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one of the many good things about mentalism, is that my massive stockpile of envelopes, swamis and impression devices dont take up as much room as when i used just cards...

though, saying that - my envelope stash is rather large...a good couple of hundred at least..

IAIN wrote:in a way you should..if you look at the post i made, and highlight the text in white and tiny writing...you'll see you picked up on my suggestion..subconciously of course...

and there's no edit either..

You must be a mentalist!

I find myself getting excited at the thought of wandering around a stationery shop these days. All those pads and envelopes, glue sticks and index cards are irresistable. Sad really

There's nothing wrong with the word "awesome". But I do use it a bit too much. So I'll stop. But maybe not quite yet.

I can't be bothered counting, but I have hardly any standard Bike decks. I have maybe 60 or 70 Tally Ho circle backs, and just under 20 sealed decks of violet backed Wynns, plus another 30 odd decks of this and that.

So there.

I got a dozen blue Bicycles that are prestacked or that I only use for one particular trick (The Grail, Rain Man, Eliminator, Smart Ass, ...) Then let's say, 5 decks or so to practice with.
10 blue en 10 red Bee's I use when I give my Poker 101. 5 red bee's I use for my Black Jack 101. These always remain in the shoe and don't get used for anything else.
And I've got 60 or so odd decks that are still in their cellophane wrapper (I'm a little bit of a card collector)
So that adds up to + 100 decks.

I had a big clear out of old deck a few weeks ago, they managed to pretty much fill a small bin bag. Now I think I've got about 20, 10 of them are unopened and another 6 or so gaffed in various ways.

dat8962 wrote:The honest answer? - nearing 600 if I count every deck.

Reason I know - I counted last week as I'm doing an inventory of all of my magical stock.

But you have an excuse because you're a working entertainer. I am a mere hobbyist and own over 1,700 decks.

Only kidding. I have about twenty.

I don't use Bicycle, I've a moto.

2 decks, 1 borris wild deck and 1 one way force deck. Plus a bag of odds and ends that might make 1. I'm same as Iain, envelopes and index cards. Which I don't keep loads of as I can pick them up anywhere unlike a deck of bikes. I love going to stationer shops. I am also sad.