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It seems to be commonly believed that the genre of card magic known as packet tricks - that is card tricks that use a small number of cards rather than the entire deck - are a relatively recent invention in the history of conjuring but this is not the case. While its true that packet tricks became insanely popular in the magic community of the 1960s and 70s (Jon Racherbaumer even coined the word packeteer to describe magicians who specialized in these types of tricks) effects with a small number of cards date back to the late 1800s. Though many use the term packet trick disparagingly the truth is that if well-conceived and performed they can often be more astounding than effects performed with an entire deck of cards. Dont underestimate the power of the packet Armed with just a small bunch of cards and the wisdom gleaned from the masters on this DVD youll be a packeteer in no time
On Volume 3 youll meet a number of magicians performing and explaining small-packet card magic that any close-up performer would be proud to add to their repertoire. Bill Malone starts off with a super-powered version of Paul Harris Reset as the Aces and Kings keep changing places in startling and visual ways. Paul Wilson continues with an in-the-hands version of Nick Trosts classic effect where the spectator selects a card and its found to be the only one with a differently-colored back. Then Pavel introduces his audience to a card-eating turtle that visibly eats four freely-selected cards while John Guastaferro shows off four cards with pictures of frogs that turn face down one at a time and then into four princes before finally turning back into frogs once more. Michael Ammar uses just a few cards from an ordinary deck to spin the tale of Brother John Hammans Twins while Dan Fleshman presents a short and sweet interlude where the four Aces turn into all Aces of Spades and then instantly change into the four Kings. James Swain the