On the other hand, with a pack of cards known as the “invisible Deck” (available at finer magic shops everywhere and, if I’m smart, attached as a link to this here blog post some time soon), you can allow for any amount of random frolicking and come out with a strong, and in fact unexpected “win” result no matter what your lovely volunteer says. … Combining yet more wisdom into the routine, I shamelessly lift Finn Jonn’s handling of the invisible Deck from his “A Day with Finn Jonn” DVD – since this is a handling and not a secret I have no compunction about talking about it here because I think it’ll be useful for any magician doing or handling this particular item: Rather than handling and spreading the “face up” deck out at waist level (something Jeff McBride refers to shamelessly as “playing with your deck”), hold the deck “face up” between yourself and your volunteer (and, of course, the audience).

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