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Stacking the Deck: Secrets of the World's Master Card Architect
Written by the holder of several Guinness World Records for cardstacking, this is the first complete, fully illustrated guide to the art of building mind-boggling, multilevel structures with ordinary playing cards.
In Stacking the Deck, Bryan Berg reveals the secret to successful cardstacking with his simple four-card-cell structure and expanded grid techniques. Using illustrations and step-by-step instructions, he guides readers on to more elaborate -- and incredibly strong -- creations. He covers a wide range of architectural styles, from classic to whimsical, and various types of structures, including pyramids, shrines, stadiums, churches, an oil derrick, and even the Empire State Building. Since first setting the height record in 1992, Bryan's built awe-inspiring card models of a Japanese shrine, the Iowa State Capitol building, Ebbets Field, and his latest tower, which is more than twenty-five feet tall! This book includes photographs of some of these amazing pieces, illustrating just how appealing and enduring a "house of cards" can be. Stacking the Deck will inspire everyone from youngsters experimenting with their first deck of cards to adults, who can create their own private skyscrapers.
Once you've read Stacking the Deck, you'll never look at a deck of cards the same way again.
In Stacking the Deck, Bryan Berg reveals the secret to successful cardstacking with his simple four-card-cell structure and expanded grid techniques. Using illustrations and step-by-step instructions, he guides readers on to more elaborate -- and incredibly strong -- creations. He covers a wide range of architectural styles, from classic to whimsical, and various types of structures, including pyramids, shrines, stadiums, churches, an oil derrick, and even the Empire State Building. Since first setting the height record in 1992, Bryan's built awe-inspiring card models of a Japanese shrine, the Iowa State Capitol building, Ebbets Field, and his latest tower, which is more than twenty-five feet tall! This book includes photographs of some of these amazing pieces, illustrating just how appealing and enduring a "house of cards" can be. Stacking the Deck will inspire everyone from youngsters experimenting with their first deck of cards to adults, who can create their own private skyscrapers.
Once you've read Stacking the Deck, you'll never look at a deck of cards the same way again.
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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May 6, 2015
Six-star book! This book far surpasses amazing. The author, Brian Berg, got into the Guinness Book of World Records when he was only 17 for building the world's tallest structure made entirely and only of playing cards. It was 14½ feet tall. Wow. I can't even get to the second storey when I try.
Since then he has travelled the world building card structures as entertainment. The ending is always the same, he knocks the structure down. As he says, if he didn't knock it down - and it might have taken him weeks to build up - no-one would believe it was cards alone, no tricks, no glue.
Imagine being the member of an audience called upon to knock a 10' house of cards down. Beyond fun!
Since then he has travelled the world building card structures as entertainment. The ending is always the same, he knocks the structure down. As he says, if he didn't knock it down - and it might have taken him weeks to build up - no-one would believe it was cards alone, no tricks, no glue.
Imagine being the member of an audience called upon to knock a 10' house of cards down. Beyond fun!
August 19, 2025
Surprisingly interesting. Loved the photos of completed buildings.
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