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The [[Svengali deck]] of cards is a specially constructed deck that can be used by magicians to perform various card tricks. The deck and the tricks performed with it is self-working and require almost no skill. [[Burling Hull]] claimed to have invented the deck in 1909.
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The [[Svengali Deck]] of cards is a specially constructed deck that can be used by magicians to perform various card tricks. The deck and the tricks performed with it is self-working and require almost no skill. [[Burling Hull]] claimed to have invented the deck in 1909.
  
 
The deck can be dribbled or riffled to create the illusion that the deck is completely ordinary. It can even be shuffled. The trick involves a spectator choosing a card from the deck and returning it; the card can appear practically anywhere in the deck, making tricks like the Ambitious card incredibly simple. The final and most stunning trick is when all the cards are suddenly presented as being all the same card as chosen.
 
The deck can be dribbled or riffled to create the illusion that the deck is completely ordinary. It can even be shuffled. The trick involves a spectator choosing a card from the deck and returning it; the card can appear practically anywhere in the deck, making tricks like the Ambitious card incredibly simple. The final and most stunning trick is when all the cards are suddenly presented as being all the same card as chosen.
  
Joe Stuthard's Trilby and Bi-Co [[Trilby Deck]]s are variations on this deck. In the 1960s and 1970s, Marshall Brodien sold millions of Svengali decks under the name TV Magic Deck.
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[[Joe Stuthard]]'s Trilby (1949) and Bi-Co [[Trilby Deck]]s are variations on this deck. In the 1960s and 1970s, [[Marshall Brodien]] sold millions of Svengali decks under the name TV Magic Deck.
  
 
You cannot usually allow an audience member to examine the deck.
 
You cannot usually allow an audience member to examine the deck.
  
 
[[Category:Mechanical Decks]]
 
[[Category:Mechanical Decks]]

Revision as of 17:33, 12 July 2008

The Svengali Deck of cards is a specially constructed deck that can be used by magicians to perform various card tricks. The deck and the tricks performed with it is self-working and require almost no skill. Burling Hull claimed to have invented the deck in 1909.

The deck can be dribbled or riffled to create the illusion that the deck is completely ordinary. It can even be shuffled. The trick involves a spectator choosing a card from the deck and returning it; the card can appear practically anywhere in the deck, making tricks like the Ambitious card incredibly simple. The final and most stunning trick is when all the cards are suddenly presented as being all the same card as chosen.

Joe Stuthard's Trilby (1949) and Bi-Co Trilby Decks are variations on this deck. In the 1960s and 1970s, Marshall Brodien sold millions of Svengali decks under the name TV Magic Deck.

You cannot usually allow an audience member to examine the deck.