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cards:solid_deck [2019/04/29 17:44] – Suhr added, methd-effect distinction denisbehrcards:solid_deck [2019/07/07 19:22] (current) – earlier reference for the same trick denisbehr
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-A precursor to an actual solid deck can be seen in a [[cards:deck_shell|Deck Shell]] (first recordings date back to ca. 1700), which is a hollow block. +Blocks of cards secretly glued together for a methodological purpose are described by Carl Willmann in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/10632/Die+Zauberwelt/167|Die Zauberwelt]]//, Vol. 4 No. 11, Nov. 1898, p. 166, in an effect called "Die Anziehungskraft der Erde" by Martignoni. In that effect, the cards of each half of the deck are glued together, making two fused blocks of cards. A selection is replaced between these blocks (after they have been switched in for a normal deck). When held loosely, the selection drops out when the deck is held upright. (Willmann describes another option to make the blocks: They can be sewn together in such a way that the blocks can still be slightly spread and riffled.)
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-Solid blocks without a center cavity was described by H. F. C. Suhr in //Der Amateurzauberer//, 1900, p. 88, in an effect called "Die Anziehungskraft der Erde" by Martignoni. In that effect, two halves are glued together to blocks. A selection is replaced between those two blocks (after the deck has been switched for them) and when held loosely, the selection drops out of the deck when held upright.+
  
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 The solid deck as a gag was described by Harry Hanaoka as "Frozen Cold Deck" in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/38273/The+Sphinx/19|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 25 No. 6, Aug. 1926, p. 171. It was later popularized by Paul Harris as "Solid Deception" in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/10760/Paul+Harris+Reveals+Some+of+His+Most+Intimate+Secrets/9|Paul Harris Reveals Some of His Most Intimate Secrets]]//, 1976, p. 1. The solid deck as a gag was described by Harry Hanaoka as "Frozen Cold Deck" in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/38273/The+Sphinx/19|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 25 No. 6, Aug. 1926, p. 171. It was later popularized by Paul Harris as "Solid Deception" in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/10760/Paul+Harris+Reveals+Some+of+His+Most+Intimate+Secrets/9|Paul Harris Reveals Some of His Most Intimate Secrets]]//, 1976, p. 1.
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 +See also [[cards:deck_shell|Deck Shell]], [[cards:threaded-block_card_force|Threaded-Block Card Force]].
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