> John Salerno wrote:

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>> Hi everyone. A few months ago I saw a magic trick in the Toys'R'Us in
>> Times Square. It was a card trick from a $40 magic box set but I never
>> learned the name of the set or the trick. Anyway, the trick was this.
>> Someone chose a card from the deck (which I assume is a force deck) and
>> then the person fanned out all the cards in front of us and they were
>> all the same, chosen card. Then, without picking them up or turning them
>> over, he just started touching the cards and moving them around a little
>> bit, and they all changed back to the regular numbers/suits.
>>
>> I bought a Svengali deck thinking I could do this, but that trick seems
>> to rely on how you riffle the cards, and does not seem to allow you to
>> spread them out and do what this other person did.
>>
>> So I guess two questions: is there a way to do this with a Svengali
>> deck? And if not, what is the name of this trick? I'd really love to get
>> a deck that can do this, it really looked amazing, because the cards
>> seemed to literally change in front of our eyes.
>>
>> Thanks!

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> What you're looking for is often called a "Mirage Deck." It's a
> Svengali that uses another principle in conjunction with the Svengali
> principle. The same combination is used in the "Nudist Deck," a deck
> which changes from a normal looking deck to a deck of cards that are
> blank on both sides. You can find both online.