Hi, I am new to Penguin and I just wanted to know what gimmicked decks are good for the street? I know that I should learn some regular card tricks as well but i was just wondering what you guys thought some good gimmicked decks were. Thanks.

Chris

The Invisible Deck is probably my favorite. It's only one effect, but it's very powerful. Also the Svengali and Stripper decks are good. They can be used for many different effects.

Ya i like the invisible deck a lot also. It gets great reactions. Svengali's arent that bad either.

Ya i like the invisible deck a lot also. It gets great reactions. Svengali's arent that bad either.

Invisible Deck, like everyone has already said...and I recently purchased a stripper deck as well. The stripper deck's gimmick allows you to do some amazing things, but you can also hand it out for examination and you can use that deck for regular card tricks as well.

I would only use an Invisible Deck as a gaff deck for busking. My advice is don't use any other gaff deck. Try to use as many normal deck routines as possible, and keep the ID as a fail safe get out cause...

Some like the Rising Card, some like the army of 52. If you see my avatar, you can see how I feel about it

I agree with fspigeon,try not to use more than one gaff deck while busking.When I first started magic I bought about 3-4 gaff decks and now I don't know where to keep them all.I would just get the invisible deck.

if you use a stripper deck then make a JUMBO stripperdeck. the tricks stays the same but the size of the cards makes it more visible. also mark the card on the back voor more extra tricks.

Big card are kinda hard to carry around on the street though. If it were me, get an invisible deck and then stick to the regular deck o' cards.

Wouldn't the invisible deck soon get old, dirty, bent, etc. ?

Yeah that's the only thing I don't like about Invisible Deck. It seems to wear out kinda quickly. But if you just buy... the special stuff (don't know if saying it would be considered exposure) you can make them out of regular decks.

if you do a david blaine style street magic jumbo cards are no good.
but if you want as much people who can see what is going on i will allways use jumbo cards. the more people who see it the more people will pay. and 1 jumbo deck is not much to carry aoround. some people carry 3 cups - a melon - 3 fruits a table for just one trick.

IMO that's not street magic. If it can't it in your pocket, why bring it?

Are you saying cups and balls arent for street? People have been performing that on the street for thousands of years. Most buskers use cups and balls as one of their tricks to bring in money on the street.

i am only saying that a jumbo deck of cards is not much to carry
if you compere it with the cups and balls. main point is not understood of my post is that visibility is more important. if they can"t see the trick because people are in front of them and the props are small you are not making any money.