World's Greatest Magic: The Secrets of Packet Tricks Vol. 3 - (DVD) McKenzie Completely gimmicked props

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A direct handling of Dai Vernon's classic "Twisting the Aces" finishing with all four cards turning over simultaneously

World's Greatest Magic: The Secrets of Packet Tricks Vol. 3 - (DVD) McKenzie Completely gimmicked propsIt seems to be commonly believed that the genre of card magic known as packet tricks that is, card tricks that use a small number of cards rather than the entire deck are a relatively recent invention in the history of conjuring but this is not the case. While it's true that packet tricks became insanely popular in the magic community of the 1960s and 70s (Jon Racherbaumer even coined the word "packeteer" to describe magicians who specialized in these