Custom Playing Cards

Hi again! today I'm gonna talk to you about custom playing cards

Types of custom playing cards

This decks called by edition names and sometimes come as part of a series.
This decks are more costly than the usual decks but they usually designed for more seasoned (and little richer ) card magicians. They frequently used in shows and performances due to their design and special illustration. The quality of this decks is often superior to the usual decks in terms of smoothness, thickness and other little adjustments that important for the professional performer). As I mentioned before, the most visible thing about this cards is their design (often there is a secret writing on the side of the deck or something stylish about the design of some cards). The back of the card has it’s own special decoration and some face cards & aces get their own feel.
There are some custom playing cards that provide special magic cards (like the Gaff deck) . This cards have their unique illustration on the face of the card. What’s unique about them, is that you can use them in combination with a usual deck and create new and creative magic trick. If done well, the trick can have a great impact on the audience, and turn a good show into a great.

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Fan Spread

Ok, so today I want to share with you my guide to fanning, it's a nice card trick and it looks awesome, even the basic thumb fan.

Thumb Fan

1) So take your hand, fingers tight and the thumb parallel to the finger line. Next, Do the same thing with the deck held between the thumb and the palm as in the Before.

2) I want you to make a little adjustment: Tilt the deck a bit to the wrist side, while keeping the thumb and fingers straight and in the same position. You need that in order to create a wider and more impressive fan tilt the deck to leave more space for the fan to spread. After the guide just try and see for yourself the change.

3) Next we'll do some beveling, I recommend you to learn the ribbon spread , it’s the same principle only in a semi circle motion. You put some pressure on the whole deck and guide the motion with your thumb in a semi circular way. You’re not sliding card by card, but allow the pressure of the deck deploy the cards. The moving hand is the thumb hand, while the other hand, that holds the deck, stays more or less in the same position, only towards the finish you give a slight adjustment to help end the fan.

4) When  you complete the fan you can extend her a bit by pulling with the thumb from one side while the index and middle fingers pulling from the other side.

5) For the close just push the cards from the start point towards the end in an arch. Of course, you may do it the other way around but it’s just seems better that way, and it’s a good position to start a new combo because the deck is in your palm and in the  basic mechanic grip for many card tricks. You may try and close the fan with one hand by pulling the cards toward your palm with the index and middle fingers.

For the full tutorial including pictures please check the fan spread guide.

Welcome to House of Cards Blog

Hi, my name is Sin and welcome to my blog!

This is my first post here on blogger, and I want to introduce myself and explain what I will talk about here.

So, like I mentioned above, my name is Sin, I'm a photography student and a card enthusiast.
What does that mean? Card enthusiast? Well, I'm glad you asked (even if you didn't :P).

From an early age I fancied card games and tricks, I collected different kind of decks because I liked the different illustration on them. When I grew up I enlisted to the army, there I met a friend who was a card expert.  He knew many tricks and did some very cool stuff with his hands. I got intrigued and started to learn from him. Today, 3 years since then, I learned a lot more and got better. I found it a great and beautiful art, a great way to relax and focus because it requires peace of mind and concentration in order to perform well. 

Here in this blog I want to reveal for you the wonderful world of cards tricks and magic, from a point of view of a beginner, the same spot that I started from. I hope you will find in this world a great hobby and maybe even more.

I created a site - House of Cards, just for that purpose, to help beginners and enthusiasts in their first steps, show them other forms of the art and hopefully create a small community of card handlers and magicians.

In this blog I will post the news about my site and a more personal notes, and of course  some of the tutorials I publish on my site.

With this introduction I welcome you to my blog and site, have a nice blogging!