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[[Atomic Deck]] is the name for a couple of mechanical decks.
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{{See also|[[Atomic Mystery Deck]] by Joe Berg}}
== Joe Berg ==
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Joe Berg's marketed deck which allows you to show all cards are ordinary. Two cards are peeked at. All cards change to value of first, then then the second, and finally back to original condition. It can also allow you to vanish two selected cards from the deck.  Seen advertised in Genii Oct 1953.
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== Dai Vernon ==
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'''Atomic Deck''' is a forcing deck c n which the volunteer could shuffle yet still cut to one of them.
Dai Vernon's created a forcing deck in which the volunteer could shuffle yet still cut to one of them in the mid-1930s, but did not give it a name. It was first dubbed the "Brainwave Deck" by [[Francis Carlyle]], but later retitled the "Atomic Deck" by [[Faucett Ross]] by 1954.
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Created by [[Dai Vernon]] in the mid-1930s, but did not give it a name. It was first dubbed the "Brainwave Deck" by [[Francis Carlyle]], but later retitled the "Atomic Deck" by [[Faucett Ross]] in 1953.  Dai Vernon then used the name [[Brain Wave Deck]] for another routine in 1938.
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{{References}}
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* [[The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic]] by [[Bart Whaley]] (1989)
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* Magic City Library of Magic - Trick Decks, Vol. 14 by [[Leo Behnke]] (1991)
  
== References ==
 
* Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic,  Bart Whaley
 
* Genii October 1953, advertisement.
 
* Magic City Library, Volume 14, Trick Decks.
 
 
[[Category:Mechanical Decks]]
 
[[Category:Mechanical Decks]]

Latest revision as of 13:59, 25 November 2012

See also: Atomic Mystery Deck by Joe Berg.

Atomic Deck is a forcing deck c n which the volunteer could shuffle yet still cut to one of them.

Created by Dai Vernon in the mid-1930s, but did not give it a name. It was first dubbed the "Brainwave Deck" by Francis Carlyle, but later retitled the "Atomic Deck" by Faucett Ross in 1953. Dai Vernon then used the name Brain Wave Deck for another routine in 1938.

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