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===Stripper deck=== {{distinguish|text=a [[stripped deck]] which is a standard deck with some cards removed}} A '''stripper deck''' (also known as a tapered deck, wizard deck, or biseauté deck) allows the magician to control the main location of a card or group of cards easily within the pack. Even after being shuffled into the deck by a spectator, the magician can cut to a selected card. Similarly, even after being lost in different parts of the deck, the magician can move multiple cards to specific locations using basic shuffles.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} Unlike the invisible or svengali deck, the stripper deck can be handled by an audience member unfamiliar with the concept and can withstand a modest amount of scrutiny without exposing the secret; however, this deck is found in a number of beginners' magic kits, so the secret is well-known, even among non-magicians.<ref name="Henry Hey 1949 p. 310">Henry Hey (ed.), ''Cyclopedia of Magic'' (1949), p. 310.</ref> The cards of a stripper deck are slightly tapered, so that the sides no longer form a perfect rectangle. The change is slight enough to be undetected by visual inspection or even casual handling. However, if a single card is withdrawn and turned end-for-end before being reinserted, or if the remainder of the deck is thus turned, the broad end of the card can easily be detected by feel or sight at the narrow end of the deck. The magician can then control the card through sleight of hand.<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Card Tricks |author1=Jean Hugard |author2=John Joseph Crimmins |author3=Glenn G. Gravatt |publisher=Courier Dover Publications |year=1974 |isbn=0-486-21252-1 |url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofca00huga}}, p. 261</ref> Many of the effects achieved with a stripper deck can also be accomplished with sleight of hand.
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