Marksman Deck
Marksman Deck
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The “Marksman Deck” is a powerful utility item that will unlock phenomenal demonstrations of telepathy, prediction, influence, rapid calculation, super human memory and much more.
It requires no difficult sleight of hand or memory work.
It offers you effortless, staggering and impossible demonstrations that are fun and easy to perform allowing you to focus your attention purely on connecting with the people you perform for. Whether you find yourself performing for friends and family in casual environments or in more theatrical settings, the “Marksman Deck” will become your go to choice for engaging magic and mentalism with playing cards..
The “Marksman Deck” is much more than a trick; it is an entire performance hiding in plain sight. The features allow you a never-ending flow of powerful magic and mentalism, with no fear of failure and no technical concerns to worry about. We genuinely believe if you can tie your shoelaces, there is nothing that can prevent you from performing powerfully with the “Marksman Deck.”
We could claim it's a performance hiding in plain sight, but let's prove that shall we? We've produced a 43 minute documentary about the cards, and what you can do with them. It features Luke Jermay performing a full show using just this amazing deck of cards. You can watch it below, or you can download this entire mini-documentary and add it to your account for free right here.
“I’ve seen a lot of marked decks, but I think this must be one of the best ever designed. Jermay has not only done yeoman work in the design and placement of the various marks (which are pleasantly easy for the trained eye to read), but has added a number of unique marks designed especially for particular routines that otherwise would require a lot of difficult sleight of hand. The instructions come in the form of a download in which Jermay explains everything simply and clearly. I think the “Marksman Deck” is something you will actually use.” Richard Kaufman, Genii Magazine April 2017
Jermay considers the “Marksman Deck” a ‘map to mystery’ since with a single glance at its back you are instantly told what route to travel to arrive at an amazing destination.
The deck, literally, tells you what to do with a single glance. It features an array of information expertly hidden in its Mandolin Back design. It is easy (for those initiated) to read, even under the pressure of real world performance.
The “Marksman Deck” comes complete with an in-depth download training in which Jermay teaches you not only the system and features of the deck but also a variety of direct and powerful routines that are easy to perform that will convince your audiences you have super human abilities.
"Over and over, the debate “should a mentalist use playing cards?” pops up in threads among enthusiasts of the field. I personally never believed the premises of the question itself, but here is a most cogent answer in the form of a new, brilliant Jermay release. Luke took a classic idea and turned it into something that has so much more potential than anything similar yet available. More than a utility device, this is a fully engineered system waiting to be exploited by the savvy performer. A companion book with thoroughly detailed routines and scripts will guide you in discovering this most amazing advance in the art of demonstrating psychic miracles with just a deck of cards." Marco Fida
The “Marksman Deck” is so much more than a marked deck. It can be used as a traditional marked deck, but to only use it as such is travelling at 10 miles an hour when you could be going 200!
Its unique and original features not found in any other deck of cards gives you total power and control, secretly telling you everything you need to know to produce remarkable demonstrations effortlessly.
With the “Marksman Deck” it is possible to perform entire routines and shows with a powerful, flowing freedom that allows you to produce an experience of mystery for your audiences so strong and compelling they will emerge from it with unshakable mysteries in memory.
Background of the Marksman Deck
The story begins in 1913 when Theodore Deland gifted the magic community his "Automatic Deck:" a bold and innovative concept that sadly soon became forgotten with the gimmicked deck resigned to history. The story continues in 1999 when a teenage Jermay discovered the ingenious work of Deland in a London magic shop. The "Automatic Deck" caught his attention and remained in his mind forever more. Over the course of the 15 years to come Jermay developed his own unique concept of what an ‘Automatic Deck’ could be and imagined exciting new routines, premises and demonstrations it would allow him to present to his audiences. With each new idea, a new secret feature was added to Jermay’s handmade deck. A handmade deck of cards that remained a powerful personal secret to only Jermay. A devastating weapon that allowed him to present blockbuster psychic miracles with playing cards, effortlessly with no difficult sleight of hand or complex memory work. Demonstrations that appeared perfectly fair and produced staggering reactions and results in performance.
"Theodore DeLand's Automatic Deck premiered in 1913 and has been a personal favorite for four decades. Leave it to Luke Jermay to modernize the best parts and then add actual improvements. The Marksman is an absolute bullseye." Michael Weber
Back in 2015 Jermay shared the inner details of his deck of cards with Vanishing Inc. cofounders Andi Gladwin and Joshua Jay. They instantly saw the immense value of such a gimmicked deck and knew that it had to be released on a wider scale. Jermay knew that there was no one better than Vanishing Inc. to bring his personal secret weapon to the magic community and at this moment Jermay’s handmade, feature-filled marked deck transformed from a guarded secret weapon to the “Marksman Deck.”
For the 2 years that followed Vanishing Inc worked directly with the United States Playing Card Company to produce a deck of cards that was of the very highest quality. No compromises were considered; only the very best would be good enough. But it was essential to everyone involved in the project to make these cards affordable. The team wanted you to be able to use them as your everyday carry. To have them signed. To rip them up. And for none of that to matter because the price was so reasonable.
We made that a reality. And it sold out in record time. It's may seem like forever, but we're overjoyed to be able to finally reprint these amazing cards and make them available once more. Again, with low-priced refills.
Today a story that began 105 years ago with Deland that was reimagined 85 years later by Jermay is yours to add your unique chapter to.
"The kind of effects one dreams of are now possible thanks to this utility prop. More proof that Luke is an exceedingly clever thinker and performer." Paul Wilson
"With Jermay's Marksman Deck, you will hit the bull's eye and perform deadly routines. Its combined features make it the perfect weapon in your arsenal!" Vincent Hedan
Tricks taught on the Marksman Deck Download
- Three Tests of Intuition
- Dowsing
- Card Peeks Routine
- Card Calling
- Card Memory
Includes a specially marked red Bicycle Mandolin deck and a 45-minute instructional download by Luke Jermay.
Customer reviews for Marksman Deck
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It's amazing and so versatile. I hate to use a cliched phrase, but it is limited by the imagination.
Some may think that this will not work in close up. In fact, I have read on forums that people say it will not work in close up. I write here to tell them that they are wrong! I've had people handle and look at the deck when it is 30 centimetres away from them (sat on a table) and they haven't said a thing and been amazed at the routines. I use this table hopping at my regular residency in a restaurant and it kills. Every. Single. Time.
If you haven't got this then you need to be asking yourself 'why not?'!
Highly recommended to anyone!
The features in this deck are pure genius and the way it's been made MAKES you want to use it all the time.
The extra routine ideas in the documentary realeased show just how proud he is of this Deck as he won't stop creating for it even once people have bought it.
Love it very much and can't wait for refill packages at a hopefully affordable price
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The marks are really easy to read -- I would compare ease of reading to the GT Speedreader or Ultimate Marked Deck, and that is, in my book, an assuredly favorable comparison. The only mark I worry may be a little too conspicuous is the top-center mark -- should there be a Marksman Mark II in the future, I'd consider making this one particular mark a bit more subtle -- but of all the marks, it's the one least likely to be observed in a fan or spread, and it's never been noticed in my own routines. Mark recognition is fast, easy and natural. The information is located is easy-to-isolate-and-remember positions, and you will certainly never have difficulty deciphering it. (I admire the technical vision of marked decks using elaborate code, but anything that requires a pause to decipher and interpret interrupts the flow of one's routine. Marksman will never slow you down.)
The ad copy mentions that there's a mark not only for the card in question, but the next card as well -- this is a brilliant feature, but I worry the language may be a bit ambiguous. When working from a face-down deck, it's not the next card below, but rather, the card directly above the observed card that's revealed by this mark. The applications for this, I think, are even more compelling and myriad, and if there's one killer feature to recommend a marked-and-stacked deck, this has to be it.
The other features of the deck -- not mentioned in the copy, so I will similarly not mention them here -- spare the magician a bit of mental reckoning, and allow someone not familiar with the stack order to quickly ascertain details about the deck that would normally require stack memorization. Let that sink in: this deck places the power of extensive familiarity with the Tamariz stack into the hands of its handler, and as Mr. Tuckerman wisely observes in his own review, this deck in the hands of someone already familiar with the Tamariz stack is an even more powerful tool.
For the card-above mark alone, this deck is worth it. For its ability to supercharge the performer's ability to work the Tamariz stack at any experience level alone, this deck is worth it. For the 45-minute performance video and roughly-90-minute instructional video from Luke Jermay alone, this deck is worth it.
I've mentioned that I'm a Phoenix deck platform fan, and that I'm greatly looking forward to getting my hands on the SUM 2.0 deck. The reason is simple: SUM 2.0 includes some of the features of the Marksman deck. Let that, too, sink in. I am anxious to pick up a deck that has merely some of the features of the Marksman. Having some of these features is cause for excitement; having all of these features is grounds for deep and sincere respect.
There isn't a better argument for choosing the 809 Mandolin back deck platform than the Marksman. There also isn't, in my opinion, a better marked deck than the Marksman, nor one that represents a better longterm, ongoing return of investment. This deck will be valuable immediately to a beginner, and it will be valuable immediately to a magician who's been using mental math and stack memorization to achieve many of these effects already for years.
This is the marked, stacked deck you want. If you're going to carry a few, by all means, play the field, but if you're going to carry just one, this is the one.
I previously used The Code but this is better as you can do some incredible effects and the teaching is spot on.
Just take a bit of time out, and get familiar with the back design, and then you will have some amazing routines in card magic.
The download is excellent with very clear teaching for the beginner to intermediate.
Overall, great deck, fantastic teaching and brilliant value for money
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If these are ever back in stock, snatch them up..
Jeffrey Marks
The effects this deck allows you to do are fantastic (I was also lucky enough to grab the limited edition Voyages book before it sold out), and I use this deck at every performance. It’s THAT good.
Not only do you get a fantastically in depth tutorial from Luke Jermay, but you also receive a pdf explaining the full routine he did in the documentary (you’ll need a couple of these decks if you really want to do the full routine).
This comes with my absolute highest recommendation and you will not be sorry purchasing this set.
First the're Bicycle cards. Then video tutorial is as good as they
come. There are no short cuts there. And the markings are easily read, understood and fully useable ... even for me! ... a 75 year old hobbyist that has "fooled around" with magic for quite awhile.
I'm ever so glad I took the plunge and bought the deck. I think you'll be glad if you do too.
The multiple markings will take some time to learn fully (for an old fuddy-dud like myself), but it's worth the effort. When I finally felt comfortable performing for a few rather critical and discerning friends, they were stunned.
Give it a go and you'll amaze yourself.
However… for someone with somewhat poor eyesight, the many markings on the cards are as good as invisible. I don’t normally wear reading glasses but that would be the only way I could use the Marksman in performance. A shame, as it really is an exciting and wonderfully made deck. If your eyesight is questionable, I’d suggest looking elsewhere to meet your needs.
A lot of work and thought has gone in to the design of the deck.
The video is superbly explained.
Being totally new to magic, this represents a package I can realistically use and work with, such as card walking with a spread of the deck and telling a short story selecting cards out at specific moments to support it, yet I can also see from the explanations on the video that there is so much that I will also be able to learn with it along the journey of learning, as such this means it is a truly excellent buy, I highly recommend it to everyone, you will have a lot of fun with it.
Community questions about Marksman Deck
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Michael asks: Why would you need Refills. Can someone please explain. Also I see the two deck refill is usually always out of stock.
- 1. Vanishing Inc. Magic responds:Luke intended this to be priced so you could use it as an every day deck, have cards signed, ripped up etc. That's the only reason you would need refills.
Tod asks: I don't quite understand how he's supposed to be using the stack & other info when I believe the first thing he does after opening the fresh deck and ditching the extra cards is a farrow shuffle (I think, been a while) which would obviously change the order but also make all that other valuable info wrong... or out of place.
- 1. Vanishing Inc. Magic responds:So maybe his shuffle was not a straight shuffle... :)
Royce asks: What makes this deck different from any other marked deck?
- 1. Vanishing Inc. Magic responds:You get a lot more information. It's not just what the card is, but how many cards have been cut off, how many of those are red/black and a whole bunch more. I recommend you watch the free performance video on the page to get an idea of what is possible with this deck.
Bill asks: I understand you need not know mnemonic order to use the deck - but is the stack ( when used) mnemonic order?
- 1. Jim responds:It is Mnemonica.
Tod asks: Sorry, I think I made my question confusing by mentioning the refills. I meant this current $35 Marksman Deck offering with video instructions. Is THAT one or two decks? Thx!
- 1. Vanishing Inc. Magic responds:One deck.
Tod asks: Does this come with 1 or 2 decks? I think I saw the smallest refill was a 2-deck pack. Thanks.
- 1. Jim responds:Currently, they are only available in bricks (12 decks).
Rodney asks: How many deck switches is he doing, along with how many of these decks is he using, to seamlessly go through all these tricks?
- 1. Vanishing Inc. Magic responds:He is using the same deck throughout.
Rodney asks: Would I need to know the mnemonica stack in order to do any of the tricks that Luke teaches on this, and if so to what extent?
- 1. Vanishing Inc. Magic responds:While you don't need to know the stack in order to do some of the tricks, it is helpful to have it memorized.
ENRIQUE asks: Is it possible to do routines with this deck with other marked decks (e.g. Boris Wild)?
- 1. Jim responds:It would depend on the routine.
David asks: Hi I just purchased this but there is only a tutorial video. I don’t see the 43 min documentary in my downloads??
- 1. Jim responds:You can get it for free here: https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/free-magic-downloads/marksman-deck-performance-documentary/
- 2. David responds:Awesome thank you??
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