Tricks with the Invisible Deck
I'm just starting out, and I recently got an Invisible Deck. I'm having a hard time finding new effects for it though, because I feel like it's a really interesting Gimmick and it must have more great applications than just the standard imaginary deck routine. But when I search online, I don't really find much, and I was hoping someone here might know some or have some ideas.
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Hey there @tijuana!
First off, welcome to our community!!!
(If you'd like, you can find a section to introduce yourselves)
Regarding your question, I'll tell you right away not to be disappointed, but the Invisible Deck is what it is, and that's all there is to it.
That being said, it's really up to you what kind of routine you add it to (at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a routine) and the kind of story you tell to make it "feel like something new". And that's mostly when performing for other magicians.
For laypeople, you can do the effect 10 times in a row, and no one will notice (though it's not at all recommended to use it that way).
The effect can always be the same (a specific card is reversed among all the others), but the phenomenon can have different causes, all depending on the story and narrative you craft.
There's the predictive method that I've always used (and I think it's one of the most common): you have a sealed envelope with the deck at the beginning of a routine, leave it in plain sight, perform several tricks, and at the end, with a card chosen from the deck or simply named, open the envelope and take out the Invisible Deck to reveal the prediction.
It can also be done as a transformation or magical reversal.
You have a deck, you show all the faces, put it away, place it in a magic box, and ask the spectator for a card because "the magic box" will reverse their card.
They just name one, and that's it.
Now it's up to you to think of more ways to present it. 😀
All the best and good magic!!!