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Yeah - Inversion routines will need the Smoke deck. The black borders is the one thing I'm not sure about, everything else is brilliant, but we shall see..

I LOVE THE SECRET GARDEN!!! Lily's Eyes is my favourite musical song ever. Sorry, just had to add that. I think I play through Secret Garden several times a week. :D

Sure is :P

Performance is an issue within ALL aspects of card manipulation. Do you perform live shows? I've found from experience that just as few "flourishers" perform as "XCMers". So you've really got no moral high ground there. In any case, to sum up this entire thread: Waaaaah! Waaaah!

Nope, you misread my post. I wasn't talking about the word "favourite". Favorite, Favourite, same thing. You misspelled one of your supposedly favourite tricks.

A lot of PS1 is based on the topic of exactly what the name suggests - psychology and suggestion. Not all of it does, of course, and not all of the series does - more importantly, though, the emphasis is quite simply on subtleties - it is not for the beginner but rather to improve the...

Anything in particular causing you to dig up a two year old thread for that? :P

Haha. Seeing as SOMEONE lives in a hole and hasn't been to a real city in months, I think you might be right, Tumbleweed!

He's asking for a black backed deck with borders, a la Mirrors 1st and 2nd Eds.

Err... It's basically three twirls and a toss... I doubt anyone will have created this exact thing before, but yeah. The concept is very common.

Oh wow. Definitely different. Will reserve my opinion till I get them in hand...

I think one of the key skills a mentalist must have (magicians must have this skill too, but it's more important in my opinion for mentalists) is observation. It's too easy to walk to a spectator, present a card trick, and talk to your deck. In other words - you may talk to your spectator, but...

If you're looking for Derren style effects, read The Jinx. -_-"

And PS1 will be reprinted and rereleased early next year. goku - Apology accepted mate. :) I getchya

I think the bottom line is to accept advice but take everything with a grain of salt. Here in the forums, I've seen some terrible, terrible advice. I've also seen some brilliant advice that goes unnoticed. As with anything, make the decision for yourself. It's a public forum, and therefore...

That's true, sorry I overlooked that. I definitely understand the problem with having to choose between several tempting options! Well, in brief: I feel that the D&D style of magic leaves too little room for proper presentation, and due to their emphasis on quick tricks, have little chance of...

Have a look at Derren Brown's effect "Smoke"... He uses several stages of fishing to determine a card thought of. Admittedly, it's under specific circumstances, but it's an interesting reference point.

The number of people who have completely missed the point (or unwilling to think) seems to be steadily increasing. Congratulations, you have a favourite deck? Have a cookie. Leave this topic for people who have the capacity to think for themselves.

Personally, I'll just say that I'm not at all a fan of D&D magic. In my opinion, it's mostly visual eye candy created by magicians for magicians. I dislike their construction of magic, and personally feel that you can do a LOT better.

Bingo, Jon. Well said. Rapport is a very undervalued and understudied aspect of magic and mentalism. Know what you're studying - NLP will not help you to influence people or suggest someone select the queen of diamonds. It's value in magic is rapport. If you get rapport, your performances will...