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"The Butterfly deck will enable you to perform miracles not possible with any other deck. A true innovation in card magic."
- Richard Kaufman (chief editor of Genii Magazine - the largest selling magic magazine in the world)
The unique marking system hidden in the back-design of The Butterfly Playing Cards contains two different marking systems that can be used separately, but they will make you a miracle worker if they are combined. Here are some basic effects you can accomplish using The Butterfly Playing Cards:
IMPOSSIBLE DIVINATION
The cards are shuffled by a spectator and the spectator selects one without you looking. The card is retrieved and the cards are immediately shuffled by the spectator. All without you looking. You take the cards back and without looking at the faces or spreading the cards in any way, you know instantly what card it was.
KNOWING THE MISSING CARD
The cards are shuffled by a spectator, taken behind their back, they take one from anywhere in the deck and hide it in their back pocket. Nobody, including the spectator, knows the identity of the card. They shuffle the cards again and give them back to you. You'll know the identity of the card in seconds without looking at the faces of the cards or spreading the deck in any way.
CUTTING TO ANY CARD CALLED FOR
The cards are shuffled by a spectator. They name any card they want and you are able to cut to that card without spreading the cards in any way.
AND MANY MORE...
Imagine being able to perform feats only possible using a memorized deck, but with a shuffled deck of cards. The Butterfly Playing Cards enable you to see the positions of all the cards in a shuffled deck.
I developed the system for my own professional use. It is simple, logical, fast to read and easy to learn.
I can't wait until magicians all over the world get their own Butterfly Playing Cards, begin exploring their capabilities and start coming up with new ways to use them.
STRETCH GOALS
300% RED - UNLOCKED!!!
Every backer will be getting a BackerKit survey in early January, where you’ll be able to specify how many BLUE decks and how many RED decks you want.
325% INTERIOR BOX DESIGN - UNLOCKED!!!
There will be a butterfly pattern all over the interior of the tuck case.
350% UNMARKED BUTTERFLY PLAYING CARDS - UNLOCKED!!!
We will also print the exact same decks - only with no markings.
An unmarked deck gets very handy for that one spectator who is determined to find anything sneaky about the cards at all costs. If you switch the marked deck for the unmarked one, he doesn’t stand a chance.
You can also take any card from the marked deck and put it in the unmarked deck as an ultimate key card. Combining these two decks opens a new door to another room full of possibilities.
You can play card games with these. Or it is more fair to play card games with these.
You can give them to a non-magician friend as a gift.
The unmarked decks will be available in both red and blue and you'll be able to choose them through BackerKit. Every backer will be getting a BackerKit survey in early January, where you’ll be able to specify how many unmarked BLUE decks and how many unmarked RED decks you want.
THE SECRET OF THE BUTTERFLIES book and e-book
Every pledge comes with a link to an online document describing the marking system and the way it works. You will be able to perform the effects presented on the videos once you understand the system.
The Secret of The Butterflies book includes deep analysis of the effects and describes alternative handlings. There is a chapter on the history of the marking principles, additional routines, tips on spectator management and more.
DESIGN
The cards were designed with two main goals in mind.
They have to be complex and irregular enough to disguise the markings.
They have to be pretty enough to justify their use over a more common deck of playing cards.
I sent the concept of butterflies on a floral pattern to my friend Stefan Eriksson. Stefan is a designer and a brilliant magician whom I met at the Stockholm University of Dance and Circus, where we both studied magic.
We have made two different custom jokers and the ace of spades that are true to the overall theme of the back design. The rest of the deck has standard US faces as it is primarily intended for magic.
QUALITY
The overall quality of the finished product is my highest priority so I talked to the major manufacturers of custom playing cards to find out which one can offer the best quality paper-stock, the best quality control and has the most forward thinking attitude.
Cartamundi has it all under the roof of their mother factory in Turnhout, Belgium.
Their new card stock is soft, the finishing feels amazing, and it is very durable. And their quality control is so strict, that any deck containing even a single card that is off-cut for more than 0,5 mm gets discarded.
I visited the factory twice in the past year. The first time was to learn about their technology, production process and creative options. The second time was to negotiate, clarify and approve the digitally printed Butterfly Playing Cards Prototypes and I can't wait to come back for the third time to personally supervise the off-set production.
ESTIMATED TIMELINE
January 2017 - pre-press and beginning of the six week production period
February 2017 - finishing production
March 2017 - shipping to US fulfilment center plus time cushion for delays
April 2017 - fulfilment
WHAT OUR WHO'S WHO HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE BUTTERFLY PLAYING CARDS
Chris Kenner - This is a game changer.
Daryl - This is the most ingeniously designed marked deck I have ever seen in my life! You can do miracles with this pack that can not be performed with any other deck of marked cards. Wonderful... absolutely wonderful!
Doug McKenzie - So damn clever ... these butterflies are going to fly off the shelves literally.
Héctor Mancha - I hate you for coming up with this.
Michael Ammar - A Beautiful, Brilliant Design.
Daniel Garcia - Such a good addition to a road less traveled... GREAT JOB!.
Jeremy Griffith - Easily one of the most creative and useful designs I've ever seen on a pack of playing cards.
Johan Ståhl - Congratulations to all card workers around the world. A new era has begun.
Howard Hamburg - I only wish The Professor was alive to have seen this. He would've called it a masterpiece.
Asi Wind - There are many new beautiful playing cards designs. However this design will blow your mind. I can't wait to explore the endless possibilities.
Harapan Santoso Ong - This deck is too good to be true.
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Butterfly Playing Cards Uncut Sheet
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Six Decks
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6x Butterfly Playing Cards deck
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12x Butterfly Playing Cards,
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HALF GROSS + 2 Prototypes
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72x Butterfly Playing Cards deck
2x Handwrapped, numbered and signed Butterfly Playing Cards Prototype 8, shipped within 48 hours after claiming the perk
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