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* ''Joker Deck Switch'' by [[Mel Brown]] in [[MUM]], Vol. 48, no. 3, August 1958, page 96. | * ''Joker Deck Switch'' by [[Mel Brown]] in [[MUM]], Vol. 48, no. 3, August 1958, page 96. | ||
* ''The Genii Session: How to Switch a Deck While Standing'' by [[Roberto Giobbi]] in [[Genii 2009 September]] | * ''The Genii Session: How to Switch a Deck While Standing'' by [[Roberto Giobbi]] in [[Genii 2009 September]] | ||
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Revision as of 12:37, 22 September 2011
A Deck switch is the secret substitution of one pack of playing cards for another. Often used to switch in or out a Mechanical Deck or Stacked Deck (also known as "cold decking").
References
- Substitution des jeux debout ou sur table, page 220 in Les Secrets de la prestidigitation et de la magie by Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1868). Translated in The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic by Prof. Hoffmann (1878).
- Joker Deck Switch by Mel Brown in MUM, Vol. 48, no. 3, August 1958, page 96.
- The Genii Session: How to Switch a Deck While Standing by Roberto Giobbi in Genii 2009 September
Books
- 25 Methods For Switching Decks by Floyd D. Brown (1943)
