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NickJ sums up nicely and I'd highly recommend stolen cards over the others.

This is in my view where buying from a macig studio / shop is an advantage over the internet as you can see the different decks before you buy.

I need to open a magic store around here then... My local supplier is Davenports, but that's about two and a half hours away by a mixture of car and public transport...

I'm fortunate as there's an excellent studio about 10 minutes from me (in the car) and although I travel around the country a lot, I've yet to find a shop that stocks anywhere near as much as my local dealer!

Hi

This is my first post on these boards - so a big hello to all.

Just reading thru your posts on the 'rainbow' deck. Just as an aside - and without giving away the 'secret' (lol) about the deck, have you considered the impromptu version with a borrowed deck?

Set the deck up in the same way as at the beginning of the rainbow deck trick (i.e 3 on top and 1 under) then carry on as normal. OK so you miss out on the 'all the others were the 'x of hearts' ' etc. bit at the end but the fact that you matched the colors and numbers up is a good head scratcher for the spec considering he said STOP twice!!

I have done this trick several times and has just as good a reaction as using a rainbow deck. The thing is...it is impromptu with a borrowed deck...minimal setup....and can be incorporated into a walk round set etc. without swapping decks for each trick !

Thanks for that - and welcome to TM!

have you considered the impromptu version

I believe that this is an effect by Karl Fulves called the "Gemini Twins". It is indeed one of my favourite impromptu, "borrowed deck, spectator shuffles" effects.

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To their amazement, the back designs of the two selections are identical, but different colours. Then the cards are turned over...

I received this today, and I'm a little (and it is only a little) disappointed that the backs of the two selections in my deck ARE identical. In colour as well as design.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Mine are like this...I suppose it is intentional...another match as it were, but I think there is an arguement for replacing one set.

Right...where are my spare cards.....

I first saw this trick done by Paul Daniels on one of his magic shows years ago and, not being bigheaded but it didn't take me long to work it out, but I am sure most of you would have been doing it that evening too as it's not a difficult trick to work out if you reverse engineer it!......Anyway

I love this trick but prefer the version done with an ordinary deck (see below), the variations with the rainbow deck etc, in my humble opinion is a one off trick done for a special occasion, and the way I do it is to have the one match on the bottom and the other match third from top and the duplicates on top of the deck. ie if using 4 aces, black ace on bottom of deck red ace third from top other two aces top and second from top, force top two cards.

I bring the deck out and then say "some magicians say that the deck they use is all different, well this one is all different as the backs are all different". I cut the deck holding a break and riffle force to the break and say " we will use the top two cards where you stopped. and go into the trick from there.

PS. As most will know, this is an old principle and it works very well impromptu with any pack of cards as a great effect to do when someone hands you a beat up deck and says " go on then amaze me" Of course you only get the two pairs matching and miss out on the end kicker but this trick floors them with their deck and it can be repeated without them sussing it.....at the two matches can be different every time.....though always remember to get them to shuffle the cards first as they remember shuffling them and it makes it more baffling for them.

If your not familiar with the ordinary deck version PM me and I will run through it!