News — Forcing Deck

Well, we are now officially half way through the year! Where does the time go?  As we've just added a new supply of One Way Forcing Forcing Decks to our inventory, we thought this would be a good time to take a look at our stats. As mentioned in our previous posts, we keep a total of all of the one way forcing decks that leave our store in the hope of building a picture of magician's habits. Not surprisingly magicians, like the general public, are also prone to favouring certain suits and values of cards when it comes to...

You would think being random would be an easy thing to achieve wouldn't you?  However, as magicians who have ever tried to shuffle cards out of 'new deck' order you know just how difficult it can be to achieve that perfect 'random' look. Take a new deck of Bicycle cards. You perform a perfect riffle shuffle on the pack. All of the black cards are now at one end and all of the reds are at the other. You do it again. They are now perfectly alternating which looks staged. Chances are you have to thoroughly mix them up several times,...

INTRODUCING THE TILLEY DECK! Created by one of our team of in house professional magicians and collaborators, we decided that this deck was so good, we just had to name it after him. The Tilley Deck has some impressive features over its rivals.  The whole deck can be spread in front of an unsuspecting audience! Any number from 1 - 52 can be selected. We also supply a prediction card with the forcing deck making this deck a working trick in itself!     And if that is not enough.... The team here at Red Dragon Magic have created the ultimate quick...

You may have read recently on magic forums, and social media that certain forcing decks are becoming known by the wider public. It's not surprising given that some of these decks are now 60 / 70 years old. That's why we're pleased to announce that here at Red Dragon Magic we have created a brand type of forcing deck: THE TILLEY DECK! Created by one of our team of in house professional magicians and collaborators, we decided that this deck was so good, we just had to name it after him. The Tilley Deck has some impressive features over its rivals.  The whole...