“Ghost Deck” is the Rainbow Deck where the faces of the cards become blanks at the end.

In effect, the performer shows a deck of cards with all different back designs. He claims it took him a long time to assemble this special deck with cards from different decks of cards. 2 random cards are taken out of the deck and shown to be the 3 of hearts and the 9 of spades.

The performer deals cards one at a time face downwards on the table and the spectator says “stop” at any card. At that spot, one of the 2 cards, say, the 3 of hearts, is placed on the dealt pile.

Once again, cards are dealt one at a time and the second card is placed at a spot designated by the spectator.

The deck is spread face downwards and the 2 face up cards together with the cards just next to them are taken out. When these cards are turned over, it is seen that each card has found their mate – the 3 of hearts is placed next to the 3 of diamonds and the 9 of spades is placed next to the 9 of clubs.

When each pair of matching cards is turned over, they are found to have the same back designs.

The final climax comes when the rest of the cards are turned over to reveal that all the cards have blank faces.

You receive this special deck inside a nice box. The deck is specially printed so that all the backs of the cards have different designs, except for 2 pairs of card which have the same back designs. You are provided with a link to a 80-minute video tutorial by Javier Fuenmayor.

Javier teaches you a total of 6 different routines. The main routine is as described above, which involves the Gemini force. He also gives you a version using some sleight-of-hand.

You are taught another popular routine with the rainbow deck. This one involves the clock force. 12 cards are arranged in the form of a clock. A number (or time) is chosen and the card at that position forms a mate with the card inside a prediction envelope. These 2 cards have the same back designs while the rest have different back designs. As a climax, the rest of the cards have blank faces! A couple of variations of this routine involving 2 cards, instead of one card, are also shown.

The Ghost Deck also comes with the 4 aces, each with a different design back. With these cards, Javier teaches a “spectator finds the 4 aces” trick. When the rest of the deck is turned over, the faces of the cards are blanks. Here is another trick using the 4 aces. The performer deals 4 hands of poker. A spectator nominates one of the hands. The cards are mixed up in the deck. The performer deals 4 hands, and the cards of the nominated hand ends up with the performer. When the cards are turned over, they are the 4 aces.

In a “Do As I Do” trick, the spectator cuts half the deck and gives it to the performer. Both of them put their packets under the table and further mix up the cards. Finally, they reverse one card and insert it in the middle of the packet. When the packets are brought up and spread face downwards on the table, both the performer and the spectator have a card face upwards that is a mate to one another (eg the 3 of hearts and the 3 of diamonds). Their back designs also match, while the rest of the cards are shown as having blank faces.

In the last effect, the spectator mixes the cards and eliminates until a handful of, say, 4 or 5, cards are left. The spectator does all this with the cards face downwards. More cards are eliminated until one is left. This card seems to be the only one printed with a face, the other cards are shown to have blank faces.

All this Ghost Deck does to the usual Rainbow Deck is to have the faces of the cards blanks. Somehow, this has a fantastic effect on the spectators as they are never seen a blank face deck before. Once you understand how this Ghost Deck works, you can come out with other effects of your own. (Rated 5/5 stars)