Six Hour Memorized Deck, The

Joyal, Martin

Hermetic Press

(Based on 1 review)
From Hermetic Press. In The Six-Hour Memorized Deck, Martin Joyal shows you step by step how to memorize a random appearing stack of fifty-two cards in six hours or less. At the end of that time the average reader will be able to name the card that lies at any position in the deck, and the position of any card requested. The system used is simple, innovative and requires no mnemonic lists or mental calculations. It is as if you had been given a brain implant. But this isn't science fiction. The procedure is real and it works. In addition to this revolutionary memorization system, you will learn a number of astonishing tricks made possible by this stack. The Six-Hour Memorized Deck quickly puts in your grasp new vistas of card magic that most magicians and mentalists only dream of possessing. All this and much more. 240 pages presented in a handsome hardcover volume.

Reviews

Mats G. Kjellstrom

Sep 05, 2003

The Six-Hour Memorized Deck by Martin Joyal.

If you want to learn a memorized deck of cards get this book with 230 pages. It's hard to believe, but after reading this book and after 3 nights of hard practice I had the Joyal Stack in my memory! Incredible! Joyal Stack uses 14 rules plus a smart learning tool. The rules are only for learning purposes after a while the stack will appear from rote memory.

The biggest advantage with the Joyal Stack is it's easy to memorize and easy to keep in root memory, plus the stack looks very shuffled.

Here is the stack, can you see any order?

JH 6C 6H 4C 10D AD 7C 4H 9C 5D QH AS KC
7H 10S 4S JS 9H KD 5S 7S 2C QC AH 10H 6S
9S 7D QD 5H KH 4D 3C 3H 10C 9D QS 3S 3D
2H 8C 2S JC 2D 8H 8S KS AC JD 5C 8D 6D

I read about memorized deck systems many years ago, but thought it was to hard to learn. Today I can recall any card's position in a deck with 52 cards in a blink! Or vice versa. I have already used Joyal's Stack many times with a monster great impact. To get maximum effect, do some false shuffles or false deals before the effects. A good deck switch is also good if you cant do false shuffles.

One of the strongest effects yo can do with this stack is the famous "Any Card at Any Number".

There are several great effects in this book, and they are pretty easy to do:

Lazy Mentalist Returns
Poutpart Trick
Patton Pending
Pattonlogy
Humming Speller
Your Lucky Day
Scratch It
Red, White, and Blue

I think you will find at least one routine that fits your performing style.
Lot of interesting facts about Stacks.
The book is very well written and has very nice illustrations.
I discovered that if you combine this Stack with a Marked Deck then you will have a double power miracle deck.

There are many miracle effects you can do with a memo deck.
Zen Master in Darwin Ortiz' new book is a "real" miracle with a memorized deck of cards plus Darwins effect Last Laugh is a real killer.

To learn a memo stack is like upgrading your IQ from 100 to 200. Wow, this is a great thing to have in the mind, promise.

TIP!
Check out Simon Aronson's work if you want to learn more about memorized card effects. He is one of the top guys with a memo stack.

Review by:
Mats G. Kjellstrom
www.kjellstrom.info
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