The Common Stack by Carl Irwin (Instant Download)

Memorized stack magic, made accessible.

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NEW BONUS VIDEO!
Also available to those that have purchased The Common Stack:
Carl teaches a simplification on the original stack that makes memorization and recall even MORE accessible! Also included is a classic 10 card poker routine that is inherent to this simplified stack AND a method for assembling a called 4 of a kind directly from the stack!
Download also includes a .pdf quick guide for the original and simplified variations of the stack.
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Memorization and recall is a perishable skill. Carl Irwin's Common Stack is an accessible deck stack that was designed for memorization and recall in spite of infrequent use. With The Common Stack, a performer can reliably know the full deck, card for position and yet the stack looks completely shuffled and ordinary upon fair observation.

In over 2 and a half hours of instruction, you will learn how to construct the stack and why it works for quick and easy memorization and recall. Carl will teach the stack and discuss each and every card, offering multiple cues that will aid in memorization. He also teaches techniques for indexing the deck so that any named card can be controlled with open movements that appear fair and innocent. Carl Irwin offers his ideas on false shuffle theory, teaching 4 realistic and reliable false shuffles that can be employed immediately. Finally, you will learn methods for several tricks that can work with any stack, such as:
- Simplified treatments for open spectator predictions
- "ANY" Carl's hands-off ACAAN
- "Perfect Estimation" an estimation of freely cut cards
You will also learn some effects that can be accomplished specifically with The Common Stack, such as:
- Several poker deals that produce predictable outcomes
- "All in the Cards" an ACAAN that operates on pre-show principles that can fool the camera as well as live participants

There are also bonus techniques taught in this download that offer wide application across card magic, unrelated to memorized deck work.

If you are just getting into memorized deck work, or if you are looking for another stack to add to your arsenal... try out The Common Stack and never get caught in a memory lapse again!

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By far the easiest "memorized" stack you will ever learn Report this review

Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on June 20th, 2022

I put "memorized" in quotes because you're really only memorizing a quarter of the deck. The rest uses what I can only call an algorithm, but NOT a "mathy" algorithm, if that make sense. I'm picturing a card in my mind, or a number. I'm not doing math.

This stack has a distinct advantage in my view to other algorithmic stacks like the Bart Harding stack, which are mathy. If you do, say, Asi Wind's ACAAN, you're doing math as a base part of the trick. Adding MORE math to derive card or number is just going to make it more difficult and more prone to calculation error. With this, you're using 2 different modes of thinking when doing the trick, which i think is superior and less confusing.

I am using his simplified stack, which I think is completely sufficent for a few second "I have 52 cards here, all different and in no particular order" flash to the audience. Would I deal this face-up? You could probably get away with it, but I would avoid if possible. It's more randomized in appearance than say, Si Stebbins.

I do not want to have to retain a memorized stack like Mnemonica. I don't do enough memdeck work to justify that. With the Common Stack, you could just come back to it later and refresh yourself on the rules and probably get back to full speed in a few hours. Like I said, you do have to rote memorize a quarter of the deck, but it's just a pattern of 3 different card values so it's not very difficult.

I also want to thank Carl for including the PDF supplement for this. I asked him about this and he came up with it same day. Most people wouldn't do this. He's a good teacher (that's his job) and supports his work.

I highly recommend this to someone who wants to do "memdeck" work but that's not his full repertoire or job.

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Stacked Indeed Report this review

Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 1st, 2022

I'm new to stacked decks--full disclosure. This will definitely take some repetition and practice, but I can see the methodology Carl has laid out. He packs a lot of instruction, a lot information, and plenty of choice extras into this long lesson. Several of the effects certainly look like they could blow minds, and don't seem difficult, after you've mastered the stack. I'm looking forward to trying them out. I always learn so much from Carl Irwin's vids, and at a bargain price to boot. Great purchase.

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A Memorable Stack Report this review

Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on November 2nd, 2021

Well produced and very well taught. This stack is easy to learn and more importantly it should be easy to retain in the memory as promised. An extremely great value for anyone starting out in stack work or looking for a stack that is easier to keep fresh in the mind.

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