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... passionately written, impeccably researched, sharply design and is easily the best book on the subject ever written.BOB FARMER
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I definately would recommend your system. Your tricks are fascinating. You have made a significant contribution to the field of magic.BARRIE RICHARDSON
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... a facinating book... if you're looking for a stack, and built-in features are not a factor, then the Joyal stack is certainly worth your serious consideration.MICHAEL CLOSE (M A G I C)
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... a must have... the impossible is now true: You can learn a functional memorized stack in four 90-minute sessions.JAMY IAN SWISS (Genii)
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I would recommend Joyal's Six-hour Memorized Deck. I really did memorize the stack in 6 hours and I still know it by heart. It is by far the easiest memorized stack I've seen.DOUG CANNING
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... if you want a memorized deck you can learn easily and keep in your head even if not using it frequently, I believe this one will do it... Highly recommended.ROBERT K. MILLER (The Linking Ring)
The Memorized Deck:
Stacks
the following complete stacks are discussed:
- New Deck stacks
- Reflected stacks
- Ordered value stacks
- Matched Setups
- Ordered suit stacks
- 1-2-4-8 stacks
- Grouped value stacks
- Forcing stacks
- Grouped suit stacks
- Stacks used for revelations
- Pair stacks
- Counting and spelling stacks
- Divided stacks
- Storytelling stacks
- Red-black stacks
- Gambling demonstration stacks
- Pointer stacks
- Solitaire stacks
- Other stacks
In its most general sense, a partial stack is a setup of a few cards, usually placed on the top or the bottom of the deck. This setup have special properties, most often useful for a specific trick.
A complete stack is a setup of all fifty-two cards in a deck. This setup is used to perform one or more specific tricks. This is also called a stacked deck.
Here you will find a lot of information on the memorized deck, a large selection of used magic books, as well as a selection of high quality new magic books.
Martin also specializes in used magic books since 1994. When buying magic book collections, duplicates often show up. You will find some of them advertized on this web site at a reasonable price.
Also on our shelves is a selection of high quality new magic books.
Joyalstack.com presently serves customers from 22 countries.
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- Stephen Minch from Hermetic Press Inc. for publishing The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
- Bob Lindstrom for his talented editing
- Vincent Fleuranceau for his insight on Practicing the Joyal Stack
- John Fitzgibbon for the playing card clip arts
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