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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:
Memorizing a card stack with the Peg System
Simon Aronson does the same in A Stack to Remember (1979) and Bound to Please (1994).
First you will have to learn the Major System, a kind of phonetic alphabet (see table below). Then you must remember two sets of 52 words (one set associated with cards, the other with the stack-numbers). Finally you must make pictures by associating words from one set to words of the other.
The Peg System can serve other purposes as well: remembering all sorts of lists, producing effects of mentalism, performing exceptional feats of memory, etc. Here also, any stack can be learned and daily training is required.
1. Learn the phonetic alphabet
Example:
1: d, t
2: n
3: m
4: r
5: l
6: j, sh, soft "ch", dg, zh, soft "g"
7: k, hard c, hard g, hard "ch", q, qu
8: f, v
9: b, p
2. Memorize a set of 52 words associated to stack-numbers
The word HAM is associated to stack-number 3.
The word DOG is associated to stack-number 17.
The word MAN is associated to stack-number 32.
3. Memorized a set of 52 words associated to cards
The word SUN is associated with the 2 of Spades.
The word CAR is associated with the 4 of Clubs.
4. Learn the stack
Examples:
If stack-number 17 corresponds to the 2 of Spades, picture a DOG with eyeglasses taking a SUNbath on the beach.
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