I perform My magic with regular Bicycle Reds and they think those are trick cards because my sleight of hand was good ebough to fool them.They didnt see my sleights so the trick deck is the only option.By adding a Custom to the mix you multiply your chances of being called a Phony by a 100
So your sleight of hand is so good that even with regular Bikes
(which are only regular in the USA, or don't you realise that other countries exist?) you still get people believing the deck must be tricked?
Therefore...? Uh?? So custom cards looked tricked....?
Please, everyone that believes that the whole world recognises Bicycle Brand Playing cards as the de facto cards of choice for the discerning layman, please raise your hand.
There's a simple truth, and it's in two parts:
1) If you execute a mind-numbing effect well enough, they'll think the deck is somehow screwy and want to see it.
2) If you let them see it and they find it isn't screwy, they won't believe it's screwy.
The human mind can't comprehend magic, that's why it's entertaining and that's why people react with the age old..."WTF! How did you do that?" And then, more often than not, want to see the prop you've just astounded them with. It's human nature, it's got nothing to do with what the colour of the deck is like.
Rabid