I think Close up illusion (i hate Copperfield) and Wild card are too similar to Stand up Monte for me to carry it in my wallet in addition to Stand up Monte. I will consider the other options people have posted.

For some poker style packet effects and effects where fronts/backs change search Paul Gordon on Penguin. Paul's own site has demo vids for most of his effects.

McDonald's Aces;
http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/1115

2wenty1;
http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S10505

21 looks good.

Whats that trick by Paul harris that uses three cards and i think one keeps turning over and the kicker is that it has a different back?


edit: bizarre twist

also this is a interesting resource to packet tricks http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/view ... 1&start=30

Ah, THAT'S the thread I was looking for earlier, Thank You!

(I feel bad that there wasn't one post in the forum all weekend)

....Except for one from me; viewtopic.php?f=4&t=161049

hmm, must have missed that one. But still, we need more posters.

Maybe a bunch will come back and post with performance testimonies.

The Penguin Magic forum has been dying for a while. Not sure what's up. I suppose its cyclical. Personally, I've been busy and not able to post or read as often.

I carry around Color Monte and 4 Aces in my wallet so I can do Daley's last trick if I feel like it.

Ah! I LOVE packet tricks! What is more amazing that using just a very small amount of cards to produce a series of really cool effects? Lay people notice the difference, too. I've had more than one lay person comment that it's more amazing when I use a smaller amount of cards to do tricks. I think this is because lay people instinctually know that we can use a full deck to mask things. When you only use a handful of cards, there's nowhere to hide anything. Or so it seems!

I have created several packet tricks, some of them sold right here on Penguin Magic. I think they carry my effects "Twists and Turns" and "What It Isn't". Maybe a few others as well.

When it comes to justify pulling cards out of a wallet, many ways of doing this. First, if the trick uses a bunch of Jokers or a few blank cards, it makes total sense to pull them out of a wallet or envelope as you don't find more then two Jokers in a deck or blank cards.

But if you want to pull out normal cards from a wallet, just say that they are your "lucky cards" and then launch into your trick. As long as you have some minor justification, no one will question it.

A great one to carry around is John Bannon's "Spin Doctor". It's sold here on Penguin. Also, his booklet Tribolical, co-created by my buddy Liam Montier is an awesome booklet of three great packet effects that use a wonderful display called the Bullet Party Display. Definitely check it out. Awesome magic.

Peter Duffie and Aldo Colombini also create and sell amazing packet effects.

Although not technically a packet trick, Gemini Twins only uses 4 cards, learned this off of Bill Malone's On the Loose #2. I don't present it as a trick but rather a story and always gets great reactions. Easy to learn and kills!

I really don't perform that many packet tricks. I find it hard to introduce a small number of cards when almost every other effect I do uses normal objects. The only one I'm using currently is Strange Travelers and I do it after an ACR so I can say that when I do that trick a lot I sign off so many cards that I'm left with only a few, then continue into that routine.