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will lane Veteran user Will likes to post so he has made 339 Posts 
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I typically use non-standard Bicycles (special editions, bridge size, ghosts, etc) for most of my non-gaff card tricks. I have a Svengali deck from the dollar store, so the difference between the normal decks and the Svengali is stark. The majority of Svengali decks I see are standard bicycles, although I do see a ghost Svengali deck exists.
I am wondering, though, if anyone has any tips on keeping suspicion off of a Svengali deck when switched around a normal and different looking deck. Of course the ideal might would be switching two "identical" decks without the audience knowing, but again I don't really use standard bikes (ghost Svengali is an option). |
Bill Thompson Elite user Mississippi 422 Posts
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Make your own Svengali out of the type of cards you use... that will really blow them away!
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will lane Veteran user Will likes to post so he has made 339 Posts
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Quote: How would I go about that? Surely not getting 26 identical decks just to strip 1 card out of them. On Sep 12, 2018, misterbill wrote: 
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Buy one “one way force deck” (couple bucks at Penguin or the like) and you can make two decks. You will need to trim them about 1/64” and round the corners.
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will lane Veteran user Will likes to post so he has made 339 Posts
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On Sep 12, 2018, Poof-Daddy wrote: Good idea, but I would likely just buy a normal bike Svengali at that point. Again, I don't use standard bikes much, I like the artsy cards. |
Markus_M New user 73 Posts
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If you want to keep suspicion down you either have to bite the lemon and make one up or use standard cards. By not using standard/ normal looking cards you are already heavily alerting your spectators. Then on top switching back designs between tricks all the bells will go nuts!
I can understand your admiration of the beautifully made 'designer decks' but unless you have a reason, like having a ancient looking one along with a haunted patter for lets say a card rise, to use such a deck IMHO it's best to avoid those kinds of cards. Regards, Markus |
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Bill Thompson Elite user Mississippi 422 Posts
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On Sep 12, 2018, misterbill wrote: That's exactly what I am saying! Just get some bricks of the cards you want. Quote:
On Sep 12, 2018, Markus_M wrote: Markus is absolutely right, but only if your audience isn't familiar with the decks you are using. However if you perform for people who /are/ familiar with those decks and/or actually use them, well those people would /never/ suspect that you could gimmick them up in anyway (or would even bother to)! This means for them you could get away with quite a bit of mischief! Make a stripper deck with them! Better yet, mark them and do some marked deck effects! The miracles you could perform for them would be well worth a few bricks of cards and little time!
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Alternatively, you could learn a good ACR and pretty much eliminate the need for a Svengali Deck.
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Don't spend so much time trying not to die that you forget how to live - H's wife to H on CSI Miami (paraphrased).
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