The Art of Switching Decks by Roberto Giobbi with DVD. 2013

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FROM THE BOOK JACKET:
If you want to learn a closely guarded secret for achieving near miracles with a deck of cards, you have it in your hands. The strongest card tricks 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. In The Art of Switching Decks, Roberto Giobbi, the world-renowned author of Card College and other modern classics of card magic, teaches dozens of methods for imperceptibly switching decks. More important, he shows that it isn't difficult manipulation that makes these switches totally deceptive–rather, it's psychological principles; principles that allow the reader to apply and modify deck switching techniques to suit any circumstance. All this is accomplished without the use of special gimmicks or apparatus. The only things required to do these professional switches are decks of cards and your pockets. 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 of tremendous value to beginning and advanced card magicians alike.
ALSO INCLUDED-a DVD offering an eighty-five-minute show and lecture by Roberto Giobbi, showing exactly how various deck switches are achieved in a live performance.