Some of the back designs from the cards I bought to make Dazzle gimmicks are really nifty. Its quite a shame that a lot of those cards simply don’t have the right texture for a lot of magic tricks.
This photo doesn’t accurately capture the look of the shiny ink on certain cards. The quality of the ink really elevates the look of the airplane deck. The ink on the Desert Inn card is a lot more gold in person and pairs nicely with the green.
[Read More]I recently bought a bunch of playing cards to make my own gimmicks for Alex Elmseley’s Dazzle. It was harder than I thought.
Some playing cards are straight up impossible to split cleanly. The printed layer is too thin and will simply rip instead of separate from the middle layer. I’ve been forced to just glue them together and suffer the extra thickness.
Some playing cards can only be split from one side. I guess they use different papers on the face and back. One side will to be easy to grab and pull and the other will just rip.
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