The Art of Switching Decks by Roberto Giobbi Book (B0287)

The strongest card tricks most
often depend on a stack or special deck. Unfortunately, if you start
with a gaffed deck, as soon as you have accomplished the impossible
feat, its very strength causes audiences to say, “Let me see those
cards!” With a deck switch, they can, because you just switched the
gaffed deck for a normal one, which they can even take home! A deck
switch can also allow you to start with an ordinary deck, convince
everyone it’s you and not the cards causing the magic-then you switch in
your gaffed or stacked deck and unleash a stunning effect. Deck
switches can create extraordinary, incomprehensible effects-as long as
the switch isn’t detected or suspected.

And there lies the
challenge. Everyone knows about switching decks. We’ve all heard that
card cheats do it, and magicians. In reality, though, very few magicians
switch decks, because it is commonly perceived as too difficult to get
away with. And since everyone knows about switching decks, even a
suspicion that a deck switch might have occurred can completely
undermine a performance. Therefore, if you use any deck switch, it must
be not only imperceptible, but also unimaginable.

Roberto Giobbi
teaches you precisely how to do this-standing, seated, with and without
a jacket-using shrewd psychology, not knuckle-busting sleights or
special gimmicks or apparatus. The only things required to do these
professional switches are decks of cards and your pockets. Giobbi
teaches dozens of methods for imperceptibly switching decks, along with
the psychological principles behind them; principles that allow the
reader to apply and modify deck switching techniques to suit any
circumstance.

And along the way, Giobbi explains some very strong card magic.

As is expected from Roberto Giobbi,
the techniques and tricks in this book are not pipe dreams. They come
from his professional repertoire, sharpened by hundreds of performances
and explained with all the detail only a world-class teacher can bring
to a subject.

There is no other book devoted to this important
topic-and it holds information that will be of tremendous value to
beginning and advanced card magicians alike. The Art of Switching Decks
is an in-depth study teaching over 30 deck switches and a few remarkable
tricks.

Approximately: 163 pages 10.25″ x 7.25″ -Hardcover