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Hello all,

I have the excellent packet, or fractal, card trick Royal Scam by John Bannon.

I made the mistake of leaving it lying around, and my 20 month old decided he'd like to play with daddies cards, and has chewed 3 of the Ace Of Spades. He didn't chew the red bicycle-backed one though, but some of the alternative backed ones.

Does anyone know a good source for replacement single cards, or should I just suck up the cost and go and purchase some different bicycle decks? I've dropped a message to the guys at cards4magic too to see if they stock AOS single cards too.

Many thanks,

Mark

mark_c1975 wrote:Hello all,
I have the excellent packet, or fractal, card trick Royal Scam by John Bannon.
Mark

I have several of John's packet tricks Mark.

Royal Scam is a wonderful trick, I love it.
I bought a full deck of coloured cards, there are many other coloured card routines you can use.
As I'm sure you are aware.
So I would invest in a full deck.

CArl...

I have to admit I am a big fan of packet tricks, and I also have a lot of John's stuff. I like Cascade-based tricks, and this and Queens Out Of Control are 2 of my favourites.

Does anyone know where to buy Roy Walton's Cascade, by the way. My young nephew has recently shown an interest in card magic, and I wanted to get him this classic for his birthday. I've checked on Davenports, but they just stock the Rainbow Cascade, but I'd rather get him the original.

Cheers,

I thought that the Rainbow was pretty much the Walton one with flashy cards...?

You could try ringing Tam Shepherd's magic shop in Glasgow - Roy runs it and if anyone would know for certain if the original is still available.

Let me know how you get on as I'm thinking about getting something like this next time I'm in the shop.

I got my original Cascade from Tam Shepherd's about 7 years ago.

I did a search online and found Cascade for sale from Hank Lee (hanklee.org). I also bought John Bannon's Triabolical too. I showed my nephew Cascade last year and he really liked it, so I wanted to get him his own. I've heard that Roy Walton has released another Cascade trick called Mutantz (with Bob Farmer) that's supposed to be good too.

Anyone had any ideas about replacement AOS. I was thinking about emailing John Bannon and asking who supplies him!

Cheers,

We do carry the original 'cascade' in Davenports however it is not listed on the site.

I popped into Davenports today, and rather than buying multiple different coloured decks, it worked out cheaper just to buy Royal Scam again! Thanks to the guys for their assistance.

I also dropped John Bannon an email and asked if he'd considered selling individual cards/sets for his routines, as I'm sure I'm not the first person this has happened to.

I did think of a way around it (after I'd re-bought the trick) that would have saved me buying it...