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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24314 Posts |
A couple of days ago, I received two new items from Eduardo Kozuch of Argentina. Both items are similar in some respects, because the working is identical, but the results are different.
Four-Midable Cards Four spectators choose cards from a regular deck of playing cards. The magician mis-names the cards, then he shows a prediction, which is a jumbo card. Upon turning the jumbo card around, it is seen to be a 52 on 1 card. The magician admits that the trick is a bit weak, so he tears the 52 on 1 card into pieces. Then he waves his hand over the pieces. The pieces reassemble themselves into a jumbo card, which is seen to have the four selections on the face of it where the 52 on 1 card originally was. Lucky Shot Three spectators choose cards from a regular deck of playing cards. The magician mis-names the cards, then he shows a prediction, which is a jumbo card. Upon turning the jumbo card around, it is seen to be a 52 on 1 card. The magician admits that the trick is a bit weak, so he tears the 52 on 1 card into pieces. He holds the pieces of the jumbo card and allows the three spectators to pretend to fire shots at them. He unfolds the pieces to show that the card has reassembled itself into a 52 on 1 card with three bullet holes in it, each where one of the selections was. What you get You get 25 specially printed jumbo cards that can be looked at front and back (but not closely examined in the case of Lucky Shot). You also get an extra normal jumbo 52 on 1 card. The cards you will tear and restore are already prepared, so you don't need to do anything for your first performance and/or practice session. The method for each is fairly simple. Eduardo uses a torn and restored card technique that he credits to Brent Braun. This is actually very similar to the method Karrell Fox used in his clever newspaper tear called "Final Edition." You do need to force the selections. My sole negative criticism of these routines is that he doesn't teach even a simple card force. However, you should be able to force a card. There are plenty of methods out there. Also, he states that the items are usable for stage and parlor magic. The 52 on 1 cards are a bit difficult to read from stage distances, so I think I would limit this to parlor performances. No price on either one of these, but they are both excellent tricks. Well done, Eduardo!
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kreme New user 46 Posts |
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ekozuch Veteran user argentina 329 Posts |
Thank you bill, I just read this post now....(too late), you are right about that I did not teach any card force method, but I think that people who use it are already magicians, and they know or can easily learn a method wich suits their hability or skill.
I think this is an interesting point to discuss, should the instructions of the effect teach every single step to perform it or just explain how the gimmick or the trick works? I apologize if there is any gramatical mistake. |
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