Perfect Switch Case (Kartenspiel Austauschkassette) by Magiro

Magiro created two versions of this unique switch case. His first version was released c. 1993 and this deluxe version was released c. 1998.  Both versions were called “Kartenspiel Austauschkassette” and marketed by Eckhard Boettcher in Germany (thanks to Georg Walter the first version can be seen in the last three photos).  The switch mechanism is clever and unique to Magiro and quite different from other boxes created to switch decks of cards.

In 2023 Joe Long and Paul Lembo created a particularly fine version through their Limited Edition Magic line.  Magiro’s version is smaller and not as ornate and only works with bridge sized cards, but otherwise there are no significant functional differences between the two.

This would be a shoe in for any type of Eddie Joseph Premonition effect, however, Magiro includes a much simpler effect that is similar to Premonition, but with no calculations or memory work. It can also be used to switch any bridge sized playing cards, billets and other small objects.

The original Magiro versions are very rarely seen and this is in fact the only one I have ever seen.

Includes:

• The Magiro Perfect Switch Case
• Three decks of Bicycle Bridge sized cards (bonus).

(Notice: the way this device is constructed the switch is not silent.  I think adding some felt could help a lot, however, because I won’t be keeping this historical item I have not made any changes.  But if you were going to perform with this on a regular basis you would probably want to consider adding some felt to dullen the sound.)

Effect: The performer shows a nice looking card box and removes the deck and hands it to a spectator to check all the cards are different and to shuffle if desired.  The deck is placed back into the box and the box is placed down in front of the spectator.

The performer asks the spectator: “Which do you prefer, low or high cards?”.  The spectator replies “High”.  And then the performer says: “Well then think of any high card: Ace, King, Queen, Jack of any suit. The spectator names the card – let’s say the King of Diamonds – and the performer lifts the lid off the box and asks the spectator to remove the deck – the performer never touches the deck.

The performer asks the spectator to count the cards face up and to look for the King of Diamonds.  The spectator counts just 51 cards and cannot find their card – the spectator pulls the card from their pocket and another miracle comes to an end 🙂

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