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| Posted On Jan 19, 2009 at 1:40 PM |
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Do you like to use Gaffed Cards? What are the disadvantages and advantages of them?
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Jan 20, 2009 at 6:24 PM |
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I don't generally like using Gaffed Cards unless I've already developed a high degree of control over the attention of my audience, and the Gaff appears "clean". They are astounding when used correctly used though, and fool magicians particularly well (though do keep in mind that some things that fool magicians will not necessarily fool spectators, and vice versa).
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Jan 25, 2009 at 3:59 AM |
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well i dont like gaff decks but individual gaff cards are great. I recently bought the ultra gaff from ellusionist, absolutely beautiful that combined with an 1800 deck from ellusionist as well = a crowd killer of a routine 
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Jan 25, 2009 at 7:35 PM |
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Ellusionist, in my opinion, has overpriced tricks (well... most of them). One thing that they DO have that are really great are their cards. I've had my eyes on the Masters Deck for a long time, and the Vintage 1800's deck looks good as well.
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Jan 26, 2009 at 4:12 AM |
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i do agree most things on there are overpriced and overacted. but i agree the cards are incredible, i have the black tigers ghosts vipers masters and shadow masters all beautiful decks. If you think the regular bike air flow finish is nice, get a hold of masters with uv-500. beautiful. The 1800 deck looks great but the handling is a bit less than a usual deck of bikes but better than a cheap deck. but one thing i love about there decks is all of the reaveals on the case and cards and such, in the bar code on the jokers etc. makes for some jaw dropping effects
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Jan 26, 2009 at 10:49 AM |
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Personally, I just like to use normal Bicycles. In general, a spectator will believe you're using gaffed or marked cards if you use a deck that they aren't used to, if you use something that they are used to, even if it's gaffed or marked they don't as easily suspect that it is.
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Jan 26, 2009 at 2:36 PM |
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Hakozusu, that is why I also use normal Bicycles. However, I have a thing for Ellusionist's Masters deck, which is a normal bicycle deck except it has a super-cool finish (better than normal) and a sweet looking ace of spades. 
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Jan 26, 2009 at 7:26 PM |
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Yes, the ace of spades is more aesthetically pleasing to some people, though I still prefer just to use what people are used to (even if the only visible difference is one card) for the reasons listed above.
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Jan 27, 2009 at 12:15 AM |
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Honestly i just hand out the deck and case if they ask, usually if i have something set up i have it set up in a way i can just palm it off or just leave it in the box. so i use a viper deck beautiful finish very eye catching, another nice touch is the card clips you can get, it is saving my card case right now and looks great
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Feb 15, 2009 at 7:55 PM |
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I've got a number of gaffed decks but really never use them. I'm a great fan of Harry Lorayne's tricks which can almost always be done with a borrowed deck. The only gaffed decks I use are Invisible Deck, Brainstormer & Nudist Deck. A one way back deck such as Bicycle League are very useful for Out of This World but that's not a gaff.
It seems to that, basically, any 'unusual' deck is regarded with suspicion, so I stick to regular bikes, Tally Ho & Stud decks.
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Feb 15, 2009 at 9:12 PM |
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well the vipers are tally ho, but i havnt had anyone think it was something funny with the deck because i hand out everything case cards everything so when i am using a normal deck they dont care because ive already said i hate gaffs, even though i love using gaff cards
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Apr 18, 2009 at 8:09 PM |
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I like gaffed decks. But not decks from E
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Apr 19, 2009 at 2:17 PM |
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I like Simon Lovell's "Blue deck". It's a gaffed deck of cards, look it up. Ellusionist has some cool looking decks, but people generally get suspicious when seeing something that they're not used to.
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Apr 25, 2009 at 11:27 PM |
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well thats the thing, i have the red back gaff deck so they blend into a normal red back bike so it works for me
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Apr 27, 2009 at 7:59 PM |
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That's good. Is there any specific gimmicks anybody likes to use? How much do you use invisible thread?
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Apr 28, 2009 at 2:41 PM |
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well i just recently got the tarantual by yigal mesika, and that is beautiful. so i will be using it far more. you can do a bunch of levitations basically impromptu if you have this gimmick, and naturally hovercard is included in there. but looks great. but other than that i dont really have much more for gimmicks other than a homemade raven i never use a self tying shoelace gimmick(again homemade) and a z wallet, love that wallet works beautifully
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On Apr 30, 2009 at 1:41 PM |
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Is tarantula good? I've heard great things about it. Is it angle sensitive, easy/hard, what restrictions are there?
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| Re: Do You Like To Use Gaffed Cards? |
| Posted On May 3, 2009 at 2:15 AM |
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well i think the ring thing dropping it in the other persons finger is a bit iffy and would take a bit of practise. its not terribly angle sensitive you can have it in your hand and show your hands without most people noticing. the dvd isnt all that great it has the basic ideas and principles but few subtleties and almost no patter, not good for an intro magician but for a magician who makes up their own patter anyways (i have issues with using store bought patter  ) the restrictions arent that bad, it can be almost inpromptu for the most part and he does supply an alternate method on setting up the ring trick without notice. All in all not a bad trick the gimmick is worth it, the dvd is iffy id say intermediate to advanced level magicians only would be able to make the most out of the dvd to begin with and of course the trick. and as is said on the site it is a reel but cleverly hidden so it can be easily ditched or kept in hand (where it usually is anyways) still invisible thread restrictions though, it uses the spider pen refills so you dont have to worry about seperating threads or anything.
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