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krowboom
Loyal user
Chicago area
245 Posts
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Posted: Oct 26, 2008 1:09am
I bought the jumbo card McCombical Prediction. However, the decks only have 8 to 9 cards each. The price of the trick was half of what others were selling it for. I now think it cost half because other dealers are selling the trick that contain 2 full decks. Is this the case and will only having 8 to 9 cards of each deck make it difficult to perform this convincingly? Thanks.
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TedLashley
Regular user
El Campo, TX
183 Posts
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Posted: Oct 26, 2008 2:39pm
I've been using a McCombical Deck for years, and mine has only a few (8-10) cards in each packet. I think this is the way the effect was originally conceived, not with two full decks. Honestly, having two full decks would be over-kill for this effect, and using small packets is much easier to work with and in my opinion, the effect does not suffer from this at all. In fact, there are a few children's versions out that use the same McCombical principal, and they, too, use only a few cards in each packet.
TED
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krowboom
Loyal user
Chicago area
245 Posts
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Posted: Oct 26, 2008 8:24pm
Thanks. Makes sense to me.
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Hay Harrey
New user
40 Posts
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Posted: Oct 27, 2008 8:37am
I love this trick. David Williamson does a hilarious version with a cream pie.
Hay
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8thking
New user
50 Posts
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Posted: Nov 12, 2008 9:57am
You do only get a few cards with it... If you think about it, that's all you need...
Use it and see, it plays great for the $'s it costs.
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Bob Sanders
Grammar Supervisor
Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama
19261 Posts
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Posted: Nov 15, 2008 7:06pm
The original for jumbo cards only had a few cards. It works well.
Bob Sanders
Magic By Sander
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Logan Five
Inner circle
1276 Posts
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Posted: Jan 25, 2009 1:06am
I love this trick...
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ladirector
Regular user
128 Posts
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Posted: Jan 31, 2009 12:13am
Has anyone tried Todd Karr's version with 8 or 10 prints of famnous paintings?
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magicbob116
Inner circle
1481 Posts
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Posted: Feb 21, 2009 10:49pm
The painting version is "Mona Lisa McComb." I've performed this and gotten good reactions. The method is a little different than with playing cards, but it's well made. Some people have complained that the colors of the paintings are too dark, but I didn't find that to be a problem.
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Bob Sanders
Grammar Supervisor
Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama
19261 Posts
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Posted: May 7, 2009 10:35am
This is still one of favorites. It keeps the heat on the magician for errors rather than the volunteers.
Bob Sanders
Magic By Sander
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noble1
Special user
581 Posts
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Posted: May 7, 2009 12:39pm
Obsolete now, but Don Wayne used to sell a version with record album covers.
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msmaster
Elite user
479 Posts
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Posted: May 20, 2009 10:55pm
That's right, Copperfield did the Wayne version on one of his specials.
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Bob Sanders
Grammar Supervisor
Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama
19261 Posts
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Posted: May 29, 2009 10:40am
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On 2009-05-07 12:39, noble1 wrote:
Obsolete now, but Don Wayne used to sell a version with record album covers.
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You really know how to hurt a guy! LOL
I was doing well in the recording industry long before I could make much money at magic. I even did magic with cigarettes without filters!
Now I vanish a cage full of doves and say, "Gone! Like your 401-K!" (Responsible people with good thrift habits are victims.)
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chronica
Loyal user
France 94 Vitry s/s
246 Posts
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Posted: May 29, 2009 2:22pm
Is it possible to make the deck by myself (especially if you need only 8 or 9 cards) or you have to buy a gaffed one?
Friendly
Chronica
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Retchin
New user
96 Posts
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Posted: Aug 9, 2009 11:32am
What is the effect of the McCombical Prediction? If someone could say I would really appreciate it!
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AlexTong
New user
2 Posts
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Posted: Aug 16, 2009 8:01am
Can anyone tell me where to buy Jumbo Mccombical Prediction Deck? Magic shop that I usually buy stuff from is out of stock.
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BCaldwell
Special user
is really regretting his
524 Posts
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Posted: Aug 24, 2009 1:25pm
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On 2009-08-09 11:32, Retchin wrote:
What is the effect of the McCombical Prediction? If someone could say I would really appreciate it!
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Get an assistant from your audience. Show two decks, one blue backed and one red backed. You fan the blue deck and show the audience all different cards and remove one as a prediction (say the 5 of clubs)and show it to the audience placing in aside. You then fan the red deck and show tthe audience an entire deck of 5 of clubs, explaining your assistant will have a free choice of any of the cards. They "pick a card, any card" and remove it from the deck. Ask your assistant to name their card and act shocked when they announce King of Hearts. Have them show their card and it is the King of Hearts. Turn over your prediction and it matches. You have two different effects going for two different audiences. The assistant sees you make a prediction and getting it right and the audience sees you messin up then making it good.
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On 2008-10-26 01:09, krowboom wrote:
I bought the jumbo card McCombical Prediction. However, the decks only have 8 to 9 cards each. The price of the trick was half of what others were selling it for. I now think it cost half because other dealers are selling the trick that contain 2 full decks. Is this the case and will only having 8 to 9 cards of each deck make it difficult to perform this convincingly? Thanks.
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My jumbo set only has 13 or 14 of each card as well, but it makes sense to me now. The effect fits in a single card box and a full deck of each could prove difficult to handle easily. Just my two cents.
"...that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." Dennis Miller 
~Bob~
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magicbern
Inner circle
Hong Kong, China
1104 Posts
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Posted: Aug 28, 2009 5:47am
Aldo Colombini has a great no-gaff version called Jumbo Jumble that's well worth checking out.
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Zebaztian
Special user
The Netherlands
648 Posts
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Posted: Sep 21, 2009 3:50am
You can make this effect yourself, using roughing spray and a one way forcing deck. If you use 9 jumbo cards, you need 9 cards which are the same (or 10, that depends on how you look at it).
My mind reading routines: http://www.basjongenelen.nl/goocheltrucs/. Scroll a bit down to the English routines.
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Regan
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Inner circle
U.S.A.
5439 Posts
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Posted: May 17, 2012 10:50am
Isn't...or wasn't there a version of this made with jumbo cards using a method other than r**** & s*****? If so, is it still available?
Regan
Mister Mystery
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