I am almost positive that the people that I perform for would notice it. Don, I'm not sure if you are a professional or not, but I'm a hobbyist. I perform for friends at school and my family for the most part. They are use to seeing different style decks and are more familiar with custom decks than just anyone off the street because of that.
And most sandwich routines are structured in a way that the jokers are side by side at one point, making it basically OBVIOUS that the index is different. You don't even have to look for it, your brain just picks up on the fact that the two aren't the same.
Now, to be clear, joker reveals can be fine. I think they can be fun, creative and for the right audience (and when performed correctly) magical. But there is absolutely no way that a revelation printed on a card is in any way more useful than having a duplicate. I wouldn't even keep that card in the deck when performing other tricks. Don, what if I did a riffle peek and it stopped on that card? That wouldn't make any sense and some spectators may actually think their card is the two of hearts! And your explanation for why that card has another card's name on it (although clever) will just slow down the show and perhaps even confuse the spectators.
And the payoff for having it is what exactly? One trick? One pretty weak trick if you ask me. It's one reveal. There's hundreds of others out there. And you sacrifice dozens of other tricks by having the reveal and not having identical jokers.
Things change when the joker is particularly busy and/or the reveal is more subtle, but 1) that's not the case here because this one is blatant and 2) a reveal so tiny that it's not noticeable is weaker than a larger one.
I hope I have stated my opinions clearly.
Different strokes. I'd guess that only one index has the reveal, though, making it easier to use the card as a plain joker.
I fell mixed about this deck.
I have mostly stopped buying new decks just because I have finally realized it is alot more beneficial to put money into my show than countless decks.
But I really like the back design on these,The deck reminds me of the dealers almost too much, even the box is pretty similar.
Personally I like to have 2 identical jokers for transpositions and sandwich effects, and I agree with 10ofclubs that having the reveal can make it harder to perform other better effects.
They are nice cards, but I can do without them.
Also does anyone know if the girl in the video comes with the cards or is that just promo stuff?
Well, when you fell, I hope you didn't break anything. It was a mixed felling, after all...
Yes, the revelation about decks is a shocker to magician collectors. Especially when many of us get so delicate about our rare decks we never want to take them out. I've ruined more decks performing at bars than I care to count... Better to spend on the magic - but even there it's possible to get out of hand if you aren't careful - I have a career's worth of magic that I'm still working my way through after all the spending I did for holiday season 2011! I've totally stopped buying new decks, personally.
The girl in the video was only included is a special gift set given out to prominent message board administrators. Mine's in the mail, should arrive tomorrow. I hope it fits - it's a big PO Box, but it's still a PO Box...
I really like this deck, fab boarderless design - are we starting to see a shift towards boarderless deck design??
Looking at the face of the cards is anyone else getting the MISC Goods' esque vibe??
Really a great, clean deck and i will certainly look to buy a few of these bad boys and even make a staple performing deck.
I like designs without boarders, too - especially when they're always late with the rent.
As far as a "shift" - go easy, bro. E has made only about three decks without BORDERS. (Yeah, that's how you spell it...
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I did get the Misc. Goods vibe, but since they're still more like standard than custom courts, only to a small degree.
