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Playing Card Plethora / Atlantis playing cards?
« on: October 17, 2013, 04:00:46 PM »
I recently found a deck known as the Atlantic playing cards. They appear to be a vintage deck and for what the seller wants, they had better handle pretty well. Don, now would be an excellent time to prove to us all why you're the supreme authority on cards...
(as an unrelated side-note, I'm also looking into some archduke eagle backs and some Offason Anglos. Anyone have any experience in this regard? I'm looking for handling features here).

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Well, I finally have a working computer again, having had to fix the one I'm  currently on  :mindf-ck:. But this should be the last of my prolonged absences from the forum. If I'm gone for another extended period, hopefully you know why... :-[

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The Conversation Parlor / Used Magic to ask a girl out today...
« on: September 25, 2013, 12:28:10 AM »
So it's homecoming week at my highschool and I HATE homecoming/prom. There is a girl who hates school dances as much as I do, and since we were going to have an anti-homecoming last year that fell through at the last second, I still make fun of her for being a flake as a result. Anyway, today I was playing with my new carbon copies in AP Music Theory since Isaac had just barely brought them to me. She took interest and asked to see the deck. After I gave her a brief explanation of Dan and Dave and the world of cards, she asked if I knew any good tricks. So I used some basic distractions and false cuts for a typical "is this your card?" trick and pulled it off nicely. Later that day during lunch I bought two decks of blue bicycles. I took the ace of hearts out of one of the decks and wrote "Anti-Homecoming...Again?" on it before placing it on the top of the other deck's ace of hearts. I managed to catch her right before she left school and told her I had just learned a new card trick and needed her opinion. So I pulled a basic card force which made her choose the blank ace of hearts out of the deck and when she had memorized it, I had her place it right on top of the other (marked) ace of hearts, which was on top of the deck. I farro'd the cards into a pretty decent looking grate fan as a distraction and then once I had riffled that back into a deck (which most people confuse for shuffling) I brought it into a butterfly cut and when that was over I used a double-lift off the top of the deck so that the ace of hearts with the message on it was revealed out of the deck and asked "Is this your card?" to which i received the reply "Yes". Just a little tale to keep in mind should other magicians and cardists on this forum look to get creative.

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Deck Reviews! / Battle: Seasons by Alex Chin VS. Mana by Eric Mana
« on: September 19, 2013, 06:48:51 PM »
Just bought the two deck set of the platinum edition seasons, very happy with my purchase, phenomenal decks. I also Just ordered a Mana deck V1 Oracle Edition. Pretty happy just for the collector's value, but have yet to receive it in the mail. Should take some time, so that leaves just enough space to see these cards of very similar origins and marketing duke it out! Cast your votes now!

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Playing Card Plethora / Misdirection's Mystery Decks?
« on: August 25, 2013, 03:02:34 AM »
Has anyone any experience with the Misdirection's Mystery decks? They look pretty expensive and I want to see if they were worth the price before I bought them. They are printed on a stock and finish that is very popular in Australian casinos, but I can't say I've ever been to an Australian casino before so I have no Idea how they handle. Any pointers anyone? Also looking into the Magic Castle giftshop decks. I'm wondering if those are just standard Bike Decks or if they are actually decks meant for magic and flourishing. I  can see it either way. Maybe worth a try though.

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Introduce Yourself / Hey, here's my introduction
« on: August 22, 2013, 04:28:31 PM »
     Hey everyone, I'm Carter. I'm from Kamas, Utah. I am not a magician, cardist or even a collector, but rather a designer of cards currently plotting out his first deck. The reason I joined this forum is actually because my longtime best friend Isaac (or as you know him, Mr. Mollusk) has been prodding me to join for a while and so I finally have. I am familiar with some of the people on this forum as Isaac has shown me many of it's threads and given me the basic rundown of the most notable forum regulars and moderators. I became interested in cardistry and magic several months after Isaac had begun his interest when he started getting me into it. Being that I am an artist on my spare time, it was only natural that I eventually began to plot out my own deck designs and now I am starting to push past plotting and into pre-production, once I have all of my artwork done, I will post the betas on this site for review.

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