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[[Deck switch]] 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 been known as cold decking).
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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 ==
 
== References ==
* The Genii Session: How to Switch a Deck While Standing by [[Roberto Giobbi]] in [[Genii 2009 September]]  
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* ''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).
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* ''Joker Deck Switch'' by [[Mel Brown]] in [[MUM]], Vol. 48, no. 3, August 1958, page 96.
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* ''The Genii Session: How to Switch a Deck While Standing'' by [[Roberto Giobbi]] in [[Genii 2009 September]]  
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* ''Sleightless Switches'' by [[Ron Bauer]] in ''[[The Rainbow Deck]]'' by [[Randy Wakeman]] & Friends (1995, pp. 41-42).
  
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== Books ==
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* [[25 Methods For Switching Decks]] by Floyd D. Brown (1943)
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* [[The Art of Switching Decks]] by [[Roberto Giobbi]] (2013)
  
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Revision as of 03:17, 26 January 2015

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

Books