I only use Guardians. I've been a huge fan of their look and feel. I rarely perform with anything else.
Mitch
Mitch
I don't understand why laymen would think we use trick cards just because they look different.
I mean, a spy wouldn't make it so obvious that he's a spy. If we were going to use trick cards, we would make it look the same....... uhhhh...... illogical things depress me.
Why does the internet give people false courage? People really love to say anything they please when behind the safety of a computer screen. If you were actually talking to me, that is not how you would had talked. So why type like that on here?
Also, other day I walked into a stationary store. The first thing I saw was about 15 Svengali decks on the shelf. They were pure plastic, had no finish, were bridge bridge size, and had a completely different back design. It's because of that, laymen think that most trick decks are not printed on normal decks. So to say that laymen think that way is not true....... uhhh.... illogical things depress me.
-Doug
Yes thats true,but I have yet to hear anyone ask me if I use trick decks. I think for some people it might be the way magicians perform with their cards. If doing close-up to random people and you pull out a deck of cards,if it was me,id immediately think of a trick deck if thats what a magician is going to open with. But if he starts of with some random object or anything else im likely going to give him and his skills more credibility than the cards when(if) he pulls them out later in his routine/act.
Yeah, I don't use gimmicks that much, but anyways, I used to carry around like black Ellusionist custom decks. Now I HATE THEM. People used to think those were trick decks and then when I brought regular bikes they said "OHHH!!! Hahahahaha you can't do magic with them". I showed them a trick and they shut up a little.
Yes thats true,but I have yet to hear anyone ask me if I use trick decks. I think for some people it might be the way magicians perform with their cards. If doing close-up to random people and you pull out a deck of cards,if it was me,id immediately think of a trick deck if thats what a magician is going to open with. But if he starts of with some random object or anything else im likely going to give him and his skills more credibility than the cards when(if) he pulls them out later in his routine/act.
Me and you both. I just like to keep the doors of doubt shut and not open them. I've used many kinds of decks, but I just think that Bikes look familiar. So.. In my case... My favorite feeling deck happens to be the cheapest there is and the most known. Why not perform with them? That's just my situation.
-Doug
as much as bikes are praised i don't like them when performing...because i like aviators.....bikes are too noisy....i prefer aviators....bikes are better for flourishing..since i'm not a flourisher...i have not much use for them....What deck do you use when you perform card magic and why do you use this deck ? Also when you perform for people , do you keep any gimmick cards with you ?
i really don't care....aviators are just preference but i agree with you 100 percent...Yeah,I completely agree with what your saying. I dont pay attention to all that BS about the feel and stock. Cards are cards. Tools. Just cause one guy has the" best" hammer by craftsmen doesnt mean he's any good at building or fixing things. My basic hammer can do the same crap. Yours is just a bit prettier than mine.
Yeah,I completely agree with what your saying. I dont pay attention to all that BS about the feel and stock. Cards are cards. Tools. Just cause one guy has the" best" hammer by craftsmen doesnt mean he's any good at building or fixing things. My basic hammer can do the same crap. Yours is just a bit prettier than mine.
bikes and ho's...haha....I use bikes n ho's. and I do carry some gaffs with me on occasion. Just two double facers to use in ryan swigert's kickback routine. it's a great routine.
so true.....Agreed. A lot of these cats these days think because they have every single deck out there makes them better or makes them able to perfrom amazing tricks, when really the deck of cards doesn't mean nothing; its what you are capable of doing with the cards which actually mean something.
-T.J.
I currently use only Bikes and Studs. This is because they are designs that people know. When you take out a deck like Tally's or Guardians, I think that suspicion can be present in the mind of the spectators. I used to have no problem with it, but I figured why even open up the door of doubt when you don't need to?
-Doug