Out of curiosity, I decided to take a look at what the cards would look like during each of those 8 faro shuffles. (as they examined the four cards, I would give the deck a REAL shuffle But not only would I be able to cut to that value, I’d be able to immediately display afterward that all FOUR cards of that value had come together in the deck. Whichever card they named, I would know where it is in the deck and be able to cut to that value. To them, it would look like I was hopelessly mixing the deck…but in reality, I would end the shuffling right back where I started, with all the values arranged in Four of a Kinds.įinally, I’d ask them to name any card. Then, I’d give the deck 8 faro shuffles in front of the audience. My thinking was that I’d start with the deck arranged into 13 Four of a Kinds-from all 4 Aces together to all 4 Kings. I figured a cool effect might be to have someone call out any ‘Four of a Kind’ and be able to cut the deck and display those exact four cards together. Why didn’t I see this discussed more? And why weren’t more magicians doing stuff with this? More specifically, the fact that 8 perfect faros would return a deck of cards to its original order. Truth was, I’d wrote half the email and then got sidetracked by something absolutely fascinating to me: I’d been hard at work putting together a ‘member newsletter’ for Conjuror Community. That all changed on a lazy May afternoon. (Surely Marlo didn’t think of EVERYTHING?) Or, at least, that’s what I’d heard other magicians say.īut I didn’t think that could actually be the case. If you ever THINK you’ve invented something original in card magic, chances are… (stick around until the end to find out how to get your hands on secrets you didn’t even know existed) The Faro Shuffle is perhaps one of the most underused yet amazing principles every discovered by magicians! And today I’m going to break it down for you, and in a way (and I’m willing to bet my reputation on this) you’ve never heard it described before.
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