First of all, i would like to say my opinion regarding gaff cards especially the ones being sold today.
I remember reading here in the forums about someone who quoted someone who said something about gaff cards (sorry, i forgot the name). He said that utility gaff cards, double facers, blank cards etc., are better than gaffs being sold in decks from E. I agree on this a whole lot.
E gaff decks contain many cards with more art in it that makes it look more suspicious in my opinion, which also makes it harder to present to the spectators. Remember the cards with the Voodoo man, the coffin, the raven etc.? They are all good for revelations only and not much more. Add to that the fact that they aren't included in a normal deck, it's a different card. You make it seem like you have this magical card, and with this card you are able to find out the chosen card. They see this card as something different and it's not part of the deck. When they see that you have this art card, it opens up the possibility that there are more of these art cards in your deck. Some may not pay too much attention but others will definitely catch on to that. Some would feel that there's no way that there could be a card like that and the card would definitely have to be a gaff. What tricks can you do that would seriously have the spectators scratching their heads more than stare in amazement at how beautiful the "unusual" card is? The skull kings are an example. You'd have to think of a pretty good patter to outwiegh the looks of the card and have a nice effect; otherwise you're just showing them this pretty card.
Now on to the reason why i personally would want a gaff deck that contains more utility gaffs in it. Blank faces, double facers, 2 faced cards (cards with 2 kinds of faces in it, they show different when fanned properly) and others are better because the spectators don't know you have them. They won't notice how pretty the gaff card is because they don't even know it exists in the first place. It blends well with the deck and is very versatile for many other effects. These gaffs work for you without arousing any suspicion towards the deck or the cards that you're using. For me, they allow many possible miracles than just revelations or wierd artwork just with 1 gaff card. !'d efinitely choose that over art. If only they'd make a deck that contains these cards.
Seeing the previews for the UltraGaff, i was kind of dissappointed because they still had these art cards. In the past, there were skull kings, shattered aces and many more; in the previews I saw again some similar cards, the kings stabbing each other and the stabbed 3 of hearts to be exact. Now, I can still find a use for some of the cards with patter. There are cards in the gaff deck that I like though, like the pip matrix, the gaffs that DG used in the UltrGaff preview, the smudged cards, the cards that have their ink "transffered" onto another card, the blurred cards. These, for me, are somewhere in between the utility cards and the art cards; these I can still find a decent use for. In fact, i really like the idea of moving the pips and slowly blurring the card into a blank one.
There's one store that sold cards from the gaff deck individually so the customers could choose specifically the cards that they want. They said that some people didn't want the whole deck and but wanted only some of it. I liked this idea but the problem was, they took advantage of it and sold each gaff for almost $5 each, some even reaching more or less $12. That really turned me off, and i wanted the pip matrix so badly. Other than that, all their other products are WAAAY OVERPRICED, they are seriously taking advantage of people. (Black Tigers for $18! WTF)
When i was supposed to write this thread, i was thinking of asking for advice on presenting gaff cards, how to use them, make sure the spectators don't know that I'm using gaffs, and to be able to make use of them efficiently. Well, this is what came out instead. This is just my opinion. I just wanted to throw that out and let you guys know what I have to say. Please share what you think, I want to hear from others as well.
sorry, it's a bit long
I remember reading here in the forums about someone who quoted someone who said something about gaff cards (sorry, i forgot the name). He said that utility gaff cards, double facers, blank cards etc., are better than gaffs being sold in decks from E. I agree on this a whole lot.
E gaff decks contain many cards with more art in it that makes it look more suspicious in my opinion, which also makes it harder to present to the spectators. Remember the cards with the Voodoo man, the coffin, the raven etc.? They are all good for revelations only and not much more. Add to that the fact that they aren't included in a normal deck, it's a different card. You make it seem like you have this magical card, and with this card you are able to find out the chosen card. They see this card as something different and it's not part of the deck. When they see that you have this art card, it opens up the possibility that there are more of these art cards in your deck. Some may not pay too much attention but others will definitely catch on to that. Some would feel that there's no way that there could be a card like that and the card would definitely have to be a gaff. What tricks can you do that would seriously have the spectators scratching their heads more than stare in amazement at how beautiful the "unusual" card is? The skull kings are an example. You'd have to think of a pretty good patter to outwiegh the looks of the card and have a nice effect; otherwise you're just showing them this pretty card.
Now on to the reason why i personally would want a gaff deck that contains more utility gaffs in it. Blank faces, double facers, 2 faced cards (cards with 2 kinds of faces in it, they show different when fanned properly) and others are better because the spectators don't know you have them. They won't notice how pretty the gaff card is because they don't even know it exists in the first place. It blends well with the deck and is very versatile for many other effects. These gaffs work for you without arousing any suspicion towards the deck or the cards that you're using. For me, they allow many possible miracles than just revelations or wierd artwork just with 1 gaff card. !'d efinitely choose that over art. If only they'd make a deck that contains these cards.
Seeing the previews for the UltraGaff, i was kind of dissappointed because they still had these art cards. In the past, there were skull kings, shattered aces and many more; in the previews I saw again some similar cards, the kings stabbing each other and the stabbed 3 of hearts to be exact. Now, I can still find a use for some of the cards with patter. There are cards in the gaff deck that I like though, like the pip matrix, the gaffs that DG used in the UltrGaff preview, the smudged cards, the cards that have their ink "transffered" onto another card, the blurred cards. These, for me, are somewhere in between the utility cards and the art cards; these I can still find a decent use for. In fact, i really like the idea of moving the pips and slowly blurring the card into a blank one.
There's one store that sold cards from the gaff deck individually so the customers could choose specifically the cards that they want. They said that some people didn't want the whole deck and but wanted only some of it. I liked this idea but the problem was, they took advantage of it and sold each gaff for almost $5 each, some even reaching more or less $12. That really turned me off, and i wanted the pip matrix so badly. Other than that, all their other products are WAAAY OVERPRICED, they are seriously taking advantage of people. (Black Tigers for $18! WTF)
When i was supposed to write this thread, i was thinking of asking for advice on presenting gaff cards, how to use them, make sure the spectators don't know that I'm using gaffs, and to be able to make use of them efficiently. Well, this is what came out instead. This is just my opinion. I just wanted to throw that out and let you guys know what I have to say. Please share what you think, I want to hear from others as well.
sorry, it's a bit long
