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swayne100 Veteran user 389 Posts |
Looking for ideas and suggestions. Thanks!
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MatrixAddict New user 99 Posts |
Order and Chaos by Will Houstoun. This one is mind blowing for spectators and probably my favorite card trick.
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Gerald Deutsch Special user 526 Posts |
I posted this – with full explanation – on the Perverse Magic thread of the Genii Forum on April 1, 2016.
Quadruple Coincidence Effect “It’s our second date,” the magician says to the woman he hopes he will build a relationship with. “I just read something about a way to see if we are a compatible couple. Should we try it?” “Of course, says the woman with a smile. “What do we do?” “Well, the article says we need two decks of cards. Do you have two decks of cards?” “Sure, I’ll get them.” The woman brings in the cards and then: 1 The man has the woman pick up one deck and shuffle it while he shuffles the other deck. He then exchanges decks and each shuffle the new decks. “It’s important that both of us shuffle both decks. The original decks are again returned to the man and the woman. 2 “I read that it’s also important that we do everything as much alike as possible. Now I think you’re supposed to cut the deck into three piles. Yeah, Like that. Now pick up the top card of the middle pile and look at it but don’t show it to me and remember it. I’ll do the same with my cards. Okay, now we just put the card back and assemble the deck so that at this moment only you know the card you saw and only I know the card I saw. 3 Now hold my hand for a second. Good. Now if I remember this we have to change decks and we go through each other’s decks and when we see the card we looked at we just pull it half way up out of the deck but we don’t show each other our cards yet. Like this.” 4 In a few minutes both decks have a card protruding from the center. “Okay”, says the man, “Now just pull the card out face down on the table. 5 “Now cut off about three-quarters of the deck, like this. Good. Now count the cards in the smaller packet on the table like this. Good. I have thirteen. How many do you have? Thirteen? Hmmmm. This is interesting.” 6 “Now let’s see the cards we thought of. Hey – they match! I think we passed the compatibility test.” 7 The man then casually turns over the top cards of the four packets on the table and the two cards of the larger packet and the two cards of the smaller packet match. “Jeepers! Look at this! I don’t believe this!” he says. I’m going to find that article and write to the author and find out what this means!” Comment As presented this is an example of the sixth form of Perverse Magic – The performer explains something that will happen but doesn’t’ understand why it happens. Quadruple Coincidence has long been my favorite version of “Do As I Do” and appears on page 97 of “Scarne on Card Tricks and on page 543 of Hugards Magic Monthly. I’ve come to the conclusion that showing the matching of the selected cards should be done BEFORE showing the matching of the top cards of the packets and the top cards of the packets should be, as Harry Lorayne would say, “an afterthought”. |
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Ricardo Delgado Loyal user 230 Posts |
Total Coincidence, Tamariz, Sonata
I have studied it a little, but not enough to perform it. On Juan's hands it's beautiful. One of my favorites. Sympthetic Cards is fascinating! It brings really close together the visual and the mental aspects of magic. It's a very strong image created, even more so with stilish glasses. And the sensation that nothing was done by the performer and everything changed is mindblowing. |
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
Intuition- Trost
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Aaron Smith Magic Inner circle Portland, OR 1447 Posts |
Ortiz Psychotronic card
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dj Inner circle 1177 Posts |
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Huzzah New user 53 Posts |
I think a lot of people underestimate a good color changing deck routine. Possibly my favorite is Ortiz's Greek Poker. A poker demonstration followed by a triumph effect followed by the deck changing color. The routine is very well constructed so the audience really believes the deck to be blue, making the color change a great kicker ending
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Poof-Daddy Inner circle Considering Stopping At Exactly 5313 Posts |
I can't believe nobody has mentioned Dan Harlan's "A Little R&B" DVD. http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2538
I especially like the Star Trek effect but they are all effects that use both a red and a blue deck and the "special" card (that you get 5 of but probably have a bunch already) Great dvd and the effects are well taught.
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Don't spend so much time trying not to die that you forget how to live - H's wife to H on CSI Miami (paraphrased). |
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Alan M Elite user California 433 Posts |
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On Jan 4, 2018, magicfish wrote: Gets my vote, too. |
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
Another killer is The Ortiz' Unholy Three
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GlennLawrence Veteran user Randolph NJ 319 Posts |
It Can't Be! from Ken Krenzel
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martysh Special user Greenville,SC 522 Posts |
Red mango
Mark calabrese's Marty |
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JasonEngland V.I.P. Las Vegas, NV 1728 Posts |
I wouldn't say it's my "favorite" but there is an excellent beginner's trick in The Mark Wilson Complete Course in Magic that uses 2 decks (red and a blue). I don't recall the name right off hand.
Jason
Eternal damnation awaits anyone who questions God's unconditional love. --Bill Hicks
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Grafeno New user 3 Posts |
Total Coincidence or Triple Coincidence, by Juan Tamariz.
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jcroop Special user 771 Posts |
Several GREAT effects listed. I'll add David Regal's Flight of Fancy.
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Christopher Williams Inner circle Portsmouth, UK 4464 Posts |
Blind Luck by Dan Paulus
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steve ehlers Loyal user Tucson AZ 287 Posts |
Perfection Do As I Do by Al Koran.
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StarManager Inner circle Maui, Hawaii 1012 Posts |
I'm going to agree with jcroop that David Regal's Flight of Fancy is among the best (and easiest) 2 deck tricks available. You can order from david directly for $45 from www.DavidRegal.com. I've been doing magic for decades and I actually feel that for general audiences this may be one of the best card tricks period. It just is so clean and FRYs laymen. Regal has a tremendous mind and fantastic effects. He is a great creator and whenever I can support him I do. Check out the video of the effect. It is just like that and works perfectly every time. I want to add that while David does not go into this, it uses two decks - one red and one blue bicycle. Riders. Both are gaffed. Since most of us have a deck of red or blue bicycles (regular or gaffed) out on the table to do other tricks, getting into this one is VERY easy. Say you're working with a red deck and want to transition to Flight of Fancy. Both gaffs are in your kit or in your outside pockets. State you need a different color deck after finishing a trick with the red deck. Both hands go to pockets. Drop the used red and come out with the Regal red from one pocket and the blue from the other. Seemingly you are looking for another deck and both hands go to both pockets and the Red hand comes back with the (same?) red deck (now Regal's) and the other out with the Blue Regal. So simple and effective. Hope you enjoy. Fantastic trick!
"I'm a professional magician and once in a while I even work." Jonathan Todd Excelsior (StarManager)
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Roger Kelly Inner circle Kent, England 3332 Posts |
The first couple of effects from Barry Josephs, Inscrutable should pass the test.
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