invisible deck with me, and I keep a pack of regular cards in my backpack. I also like to carry around a notecard that I've prepared for a little prediction trick I like where my incorrect prediction is fixed when I hold a lighter up to the notecard. This is all I ever need for a quick "Show me something cool" moment.

Oh, and now that I think about it, I occasionally carry a gimmicked dollar bill in my wallet, but I've been doing that less since I nearly accidentally spent one

Egad! SIX decks!!! Varum ist das?

Dick

Six decks of cards?

I was wondering the same thing...

Two standard Bikes, one Brainwave, one Blankdeck and two Decks of cards to do the Kissingen card trick, where I use one duplicate card. But it's very rare I carry six decks.

Well Sentoki! No one can ever say that you're not "playing with a full deck"!!!

The seer gimmick is awesome for this. Always in my pocket and ready to perform with anybody's cards. Very cool.

As a 'non-performing hobbyist' who is fascinated by EDC (everyday carry), my magic-related EDC follows a few basic principles...
1. Impromptu is best, but some basic tools can still help this- pen, paper, coins, etc.
2. If I pull it out of my pocket to do a trick with, there has to be a reason I was carrying it. There is absolutely no reason I would usually carry sponge balls or cards.
3. A couple simple, easy to carry and hide gaffs or gimmicks are OK, and I will usually cycle through a few so I something fresh for my small audiences. I like to throw in a few tricks that use gaffs to make my truly impromptu stuff look even cooler.

IN MY WALLET- normal bills, small pen in the crease, folded scratch paper held with paperclips, a few business cards wrapped with rubber bands (and one of the few gaffs I routinely carry- a rig to do a home-made version of the 'rabbit out of the hat packet trick'), a couple bandaids, some duct tape, and a couple safety pins.

POCKETS- assorted coins including a half dollar or two (I avoid fancy coins for this), a 'lucky coin' (Chinese, English Penny, or Centavo depending on the day. I avoid coin gaffs and fakes because I keep loosing or damaging them.) Bandana or hanky, multitool. Many days I will also carry a thumbtip and maybe a bill gaff.

KEYCHAIN- a spare key for things like bending or some key-based tricks, a keyring pocketknife, small flashlight. Everything is easy to take off the ring. Sometimes I carry a mini Sharpie modified for keychain carry.

GEAR BAG- I carry additional gear about 78% of the time. In my gear bag is a deck of cards with duplicates, sponge balls or multiplying rabbits, and whatever gaffs or tricks I tossed in this week.

I work in a rehab facility, so we have a lot of junk in most of the desks. I LOVE to find a deck of worn cards in someone's station and do a couple quickie tricks, or juggle some of the balls, and the old, dumb tricks in the dining room.

Sorry for being long-winded, but I was thinking that discussing the rationale behind my carry might help some readers.

I'll try to be thorough, hope it's not to long-winded. Casual prop management is something I put way too much thought into
I usually carry:

POCKETS:
Either a deck of regular playing cards, or a deck containing a couple dupes (French kiss, etc.) and 3 odd backs (Blindsided, DGarcia stuff, etc.), along with a single card setup for TNR and a single prepared torn corner transpo card (dupes and gimmicks below a doubled flap in the box)
Four quarters, a penny, a single s***m quarter s***l, and a magnet that can be discreetly palmed and/or attached to the chain wristband I wear, occasionally the Little Hand
A sharpie
Balloons (Pressure, bill/card in balloon), Rubber Bands (CM's Handcuffs, Pixel as an ending to Ambitious Card, etc.)
Occasionally a prepared gum packet for Ultra Gum
A shoelace, if there's room (Borrowed finger ring on string)
A cheap r**l on my belt loop for quick into-the-shirt vanishes
And VERY occasionally a small length of IT wrapped around a card ("impromptu" levitations/animations)
WALLET:
Bills and Cards, the usual
One or two bills set up for TNR (I also usually have a serial number stack on top of my deck)
Torn 2 pieces by Shawn Farquhar (picture of myself)
Small sections of Apple brand earbud cables (Guess what this is for- incredible effect when borrowed)
D***** B***** card for Card to wallet

PHONE:
Icard by Daniel Garcia and corresponding card folded in pocket

If someone asks show me a trick, I always perform extrem burn by Richard Sanders, ambitious card routine with card to wallet ending, ultra visual nightshades by Paul Harris, bag4Life by Mark Bendell

- I always carry a coin purse with six half dollars in it for Pop Hadyn's Winged Silver.
- Will use Greg Wilson's Bandwidth every day for the rest of my life so I wear my thumb ring.
- I use my LePaul wallet as my real wallet so I can do card do wallet.
- My deck of Tycoon playing cards by Theory 11 with a duplicate 10 clubs, breather 5 diamonds, and extra blue backed Jack of Diamonds.
- I also always have Michael Ammar's The Little Hand because it will always guarantee a shock and a laugh.
- Wear two contrast color rubber bands on my wrist for a couple of rubber band tricks.

I carry..rubber bands, pot hole, twisted sisters, and TT._

Four silver half plus [, Scotch and soda, copper silver, thumb tip, four different coins in a pouch that I like to play with

And a bang ring

I always keep a bill in my hat and perform my hatline prediction routine.

Torn and restored dental floss
Wonderland dollar
Miss-made dollar

Coins across

If I have absolutely nothing on me, I could do some finger magic - The Pinky Thing by Nick Locapo and Breathrough by Johannes Mengel

If the other person has a credit card on them, I have a pin divination.

If the other person has a phone, I perform a calculator trick

The best way to be convincing with the 'show me a trick' moment is to tease out the magic moment, rather than just a quick 2 second trick because they won't find that very interesting

Seriously...am I the only person, that just immediately rips off his Velcro pants and starts dancing?
We're performers folks! No inhibitions



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