Magic Tricks

The attractive gold backs are not excessively metallic, so they’re a tastefully subdued gold. Contents (gaffs) did NOT match the ad photo. This came with two identical jokers and two gaffs, NOT the three with white, red and ochre/orange sides in the ad pic which presumably are gold-backed. I got a vertically split gaff and a bizarrely printed 3H with one pip off center and a Q index mark where the pip should have been. If you're a poker player it won't matter. If you do magic, which gaffs you get, the advertised ones or these oddities, will depend on your preferences. Bicycle does not include instructions for gaffs, so here are two simple ideas: The vertically split card should be sandwiched between others in a spread. Only one side will show. Lay it down face down in a straight ribbon on a non-slick surface, lift and flip the bottom card so it flips the whole set like dominoes, note the effect, and create a trick based on that. For the 3H/Q, force a normal Q with a break; have atop the deck a 3H and the gaff. While the spectator views their Q, make a break below the top two cards, then single or double lift (depending on your stack order) to show the regular 3H. Say now you’ll cause the deck to reveal their card by actually imprinting it on THIS card. Flip the 3H back down, do your favorite mumbo jumbo and SL or DL to get the gaff, ta daa!