Here's a story from The Session '11: One of our favorite magicians at the convention was doing a trick in the lobby OVER AND OVER AGAIN, and fooling everyone. We heard about it before we saw it.
When we saw it, we were fooled. Imagine our surprise when he explained that the trick was called “The Alpha Deck” by Richard Sanders, and that it was totally self-working. This is a brilliant piece of card magic, and one of those rare effects that is as good for magicians as it is for laymen.
There are three effects in the trick, and this is EXACTLY what it looks like:
The spectator hands half the deck to you and keeps the other half for himself. You each spread through your face down cards and you each REMOVE ANY ONE CARD.
Effect 1: The chosen cards are turned over and they are the exact mates of one another...The Ace of Hearts and the Ace of diamonds.
Effect 2: The process is repeated an this time the cards turn out to be the Ace of Clubs and the Ace of Spades...a perfect 4 of a kind...but wait there's more!
Effect 3: The magician and the spectator each turn over the rest of the cards in their hands...THEY ARE ALL BLANK...AND TOTALLY EXAMINABLE!
The Alpha Deck is a diabolical principle that will allow you to perform a strong 3-phase routine that will knock your spectators for a loop! Each phase builds on the last, getting stronger each time and finishing with the killer climax where all the cards are blank and examinable.
- Totally Self Working
- No Rough and Smooth
