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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Devano
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content-ltr"><p>The <a href="https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?
title=Devano_deck" title="Devano deck" class="mw-redirect">Devano deck</a> is a <a
href="https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mechanical_Deck"
title="Mechanical Deck">Mechanical Deck</a> developed by <a
href="https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Harry_Devano" title="">Harry
Devano</a> to perform the <a href="https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?
title=Rising_Cards" title="Rising Cards">Rising Cards</a> effect make one or more
chosen cards rise for the middle of the deck (1948).
</p><p>One of the unique features of this deck at the time was that the performer
could fan the deck.
</p><p>The method used was first conceived by <a
href="https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dr._L._Vosburgh_Lyons"
title="Dr. L. Vosburgh Lyons" class="mw-redirect">Dr. L. Vosburgh Lyons</a> around
1936.
</p><p><a href="https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Don_Alan" title="Don
Alan">Don Alan</a> used the deck extensively starting in the late 1950s, and was
largely responsible for popularizing it among magicians. <a
href="https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ron_Bauer" title="Ron
Bauer">Ron Bauer</a> details Alan's full presentation in <i>Don Alan's Devano Card
Rise</i> (1999).
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