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Deck switch
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
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).
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