![]() Many of the effects achieved with a stripper deck can also be accomplished with sleight of hand. At this point the magician can select the target card through sleight of hand. The change is slight enough to be undetected by visual inspection or even casual handling, but if a single card is rotated 180° so that it's tapered in the opposite direction from the rest of the deck, the card's broad end can easily be detected, by feel or even by sight, among the narrow ends of the rest of the deck. The cards of a stripper deck are slightly tapered, so that the sides no longer form a perfect rectangle. Unlike the invisible or svengali deck, the stripper deck can be handled by an audience member unfamiliar with the concept and can withstand a modest amount of scrutiny without exposing the secret however, this deck is found in a number of beginners' magic kits, so the secret is well-known, even among non-magicians. Similarly, even after being lost in different parts of the deck, the magician can move multiple cards to specific locations using basic shuffles. Even after being shuffled into the deck by a spectator, the magician can cut to a selected card. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not to be confused with a stripped deck which is a standard deck with some cards removed.Ī stripper deck (also known as a tapered deck, wizard deck, or biseauté deck) allows the magician to control the main location of a card or group of cards easily within the pack.
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