First off let me just say I did not buy this from Penguinmagic, I bought this directly from Luke
Jermay at the session convention (a UK convention run by Vanishing Inc) earlier this year so I have
had the deck for quite some time before it released and have performed with the deck many times
since buying it. Let me tell you this thing is a thing of beauty, it is incredibly easy to use, the
markings are really easy to read and this is coming from someone who has poor eyesight and despite
that I can read them perfectly, the deck handles really nicely just like a regular mandolin deck
(these are made in mandolin back) the cards are very good quality as is the DVD that comes with the
deck, it's shot very well as you would expect from Vanishing Inc. Luke discusses a few routines on
the DVD such as...
Card Calling
3 Phase intuition routine
Telepathy
Red/Black
colour separation plus many more tips, tricks and handling alternatives with the deck.
The
deck really is limited only by your imagination with what you can do with it.
At first
glance you may think that the Spectators will see what's going on with the deck if you hand it to
them but trust me take it from someone who has had the time to test it you really have nothing to
worry about, as soon as you go out and start performing with the marksman deck you'll be amazed by
the potential this has and see that it is truly a beautiful tool which you'll be wanting to thank
Luke for bringing to the market.
I am given to understand that refill decks will be made
available soon I'm not sure when though, Luke has stated his goal with the marksman deck is to make
it an affordable deck so that you don't have to be frightened of using them, so I can only assume
refill decks will be relatively cheap I'm not too sure on the exact price.
Luke will also
be publishing a limited edition book which will contain many more ideas and uses with the deck which
is going to be titled "voyages coming soon.
I wanted to go as in-depth as I could and there
is many more things I could say but I think I'll wrap up here by saying, if you want a great
affordable tool to add to your repertoire then definitely check this out you will not be
disappointed.
