Trick Decks will show you how to easily make different kinds of trick card decks to perform stunning magic tricks. You can make the decks from ordinary playing cards and easy-to-find tools and materials. No special skills are required and these cards are fun to make. In this book you will learn
- The best way to mark cards
- How to make a stripper deck that lets you pull selected cards from the middle of the deck
- Two ways to make one of the greatest trick decks of all The Invisible Deck
- How to make the Brainwave A spectator’s thought-of card is the only one face up in the deck and with a different colored back than the other cards
- Nightmare A card chosen by the spectator vanishes and reappears in your pocket My 12-year-old daughter and I have been using these hand-made decks to delight friends and strangers. Best of all, no one has ever guessed the secret to these tricks!
Author
Editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine. Founder of Boingboing.net. My books: The Happy Mutant Handbook (1995, Riverhead), a guide to offbeat pop culture. Mad Professor (2003, Chronicle), science experiments for kids. Worlds Worst (2005, Chronicle), a guide to the worst stuff on Earth, The Computer (2005, Carlton books), an illustrated history of computers. Rule the Web (2007, St. Martins), a guide to online tricks and tips. Next book, The World in Your Hands, to be published in 2010 by Penguin,"
