Cards as Weapons is a book written by Ricky Jay

Ricky Jay

Richard Jay Potash , better known by the stage name Ricky Jay, is an American stage magician, actor, and writer. He is a sleight-of-hand expert and is notable for his card tricks, card throwing, memory feats, and stage patter.-Life and career:...

. It has been referred to in the New Yorker

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 as "...diverting and richly informative.". It has been a notoriously out-of-print book

Out-of-print book

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; available copies are often listed for hundreds of dollars. Its rarity and the card-throwing technique described in the book figured in an episode of Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

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, "The Three Gamblers."

The book was also mentioned by author Ricky Jay on 20th episode of Mythbusters

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, when asked whether he had heard about the "Deadly Playing Cards" myth.