Playing Card Collecting

Fin · 06-06-2011, 10:25 PM

I love buying new decks. I've only been into card magic for a few months but I must have over 50 decks. That's mainly because I've been looking for the one which handles the best and ages well so I know what to buy as my regular deck, but I also just like to have the variety, since different decks can feel so different from each other. Some are definitely better suited to certain tricks than others plus the bend of each deck becomes slightly different depending on which moves you are doing most with it. For instance the deck I practice my one-handed shuffles, passes, fans and flourishes with is awful if I want to do the Hurricane change because it is bowed the wrong way. Also with some decks the cards cling to each other more than others, making moves like the erdnase/hurricane change harder to do consistently, so for that it's gotta be a nice smooth deck. Some cards have sharper edges, Bee stingers for instance, making for sore fingers when practicing certain moves that involve a tight grip. Some cards hold their shape well, which makes them better for tricks where you are going to bend the card and then want it to straighten out properly later (Ambitious Card bend move anyone?). There are so many other things I haven't mentioned which make the subtle differences between decks so important.

In case you can't tell I have fallen in love with card magic, and I LOVE cards, and since I'm practicing tricks nearly every single day its just really nice to be able to pick a different deck each time to keep things feeling fresh. Also being into art I really appreciate the different back designs of some decks, and some of the black decks look wonderful for colour changes since the red stands out so much more.

06-06-2011, 10:25 PM	#11
Fin Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 530	I love buying new decks. I've only been into card magic for a few months but I must have over 50 decks. That's mainly because I've been looking for the one which handles the best and ages well so I know what to buy as my regular deck, but I also just like to have the variety, since different decks can feel so different from each other. Some are definitely better suited to certain tricks than others plus the bend of each deck becomes slightly different depending on which moves you are doing most with it. For instance the deck I practice my one-handed shuffles, passes, fans and flourishes with is awful if I want to do the Hurricane change because it is bowed the wrong way. Also with some decks the cards cling to each other more than others, making moves like the erdnase/hurricane change harder to do consistently, so for that it's gotta be a nice smooth deck. Some cards have sharper edges, Bee stingers for instance, making for sore fingers when practicing certain moves that involve a tight grip. Some cards hold their shape well, which makes them better for tricks where you are going to bend the card and then want it to straighten out properly later (Ambitious Card bend move anyone?). There are so many other things I haven't mentioned which make the subtle differences between decks so important. In case you can't tell I have fallen in love with card magic, and I LOVE cards, and since I'm practicing tricks nearly every single day its just really nice to be able to pick a different deck each time to keep things feeling fresh. Also being into art I really appreciate the different back designs of some decks, and some of the black decks look wonderful for colour changes since the red stands out so much more.