This deck of threaded cards, used to simulate a cascade of the deck and other flourishes accomplished by skill, was invented c. 1847-1854 by J. N. Hofzinser. See Magic Christian's J. N. Hofzinser: Non Plus Ultra, Vol. 2, 2004 (German edition), p. 67; and 2013 (English edition), p. 75.

• Category in Denis Behr's "Conjuring Archive"