Mad Jack Miracle Pack
Mad Jack Miracle Pack by Chu’s Magic (Tobar) 1999.
“Mad Jack Miracle Pack” designed for children by Chu’s Magic (Tobar) 1999.
Above: Mad Jack Miracle Pack by Chu’s Magic (Tobar) 1999. The pack comes in a “Wizard Box of Tricks Card Tricks” by Tobar, with a booklet dated 1999 and copyright SilverCorn. The cards do not appear to be marked, and the magic tricks in the book do not call for marked cards, or any other sort of non-standard cards.
By Matt Probert
Member since March 02, 2012
I have adored playing cards since before I was seven years old, and was brought up on packs of Waddington's No 1. As a child I was fascinated by the pictures of the court cards.
Over the next fifty years I was seduced by the artwork in Piatnik's packs and became a collector of playing cards.
Seeking more information about various unidentified packs I discovered the World of Playing Cards website and became an enthusiastic contributor researching and documenting different packs of cards.
I describe my self as a playing card archaeologist, using detective work to identify and date obscure packs of cards discovered in old houses, flea markets and car boot sales.
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