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Moment's Notice 10 EBOOK
Author - Cameron Francis Price - $12 Available at Penguinmagic.com Divided Two cards are selected and shuffled back into the deck. They are found by spelling. One selection is shuffled into one half of the deck. The other selection is shuffled into the other half. Each card is seen to be the odd color in the packet. I'm not fond of this trick. It seems like things were being set up. Streamlined Sandwich Two face-up Jacks are cut into the deck. A card is freely selected. It then appears between the two Jacks in the cleanest way possible. solid effect One Flew Over At My Behest A selection teleports from one packet to another. solid effect Straight Time Two cards are selected and lost in the deck, say the King of Clubs and the Two of Diamonds. The cardician asks the spectator to watch closely. He slowly turns the top card of the deck face up. He spreads the deck and shows that all of the cards are now face up, save one in the middle. This card is turned over and revealed to be the King of Clubs. The King is placed face down on the table. The cardician reverses half the deck and shuffles the cards face-up into face-down. He knocks the face-down cards through the face-up cards and suddenly all of the cards are face-up. Except one. This card is turned over and revealed to be the King of Clubs. The card on the table is turned over. It is now the Two of Diamonds! Terrific. One surprising reversal followed by an amazing reversal, wrapped up with a nice transposition Precursor Various impossible things happen with the aces, concluding with a 3-for-3 transposition Solid effect Roil and Queens The card expert removes the four Kings from the deck and four indifferent cards. The Kings are placed on top of the indifferent cards and dealt into two piles. The card expert asks the spectator to choose a pile. The Kings all jump to the selected pile. The card expert picks up the King pile and deals it into two packets. The spectator deals the other pile into two packets. The top cards of each packet are turned over. They are all Kings. The cards under the Kings are turned over, revealing the four Queens (with matching suits, of course). Amazing effect. Delightful ending. Recommended Your Deck, Your Card ebook
Author - KARDYRO Price - $6.00 Available at LYBRARY.COM, BLAMEPRO.COM 10 items (7 tricks) Two Ace Change A card is selected and shuffled back into the deck. Two aces are shown. The performer places one ace on the deck and asks the spectator the suit of the other ace. The spectator replies. The card is shown to be the selection. I like this trick, but I wasn't quite satisfied with the ending. I came up with my own. Strange, Very Strange Two spectators each note a card located at a mutually agreed upon number, in their respective halves of a deck. When asked to name their noted cards, they find, much to their amazement, that each names the same card. The mystery deepens when the magician shows that some unknown power has controlled their thoughts, as the named card is in neither of the two halves of the deck. It has completely vanished from the deck, only to be found in the magician’s pocket— where, he claims, it has been all during the performance. Outstanding. If your palming needs work, this effect will make you want to work on it. Fair Exchange The deck is cut into two halves a card is noted in each half somehow each card jumps to the other half. I like this effect, but I don't like what happens after the second card is transferred. Welcome Stranger The spectator cuts the deck and notes the card that they cut to. The card vanishes from the deck and appears in another location. solid effect. good card vanish Hindu Shuffle Force I haven't seen this force done quite like this. The handling here can throw some off who are "in the know." Shuffle Location And Glimpse This is not a trick. It is a suggestion. I'm not impress with it. Follow the Leader A packet of red cards in a packet of black cards are placed side-by-side. The top card from each packet is placed in front of the packet. these cards are the color indicators. The cards from each packet are dealt face up simultaneously. When the indicator cards are switched, the cards from the packets change to the color of the indicator card. Good effect. There are simpler versions out there. Transposition Unique A noted card is placed into a packet of cards. The packet is shuffled. The card somehow ends up reversed in the balance of the deck. This is OK, but I like other teleportation effects better. You Do As I Do This is not a trick. It is a tip for a "Do as I Do" type routine. I don't think the issue that the author addresses is that big of a deal. The Private Eyes A selected card mysteriously appears between the two jacks. This is OK. There is a key part of this trick that the author did not explain. Four of the tricks involve advances moves, the others only require basic card sleights. There are no illustrations. I think the book could have used a few. All tricks are impromptu. At $6.00, I recommend this. side note: This is a suggestion for “Fair Exchange.” Those familiar with the trick should understand this. After the double is transferred from one packet to the other, do not place the top card on the table. There's simply no reason to do so. The patter given gives you a reason bring the card to the packet. So just put card somewhere in the packet after you ask the spectator is it their card. PLANGING CHACES ebook
AUTHOR: John Holt PRICE: $10.00 AVAILABLE AT lybray.com Some Change in Your Pocket - two cards swap places between the deck and your pocket. Solid method for the transposition. One Fetch of a Surprise - An ace goes to the pocket. A queen turns into the ace. The ace is placed on the table, then it is pulled out of the pocket. Now the queen is on the table. puzzling trick This may be too much for spectators to take in. A Snappy Transposition - where the spectators card visually changes into another before the spectator herself manages to find her own card. The initial effect described is not a transposition effect. This effect is fine. I think the handling for the transposition effect is too simplistic. I think some spectators will have an idea of what's going on. Merlin-esque - This is similar to the previous effect. The initial effect is fine. The transposition effect plays better because the spectators don't know the location of one of the target cards. Changing of the Cuards - Think Dr Daleys Last Trick with the surprise revelation of a selected card! Also includes an extra handling by Shaun McCree. Amazing You and I - a transposition trick using only two cards (yes ONLY TWO CARDS – no extra cards or deck needed). This one may be pushing it. The big question is this. Will they buy the fake palm? A Bold Change - Two cards change places despite one being left face up on a tabled deck. a quick stunner Dream Transposition - a red-backed card is shown in your wallet, say 7C. You put it back and have a card selected from a blue deck and signed (say AS). The signed card visually changes into a 7C. When the red backed card in the wallet is shown, it's the signed AS. The signed card coming out of the wallet is effective(with all the setup required, it had better), but you need something to justify bringing it to the deck. A transposition effect does not happen. What you have here is two card changes. Good effect I probably will not be performing any of these tricks. Most of the tricks are brief. I perform some transposition tricks which are more fleshed out. I am fond of a variation that I devised of one of the tricks. The skill level required goes beyond basic sleights. Recommended THE NINE OF DIAMONDS BOOK (Hardback - 140pages)
AUTHOR: A collaboration edited by Mark Beecham and Neil Stirton PRICE: $42.00 or $17 for ebook AVAILABLE AT www.nineofdiamonds.co.uk JACK'S DEPARTURE - a card vanishes from a packet and appears reversed in the deck The effect is very good. But what you have here is something that can be accomplished by the standard Biddle Trick handling. All the clever card positioning can be used for something else. AMASS ACES - A card is selected and isolated. The four aces are removed and displayed. Three cards appear between the aces. The three cards match in value. The value of the selected card matches the value of the three cards. Amazing, but a bit anti-climatic REGURGITATOR - two cards "barf up" a selection Basic, but powerful RADICAL DECENCY - two Jokers visually transform into two selected cards Something needs to happen between the time the selections are lost in the deck and the fantastic reveal. This trick could be part of a routine. STILL SMILING - a new handling of a Roy Walton classic The second phase is not as strong as Walton's original (The Smiling Mule). FRANKENSTEIN'S BUNNY - four beautiful assistants help find a lost pet rabbit clever handling, strong effect, entertaining routine...My favorite from chapter one. I DON’T TROST YOU - a spectator deals herself four Aces from a deck shuffled by multiple spectators the spectators shuffling make this effect strong. There is an impromptu handling given. BUCKLEY’S ANGELS - Deuces turn into Queens. The Queens are then produce from four different places. strong effect ANOTHER FLIPPIN’ COLLECTORS - Three cars are selected and lost in the deck. Four cards (the detectives) are placed on top of the deck and cut into the middle. Upon spreading the deck, 3 face-down cards are seen to be trapped between the four Detectives. The 3 face-down cards are the selectons. I think the preparation required is worth it if you want to do a collectors routine in which the collectors are put in the deck face down and then inexplicably turn face up. Good trick SESAME STREET - a version of a classic coincidence trick Interesting. A version of "do as I do" in which the decks are not exchanged. I like it. LAZY MAN'S MEMORY TEST - The cardician correctly guesses the number of cards in a packet just by its weight, identifies a card unseen by sensing colors in patterns of ink and finishes with the instant memorization of about 20 cards Good structuring. The effect justifies preparing a full deck stack. TWO FACED MOTHER FIRPER - an unusual Card to Box Sneaky and effective ANY CARD AT ANY NUMBER - One spectator has a fair choice of a card( lets say the 9 of diamonds) Another spectator cut some cards off the deck (lets say the 15 cards are cut off) The card pro takes out his deck and deals 15 cards. The 9 of diamonds is the 15th card. Good effect. People who are really into stacks will probably be the only ones that will consider adding this to their repertoire. A SMALL PRICE TO PAY - a coin trick with three perfect prediction A complete swindle. Nicely put together. QUICK N DIRTY THREE FLY (coins across routine based around a new sleight) and QUICK N DIRTY HANGING COINS (vanish and production of three coins) These seem like amazing routines. I advise you to check out what others have to say because I have limited experience working with coins. ZEN STACK - full deck stack of the Zener deck Three full deck Stacks are explored in the book. I am not into stacks. I am not going to comment on them. For a significant number of tricks, the skill level required is beyond basic. As of this writing, the book is going for $42 at nineofdiamonds.co.uk. For me, that's a little high. I like it at about $25. If I was into coin tricks and stacks I'll probably say about 5 to 8 dollars more (who knows). There's an option to get the digital version for $17. I really enjoyed that the book stimulated my thinking. Recommended 12 TRICKS WITH A BORROWED DECK EBOOK
AUTHOR: Martin Gardner PRICE: $3.00 AVAILABLE AT Lybrary.com Improved Topsy-Turvy Deck - The deck is mixed up with face-up and face-down cards. The deck mysteriously rights itself, except for three selected cards, which are the only reversed cards in the pack. I like the possible delayed reveals at the end. Face to Face Fantasy – Two cards are selected and shuffled back into the deck. Deck halves are placed face to face. Suddenly, all cards face one direction except for one selection. Deck halves are then placed back to back. Suddenly, all cards face one direction except for the other selection. Good effect. I just thought one part was unjustified. I'm referring to placing two cards in the center. Double Climax Speller - wrong card discovered by spelling, then right card discovered by spelling Solid effect Never-Miss Stop Effect - Twenty cards are dealt from the top of the deck and placed aside. A card is selected from the remainder of the deck, replaced, and the cards shuffled and placed on the table. The performer deals cards from the twenty-card packet. The spectator stops the dealing when he wants. The card stopped at is used to find the selection. Too much trouble to go through for an effect that can be easily done without a set up. Big Casino Countdown – A random card is used to find a selected card. Good effect. The selection process makes the trick unique. Six of Spades Countdown - A random card is used to find a selected card. Good effect. The selection process makes the trick unique. Two Piles and Subtract - About twenty cards are dealt to the table to form a row. A card is mentally selected. The row is replaced on the deck; the deck is shuffled and cut to form two piles. A pile is selected by the spectator, and the selected card is discovered in a novel manner. Interesting mathematics at work here, but I prefer something with a simpler procedure. Do As I Do – Two coincidences occur at the same time. Surprising. Clever. This could be used as a follow up to the original "Do as I Do." Eye-Pop Routine - A pair of selected cards reverse themselves in the deck. They are then put in the middle of the deck, then suddenly jump to the top of the pack. Simple and effective Sympathetic Decks - The spectator chooses a card from a red-backed deck. That card is place between two jacks. The face of the card is unknown to everyone. The three cards are placed in the center of the deck. Two jacks from a blue-backed deck are placed in the center of the blue-backed deck. The identity of the card from the red-backed deck is revealed. Let's say it is the ten of clubs. The blue-backed deck is spread. There is a card between jacks. It is the ten of clubs. This is pretty sneaky. I think this will play well for laymen. Vanishing and Reappearing Card - A selected card vanishes from the deck then reappears in a remarkable manner. Solid effect Improved Lie Speller - Two cards are selected. The first is produced after asking just three questions. The second spectator gets three questions, too, but they can lie if they wish. Nevertheless, the card is discovered. The trick is fine, but not for me. For the Lie Detector plot, I like to deal/spell cards into more than one pile. There are some good ideas in this collection. Based on the title, the majority of people will probably think no set- ups are required. Some of the tricks do require setups. I think when most people see the words "borrowed deck" they think of impromptu tricks (that's what I think). I think when the book was written, those words only referred to using regular cards. Recommended Impromptu Observation Test with Aces
Random Thot Expanded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHq2vxzmqpI B + D Revisited Prediction and Countdown City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqzGjxU9YUk No Turn Away Overtime From Here to Nowhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmkP_Dq6tEQ MOMENT'S NOTICE 9 EBOOK
AUTHOR: Cameron Francis PRICE: $12 AVAILABLE AT cameronfrancismagic.com TRIP EL REMIX – Three prediction cards are set aside. Despite the spectator handling the cards, two predictions come out right. One prediction is wrong. The card expert corrects the problem. I think Cameron tried to get too much out of this effect. In the final phase, three cards are in the hand. The top card changes. The problem is this, I think most people will want to see the other two cards. If they do see the cards, I think it lessens the impact of the effect. BIDDLE-ISH – From a shuffled deck, the deck is split into two packets. The spectator looks at four cards and is asked to remember the highest one. This done, the four cards are buried face down into a face up packet. A click of the fingers and the spectator spreads her packet. Now there are only three reversed cards in the middle. The other packet is spread and in the middle is one reversed card – the card noted by the spectator. It will probably take a little while to get comfortable with the main move. This variant of the Biddle Trick is not for me, but that certainly does not take anything from the power of the effect. BUT NOT LEAST – Three cards are selected and lost in the deck. The two black Jacks find each card in three different and surprising ways. Amazing. There is not much work to do for a series of wonderful reveals. PAUL GORDON’S EIGHT OF DIAMONDS TRICK – It looks like the card wiz is on the wrong track, but he is in control. A simple spelling trick with a twist. I like it. EAT FRESH – The two black Jacks are removed from the deck. A card is selected and placed between the Jacks. The Jack sandwich is placed into the middle of the deck in out-jogged position. The selection is then removed and inserted into the deck near the bottom in out-jogged position. The deck is split so that the selection is out-jogged in one half and the Jacks are out-jogged in the other half. The out-jogged cards are pushed flush with the packet. One card protrudes from the other end of the packet as the Jacks are pushed in. The packet is spread and there is now one card between the Jacks. It is the selection. Good teleportation effect. Fine use of the Kosky Switch. BRITLANDIA – The Ace, Two and Three of Spades are removed from the deck and placed face down in a row on the table. The cardician drops the deck on top of the Ace. It instantly rises to the top of the deck. He places the Two on top. It immediately sinks to the bottom. The Three is cut into the deck. Quicker than a shot, it appears between the Ace and Two. Simple, clever. Nicely done My favorite trick is “But Not Least.” Recommended EFFORTLESS EFFECTS DVD
AUTHOR: Ryan Schultz PRICE: $30.00 AVAILABLE AT bigblindmedia.com Clearly See Thru – A selection is returned to the deck. An invisible card is placed on the table. The selection is shown not to be in the deck. The card wiz identifies the invisible card as the selection (actually naming the card). The invisible card is inserted face down into a face-up deck. The deck is spread face up. One card is seen face-down in the spread. That card is shown to be the selection. good structuring, a real stunner No Hassle Hof – The 4 aces are removed. A card is selected and returned to the deck. The aces are placed face up in the spectator's hand. The spectator thinks of the suit of the selection. Inexplicably, the ace matching the suit of the selection turns face down while the spectator is holding the cards. Then that ace transforms into the selection. Impressive Split Decision – A card is selected and returned to the deck. The spectator hands the card pro a packet of cards from the deck. He eliminates cards from the packets while trying to read the spectator's face. Cards are eliminated until one card is left – the selection. Superb structuring gives this trick the wow factor. Wrongly Convicted – A card is selected, then lost in the deck. A few cards are handed to the spectator. They see the faces of the cards before they receive them. The spectator cuts the packet. Their selection is on top. The trick is more interesting than that. There is a detail that I left out about the cards that are handed to the spectator that makes the reveal special. Simple. Direct. Good idea Forget To Remember – A card is selected. The spectator thinks of another card base on the value and suit of the selection. The spectator looks through the deck to find the thought of card. They don't see it. The thought of card is found in the card box that has been in view the whole time. Expect this one to deliver complete bewilderment to your audience. Fish Sandwich – The deck is cut in half. Two kings are place face up in one half (no cards between the kings). One half is shuffled into the other. The deck is spread. A few cards are seen between the kings. The spectator picks up the cards between the kings. The spectator removes cards from the packet according to certain requests made by the performer until one card is left. The performer names the card. What makes this effect strong is that it doesn't seem like there is any way to know what cards are between the kings. Needs a Name – This is Ryan's approach to the traditional key card principle. I like it An advance handling is given for three of the tricks. In this case, advance does not mean difficult. It means a step up from sleight-less. In addition to doing thorough teaching segments, Ryan does a quick run through of all explanations (called a bullet explanation on the DVD). This is good if you want to get a quick refresher. Ryan is a good performer and he does an outstanding job structuring tricks. Recommended MIRACLES WITHOUT MOVES DVD
AUTHOR: Ryan Schultz PRICE: $30.00 AVAILABLE AT bigblindmedia.com Knocked Subconscious – The spectator mixes their selection in a packet of about ten cards. The performer locates the card. Ryan acts like he is reading the spectator's face when he is going after the selection. Good performance by him. There is a significant amount of preparation require for this strong effect. Four Shadowed – a four of a kind production Amazing, very sneaky. It is suggested on the DVD that it is easy to do this on the fly. I don't think it is easy to do this on the fly smoothly. Deconstructed Construction – A group of cards are selected and counted by the spectator. The spectator doesn't tell the card pro how many cards they counted. The number of cards is to represent a card value. The spectator thinks of a color and suit. He now has a card in mind. The card pro names the card. Wonderful, very clever thinking employed Degrees of Board-dom – Three predictions are wrote down beforehand. A group of twelve cards are mixed up based on the spectator's choices. After the mixing, the three predictions are shown to be correct. The predictions are about the twelve cards. Absolutely baffling...nicely put together routine. You have to get use to following the rules for this trick. It definitely pays off to get the details straight. It Cuts Deep - The spectator cuts to three cards. Then the card expert names them. For this stunner, you don't have to handle the deck. One of the best uses of the Cut Deeper force I have seen. This is a new handling of a classic trick. Methodical – From a packet of about ten cards, a card is selected three different times. The cardician locates the selection each time. Good trick...Good build up to the finale 1492 – Same effect as Knocked Subconscious I think this has a stronger impact than “Knocked Subconscious” because the whole deck is used. Some of the tricks required significant preparation. Those up for doing the prep work will get more out of the DVD. My favorites are “Deconstructed Construction”, “Degrees of Board-dom,” and “It Cuts Deep.” The retail price of $30 is a bit steep for what I got out of it. I got the DVD on sale for about $14. I like that price. Recommended CARD CONSPIRACY VOL. 2 EBOOK AUTHOR: PETER DUFFIE AND ROBIN ROBERTSON PRICE: $19.95 AVAILABLE AT peterduffie.com LINK TO Table of Contents CHAPTER 13 - INTERLOCKED PRINCIPLE – This allows you to do several things, one thing is a false transfer of a card. “Topmost” and “Between 2 Worlds” are solid. “Blackjack Aces” isn't for me, I prefer the ace production in the next chapter. CHAPTER 14 - JOG SWITCH – A way to get into interlock position I like “The Producers” and “JS Ace Production.” I think the reveal of the transformations in “Rags to Riches” happens too quickly. I think some spectators may wonder if the card that is suppose to be at the rear of the packet was actually in that position. That's the only thing I don't like about the effect. I came up with a way to delay reveal. CHAPTER 15 - KOSKY SWITCH – a sandwiched card is switched note – This chapter goes into a lot more than an one-for-one switch. I like all the tricks in this chapter. My favorites are “Compression Agents Revisited,” “Infallible Foolable Kings,” and “Self Correcting Sandwich” & Variants. In “Compression Agents Revisited,” four cards are sandwich between two kings. Inexplicably, the number of cards sandwiched decrease several times. The value of the cards also change. There is a logical relationship among the values when the change occurs. I prefer not to do the last change. I did come up with an alternative. There are six variants to “Self Correcting Sandwich.” I am interested in doing four of them – the other two are fine. CHAPTER 16 - MISCELLANEOUS - GENERAL I like Clockwise Con-found The Ringmaster Return to Sender Traveling Queen The Goodwin-Jennings Display and “The Overworked Card” sequence in “Ambitious & Overworked” are wonderful. The other tricks are OK. CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS – SET-UPS “Flexible Choice” – This effect is a straight card location, where a chosen card is found at a number “freely” created by a spectator. strong location effect “Harvey's Harvest” – A spectator selects a card which is returned to the middle of the deck. A second spectator touches any four cards but none prove to be the selection. These four cards are given to the first spectator, who now spells the value and suit of his card. When he turns over the top card he is surprised to find his selection, which might be the Six of Clubs. “I knew you picked a six,” you say, “I just didn’t know which one,” as you turn over the remaining three cards revealing the other three Sixes! solid effect “Domino Effect” – Not so easy to describe...Probably one of the weirdest prediction effects you'll ever come across – weird in a good way. “Gilbreath Plays Dominoes” – same as “Domino Effect” with one advantage and one disadvantage “A Slight Slant on Slaight” – another weird prediction...also not so easy to describe “Another Slant on Slaight” – moderate alteration to “A Slight Slant on Slaight” “Iain Girdwood's Unicycle Stack + The Accidental Diary” – An off beat prediction for sure...It's like an Open Prediction that you fail to notify your audience of. It's baffling. CHAPTER 18 - PRIME NUMBER PRINCIPLE – a mathematical force “Last Card Standing & Variants” – In short, all cards in a packet except for the target card are eliminated. I like this and all variants “Phake Dyce Trique” – Two spectators each receive a packet of cards consisting of an Ace through Six. These represent two dice, you say. Each spectator randomly selects three of their cards. Against all odds, when these cards are turned over they form a complete die, one through six. The payoff isn't worth it. “Iain Girdwood's Prime Deal” – not a trick CHAPTER 19 - PRINCIPLE OF NINE – used for a card placement and for forcing a card that's in a known position. I think “Teenwork” is quite neat and the other two tricks are solid. Chapter 20 - Karl Fulves' Riffle Shuffle Control - A method to control two cards “For Christ's Sake” and “Mode 2 Order 2” are quite nifty I don't like “Murder Mystery” Pokerevelation – After choosing and losing a chosen card, the spectator deals five four card poker hands. Following a ritual procedure, his chosen card is found in the hand. Finally, the other hands are turned over to reveal that the spectator has dealt all the Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks, and Tens into separate hands. Amusing “Synchronicity” – Two cards, chosen together seemingly by chance, come together again at the end. Very deceptive Chapter 21 - RSC Multiple Shift – A splendid method of controlling multiple cards “Double Reversal” – Two spectators each pick a card and both cards are lost into the deck. Then, one at a time, each magically reverses. Amusing “Four wrongs make a right” – A card is selected and lost back into the deck. the spectator picks four cards. The selection is not among the four cards. The payoff is the four cards end up sandwiching the selection. OK trick, there is an error in the write up. Odd Men Out - Two spectators each pick a card and both cards are lost into the deck. Both cards magically reverse, one at a time. Then, you flip the deck over revealing that it has separated into reds and blacks. One card is seen to be the only black card among the 25 reds, the other the only red card among 25 blacks! good trick...the payoff is worth the set up Chapter 22 Robverse - reversal technique I think all the effects in the chapter are solid My favorites are Contrary Toss-In Data Collectors Focalized Aces PHYCHICCARDTRIC RV Visitor Chapter 23 - Spread Double-Lift - a double turnover for cards not on the top “Jumping Jack Flash” - A chosen card eventually jumps from an estimated position in one pile to that same position in another pile. I don't like the multiple countdowns “Jumping Jack Flash Returns” - A chosen card jumps from an estimated position in one pile to that same position in another pile. Solid trick “Pathfinders” – three selections are pushed into three different packets, then they rise to the top. Then they are pushed into different places in the deck. All three rise the top. A spectator then cuts to the three selections. The third phase calls for a bit of precision. I think this effect is impressive. Chapter 24 - Spread Half-Pass - reversal technique “Double Reversal” - Two spectators each pick a card and both cards are lost into the deck. Then, one at a time, each magically reverses. Amusing. This is the same effect as in “Double Reversal” from the Riffle Shuffle Control chapter. There is more work to do for this version, but the performer doesn't see the selected cards. “Well, look at that!” - A spectator chooses a card which remains in the middle of the deck. A second spectator now chooses an “invisible” card. The invisible card becomes visible and proves to be the first spectator’s selection! Noticing that it’s the Ten of Spades, you say, “You know, if you added four specific cards to that you’d have a great poker hand.” At that, you spread the deck revealing the Ace, King, Queen and Jack of Spades! Fun, Amusing Chapter 25 – Stripout Reverse Switch – A switch for out-jogged cards “Ahoy, Matey!” - I do not like the way the cards are dealt I like the rest of the tricks in the chapter. As I said in a previous review, I do not like the Cut Force. I have a substitute for it for “Near Miss” CHAPTER 26 - 3-CARD CATCH – a simple way to sandwich a card between two other cards “I'm so confused” – two chosen cards are set aside while the two black aces are used to find the red aces. But it's the black Aces that are found instead. The original black Aces turn into the chosen cards, and the cards set aside become the red Aces. Good trick, but needs more structuring “The Mathemagicians” – You remove the two black Kings, referring to them as “The Mathemagicians.” Then you place a prediction on the table, saying, “This is my insurance in case our Mathemagicians let me down.” A spectator now thinks of any number from one to ten inclusive and removes that number of cards, secretly, from the deck. So you state that the Mathemagicians have calculated that the spectator removed seven cards (for example) from the deck. But they are wrong, The spectator counts his cards proving that he actually removed one less than that—six cards! Your prediction covers you, but you go on to finish by correcting things yourself. Some clever thinking is employed here. Good trick “Collective Unconscious” – The aces are left sandwiching three selections after the deck is tossed from one hand to the other and then tossed to the table. The flashy finish is sure to grab people’s attention. I like it. “Express Aces” – a quick production of the aces I like this trick. I think the two changes play well. As in Card Conspiracy 1, there is a lot of quality material in this volume. Highly Recommended side note: The following information about Robverse may benefit some. I was thinking the deception of Robverse could be enhance. I sent Robin the following message. Maybe someone have thought of this before. I was thinking ROBVERSE could be more deceptive if the face-down card stopped at about an half inch short of the left edge of the face-up card. That way would provide more retention of vision. Your thoughts please Here is the pertinent part of Robin's reply. You’re probably right about not totally covering the face-up card, but to my mind, it’s not the critical point. I use the same kind of motion for both Robverse and the Spread Double Lift. As I say in the description, it’s a rhythm: slide to the left, slide to the right, flip over, square. Though the description and picture do show the face-up card totally covered, usually I pay no attention to that. There is a retention of vision in the process so no one sees anything that looks strange in the process. ACES UP THE SLEEVE DVD
AUTHOR: Aldo Colombini PRICE: $10.00 AVAILABLE AT wildcolombini.com TOPSY-TURVY ACE LOCATION (Nick Trost): - In a face-up and face-down shuffled deck you find the Aces and then all the cards turn facing the same way. Solid effect. I would have like it better if the first three reveals were varied. HOF-WICH (Cameron Francis): - Two Jokers find the Ace of the same suit of the selected card and then the Ace changes into the selection! I like this version of Hof-Wich, but I think it is inferior to the handling that's in Cameron's Moments Notice 5. ACCENTUATED ACES (Paul Gordon): The Aces are eliminated one by one and the last Ace changes into the selected card! Straightforward and stunning ATLANTIS (Aldo Colombini): - A card is placed on the table and a selected card is inserted among the four Aces. The Aces change places and the card placed on the table turns out to be the actual selection! Outstanding ILLUSION VS REALITY (Peter Duffie): - A production of the four Aces where two of the Aces appear in the spectator’s hands. Doing a double turnover and turning the double down and then handing the cards to a spectator to turnover the top card seems risky to me, but maybe there's nothing to worry about. PROXIMITY (Aldo Colombini): Three cards transform into three other cards twice. Amazing PASSING THE HAT (Aldo Colombini): A card is selected. You produce the four Kings, which capture three cards. The selection is seen to be an Ace and the three cards between the Kings are the other Aces. Straightforward and stunning. I would have liked it better if the production of the kings were varied. SUGAR AND SPICE (J. K. Hartman): Three kings turn into aces, then the 4 aces turn into an Ace, King, Queen, and Jack. Good routine. The display of the Royal Flush looks good. INTERNAL AFFAIRS (Aldo Colombini): The four Aces change into the four Kings and then reappear face up in the middle of the deck. Here you have a simple and direct effect. The transformations look good. WELL DONE, BOYS! (Aldo Colombini): From half of the deck, the spectator cuts to two kings and does the same thing for the other half. Then the four Aces make a surprising appearance. I don't like the way the kings are cut to. It doesn’t look convincing to me. Recommended FOUR SUITS DVD
AUTHOR: Aldo Colombini PRICE: $10.00 AVAILABLE AT wildcolombini.com JOHANN FOLLY (Ryan Matney) – five inexplicable reverses, the backs of 3 cards change, and selection is predicted very good trick with a delightful conclusion MAYO-ACES (Didier Dupré) – a four of a kind production good trick APACHE (Aldo Colombini) – the four tens are removed from the deck. The red tens are placed on the table face to face. The black tens are place on top of the deck face to face. They immediately turn into the red tens. The face to face cards are shown to be bonded together. The card expert promptly splits them apart. an impressive double change and an impressive illusion of two cards bonding TAKE OFF (Aldo Colombini) - a card vanishes from an envelope and reappears face up in the middle of the deck. This really looks good. Truly stunning THOSE LEAPING ACES (Paul Gordon) – the four kings change places and then they are used to find two selected cards. I like this, but it would had been better if the second phase was more perplexing. THE OLD ROMANTICS (Aldo Colombini) – You cut to an Ace of hearts three times, placing the card face down on the table each time. Then you cut to a card with an arrow drawn on it (the arrow points to the cards on the table). The cards on the table are shown to the four aces (one of each suit). Good trick STRICTLY STRAIGHT POKER (Nick Trost) – After the deck is shuffled by a spectator, all the selections are FREELY made by other spectators, still you end up with four Straight Flushes. I like this one. Straight up baffling FAST FOOD (Aldo Colombini) – Two selections between three Jokers vanish. Then a Joker vanishes and reappears in the middle of the deck between the two selected cards. Stunning vanishes, strong finish I (with stranger cards) A SPELLER IDEA (Tom Sellers) – A spectator names any card and you place a shuffled deck in your pocket. You spell the card removing cards from the pocket and at the end you reveal the selection. I don't like this idea. If the cards are suppose to becoming from the top of the deck, it would seem like dealing them in the open would be better. If the cards are suppose to becoming from different parts of the deck, then the spelling doesn't play well. NO PROBLEM (Cameron Francis) – two cards are selected Let's say one selection is a KD. The card guy removes the 4 kings, saying he isn't sure of which one is the selection. In short order, the KD inexplicably turns face down while the card guy hold the kings and then the KD transposes with the other selection. This one is clever, easy to do and it packs a punch. Four Suits is loaded with good stuff. Highly Recommended STUNNING CARD MAGIC DVD
AUTHOR: Richard Vollmer PRICE: $10.00 AVAILABLE AT lybrary.com DOUBLE CHAMELEON – You show four blue-backed jokers. A card is selected from a red-backed deck (say the King of Clubs). The jokers all become four red-backed King of Clubs and then go back to being all jokers again! Stunning AD LIBITUM – One card is selected and lost in the deck. Nine cards are shuffled "ad libitum" and a spectator picks three of these cards. The sum of the three cards is used to the selection. This trick features a clever number force. But the effect can easily be done without a number force. I'll just say it is an OK trick. PRETTY CLOSE TO A MIRACLE – A selected card is located mathematically. For me, the only new ground covered here is the control, which I am not interested in using. It's a good trick. SUM TRICK – A coincidence trick involving a very fair procedure. I do not want to give too much away with a detailed effect description. Clever thinking. Nice twist on “Make the Cards Match” (Howard Adams/Larry Becker). TELL-TALE DECK – A card is selected. You remove seven cards and with these cards you reveal the selection (say it is the KH) with three questions asked of the spectator. Then, you produce the four Kings! This spelling trick has a very good finish. SPELL ALL – A very interesting idea to produce a selected card by spelling the values of all cards. If spectators copy the actions of the performer, they will get the same results. I think this trick needs a couple of false cuts and/or shuffle. I recommend a false cut or shuffle after the fifth and tenth words are spelled. According to the ad copy, this trick can be done in any language. I suppose you would have to adjust the number of cards in the deck. INSTANT SEDAPS – Five cards are placed on the table in this order: Five to Ace. They reverse order. mildly amusing TALK TO ME – 'Lie Detector' effect Good effect. The only negative is you have to count on the spectator to tell you the truth in the beginning. NEVER SAY DIE – A card is selected and replaced. Six cards are dealt on the table and one is selected by throwing an imaginary die. That card finds the selection! Pretty solid trick VIDA PACK, PLUS – The spectator cuts some cards off the deck. He convincingly loses a selection in the portion cut off. The card pro looks through the cards and finds the selection and reveals one other fact. A strong and truly baffling no-clue discovery Recommended FIX FOR SIX
AUTHOR: Paul A. Lelekis PRICE: $10.00 AVAILABLE AT lybrary.com Inspector #1953 – The performer introduces himself and suddenly notices a shirt or jacket that “reminds” him of a time when he was a fabric inspector at a clothing mill! The performer then demonstrates how he used to “test” fabrics by poking around with the shirt or jacket of a child present Good effect The Trick That Can’t Be Explained – a coincidence effect – it's hard to describe this effect in a few words. This trick does nothing for me. When dealing the last pile, you deal ten cards for no reason. I assume this trick is derived from “Mathematical Finder” from Scarne on Card Tricks. I think the effect is stronger when you countdown to a selection, mate of selection, or prediction. B-Fly – A selected cards pile jumps from one packet to another. Basically you are doing the Biddle trick with just 10 cards. I'll stick with the orginal Biddle trick. You don't look at the card as you peel them from the packet (that is a positive), but you lose the card reversal. Devilish Miracle II - Two cards are selected, returned and lost in the deck. The card expert cuts the deck and removes 5 cards from the top. When he displays them, one of the spectators admits that his card is in that packet but the other spectator says that her card is not there. The card expert turns the first spectator’s card “invisible” and when returned to the packet it reappears, face down! However when it is turned face up, it is the second spectator’s card! The deck is spread to find the first spectator’s card reversed in the deck! Impressive CAAN TU (J.K. Hartman) – The spectator names a card and the performer shows the spectator another one. The spectator selects two random numbers. The two cards are found in the deck at those numbers. This is Paul's presentation of Hartman's trick. Good presentation, Good trick...but I did not like the cards going behind the back. There is just no reason for it. The good thing is it can be easily worked around. Triple Revelation – Three cards from three spectators are correctly predicted. Good effect Paul offers good ideas for presentations (including choreography) throughout the book. Devilish Miracle 2” is my favorite. Overall I think the effects are OK. Recommended side note: contact me if you want to know how I work around placing the cards behind the back for “CAAN TU.” KAPOW EBOOK
AUTHOR: Liam Montier & Cameron Francis PRICE: $15.00 AVAILABLE AT lybrary.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 and the trick 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 into the pockets of the card expert. 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. CARTEMANIA DVD
AUTHOR: DIDIER DUPRE PRICE: $10.00 AVAILABLE AT wildcolombini.com MINI-TURBULENCE – Three selections are placed between the four aces. The selections vanish, then they reappear between the four queens. Impressive COME TOGETHER 2 – Two packets: two queens and two kings in each. One packet changes into four Tens, and the other changes into a Royal Flush! Good trick, but I think some onlookers will want to see the packet that changes into all tens (they can't). I did come up with a solution. CANNIBAL CARDS – The classic theme, where selected cards (missionaries) are placed between the Kings (cannibals), disappear and reappear face up in the middle of the deck (jungle)! I don't like the unloading procedure. THE BLEEDING MARK – A selected card from a blue-backed deck is stabbed and the same card in the red-backed deck is found....bleeding! How bizarre! A very basic force is used for this matching trick. This probably will appeal to laymen. EMPTY OIL AND WATER – An easy oil and water where the red and black cards separate and at the end you produce the four Aces! This is quite a nifty four of a kind production. POKER IMAGINATION – Five double-backed cards, clearly shown on both sides, change into a poker hand with four Aces! Effective and direct THE MYSTERY CARD – A card previously placed in the hand of a spectator turns out to be the selected card! Stunning effect...You are instructed to place the selection in the spectator's hand or on the table. I think the handling is slightly awkward if you place the selection in the spectator's hand. EASY ACAAN – Two random cards are used to create a card and a number. The card is found in the deck at that number. I think this will play well for laymen. The trick can be done 100% hands off. MATRI-XXXX – You draw four X's on each corner of the back of a selected card. The X's move one at a time to one corner and then reappear ON THE FACE of the card! Amazing effect. The required setup is worth it. The downside is you have to burn through two duplicate cards every performance. CLUB SANDWICH 2 – Two cards are selected. One card appears a few times between two jokers and then it switches place with the other selected card! I like it. This trick is about as clean as Andrew Normansell's “Club Sandwich.” Didier gets the job done without the gaffed card . Recommended |
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