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Re: Changing all cards to one card         

Group: alt.magic.secrets · Group Profile
Author: NoeL
Date: Jan 17, 2007 22:58

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:13:44 -0500, John Salerno
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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!

This is definitely a Mirage Deck
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