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RogerTheShrubber Veteran user 301 Posts 
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Hands-Off Miracle is my favorite by a mile. I've done that one more often than all others in the book combined and have never had anyone catch on. However, you need to practice it over and over and over and over before even running it by a test audience. I've seen others try it and come across so poorly that they were busted on the spot. Once you've got the trick down and can do it well, you'll be baffling people forever.
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LoveKey1988 Elite user 443 Posts
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Check out my handling of this trick in Secret Sessions
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RogerTheShrubber Veteran user 301 Posts
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[quote]On May 31, 2014, LoveKey1988 wrote:
Check out my handling of this trick in Secret Sessions I look forward to doing so, but I have quite a few posts to go. When I can, I certainly will. Thanks. BTW, one more word on the original question: I remember getting a killer reaction from Automatic Pencil Writing. Those who need a trick to amaze kids into silence should try it. |
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nattefrost Special user 706 Posts
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Future Deck!
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DelMagic Special user 733 Posts
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Roger,
I love your Café name! Ni! John |
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galerius Loyal user Piemontese Alps ( Northwestern Italy ) 245 Posts
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On Jun 12, 2014, nattefrost wrote: Very clever ! And when you make people believe that things went the opposite way they actually did gives you an additional intimate pleasure 
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David Martin Regular user East Lyme, CT 118 Posts
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A personal favortie of mine from Scarne on Card Tricks is trick #5 Dunninger's Mental Card Trick. If you take the time to find an appropriate size crystal ball and a mini card. The effect is not only very errie for everyone involved, but also incredibly visual in an otherworldly sense...
Other favorites include: #100 Card on the Wall, #97 Scarne's Tappit, and #94 Martin Gardner's Five Nine King. David |
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nattefrost Special user 706 Posts
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Galerius- That's what I love about this effect (the way things happen the opposite way )- it is super clever. Sure, the deck can be only used for one effect, but you can easily switch it in and out during a routine and really pull off a cool effect.
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Jerskin Inner circle 2500 Posts
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One deck you do as I do. (page 25 in my edition)
GrEg oTtO
MUNDUS VULT DECIPI |
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Wabojeg New user Ann Arbor 78 Posts
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On Aug 28, 2007, the fritz wrote: I think the Carlyle effect was a Do As I Do plot. I got so much mileage out of that effect as a kid. My copy from when I was a kid is so worn out from reading that it barely holds together now, but I wouldn't part with it for the world. |
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RogerTheShrubber Veteran user 301 Posts
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No, the Carlyle effect is the third trick in the book and is exactly as the fritz describes.
BTW, regarding Automatic Pencil Writing, I should point out that I use a much different technique to force the card than the one recommended by the book. I prefer to eliminate unnecessary dealing whenever possible. |
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gomerel Elite user 458 Posts
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A friend who knows I do magic just found that for me at a friends of the library book sale. This thread will be useful in reading it.
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CraigMcK New user Only managed 50 Posts
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Kinda tempted to see if I can pick up a cheap copy from somewhere...
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CraigMcK New user Only managed 50 Posts
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Just checked, can get it 2nd hand from an Amazon reseller for less than a fiver.
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poolside New user Tampa, Florida 73 Posts
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Miraskill and Future Deck are beauties!
"It's a good feeling to know you're alive" - Fred Rogers
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FatherWilliam57.jpg "View Profile") New user Beaver, PA 73 Posts
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There are several copies on Flea Bay for less than $5.00 at the moment. (One less than a few minutes ago 'cause I just bought it! Can't wait to dig in...)
The Rev. William B. Henry, Jr.
"If this be magic, let it be an art..." - Leontes (Winter's Tale, Act 5, Scene 3) |
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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts
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I absolutely love this book and I'm glad this thread was necro'd. I thought I'd toss out a favorite titled Carlyle's Migrating Decks. Two deck of cards transpose, that is, all except two selected cards. It's a very strong trick and I urge folks to learn this bad boy - it's REALLY strong.
Miraskill has been mentioned a few times. Stewart James was a master whose influence resonates to this very day. If you love Miraskill, all I can say is that is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Anyhow, I don't want to derail the conversation about Scarne's (Braude's?) book. I was looking through the contents and the names of the magicians whose effects are included is like a pantheon of magic up to the 1950s although the Milton Berle trick has been rumored to be something that Scarne taught Berle - not that the Berle trick is that good, but it was kind of weird seeing the name of this guy who I think looked like a human Bugs Bunny. 
My buddy Turk wrote back in 2007 that magicians would talk down this book until he fried them with a few tricks from it. Well, let people talk down all they want as it keeps this jewel out of the wrong hands. We know better!
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Levi Bennett Inner circle 1866 Posts
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Thanks to this thread I ordered this from Amazon tonight. I can't wait!
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FatherWilliam57 New user Beaver, PA 73 Posts
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On Dec 9, 2007, Steve Landavazo wrote: I realize this is an old post, but wondered if someone could clarify what is being said here: I am aware of "Scarne Card Tricks" and "Scarne Magic Tricks" as separate publications. Am I to assume from the above post that both these books can be found under one cover? If so, what is the specific name of this compilation or the ISBN number? Multiple searches on the internet have led to naught...
The Rev. William B. Henry, Jr.
"If this be magic, let it be an art..." - Leontes (Winter's Tale, Act 5, Scene 3) |
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Kabbalah Inner circle 1621 Posts
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On Nov 24, 2014, FatherWilliam57 wrote: The name of the book is Scarne's Tricks. My edition is published by Crown Publishers, Inc. - New York. Copyright 1950 by John Scarne. There is no ISBN listed since the ISBN wasn't created until 1965.
"Long may magicians fascinate and continue to be fascinated by the mystery potential in a pack of cards."
~Cliff Green "The greatest tricks ever performed are not done at all. The audience simply think they see them." ~ John Northern Hilliard |
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