$9(2 reviews, 5 customer ratings) ★★★★★
A marked deck for people who have less than perfect vision or need glasses.
A blockout system for marking cards has been developed based on the widespread Bicycle Rider Back 808 deck. The development focused on good discernibility of the system for magicians with impaired vision. The marked deck can be prepared in less than one hour.
- Introduction
- Card and Suit Values
- Basic Principle – the Clock Design
- Marking the Card Value
- Marking the Suit Value
- Suit and Card Value in Different Marks
- The Stage Version
- Suit and Card Value Together in One Single Mark
- One-way Marking
- Predecessor and Successor Card in a Stack
- Marking the Stack Number
- Card, Stack Number, Predecessor and Successor Cards
- Afterthoughts
- References
1st edition 2015, 11 pages
word count: 2268 which is equivalent to 9 standard pages of text
Reviewed by Brad Smithart (confirmed purchase)
★★★★★ Date Added: Monday 30 December, 2024Don't let the title fool you; this is far more than just a system for those with limited vision. It provides several options for a coded marking system for a standard Bicycle Rider deck. The basic pattern provided allows marking more than just value and suit, with additional markings for one-way, and position and sequences for stacked decks.
At a basic level, the system proposed by the author substitutes some (simple) math for improved visibility of the marks. Of course, it won't be long before identifying the marks will become automatic and the math will become unnecessary.
Although you might be familiar with some of the approaches, it's likely that you will find some things that could spark your own marking system.
I would recommend it to anyone who wants ideas for creating a marked Bicycle deck (though it could even help with ideas for other decks).
Reviewed by Sarin Suriyakoon (confirmed purchase)
★★★★★ Date Added: Tuesday 17 January, 2017I bought this and transform my deck right away to test with my "existing system"
This little ebook is the best system for the "Low Vision" as the title say.
The system make a "contrast" identification. When you read it at the first time you might worry about it but finally the system is very powerful.
Also, the author provides the comparative information to look further in the reference.
Good purchase!
