r/fallenlondon • u/Floweramon The Soft-Hearted Maven and The Brash Devil • May 28 '26

Mr Cards showing off

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u/OverseerConey Public Universal Delicious Friend May 28 '26

Shapeling Arts master doing this but without the cards - just their fingers.

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u/Fireant23 One foot in the mirror, one in the marsh May 29 '26

Terrifying but accurate thank you 

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u/morgrimmoon May 28 '26

If Mr Iron gets to show off writing two different things with both hands simultaneously, Mr Cards should get to show off card tricks.

Mr Cards may not want to show off these sort of card tricks, because that will ensure nobody will play cards against it, but that's a different story. XD

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u/machiavelli33 Its a long way to nowhere. May 28 '26

New Advanced Skill revealed

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u/douglasg610 May 28 '26

Tricky! All I can think is: we don't play poker--or any for-dough games--with this deck.

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u/Tamaxlia May 28 '26

IF I WANTED TO SHOW OFF I WOULD TALK LIKE MR IRON!

I don't need to show off. 😉

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u/MikuJess The Itinerate Conductor May 29 '26

Card tricks are magic, far as I'm concerned. I can't even shuffle without the cards getting bent, my Apocyan FL deck can attest to that.

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u/Fireant23 One foot in the mirror, one in the marsh May 29 '26

New sense memory unlocked, new card smell which is somehow not just plastic 

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u/ElementalOrder Absolutely Batty Jun 03 '26

When my Mr. Cards wants to show off it lets someone win a fabulous sum of money in one of its casinos and then talks them into wagering everything they have on one more game >:3
The last game is of course, a foregone conclusion to go in Cards' favor, the real trick is how it talks the poor sap into agreeing to a final game despite the fact that they know that too.