Mene Tekel Deck Tricks
This overlooked idea is something youll adopt and use.
Mene tekel deck tricks. The mene tekel deck pp. The eugene gloye mt deck eugene gloye created a very disarming version of the mene tekel pack that makes it even more deceptive for close up work. This deck is a utility deck somewhat similar to the svengali deck and works simila. Controlling several cards p.
Nu mene tekel deck which used one way back designs to locate the removed card eliminating the need for short cards or roughing. The magician riffles through the deck face up showing the spectators that the cards are all different. Roughed red blue mene tekel deck effects. Chapter xiv magic with a mene tekel pack of cards.
This book reveals the deck s true potential as a self contained card delivery system a pseudo copying machine and a. When you first open your deck you will notice that the deck is made up of pairs of identical cards. An entire new generation is creating new effects with this old workhorse of a gaff. The self contained card delivery system mene tekel magic maximized by shawn evans book man s mind stretched to a new dimension never goes back to its original position few know the simple mechanics of the forgotten mene tekel deck and even fewer know its real secrets.
The magician then has the spectator take the top card from where they said stop free. The magician then riffles the deck face down and has a spectator say when to stop. Like the svengali pack it consists of twenty six ordinary cards and twenty six short cards but instead of the short cards being all of the same suit and value they also are all. It is not certainly known who devised this variation of the combination of long and short cards but the title mene tekel was first applied to it by the late w.
The mene tekel deck is a hidden gem in the world of trick decks. You can use the mene tekel deck to discover the identity of a freely selected card. Jean hugard encyclopedia of card tricks 1937 pp. This listing is for 1 deck.
It can be used to create miracles that are impossible to duplicate using sleight of hand alone. Leroy the well known magical dealer of boston. As easy to use as a svengali deck but with a diver. Invented by the great magician burling hull in the early 20th century the mene tekel deck has not often been seen in the last several decades now this devilishly clever deck is back.