Welcome to Card-Shark!

I’m Christian Schenk, also known as Card-Shark, and as a magician, graphic designer, and inventor, I’m the mind behind the Phoenix Deck and all Card-Shark products. I started out with a clear vision: to make the lives of magicians easier through the development of the Phoenix Deck.

Forget difficult sleights and complicated routines. Magic should amaze – and be fun, not just for the audience, but for the magician as well.
Over the past 20 years, working with top magicians and world champions, I’ve learned an important lesson: mastering sleight of hand can be a beautiful but time-consuming hobby. In a great performance, the audience should never have a clue how the magic happened.

But here’s the problem: most hobby magicians can’t execute those techniques invisibly – the performance ends up explaining the trick instead of creating wonder!

To help hobbyists and professionals alike create astonishing performances, our props include clever principles and hidden mechanisms that turn many effects into “self-workers.”
That means: no sleight of hand required – you can fully focus on your presentation while our products do the hard work. Whether you’re on stage, at the table, or performing at the next corporate event, we’ve got you covered.

Have fun browsing – here, you’ll find
Real Magic – really strong!