by TheOldForum » May 18th, '01, 17:51
Name : Photographic Deck
Type : Card
Reset : instant
Time to learn : twenty minutes
Examinable : No
Difficulty : 2
What you get : Pack of gimmicked bicycle cards.
Effect : The magician shows a deck of blank playing cards, fans through them, turns them over, shuffles them, riffles them - they're definitely blank. The magician then names a card and cuts the deck, revealing that the card has mentally been printed onto one of the blank cards. Completing the cut the magician concentrates on mentally printing an entire deck, and upon riffling through the deck shows that it is a standard and complete pack, both fronts and backs. The magician can then make the cards turn blank again if required.
Comment : I love this trick because it really baffles people more than standard card tricks, and mostly because it requires no patter - I can happily sit on a train playing with my cards and utterly fox complete strangers in the carriage without saying a word! It's a great way to get someone to ask to see more, and if you've pocketted the pack already you can just bring out a real deck and continue with other tricks, and they can examine that as much as they like!
Rating 9/10
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TheOldForum on Jan 1st, '70, 01:00, edited 1 time in total.