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Anyway, if you need to keep a whole deck but want to have cards signed, you can get a one-way force deck and just force the duplicate then replace it after every trick...

Already been suggested earlier on.

The blank card idea is nice, but unneccessary. If you're worried about going through too many decks, simply don't give the card away at the end.

If you are interested in a Blank Card Ambitious Card Routine, look up Greg Wilson's Point Blank on Pyrotechnic Pateboards. He uses a completely blank deck and the spectator's signature ends up merged with his own.

Hey Jing......

Have you ever heard about "Card splitting?" I could see how using Tallys would present a problem with not having blanks, but if you get into "Card splitting" you can make all of your own gaffs, including blanks!

Hey yeh - i have heard of card splitting - i have a book on it, but my attempts so far, are not so good - i guess i just need more practice, but thanks anyway.

I suppose if you didn't want to 'ruin' cards by having them signed etc. you could use a blank sticker on the selected card and have the spec sign the sticker. This way, the card is signed until the end of the routine and the sticker can be removed with no lasting damage to the card. Down side though is that the signature is not permanently on the card so in the specs minds, you could just be manipulating the sticker etc to achieve the effect. Just a thought, although I'd recommend using a permanent marker (not red or black ink for obvious reasons!) everytime!

Mandrake wrote:Bicycle cards in particular have a textured finish which makes it very difficult to fully remove even 'erasable' inks. If the ink really is truly erasable then it might not even stand being shuffled in the deck after signing.

Very true! However, if you visit your local graphics shop (sorry if you haven't got one but do try) you will find water soluble inks in marker pens. They tend to be used in industrial and commercial applications more than as general stationary but well worth checking out. Then, after the card is marked - do not use water! It sounds like a contradiction but you will find that a "wet-wipe" or (forgive the name) a "Quickie" (from Boots or Superdrug) make-up remover has just enough solvent as well as water to make any mark disappear. Hope this helps.

Much love

Kryzal x

If the cost of playing cards is what your worried about with this then why don't you gather some cash and drain MagicBox dry of their Bicycle Seconds? In my experience they're normally good quality and the only problem I found with one deck out of three is that the yellow on the court cards was SLIGHTLY out of line. The other two decks didn't seem to have any defects at all. For 99p I'd say they're perfect for any card expending tricks.