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== Variations== | == Variations== | ||
* '''End Strippers''' are the same as the Stripper deck but the work has been done to the end of the deck. | * '''End Strippers''' are the same as the Stripper deck but the work has been done to the end of the deck. | ||
* '''Belly Strippers''' are the same as the Stripper deck but the work has been done to the middle of the sides. | * '''Belly Strippers''' or '''Beveled Deck''' are the same as the Stripper deck but the work has been done to the middle of the sides. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 1 February 2010
Stripper Deck (also known as a Wizard Deck, Slipper Deck and Biseauté Deck) is a Mechanical Deck are made up of cards that enables a reversed card to be located. In Britain, this deck is sometimes referred to as a Slipper Deck.
It allows the magician to easily control the location of a card or group of cards within the pack. Even after being shuffled into the deck by a spectator, the magician can cut to a selected card; or after being lost in different parts of the deck, the magician can control multiple cards to the bottom or top of the deck with a few innocent shuffles.
According to John Northern Hilliard, the Stripper Deck is, perhaps, the oldest form of gaffed deck to come from professional gamblers.[1]
Variations
- End Strippers are the same as the Stripper deck but the work has been done to the end of the deck.
- Belly Strippers or Beveled Deck are the same as the Stripper deck but the work has been done to the middle of the sides.
References
- ↑ Hilliard, John Northern: Greater Magic (Kaufman and Greenberg, 1994) pg 453
- The Inverted Cards in Rational Recreations, vol. 4 by Dr. W. Hooper (1802)