KAPOW EBOOK
AUTHOR: Liam Montier & Cameron Francis
PRICE: $15.00
AVAILABLE AT cameronfrancis.com
10 card tricks, 7 impromptu
if you are good at culling and leave one thing out of one trick, 2 more tricks are impromptu
REPULSE Liam Montier
The queens cause selections to come to the top of the deck. Then they cannibalize the selections before transforming into them.
Impressive. The reveal of the selections (the first two) is not too exciting, but the vanishes and the reappearance make up for it.
THE CHEATS SLEEVE Liam Montier & Cameron Francis
Three aces are interlaced with four kings. The three aces vanish to join the other ace.
Stunning. You get away with a lot of stuff that is pretty easy to do.
COUNTDOWN Cameron Francis
A selection is lost in a packet. The spectator gives the performer a random number. The card at that number in the packet is shown not to be the selection. That card transforms into the selection.
This is OK, it's lightweight
DEPARTURE BOX Liam Montier
Two selections are placed in a card box. The selections vanish and reappear in the card expert's pockets.
I like it. It's effective and pretty direct.
INVISIBLE CARD Cameron Francis
A spectator freely chooses a card, which the cardician rubs onto the table, somehow causing it to turn invisible. The cardician proves it by turning the invisible card face up and naming the selection. The invisible card is thrown towards the tabled spread, where the card re‐appears face down in the middle of the face up deck!
Fun trick. Good trick.
STRANGE PROGRESSION Cameron Francis
A bold new idea for the progressive Ace Assembly.
I don't like the discrepancies. These may fly by laymen, but I'll pass on this one.
REAL PICNIC Cameron Francis
A four of a kind production
A good upgrade to an old self working classic.
NO JOKE Cameron Francis
A Joker is removed from the pack and placed aside while three spectators choose as many cards, which are returned and lost into the deck. Given the task of finding the three selections, the Joker is dropped face up onto the face down deck, and immediately the whole deck turns face up except for the first selection! The Joker is then flipped face down and rubbed across the face of the deck, causing the second selection to visually appear underneath it!
Finally, the spectator is directed to push the face down Joker into the face up deck, with the aim of placing it right next to their own card. However, on spreading through, it seems as if the spectator has missed. the Joker changes into the third and final selection.
Three surprising reveals, good work
TRIPLE PLAY Liam Montier
The two Jokers are removed from the pack, and then three selections are made. The first one is shuffled back into the pack but immediately appears between the tabled Jokers!
The second selection is placed into the deck, but left out‐jogged, while the Jokers are placed face up on top of the deck. Slowly, the performer pushes the selection square, and then the Jokers. The second selection appears instantly between the Jokers on top of the deck!
The final selection is pushed, face up, right into the centre of the deck. The performer then places both Jokers on the top, but this time, they are both left out‐jogged so that they are always visible. The deck is cut, and immediately the Jokers are removed, revealing a single card trapped between them.
However, when the spectator takes the card out and turns it over, it turns out to be three cards. The first two selections are face up, staring them in the face, and they have one face down card between them. It is the final selection!
Incredible teleportations of the first two selections. I like the ending, but I have my own way of finishing. Good work
SCATTER SHOT Liam Montier
A four Ace production where they seem to come from everywhere but the deck.
Each production is more impressive than the last. The production of the final ace is fantastic.
Cameron and Liam put together a significant number of winners here.
If you properly perform your favorites from KAPOW, your audience will more than likely think you are truly tricktastic.
Highly Recommended
side note: I thought Cameron had misunderstood the situation in “No Joke” when he mentioned a discrepancy. After taking another look at the write up, I understood what he meant.
He considered the reveal of the second selection to be an appearance rather than a color change. If you see the reveal of the second selection as a color change, there is no discrepancy.
AUTHOR: Liam Montier & Cameron Francis
PRICE: $15.00
AVAILABLE AT cameronfrancis.com
10 card tricks, 7 impromptu
if you are good at culling and leave one thing out of one trick, 2 more tricks are impromptu
REPULSE Liam Montier
The queens cause selections to come to the top of the deck. Then they cannibalize the selections before transforming into them.
Impressive. The reveal of the selections (the first two) is not too exciting, but the vanishes and the reappearance make up for it.
THE CHEATS SLEEVE Liam Montier & Cameron Francis
Three aces are interlaced with four kings. The three aces vanish to join the other ace.
Stunning. You get away with a lot of stuff that is pretty easy to do.
COUNTDOWN Cameron Francis
A selection is lost in a packet. The spectator gives the performer a random number. The card at that number in the packet is shown not to be the selection. That card transforms into the selection.
This is OK, it's lightweight
DEPARTURE BOX Liam Montier
Two selections are placed in a card box. The selections vanish and reappear in the card expert's pockets.
I like it. It's effective and pretty direct.
INVISIBLE CARD Cameron Francis
A spectator freely chooses a card, which the cardician rubs onto the table, somehow causing it to turn invisible. The cardician proves it by turning the invisible card face up and naming the selection. The invisible card is thrown towards the tabled spread, where the card re‐appears face down in the middle of the face up deck!
Fun trick. Good trick.
STRANGE PROGRESSION Cameron Francis
A bold new idea for the progressive Ace Assembly.
I don't like the discrepancies. These may fly by laymen, but I'll pass on this one.
REAL PICNIC Cameron Francis
A four of a kind production
A good upgrade to an old self working classic.
NO JOKE Cameron Francis
A Joker is removed from the pack and placed aside while three spectators choose as many cards, which are returned and lost into the deck. Given the task of finding the three selections, the Joker is dropped face up onto the face down deck, and immediately the whole deck turns face up except for the first selection! The Joker is then flipped face down and rubbed across the face of the deck, causing the second selection to visually appear underneath it!
Finally, the spectator is directed to push the face down Joker into the face up deck, with the aim of placing it right next to their own card. However, on spreading through, it seems as if the spectator has missed. the Joker changes into the third and final selection.
Three surprising reveals, good work
TRIPLE PLAY Liam Montier
The two Jokers are removed from the pack, and then three selections are made. The first one is shuffled back into the pack but immediately appears between the tabled Jokers!
The second selection is placed into the deck, but left out‐jogged, while the Jokers are placed face up on top of the deck. Slowly, the performer pushes the selection square, and then the Jokers. The second selection appears instantly between the Jokers on top of the deck!
The final selection is pushed, face up, right into the centre of the deck. The performer then places both Jokers on the top, but this time, they are both left out‐jogged so that they are always visible. The deck is cut, and immediately the Jokers are removed, revealing a single card trapped between them.
However, when the spectator takes the card out and turns it over, it turns out to be three cards. The first two selections are face up, staring them in the face, and they have one face down card between them. It is the final selection!
Incredible teleportations of the first two selections. I like the ending, but I have my own way of finishing. Good work
SCATTER SHOT Liam Montier
A four Ace production where they seem to come from everywhere but the deck.
Each production is more impressive than the last. The production of the final ace is fantastic.
Cameron and Liam put together a significant number of winners here.
If you properly perform your favorites from KAPOW, your audience will more than likely think you are truly tricktastic.
Highly Recommended
side note: I thought Cameron had misunderstood the situation in “No Joke” when he mentioned a discrepancy. After taking another look at the write up, I understood what he meant.
He considered the reveal of the second selection to be an appearance rather than a color change. If you see the reveal of the second selection as a color change, there is no discrepancy.