Create Stunning Card Illusions With a DIY Trick Deck
No matter what they say about performing tricks, everyone’s jaw drops when they see an amazing illusion. Here’s how you can turn a regular deck of cards into a custom deck that makes it easy to do magic tricks.
In Make, Gareth Branwin has a guide – based on instructions from Mark Frauenfelder’s e-book Trick Decks – for converting a standard deck of cards into a so-called striptease deck. The cards in such a deck are narrowed down so that even novice magicians can quickly pull certain cards out of the deck. You can see an example of the stripper trickin this video from Mark Frauenfelder’s YouTube channel . To make your own, you just need a way to trim each of the cards neatly. Branwin uses an office paper trimmer with a cutter to ensure every card is cut the same way. Once you have cut the cards properly, your deck is ready to fulfill several illusions you can find in various books of magic or on the Internet. Check out the full guide at the link below for more tips and places to find magic tricks.