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Solid Deception
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Solid Deception is an effect by Paul Harris first described in his book Paul Harris Reveals Some of His Most Intimate Secrets (1976) then marketed as product in 1980 starting the Solid Deck craze.
It has since been published in:
- Tannen's MAGIC MANUSCRIPT MAGAZINE Sept/Oct 1984 with Commentary by Jay Sankey
- Art of Astonishment, Vol. 1 (1996)
Variations
- Petrified in Ah – Ha! by David Harkey & Eric Anderson (1997)
- Omni Deck by Jerry Andrus in Korem without Limits (1985)
- Simon Lovell's Holey Deck (1) - not solid, but uses the same principles. Deck ends up with a hole in middle of every card.
- (1) Don't confuse with the Holey Deck by Randy Tanner in Apocalypse, Vol. 8, N° 6, june 1985.
- what is the Tanner effect? It's a One Way Deck with a little hole on the upper left corner of each card.
