You can perform mind-blowing tricks with marked cards. You can focus on the performance, and your audience. They also enable you to do things that would be impossible in a regular deck of cards. For this reason they are an essential tool for serious card magicians. Traditionally, people marked playing cards by bending their backs…
Tarot cards are a popular tool for divination and a staple in the repertoire of magicians and mentalists. Tarot cards are widely believed to have supernatural powers, whether or not you believe in them. They can increase awareness and provide guidance. Marked tarots can be used in readings to add a new element of intrigue,…
Card cheating is a practice that involves identifying a particular card in a deck. This is done in order to gain an edge when playing card games or poker. There are many ways you can cheat with playing cards. These include sleight-of-hand techniques, counting cards and using marked or stacked decks. You can detect cheaters…
There are many ways to mark cards to give cheaters and hustlers an advantage in gambling or card tricks. The markings on cards can be as subtle as coloring in or scratching away parts of a deck, or they could involve tinting. Some markings are invisible and require special glasses, but others can be detected…
Luminous Ink Glasses Seeing Invisible Ink Marked Cards Luminous Ink is an invisible ink that can be seen by those who wear special glasses. It can be used in a variety of ways, including marking cards for cheating in card games. This kind of marking is not illegal, but it does violate the integrity of…
How to Detect Invisible Ink Markings on Cards Invisible ink markings on playing cards is a popular cheating method for card players. These invisible ink markings are transparent on the surface of a card and can only be detected by using special devices, such as a UV illuminator or an infrared (IR) filter. This article…