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Can someone please tell me the names of some really impressive packet card tricks - any will do.

Thank you

Twisted Sisters
The Web
NFW
I kinda like Queens Out Of Control, but not everybody feels the same.

If my memory comes back to me, i'll tell you some more, but right now its not cooperating

I love Queens out of Control! One of my favorites.

The latest packet trick I've been working on, is Alex Elmsley's Dazzle. It's a knuckle buster - but it's extremely powerful.

A few more:

Tonte Jr.
Call of the Wild is a nice effect - a nice gambling motif

Color Monte is always a good choice

Sankeys' Compact Compass (a variation of Color Monte) is another good one

The Capitulating Cards is a great effect, but I don't know if it's still marketed under that name.

Daryl's Cardboard Chameleons is a good effect.

Daryl's Presto Printo is another great choice.

There are so many, it's hard to remember them!

There are a lot of packet tricks that are very good. My all time favourite is colour monte, performed with ordinary playing cards but I also quite like the 'in the hands' version of Wild Card that I do and Mutanz is pretty good as well.

I agree with Demitri. Dazzle is spectacular.

You need lots of different cards with different backs though.

Thanks everybody! This is great stuff!

What is the effect for Dazzle?

Hi Bob,

What level are you at with you magic?

I am classed as AH = Amateur Hobbyist, I am not very good with slight of hand techniques yet, but I am learning new moves daily with the Royal Road to Card Magic. However I can perform several card trick quite well but I find some of the packet tricks do require good slight of hand. (someone correct me if I am wrong)

I like Blizzard as a packet trick

Micheal Skinners "ultimate three card monte". And another vote for twisted sisters.

The colour monte is good or - more up-to-date, lets you go to town on the presentation and requires no sleights at all - Jay Sankey's Astral Projection (www.sankeymagic.com - can't give a direct link as it's a Flash site).

Leighton

I am somewhere in between AH and SH. I am 14 years old and have been learning magic for around 2 years.

Ah, that type of info is very usefull to others when recomending tricks for you, sometimes it is a good idea to put it in your profile signature.

Packet tricks are great, but learning tricks with standard cards will last a lifetime in my opinion.

bobfred wrote:Thanks everybody! This is great stuff!

What is the effect for Dazzle?

It is available from Alex Elmsleys Tahoe Sessions Vol. 1