Solid

52 entries in Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Solid
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Martignoni Die Anziehungskraft der Erde deck held upright in hand, selection drops out, using two halves that are solid blocks (glued or sewn in a way that they can be slightly spread and riffled)
Also published here
 Nov. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 11)
166
Martignoni Die Anziehungskraft der Erde No. 13, deck held upright in hand, selection drops out, using two halves that are solid blocks
Also published here
 1900
Der Amateurzauberer
88
Martignoni Die Anziehungskraft der Erde deck held upright in hand, selection drops out, using two halves that are solid blocks (glued or sewn in a way that they can be slightly spread and riffled)
Also published here
 1900
Das Buch der Kartenkunststücke — I. Teil
24
T. Page Wright Knife Stab top half fastened together
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
21
Joseph Michael Hartz The Mechanical Pack brief description of solid deck with rubber wheels
 		1938
Greater Magic
403
Bill Spooner Spooner's Specialty Force blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here
Variations
 1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
51
Tom Batchelor Through Thick and Thin block of twelve glued cards, thick card introduced as transformed selection, thick card used to find the Aces
 		1971
Canadian Card Control
45
Alex McKeown Chopping the Aces deck consists of four solid blocks with Ace on face, telephone as giant magic want anecdote
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
129
Bill Spooner, Jochen Zmeck Durch Abheben blocks are glued together to force cut position
Inspired by
 1972
Sieben mal Drei
7
Steve Spillman Jumbo Boomerang Card card is thrown in the air and caught next to selections, using a jumbo deck, glued halves
 		1974
Imagine Magic
37
Paul Harris Solid Deception
Also published here
Variations
 1976
Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets
1
Al Mann The Cut Force sewn cards
 		1976
The Third Ecstasy
27
Robert J. Nedbalski Gag Deck Switch deck switched for gaffed deck (bottom half hollowed out, top half strung together), spectator cuts deck, it either bangs or spring flowers jump out of it, then performer admits a deck switch and openly brings out stacked deck from lap
 		1978
Ned's Ultimate Poker Stack
5
Bill Wisch Pecuniary Paste-boards Aces are lost and found again, a coin appears under each card
 		1979
Wisches
[14]
Michael Weber Sutured Incision threaded deck, further ideas, inspired by Bob Cassidy book test
Also published here
 1983
Pengrove Connection
4
Michael Weber Sutured Incision threaded deck, further ideas, inspired by Bob Cassidy book test
Also published here
 1984
Side Effects
[5]
Nick Pudar "Block"Buster Ace Assembly at the end all packets are glued together ala solid deception
Related to
 1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
241
Edward Marlo Maximum Penetration deck visibly penetrates into card case, using solid deception deck
Also published here
Inspired by
 1985
Formula One Close-Up
60
Danny Korem, Jerry Andrus The Omni Deck short Ambitious Card routine ending with clear block of glass
Inspired by
 1985
Korem without Limits
153
Michael Weber Sutured Incision threaded deck, further ideas, inspired by Bob Cassidy book test
Also published here
 1985
Seminarheft
[6]
Bill Nagler Ultimate Aces spectators cut to Aces, performer as well, three phases, using block of cards (like old Devano gimmick), last card Rises
 		Aug. 1986
New Directions (Issue 3)
3
Randy Wakeman, Edward Marlo Maximum Penetration deck visibly penetrates into card case, using solid deception deck
Also published here
Inspired by
 1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
124
Bev Bergeron No Card Case Version card rises from center of deck, block with cut-out
 		1993
Card File
60
Jerry Mentzer No Deck Omni Deck handling
  • Shuffle one
  • Shuffle two
 		1993
Card File
185
Bob Farmer Done Deal III spectator cuts deck and deals, loses, blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here
 Feb. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Bill Spooner Spooner's Specialty Force blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here
Variations
 Feb. 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Paul Harris Solid Deception short ambitious card sequence, deck is glued to single solid block climax
Also published here
Variations
 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Paul Harris Reveals some of his most Int...)
107
David Neighbors Fusion Aces cutting the Aces, as climax four glued blocks with Aces on top
Related to
Variations
 June 1996
The Minotaur (Vol. 8 No. 2)
1
David Harkey, Eric Anderson Petrified deck becomes solid block that breaks when dropped
 		1997
Ah-ha!
68
Robert Cassidy The Enigma of #23 oddities about number 23 are told, two spectators cut packet and cut cards are divined, total of packets equals 23
Also published here
 2002
Strange Impressions
1
Alexander de Cova Kartenwanderung
Also published here
 2003
Gambit
9
Alexander de Cova Gipsy Switch with silk and glued block
Also published here
 2003
Gambit
10
Jay Sankey Lightning Bolt deck of card bolted together with bolt at the end
Also published here
  • marketed 2002
Inspired by
 2004
Sankey Unleashed
114
Robert Cassidy The Enigma of #23 oddities about number 23 are told, two spectators cut packet and cut cards are divined, total of packets equals 23
Also published here
 2004
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy
249
Rick Merrill Sybil Cut Flush Ouellet's Ace production followed by Sybil cut with one Royal Flush cards at face of each packet
Related to
 2005
Home Schooled
20
Benjamin Earl Hand Built by Trees gambling demonstrations with Aces, pack then revealed to be four solid blocks with Aces at the face of each
Inspired by
 2007
Seeing with Photo-Electric Eyes
14
Alexander de Cova Kartenwanderung
Also published here
 2007
Seminar 2007
6
Alexander de Cova Gipsy Switch with silk and glued block
Also published here
 2007
Seminar 2007
7
Joel Givens Laser Aces cutting the Aces, pack then revealed to be four solid blocks with Aces at the face of each
Inspired by
Variations
 2007
Session
22
John Born Motivation: Glued Deck Use a solid deck to stop hecklers from trying to perform with your deck
 		2012
Seeking the Bridge
123
Jay Sankey Hammered Deception as a climax to an ambitious card routine the deck is shown nailed into a solid block
Also published here
  • Extremely Ambitious DVD, ca. 2008
Inspired by
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2
702
Jay Sankey Lightning Bolt deck of card bolted together with bolt at the end
Also published here
  • marketed 2002
Inspired by
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2
715
Jay Sankey Threadbare Rise
Also published here
  • Revolutionary Card Magic DVD, ca. 2003
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2
953
Bob Farmer Done Deal VI spectator cuts deck and deals, loses, blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here
 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
233
Bill Spooner Spooner's Specialty Force blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here
Variations
 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
233
Eric Stevens Lucid Glimpse Glimpse selection, uses Omni deck
 		2015
Skybound
47
Alexander de Cova Voyager
Also published here
 2015
Burners — Vol. 2
193
Alexander de Cova Gipsy Switch with silk and glued block
Also published here
 2015
Burners — Vol. 2
194
Ryan Plunkett Patet Pondus
  • 1. Charpentier's Dream: Deck placed in box with cellophane window. Cased deck felt to gradually lose weight, before shown to be empty
  • 2. Invisible Deck Monte: Three deck monte with card cases, cases start out empty, but then one of the boxes felt to suddenly grow heavy - deck produced from it
 		2016
Some Assembly Required
11
Yves Carbonnier Dur Dur! card comes to the top, changes into blank card and is found in the deck again, repeated, then deck ends up in two glued blocks
Inspired by
 2019
Grand Livre de Cartomagie
112
Alberto de Figueiredo El edificio card comes to the top, deck transforms into Omni Deck
 		2019
Veintiséis
235
John Guastaferro Crystal Clear red and black Aces transpose, rest of deck becomes clear block, Omni Deck
 		2023
The Nth Degree°
143