Magic Tricks

I just finished reading "My Personal Deck" by Dani DaOrtiz. The book read more as an addendum to Tamariz's encyclopedia on the memorized deck in "Mnemonica." This book is for those who prefer hard math to memorization. DaOrtiz has created a deck that involves more complicated math that the Si Stebbins deck. It is certainly more deceptive and versatile than most mathematical stacks, but it is a mathematical stack nevertheless. For me, the time put into memorizing all the formulas would be much harder than memorizing a particular random stack, such as the Tamariz stack.

The tricks taught are interesting, but not remarkable. And DaOrtiz himself admits that the book is more about learning a new stack than learning new tricks. For that he recommends getting books that teach tricks with stacks and half stacks. So follow DaOrtiz' advice and get Tamariz first. Go on to this one if you still want to explore yet another addition to the world of stacked decks.