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Derango seems to have been put off by our suggestions

IAIN wrote:i kinda agree - the ID shouldnt be just used as a back-up, its such a shame...it has had booklets released just about the ID, and these days it seems to be sent to the back pocket, forgotten and "oh just use it as an out..."

poor old deck...

I suppose what's difficult is once you've used the ID for a trick, you can't really use it for 'Insurance'. You'd get spectators saying things like "You've done that one before but with none of that previous set up..."

I just use a stripper deck and make sure the card chosen is reversed. If I do accidentally lose it a cut or two will give me complete control again. It also saves you when a spectator insists on shuffling (or in many cases asks as a joke, and you hand it over happily).

Robmonster wrote:I seem physically incompatible with ID's...

I have three of them now. Two of them seem so loose that the cards all separate when I'm just spreading through, no matter how much pressure I seem to apply. On ym other deck I seem to need to use pliers to get the cards to separate at all!

Rob

The problem I get is while I'm fanning the cards a random card will slip out when its not supposed to. Not too many but just one is enough to completely ruin the effect so I find the deck too unreliable to use. until I can find a way of eleviating the problem.