A LAST LOOK AT LEECH book by Anthony Brahams
This is a compilation of 12 Al Leech tricks that are not in his books.
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A HOT CARD TRICK – Any card selected from a blue deck changes to a red-backed card when the performer blows on it. A second card is selected. The red-backed card is breathed on. It changes to match the face of the second selection.
clever idea...winner
THE BASHFUL QUEEN – A black queen changes color, then it changes back to black.
simple, good trick.....I like it
THE SANDWICH – The four aces are distributed through half the deck. The other half is cut into two face-up packets. The packet with the aces is placed face down between the face-up packets. The deck is spreaded on the table. The four aces are the only cards seen reversed in the deck.
impressive effect
MATCH-A-CARD – A card is selected with no one knowing what it is. The performer says he will match the card with one of the same color value. The performer fails. Then one card is caused to change, to make the proper match.
simple, good trick.....I like it
WILD DEUCES – The four aces cut into the deck. The spectator then cuts the into two halves and the two black aces are produced, one on the bottom of each packet, after a spelling procedure. The spectator locates the two other deuces by stopping the performer while he shuffles the two packets.
I like the effect, but I would change the method of location for the last two deuces.
GET SET, STOP – I find this one hard to describe (in writing). It's a location trick that apparently uses random card values to locate a selection.
Another trick is done to setup the trick. It's a pretty solid two-trick set.
EASY DOES IT – A card is selected. The performer fails to find it. Another card is selected and returned to the deck. The performer runs through the deck and pulls out the first selection. Then the first selection is used in a spelling procedure to find the second selection.
A pretty solid spelling effect
SPELL AND COUNT – The spectator deals a small number of cards and notes the bottom card of the packet. He places the packet into the center of the deck. After a spelling procedure, the performer tells the spectator how many cards he dealt and then he finds the noted card.
A pretty solid spelling effect
A DOUBLE CHANGE – One at a time the four aces change to kings. Suddenly they change back to aces.
impressive effect
KINGS ON THE LOOSE – The two red kings change to black. One red king is found face-up in the deck. The other is blown to the bottom. For the finale, the two black kings are reproduced with a flourish.
impressive effect
CASE CARD – A card is selected and returned to the deck. About 12 cards are cut from the deck. This group is inserted halfway into the center of the deck. The cards remain up-jogged as the deck is placed into a card case. Eventually, all the up-jogged cards sink down (all at the same time) into the card case except for the selection.
The important thing here is wonderful reveal described. I wonder
why “Case Card” did not become popular like “A Hot Card Trick.” For many, this
will probably be the highlight of the book.
BOY MEETS GIRLS – The spectator locates matching suits of kings and queens
two times
pretty solid effect
quality material, Highly Recommended