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spatlind
Special user
still moving
860 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 3:20pm
Hey guys, wondering what your favourite impromptu effects are with a borrowed deck. And I don't mean that one in a million person who has a two week old deck of bikes. I mean plastic, well worn cards, off sized, whatever. Appreciate your thoughts
Actions lie louder than words - Carolyn Wells
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Magic Sam
Regular user
Canada
107 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 3:25pm
Four touched cards are aces (Sankey), Ambitious card, selected card at any number (especially if the backs aren't bordered), two card transposition, anything really.
Just because cards are old or don't fan nicely doesn't mean I can't do a DL. 
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Stig
New user
Oslo, Norway
77 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 3:40pm
Synergy is a fine trick!
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Daegs
Inner circle
USA
4266 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 3:41pm
Lol man I only use 1 effect with a DL... I am such a newbie 
Anyway, an ACR using standard moves could easily be done, or a routine where they keep picking the same card, then it jumps to your pockets, and the deck jumps to your pockets, and the card ends up in your wallet.(basically jazzing with a selected card using whatever moves you can do).
A trick with a stack can work well if you can cull the cards.
Slop shuffle triumph.
A good 4 ace location.
ect.... just about anything minus reversed cards, double lifts and any moves that have a lot of friction in them.
Overall though every single deck I've ever had offered to be borrowed has been in great condition... obviously they are usually bowed so reveresed cards in a small packet or near the top are no-no's, but generally they will pressure fan and handle pretty decently.
I think this is because spectators usually only have cards to play games with, so usually the deck will be completely and in at least good enough condition to play a game with.... as I said I may be lucky but generally the cards I run across are pretty decent.
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Corey Harris
Inner circle
Kansas City, MO
1223 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 3:47pm
Absolute zero evelution by Paul Wilson.
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Jeff Corn
Inner circle
Las Vegas
1190 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 3:51pm
My impromptu Between the Palms, Be Honest, Daley's Last Trick / Twisting the Aces, Impromptu Out of this World.
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spatlind
Special user
still moving
860 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 3:52pm
Thanks guys. I have been travelling around the world for the last 1.5 years or so. I mostly have my own cards on me, but because I'm staying in hostels and at campsites, I can often get apprehended to do something for the "new people", with a deck of cards that has been through more beer than I have! It can be frustrating sometimes when you see the state of the cards, so it usually is "let me go to my room/tent to get a deck!" Scott
Don't know that one Corey, how does it play out?
Actions lie louder than words - Carolyn Wells
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature - Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Christopher Williams
Inner circle
Plymouth, UK
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 4:04pm
ACR would be kinda difficult, I'm not saying you cant do it, but a DL with a dog eared deck can be rahter difficult to get away with some times, depending on the type of DL you use. But a triumph, T & R, Twisting the aces, Dr Daleys last trick. All the classics
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T. Joseph O'Malley
Inner circle
Canada
1920 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 4:14pm
Emotional Reaction - Dai Vernon
Double Reverse - from one of Anneman's books, though it's credited to others in other places
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if I can sneak the deck off the shelf into the restroom for five minutes & then back on to the shelf (yes I've done it a few times), some basic items that require little or no sleight of hand other than a false shuffle and cut, from Mnemonica. Do THAT and you'll blow their minds.
tjo'
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docelk
Veteran user
St. Pete, FL
362 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 4:19pm
Second vote for Synergy
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spatlind
Special user
still moving
860 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 4:20pm
I like your thinking Mr O'Malley!
Actions lie louder than words - Carolyn Wells
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature - Frank Lloyd Wright.
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evolve629
Inner circle
A stack of
3838 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 5:19pm
What immediately comes to my mind is The Sweetest Sound by our Café member Scott Cram. Used a borrowed deck, the condition of the deck is inconsequential, and you can perform a great impromptu card trick for your spec. Very easy to do and plays big.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in - Wayne Gretzky
My favorite part is putting the gaffs in the spectators hands...it gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside! - Bob Kohler
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T. Joseph O'Malley
Inner circle
Canada
1920 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 5:20pm
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On 2005-09-07 16:20, spatlind wrote:
I like your thinking Mr O'Malley!
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I like your country, Mr Spatlind!
tjo'
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Simon Bakker
Special user
the Netherlands
587 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 5:47pm
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On 2005-09-07 15:47, Corey Harris wrote:
Absolute zero evelution by Paul Wilson.
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I'm familiar with Absolute zero from Paul Wilson, I own the video in which he perorms and explains it.
It's an absolute killer, and you can perform it with any deck, no matter how old or worn it is.
Is Absolute Zero evolution another version of the trick, or in any way superiour to the original?
I would love to hear.
Simon
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miky
New user
89 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 8:30pm
The decks of cards that I'm usually handed or that I find in most people's homes are in awful shape. Even double lifts are risky. And they don't have white borders on the back, so any twisting effects are out of the question.
My strongest impromptu effect with a borrowed deck in any condition is the impromptu version of Bob Farmer's Tsunami.
I also like doing Daryl's Untouched followed by an impromptu OOTW, using an intuition theme. I use the impromptu version of Daryl's Out of this Hemisphere that uses the one-way design that is usually found on the back of borrowed cards.
It's not purely impromptu, but I usually try to have some stranger cards on me in various sizes and conditions so I can do the apparently impromptu T&R card from a borrowed deck effect from Expert Card Technique. It has far greater impact than any of the fancy one-piece-at-a-time T&Rs.
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tommy
Eternal Order
Devil’s Island
13335 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 9:03pm
Lennart Green says this works best with a well worn deck but I can't recall now what effect or move he was talking about. The way he throws the cards about he might have meant all of his stuff.
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MaGiCoH
Regular user
Brazil
167 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 9:41pm
Out of this world
Lazy man's card trick (Al Koran)
Untouched (Daryl)
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Larry Davidson
Inner circle
Potomac, MD
5147 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 9:56pm
Carlyle's Homing Card and Vernon's OOSOOM.
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Magicmaven
Inner circle
1235 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 10:18pm
Homing Card, or card to wallet ( a most likely non-original way of putting a playing card in one's driver's license card slot as one removes their wallet from their pocket).
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JustinVisible
Elite user
South Jersey/Philadelphia Areas
450 Posts
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Posted: Sep 7, 2005 10:28pm
I would do a cards across routine BUT where the cards jump from your hands into a stack of cards being held the spectator. I used to do Las Vegas Leaper/Instant Replay by Paul Harris(AOA series) ALL the time and people would sometimes question the "counting" of the card. I have come across a few subtleties in older magic books like "Royal Road to Card Magic" that have made this effect SO much more effective.... By the way, only 2 sleights and NO DL and NO crazy moves....... JPV
ps....I have recently been put to this test at an outdoor party at a friends home and the cards were like yellowed and all dog-eared, etc.....
"If they laugh, it's funny..."
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magicarisimon
Regular user
Sherman Oaks
116 Posts
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Posted: Sep 8, 2005 12:12am
ACR, Twisting the Aces, Daleys Last Trick, Spectator cut to aces, PH Vaccum Cleaner Cards etc.
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spatlind
Special user
still moving
860 Posts
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Posted: Sep 8, 2005 3:03am
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On 2005-09-07 17:20, T. Joseph O'Malley wrote:
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On 2005-09-07 16:20, spatlind wrote:
I like your thinking Mr O'Malley!
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I like your country, Mr Spatlind!
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Hey, look forward to liking your country too! Plan on spending most of next year there!
Actions lie louder than words - Carolyn Wells
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature - Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Lukas
Regular user
Plymouth, UK
168 Posts
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Posted: Sep 8, 2005 2:24pm
"Card in the Pocket"
Always looks good with a borrowed Deck of Cards
Lukas
Make the difficult look easy, and the easy beautiful.
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Steve Suss
Special user
871 Posts
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Posted: Sep 8, 2005 2:48pm
One of my favorite impromptu effects which I love to do together with other mental effects such as Out Of This World is Smiths Myth. It can be done with the most beaten up old shuffled deck and is as strong a piece of mentalism as any. The first time I saw it done was by Slydini.
This is an effect that demands repetition and can be sold for all it's worth. I remember being invited to the house of a very well known sleight of hand artist and after witnessing some of his miricles he asked me to do one for him. Rather than embarress myself I performed Smiths Myth (which is virtually self working)and fooled the hell out of all the magicians present. To this day whenever I see this prominent magician, he always mentions how badly he was fooled with Smiths Myth.
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mook
New user
60 Posts
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Posted: Sep 10, 2005 12:24am
Met with Tony Picasso last week at his VIP lounge located in the International Hotel of Picasso off of Sunset in LA. He took my deck and did the best culling I have ever seen. He separated the cards into red and black after one quick cull. Truly amazing! I've seen culling, but nothing to this degree.
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Frank Starsini
Eternal Order
Northern California
12226 Posts
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Posted: Sep 10, 2005 12:29am
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On 2005-09-07 21:56, Larry Davidson wrote:
Carlyle's Homing Card
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gotta like that one!
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Suave Dan
Special user
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
652 Posts
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Posted: Sep 10, 2005 6:27am
Syngergy...3rd vote
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Samuel
Special user
Norway
831 Posts
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Posted: Sep 10, 2005 6:51am
Synergy gets a fouth vote
(ya'all is talking about the Penguin download? Or is there an other source?)
Samuel
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Suave Dan
Special user
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
652 Posts
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Posted: Sep 10, 2005 7:18am
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On 2005-09-10 06:51, Samuel wrote:
Synergy gets a fouth vote
(ya'all is talking about the Penguin download? Or is there an other source?)
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Penguin Download is where I learned it.
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Kevvy
Special user
702 Posts
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Posted: Oct 28, 2005 10:02pm
1) 'Psychometry' by MJM Magic.
2) My hybrid OOTW; Michael Ammar's impromptu version combined with Derren Brown's display in his version.
3) 'Unconscious Knowledge' by Jay Sankey.
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