Magic Tricks Exposed

Derren Brown's Mental Card Selection

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:52:00 +0000

Here is a great way to have someone think of any card you want. Derren Brown has done this many times.

The 5 of Hearts
“Ok, what I want I to do is to go with me here…listen to what I’m going to
tell you…look at me closely…ok…don’t think of your favourite card…or
any one card in particular…just see it as it comes to you…ok?
Excellent…ok…I want u to see a card…nice and bright…burn it in your
mind (hold your fist to your forehead)…good and a suit (move your fist to
your heart…pat it on your heart a few times)…good…and make it a card I
wouldn’t usually go for…a slightly strange card…an ordinary one...an
odd (emphasise odd slightly with voice tonality) card…now see its value (as
u do this open your fist out so the 5 fingers are spread — wave this across
from left to right or vice versa quickly…but not so quick they don’t register it for
a second or so. Use your hand like you are emphasising what you are
saying…don’t pay too much attention to it)…ok…and once you have the
value stick with it…”
And they mostly say the 5 of hearts. U can reveal the card how u wish …I’ll
leave that up to your own personal preference.

3 of diamonds
To do this effect all you need is one card (3 of diamonds).
Put the card in your jacket pocket and you are ready to perform the effect.
Here is the script to do the effect.
“I have a card in my pocket (take card out, don’t show the face of the card)
look here it is, I know what it is because I have it here, I am going to try
and transmit this playing card to you. If you try and guess what it is or if
you go for your favourite card or try and catch me out you will get it
wrong, so don’t just pay attention and see if you can get it. I’ll put it in
my pocket for later. Here’s what you do you build an image in your mind
imagine a screen you’ve got a screen in you mind like that imagine the
little number down at the bottom and up at the top like that and the
things down the middle the bum bum bum down the centre of the card,
visualise that in you mind on the screen make the colour bright and
strong and vivid so you can see it clearly with the suit the screen and the
4 corners visualise that, now sharply in your mind look at me and now
say it out loud, say the card you have don’t change your mind, have you
got it (wait for name of card (3 of diamonds)) then reveal the card in your
pocket.

NOTE:
1. while saying “imagine a screen you’ve got a screen in you mind like
that” put you hands in a diamond shape (like picture))
2. while saying “imagine the little number down at the bottom and up at
the top like that” draw a 3 with your finger down at the bottom and up at
the top (like a playing card has) make sure you draw the 3 backwards so
the subject sees it the correct way round)
3. While saying “bum bum bum” point 3 times with your finger each point for
each “bum” also put each point under the other.
4. While saying “down the centre of the card” point with 3 of your fingers on
the same hand vertically
5. Every time you say “screen” put your hand in that diamond shape.
All of this sublimely tells you to pick the 3 of Diamonds. How? Well, you put
your hands in a diamond shape (yes a DIAMOND shape) then you draw a 3 at
the top and bottom (yes a 3) then you say bum 3 times. Then you point with 3
fingers and finally you tell them to make the colour bright and strong and vivid
(which can only be red).
So let’s look at the language you need to use to force the card you want…
If you want a red card use words like —
Colourful, Bright, Warm, Burn, Intense, Vibrant, Rich and so on…
If you want a black card use words like —
Dark, Cold, Mysterious, Shadowy, Faint, Dim and so on…
(I’ll leave the postfixes of these words and the ways u work these into your
presentation up to you — you guys are smart enough to make your own great
patter up after all…)
Suits —
Hearts — Patting your fist on your chest…’Feel a suit’…
Diamonds — The D.B. hand move works well…else ‘see a suit…warmly
and richly in your mind’…
Clubs — ‘See the suit emerging from the sort of klutzes n bums…’
Spades — ‘See the spare suit’…‘Don’t dig around for the suit let it come
to u’…
If you want a number card use words and phrases like —
‘An ordinary one’…‘A regular card’…‘A simple card’…etc etc…
If you want an even card use words and phrases like —
‘Even see the value of the card appearing’…‘A regular value’…‘A nice
neat value’ and so on…
If you want an odd card use words and phrases like —
‘A slightly strange card’…‘An odd card’…etc etc…
If you want a court card use words and phrases like —
‘Paint it in your mind’…‘See it like a picture/painting’…‘See it in fine
detail’…and so on…
If you want a court values use words and phrases like —
Ace — ‘Cool card’…‘Popular Card’…‘Make it a winner’…
King — ‘Important’…‘Dominant’…‘LinKING with’…
Queen — ‘Precious’…‘Protect’…‘Pretty’…
Jack — ‘Don’t make the value too obvious’… ‘Not a member of a pair’…
(this ones a tuffy!!)
So there we are…your going to have to build your own patter around these
starting points…and that is all they are but in theory you should now be able to
suggest any card in the deck…
Don’t underestimate the power of voice tonality and hand motions too…though
it’s not too hard to figure some out for the card your doing.

Classic Coin Matrix

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:20:00 +0000

A great classic trick. Impromptu. Uses only 4 coins and 4 cards. If you need any clarification with this, just ask!

Learn The "coin Matrix " - Click here for this week’s top video clips

Help Support Us

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:17:00 +0000

Since we are doing this for free, help us out by visiting this great website. We are adding more tricks, so this would really help! They have great novelty IDs, which come in handy for many tricks! Take a look at them!

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Criss Angel's Levitation

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:59:00 +0000

Here is a very brief part of his levitation. It doesn't show how to construct the whole thing, but gives you an understanding of what is being done. This is very similar to the Icarus Effect, another levitation!

Back!

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:58:00 +0000

Sorry about the very long delay. I have been extremely busy, and haven't really been doing much with this site. I am hoping to get back into it ASAP. Feel free to email me any tricks you would like to see on here! Thanks guys!

Gambling PSA

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:41:00 +0000

Here's a video I had to make for my TV production class last year. I did it on a Gambling PSA. Let me know what you think!

Cough Cough by David Blaine

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:22:00 +0000

Performance: The magician has a card selected and signed.

The card is then shuffled into the pack by the spectator and it is the magicians job to locate it.

Unfortunately the magician cannot seem to get it right, but after a few attempts, the magician seems to actually regurgitate a tightly folded card.

It is the spectators card, with their signature.

Preparation: You need a pen and a deck of cards .

Method: Have the spectator select a card from the deck and show it to the audience.

After the card is signed control it to the top of the deck by means of a Hindu Shuffle control or a revolving pass.

The deck is now held in the standard dealing position in the left hand ( with the chosen card at the top )

Get a finger break under the top card and palm with your right hand immediately.

Flourish the rest of the deck with a one hand cut, or one hand shuffle with your left hand and offer it to a spectator to simply mix up the cards.

Make sure the spectator starts to shuffle because some stubborn people start to look through the deck looking for their card.

Then turn your back making this move seem natural to show that there is no possible way that you could know where the card is.

At this time you are folding the palmed card into eighths. ( The smaller the better ) This is easy, as your back is turned you can use both hands to do this and then slip the tiny package in your mouth between your cheek and gum.

Turn around to face the audience. As the card is folded so tightly in your mouth, you can talk normally.

Take the cards and act as if you messed up .

Turn over a couple of cards to reveal what was supposed to be their selection. The card will of course be the wrong selection.

Do whatever you want, just make yourself look bad.

As soon as people start to laugh at you, act as if your hurt, as if something inside of you is wanting to get out.

Make the audience curious, and have the suspense build up.

As soon as they reach their peak work the card out of your lips and and slowly spit the card out onto the palm of your hand.

Unfold it, and watch the audience scream as they see that it is the chosen signed card.

It looks as if you somehow swallowed the card beforehand and regurgitated it back up again.

Levitation Kit

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:11:00 +0000

You get 20 feet of non-stripped invisible thread and a case of magician's wax. It also comes with instructions on how to perform the levitating card (hover card) and ways to levitate other small objects. Normally sells for over $20 at some places, however, you can get it here for $5! Free shipping!

Price: $5 USD

Magician's Wax

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:03:00 +0000

Perform tons of tricks with this magician's wax. Allows you to perform the floating card, card through window, etc. Normally retails for over $10 but we are currently selling it for $3. This is enough wax for multiple tricks to be done. This is currently the same wax that I use. For international shipping, please contact me.

Price: $3 USD

*Note* The picture shown is not the same wax, however, it is similar.

Invisible Thread

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:44:00 +0000

This will be one of many products we will offer you for purchase. It is usually a utility that you may need for a trick, at a cheaper cost. This product is 20 feet of non-stripped invisible thread. This allows you to do amazing and easy tricks such as levitations with cards and other small objects. This normally runs for over $10. We are selling it for $4 plus free shipping to anywhere in the U.S. Email me for shipping prices for everywhere else!

Flow

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:42:00 +0000

Effect: The spectator sees takes a bottle of water and is asked to pour a little bit out, then she is asked to pour the bottle over her hand . When the magician tells her to move away her hand, the water doesn't spill out. The magician then takes a toothpick and pushes it up the water bottle and it goes to the top. On the count of three, the water spills out.
Demo: Flow
Explanation: You need to buy those little gooey balloons that you blow up with a little straw type thing. You can find these at basically any dollar store. Next, you need to blow some of it at the mouth piece of the water bottle. Then you add a tiny bit of water on top of the film in the water bottle. Then you follow the performance. To do the toothpick part, you need to lick the toothpick and push it up. It is basically self working.

Help Me Out

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:54:00 +0000

I know I haven't posted in a while. I've been busy but I promise that's going to change. I will be making several videos including Kaos and King Rising. One favor I would like to ask is if you can sign up for this website. What you do is sign up through my link, and you view an advertisement. Once you view one advertisement, you earn a penny, and so do I. It's basically a win win situation. There are a certain amount of sites u can view per day, but it does add up. Also, if you sign up through my link and are active with it, shoot me an email with literally any request and I will personally make you a video for it. It would really help me out!

Thanks!

Here's the link.

Derren Brown Poker

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:58:00 +0000

Effect:
10 cards are taken from the deck. These cards are shuffled by the volunteer and handed back to Derren. Derren deals 1 card to the volunteer and one to himself. He then places the remaining 8 cards in front of him. Asking the volunteer if he's a good poker player (the guy is and has ben picked specifically because of this) Derren asks if he thinks he could get the best hand if he got to chose which cards he wanted. He proceeds to hold up the cards 2 at a time and allows the volunteer a "seemingly" free choice to chose which one he wants to keep. I say seemingly because Derren makes out he's using some kind of psychological skills to make the guy chose which card he wants him to take. End result... of course Derren wins.

Explanation:
This idea of psychologically forcing a card on someone is a very nice idea and something I'm very interested in... but total nonsense in this case. It's a good patter to have though as it takes peoples thinking away from what's really going on. The volunteer will be looking to double bluff the magician and trying to read signals from him to do the reverse, oblivious to the fact the trick has already been set. It makes no difference what he does.
The 10 cards picked aren't random..... the ones he uses in the special are three aces, three kings, three sevens and a queen - so I'll go with this setup. Basically, all Derren does is when selecting the 10 cards leaves the queen on top. He then palms the top card (the queen) off the top and hands the 9 cards to the volunteer to shuffle, they wont notice a card is missing unless they're really good. When the volunteer hands the 9 cards back the queen gets palmed back on top. He then deals the queen to the volunteer and a random card to himself. Then he goes into the patter of psychollogy etc. It makes no difference what the volunteer choses, beause he has the queen he will lose. It's as simple as that.
To try and explain this - imagine you are the volunteer and you have the queen - the best hand you can possibly have is three of a kind (three aces, a king and the queen). Not bad, but you will still lose because Derren will have three of a kind and a pair (3 sevens and 2 kings). At the start of the game Derren merely has to deal the queen to his opponent, and then he will win no matter what cards his opponent chooses.
You can alter the cards around for this trick to try and vary it slightly (3 two's instead of sevens, a jack instead of the queen etc), but it's always good to have Aces, Kings and a Queen... it brings out the greediness in people. Hope I've explained this well enough.

Gambling Tricks of the Trade

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:50:00 +0000

Thanks to Master of Trickery for this video.
http://media.putfile.com/Gambling-Expose

Cheating at Cards

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:47:00 +0000

So you've got those moves down. Ready to put them to action?

So, what should you do at your first game that you INTEND on all out cheating? What steps should you take to ensure that you're not caught and beaten to death by your "friends". This article will discuss such things in hopes of better preparing you, so that your first experience will be a successful one (and hopefully won't end up with broken limbs :P)

Firstly, one should first consider the conditioning/preparations BEFORE the game. Things you should do include warming up your hands. This is only really required if you plan on advantage playing the first few hands to get a remarkable lead early on, as you want your hands to be as nible as possible. If I want to do this, I normally play guitar or bass for a little while doing extremely "techniquey" stuff. I don't know about you guys, but whenever I pick up cards after playing guitar my hands feel incredibly lively and ready to perform. If you don't have or play a guitar, then I suggest just doing passes over and over again to warm up your hands, and get the joints in motion. You could also do some deals/stacks or whatever you plan on doing that night just to see how your hands are responding that day.

After your hands are sort of ready, you might want to consider, like many different sources say, some brand of hand lubrication. Normally, I just use and unscented hand lotion that doesn't leave a huge film on my hands. It is important to use unscented for two reasons: One, they'll make fun of you if your friends smell it, and two: If they are at all aware of card cheating, if they smell hand lotion, they'll suspect something's up. Being unsuspected is the most important aspect.

So by now you're all prepped and ready to take the entire game down. As I said it is best to show minimal dexterity with the cards. So don't just walk in and be like "hey guys, lets play" while openly faroing and sybling the cards. This is just plain stupid. Also don't announce that you can do card tricks of any sort. You want to take a relaxed persona, not a total naive persona, as they should assume that you know how to play the game, but try not to come off as "intense" as you want to minimize the amount of attention you recieve. Do not try to be the centre of attention.

My preference for advantage playing is base dealing, as it seems to be the easiest, and least fuss/preparation of all the different methods. Typically though, I'll throw in some faro stacks if the number of players is 4 or 8 at the time.

At any rate, don't try to win every pot. This is just a bad idea. Try to win only the pots that are worth winning. Fold the rest, or play them honestly and tightly. It's always nice to have a reassuring smile that encourages players to join in the "fun" that is throwing ridiculous amounts of money into the pot. Try to keep everybody at ease by being personable and unintimidating. However, remember that you are effectively trying to take their money, so don't get too chummy and start exchanging personal information.

The last little bit of advice that I can give the potential advantage card player is not to lose your cool. As they say in "Shade", "You have to have the stones to move under fire." Be prepared to take action under the most nerve racking situations. Given, it is plain stupid to outright false deal when everybody's attention is on the cards, and you must choose your time to cheat correctly. It is helpful (if not required) to be able to excecute all moves without looking at the cards whatsoever. This allows you to look the players directly in the eyes, thereby drawing their attention away from the cards. Be aware that probably the first time, your hands will probably shake slightly, and this is normal until you get used to it. In the learning period, don't try to deal yourself overly complex hands. What I mean by this, is if you're playing Hold 'Em (which everybody plays nowadays), and a hand ended and you see an ace, just scoop it to the bottom of the pack and deal it to yourself somehow, but play the rest of the hand clean. Don't start off dealing yourself full houses or four of a kinds, and for the love of god, don't deal yourself royal flushes. For gambling demonstrations for laypeople, this looks impressive, but most of the time a nice ace high flush will take the pot or even trips will win. No need to arouse suspicion by dealing yourself highly unlikely hands every hand.

On that note, you don't necessarily have to do any sort of bottom dealing or second dealing whatsoever to successfully cheat at a card game. I've tried this alternate method just for kicks, and it worked out quite well. Here's how it works:
Deal yourself fairly, and while everybody (you need to be playing noobs) is checking their cards, look at yours, and don't bother reading other players, and then if you have an ace, king, or queen, just gambler peek (to be later described in another topic) and pass it to the top so that it will appear in the flop or turn or river. This eliminates a lot of risk in some aspects, in that you can deal very openly, but then there is the downside of having to peek at the cards and execute 1 or 2 passes per hand. Whether or not you choose to use this is ultimatley up to you.

At any rate, that's just a few words of advice from my minimal experience in the game. For the record, I've done it quite a bit but not in extremely fast company, so I can only advise you on what I've experieced. I wish you the best of luck, and please, don't abuse this. It's extremely rewarding but you must begin to question your morals. I know I have. It's quite the unethical thing to do, but as they say on cardshark.com or whatever, everybody inheriently tries to cheat. I think it's basically all about who can do it better. If you have the talent, why not use it?

Oh yes, disclaimer: I do not adivse anybody to do this for real money. Entertainment purposes ONLY.

Matrix Levitation

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:42:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iicRMrYe3nE

The Matrix
METHOD: This effect is basically accomplished through the aid of a gimmick that

consists of a dual leg/back brace that locks out at just under 90%, which will help support

your body weight, combined with several mechanisms to shift your center of gravity

away from your upper body, allowing you to stay balanced while leaning backward at an

impossible angle. Simple, huh?

Making the Gimmick: To create the gimmick, you’re going to need (or at least

need access to) several things.

1. One or two (depending on your height) 5 gallon heavy duty plastic buckets (wal-mart,

lowes, k-mart…etc.).

2. A drill. (wal-mart, lowes, k-mart…etc.).

3. A hinge that locks out. (wal-mart, lowes, k-mart…etc.).

4. A jigsaw. (wal-mart, lowes, k-mart…etc.).

5. Steel toe boots. (wal-mart, lowes, k-mart, shoe stores, sporting good stores…etc.).

6. 2 pairs of the heaviest ankle weights you can find (no lighter than 10 lbs, totaling

40lbs…4x10=40) (wal-mart, lowes, k-mart, sporting good stores…etc.)

7. Some socks. (If you don’t know where to get socks, stop reading this book, and go

buy a helmet…which can be found at wal-mart or k-mart or sporting good stores).

8. Six nuts and bolts. (wal-mart, lowes, k-mart…etc.).

9. A sharpie marker. (wal-mart, k-mart, gas stations…etc)

10. Some elastic bands large enough to fit around your leg. (wal-mart, k-mart, sporting

good stores…etc.)

11. Some sandpaper. (wal-mart, lowes, k-mart…etc.).

12. Two pairs of pants, one a size or two smaller than the other (Pants-R-Us)

And last but not least

12. A measuring tape. (wal-mart, lowes, k-mart…etc.).

Probably the most random shopping list you’ve ever seen. But don’t worry, it’s going to

start making sense in a minute. Hopefully. The first step in making this gimmick, is to

create the leg/back brace.

Making the leg/back brace-

1. The first thing you’re going to do is take your own personal measurements for the

leg/back brace. You want to take several separate measurements. First, you want to take

the width of your waist. Not all the way around, just from one side of your hip to the

other. Then, measure the length from just under your armpit, to your hip bone. This will

be the back brace part of the gimmick. Now, you’re going to draw out the exact

measurements of your back onto the bucket, except for this piece, and this piece only,

you’re going to add about an inch and a half to the length. What’s going to end up

happening is that you’re going to draw a rectangle with the two shorter sides being the

width of your hips, and the two longer sides being the length from your armpit to your

hip. Cut out this rectangle with your jigsaw, and sand the edges with the sandpaper until

they are smooth and have no sharp parts. Now, you’re going to do the do the exact same

thing (measure, draw, cut, sand), except you’re going to do it with the measurements

from the top of your buttock to your knee pit (the part just behind your knee), and from

your knee pit to your ankle. You’re going to end up with three separate pieces.

2. Now, You’re going to hinge the two leg pieces together. So, take the hinge, mark

where the holes need to be on the plastic pieces, drill the holes, and hinge the upper leg

part to the lower leg part with the hinge and nuts and bolts. Make sure the hinge is facing

the right direction. It should be attached so that it acts as sort of a knee between the two

leg pieces. (Note that the leg pieces should wrap comfortably around your own leg, with

the hinge directly behind your knee, and locking out in the position your leg would be in

if you were sitting down in a chair).

3. Now, you’re going to connect the leg piece to the back piece with the nuts and bolts

the same way you connected the two leg pieces, minus the hinge. You want this gimmick

to be attached to your strongest leg, so adjust it accordingly. Since most people are right

handed (right legged?), I’ll describe it from the right leg perspective. You want to

overlap the two pieces about an inch or an inch and a half, the upper leg on top, and

drill/bolt them together with bolts about an inch from each side. Since this is the right

leg, you want the right side of the gimmick to be completely flat, and the left side to be

the side that has the back brace section sticking out. You would simply reverse this for

the left leg.

Attaching the Gimmick- Now, you’re going put on your smaller pair of pants, and lay

the gimmick flat against the back of your leg OVER the small pants. Take the elastic

bands and wrap two of them around your lower leg, and two around your upper leg,

helping to fasten the gimmick in place. Now, you’re going to put on your regular pants

over top of the gimmick, and the small pants.

Adjusting Your Center of Gravity- Don’t go and try the effect yet, because, unless you

have very good balance, your center of gravity is too far towards your upper body, and

will just make you fall over and get hurt. You need to do a few things to help push your

center of gravity more towards your lower body, allowing you to balance more easily.

The first thing you’re going to do is attach all 4 ankle weights to your gimmicked leg.

They should be stacked one on top of the other, running from your ankle to just under

your knee. Walking to be uncomfortable, but for an effect like this, it’s well worth it.

It’s going to be hard for you to walk with 40+ pounds strapped to one leg and not the

other at first, but you’ll soon get used to it. Then, you need to take two socks, fold each

of them in half, stack them on top of each other, and place them in the heel of your right

(if your gimmick is on your right foot) steel toe boot. This is going to cause you to stand

sort of tiptoe on this one foot, shifting your center of gravity more towards your leg. The

combination of the heavy steel toe boot, the tiptoe positioning of your foot inside the

boot, and the ankle weights will be enough to shift your center of gravity more towards

your legs, and allow you balance better.

Performance- Now you’re ready to perform. With everything in place, have two

spectators hold your hands (one on each side of you), and slowly lower you back. You

want to do this very, very slowly. Not only does this give the illusion a more realistic

feel, but it helps to prevent the gimmick from snapping, and not only ruining your hard

work, but embarrassing you and possibly causing you SERIOUS injury. As soon as

you’re bent back in position and you can feel yourself being supported and balanced by

your right leg, tell them to open your hands, and allow you to let go of them. Slowly,

slowly, slowly let go of their hands, showing that you’re suspended in mid-air. Keep this

position for several seconds, and then slowly lift your left leg into the air. The funny

thing is that lifting your left leg straight out actually helps you balance by shifting your

center of gravity even further towards your legs. Keep this position for as long as you

want, being careful to keep your balance and not fall (falling could break the gimmick,

and possibly break YOU). As soon as you’re ready to get up, call for your assistants to

come over, grab your hands, and help you get back to your feet.

Stapled!

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:53:00 +0000

The Stapled! routine in AoA1 is a great routine, but I wanted to make a version where the Jokers never come in contact with the deck, and the result was this one, which I think has a very nice surprise at the end.

Pre-work: Rip the tabs off the mouth of your card box. Put a staple in a Joker and then remove it. Put another normal joker from another deck (to be clear: neither one should have a guarantee) on top of the deck and the pre-stapled joker on top of that. Put the deck in the box so that it faces the side of the box with the half-moon cut-out on it. When you start your routine, pull out all cards except the two jokers and replace the box on the table with the half-moon down and away from you. If you're right-handed, set it to your right. Do a few tricks before coming back to this one.

1) Spread out the deck and have a card selected. Signed on the face if you like, although this is far from necessary. Have it replaced and control to the top however you like. May I suggest my Dribble Cover Pass or the Thumb Slide? Immediately top palm as you mention that you need the Jokers from the box.

2) Ask to have the deck shuffled by the spec and hand it to him. Immediately, yet deliberately, put your palming hand on the box, palm down (obviously), pick it up, turn it over, and grab it from above with your other hand, letting the fingers and thumb hold the card in place. Use the now free hand to flick the flap out of the box and fold it back slightly. You may recognize this sequence from Wilson's "Joke In The Box."

3) Pull the two jokers a half in. and then keep pulling the top one all the way out. Turn this card face down, and stick it back in the box half-way as if to pull out the other joker, but let the fingers go all the way under the box, receive the spectator's card which you now drop onto them, and pull it up past the bump in the flap.

4) Now, holding the top joker with your thumb and the spec's card with your finger flip the card box over and onto the table so that the box arrives on the table flap up and toward you and the boxed joker arrives at the bottom of the box at the same time.

5) Spread the two cards you're left holding, showing the now face-up guarantee joker. Put them both in the other hand, and pick up the stapler. Put a staple in the middle of the cards in exactly the same place the boxed joker was stapled.

6) Use the thumb of the hand holding the cards to fold down the bottom card to prove they are genuinely stapled. Do that fake turnover move where you rotate your hand and flip out the cards with your thumb at the same time to place them in the other hand rotated 180 degrees but not actually flipped. Pull back the corner with the thumb of the opposite hand, but don't mention why this time. . .that would be over-proving. Drop them as-is on the table.

7) If you like, casually show your empty hand and then use it to push the flap back in the box. Don't point out that you're doing this: ask whether the deck is thoroughly shuffled instead. Pick up the box and drop it on the stapled cards. Have the spec put the deck on top of the box and his hand on top of that. Ask him to steadily but not too firmly apply pressure to the deck (if he presses too hard, he will crush the box, duh). Tell him his card will pass through the deck through the box and in between the cards that are stapled together.

8) Pull off the hand, deck, and box, and act surprised that there are only two cards on the staple. Show that the bottom card is still a joker, and turn it over and again act surprised that the other card isn't. Ask if it's the spec's card (it is, duh). Spread out the deck face up and try to find the missing joker. You also give suspicious folk a chance to check for dupes if you didn't have the card signed.

9) When you don't find the joker, let the spec open the box to find the other joker with staple holes still in it. Tell them they must have pushed too hard.

A Quaint Happening

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:48:00 +0000

Effect: Two decks in their boxes on the table. Spectator choses one, shuffles it and cuts the deck. He names the value of the card he cut to. You take the remaining deck, take it out of its box, count down from the top of the deck the amount of cards equal to the value they told you, and you find that at that number is the exact same card as the one they cut to!

Setup: (deck 1)Take a deck and take out all the hearts and clubs. Shuffle those two suits together so they're in no particular order. Here's how you re-stack the deck. From the back to the face: 6 indifferent cards, 13 hearts and clubs, 13 indifferent cards, the remaining 13 hearts and clubs, the remaining 7 indifferent cards. Put that deck in its box.

(deck 2)Take another deck and take out all the hearts and clubs. Keep them seperate from each other. Stack the two suits so they each run from ace to king, ace being at the back and king being at the face. Take the remaining of the deck, cut it approximately in half and turn one half over so they are now face to face. Place the clubs face down on one side and place the hearts face down on the other side. You can now deal from either side of the deck and be dealing through either hearts or clubs, in order from ace to king. When you reach the king, the next cards are still face down for several cards. Put this deck in its box. Make sure you know which suit is on which side.

Make sure you know which deck is which. If you want you can use a red deck and a blue deck.

Method: Ask them to pick up one of the decks. If they pick up deck 1, have them take out the cards and proceed with the trick. If they pick deck 2, have them hand it to you, you take out the cards and hand them the cards.

They now hold deck 1. Have them cut it in half and riffle shuffle them together. What they have just done is put all the hearts and clubs in the center of the deck in a big chunk. Have them cut somewhere in the middle of the deck and to show which card they cut to. It will be a heart or a club. Let's say it is the 6 of clubs.

You pick up the remaining deck and take the deck out of its box so clubs is on top. That means that if you inserted the deck with the clubs against the half moon cut out, open the box and take it out so that side is up most. You don't want to take out the deck with the wrong side up and have to turn the deck over only to show backs on the other side too. Also make sure not to spread the cards on the bottom of the deck because they are face up. Cleanly deal down the amount of cards equal to the value of their card, in this case 6. The sixth card will be the 6C. If they had cut to the 6H, you would have taken the deck out the other side up and the 6th card would have been the 6H.

No New Post in a While

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:37:00 +0000

Sorry for the delay in posting. I have been really busy with work and school. I will be posting more, new magic very shortly. I would greatly appreciate it if people donated money. This lets me buy new products and lets you know how they are done. It is a $15 donation. If you do in fact donate, I will make you a personal video on how to do any trick. I will make you 5 videos for just about ANY trick. It would also really help me out. Thanks guys!

Review of Fraud

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:43:00 +0000

First off, I was a bit skeptical about this effect. I had a large amount of problems with E. I really liked the trick though, and love all of Garcia's effects. I thought I would give them another try. I got this DVD with no problem.
Effect: You borrow a dollar bill, have them sign it, then you move the seal from one side of the bill to the other.
DVD: The DVD quality is HD and is excellent. The artwork is pretty nice, too.
Teaching: The teaching is great. He goes over EVERYTHING into detail. You will not have any questions. He explains everything clear and well.
The Gimmick: It does require a gimmick. You will most likely have everything you need to perform this effect. There is a slight chance, however, that you will not. I would say about 95% of you have it. If you do not have it, it can be rather expensive. I am sure you can use your friend's or use it at work if you have it. The gimmick took me about 15 minutes to make for the first time. You will want to make a few gimmicks so you will be set for a week or so, depending on how often you perform this effect.
Angles: This trick is ALMOST angle proof. Depending on how you perform it, it can be 100% angle proof. The way I perform it, it can be almost completly surrounded. You can though perform this completly surrounded.
Difficulty: Once the gimmick is set up, a five year old could perform this effect.
Reset: This effect has about a 30 second reset, maybe less. You can not reset in public but it will be rather quick to reset the trick.
Reactions: I performed this effect for my mom the second day I got it. It took me only about 15 minutes of practice. My mom sat there and stared at the bill. She was dumbfounded. She said it was a really good trick I performed.
Price: With shipping, this trick cost me $30 USD. I would say it was well worth the price.
Overall: If you do not mind set up and making a gimmick, then I would HIGHLY reccomend this trick. The reactions are great. It is a reputation maker. However, if you do not like set up, you will probably be dissapointed in this trick and not like it.
8.5/10

Review of Ellusionst

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:55:00 +0000

I heard about this company a while ago. I decided to check them out when first starting magic. Now I will admit, they do have SOME great exclusive tricks, such as Fraud. However, in my opinion, it is all about money to them. What ever happened to a simple magic store that sells magic tricks? Ellusionist is selling everything from T-Shirts to Dog Tags. I feel they will sell and do anything to make a quick buck. It is also funny how ALL their reviews for tricks and products are simply amazing. Every trick is just the greatest thing known to man and simply could not get better. When you read a review of a trick on their website, you simply read 10/10 reviews. You never read the real honest reviews. Can a trick really be that amazing that it deserves a perfect 10? No, not unless it is REAL magic, which none of these tricks are. How come no bad reviews you ask? Not because there are no bad reviews, but because it may tell the truth, which Ellusionist does not do much of. I feel that they hype up every product possible in every possible way. They make Hollywood movie trailers, which are used just to sell the trick. I would much rather see the trick with NO editing then what they do. Also, the prices are outrageous. Just for one example, an uncut sheet of playing cards. Those playing cards that run about $3 a deck. Just imagine that before it being cut. Well, you can get it from Ellusionist if you are willing to spend $250. $250 for uncut cardboard? I don't even have to explain why that is outrageously ridiculous, I am sure you can figure it out. Now this is just my honest opinion of Ellusionst. I am not saying do not shop/associate with them, I just wanted to give my honest opinion from an honest guy, unlike the people at Ellusionist.

Hershey Kiss by Cyril Takayama

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:34:00 +0000

Demo: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YtDLJEJLwho&search=

Anyhow, let's get on it.

Preparation

1. Hershey Kiss Playing Card.
I recommend photo paper (the one with the shiny look) to print the Hershey Kiss on (link for image should be below). If you don't have photo paper, try the normal one but make sure it's neat. With an exacto knife, you'll need to cut the shape of the Hershey Kiss as near of the edges as possible, then with Rubber Cement or normal Glue Stick, stick it on the back of a playing card. If you have some spare Double Backer, It'd be even better (I'll explain later on)
http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/images/pw030616c.jpg (make sure to print on in White and black to make sure the size is right)

2. Get the Hershey kiss

Method

Have the Hershey kiss under the deck (which is in mechanic's grip) and the card with the Hershey kiss print on it on the bottom. Make a spectator choose a card, and if you desire, make the spectator sign it. While they are look at their card, swing cut half the deck in your hand that has the Hershey kiss. So far, what you have is, The Hershey kiss, random pack of cards, and in your other hand, on the bottom of the other part of the deck, the special card and the rest of the deck. Put the spectator card under the special Hershey card, and just dribble the rest of the card on it. Use whatever pattern you want to make the spectator kiss the deck or any pattern you want to make the Hershey kiss appear. Spread the card, and find the card. Take every card on top of the Hershey kiss card in your pocket, and do a double lift to show the spectator's card. Now, what you should have is Their card, random card face up (if you have a double backer then just the back of a face), rest of the deck face down, and a Hershey kiss in your hand. Make sure you do this fast enough so they don't notice. In mechanic's grip, take the whole deck except THEIR card (slide it off) with your other hand and, really fast, put the rest of the deck in your pocket. So basically, you have a face up card, and the Hershey kiss in your hand. Make a spectator cup their hand, and just produce it like the video :o

I hope I was clear enough... I tend to over say things. Just tell me how I did =).

This trick is really effective with girls =).

Another point would be to, really, I mean, really use a double backer, the back of the cards are all examinable and it can stay in views at all time.

Kontrol Kard

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:32:00 +0000

Control Card
What will YOU do with it?
With a Single Card You Get:

Control of Multiple Cards
Thick Card
Holdout Card
Spittle Card
Easy Double or Triple Lift
Hides Reversed/Peeked Card
Double Face/Double Back Card
And More!

Imagine a single card that can control two other cards, provides automatic double lifts, that causes cards to vanish and reappear, makes double faced or double backed cards, all out of your own favorite brand of cards.

Possibilities are truly endless when a single card can replace many other card gaffs and gimmicks. You need only add or remove one card to use multiple trick cards in an otherwise regular deck.

The Card itself may be forced, allowing you to control it and two freely chosen
Cards - three selected cards in all. This makes for some dramatic card revelations and
Impressive card control. Its ability to become a thick card at will is perfect for "test
Condition,” type mentalist effects.

Ok, So what the heck is it ?

There is a spray clear rubber coating that comes in a can.

Rust –Oleum Grip & Guard (clear)*seems hard to find*

I went to Ace Hardware and found Performix Plasti Dip 11 oz spray can for $8.49.

Most people use this as a way to provide a grip on the handles of tools such as hammers, wrenches and so forth. You may have seen the red rubber dip used on tool handles.

It is similar to this except of course it isn't red, it's clear, and comes in a spray can.

Place a card on a sheet of cardboard and spray an even coat as you would with roughing spray. Don’t soak them.

After a few trials and you'll find the correct amount for your use.

When one side of the card is completely dry, turn it over on a clean sheet and spray the other side. Let this side dry, and you are finished.

**Note: You can also make single sided card if you like**
**Coat double backers/facers**
**No need for double sided tape-for NFW etc**

In some lighting conditions or with some types of card decks, you may not wish to show the Card due to its slightly more shiny appearance. It will become less shiny the more you use it, but you should be aware of your preferred working conditions.

You may always use the Control Card without it being seen, while maintaining many of its other advantages.

Here are some ideas for its uses:

The Control Card will cause another card to stick to both sides of itself. Selected cards above and below it will stay "stuck" together along with the Control Card. This makes for a three cards thick key card.

It also allows the cards to stay firmly together during overhand shuffles. No breaks are needed, as the Card becomes thick with the other cards. This alone has fooled many wise card players and performers. It is difficult to find a more fair control
Of multiple cards.

A selected card placed behind the Card will "disappear". The entire deck may be counted out one at a time, and the selection will be seen to have vanished - secretly adhering to the Card. It may reappear easily due to the thick card control, even after shuffling and cutting.

Place the Card face up on a face down deck. Thumb the face up Card over -and you have created a secret double-face card! Do snap change and the card changes.

Allow the Card to rest with its sticky face side against the top of the deck. Thumb it to one side and do another change or flip move. Now the card is seen to change again!

All of this easily, naturally and fairly - with little or no effort at all. Just a little bit of pressure keeps the block of cards together
.
Show the Card’s face and place it face down on top of the face down deck. Thumb it over to one side and show the face again. The face has changed instantly. Flip this card(s) face down and lift up the top Card only by grasping the inner and outer short ends of the Card. This allows the original top Card face to be shown again. An amazingly natural double lift face change!

Do the same thing but sandwich the Card between two selected cards.
Overhand shuffle. Secretly cut the sandwich block to the top by feeling for the block,
Thanks to the Card’s properties and now triple thickness. Flip over the top block (it's easy!) and show you have found one selected card. Flip this face down, and remove the top card by the short ends, as you drop this on the table face down. Show the top Card, as not being a selected card. Frown and then have the spectator look at the tabled card. It has changed to the other selection.

Secretly make the Card a double-face card and place it on the bottom of the deck. Turn your back and have someone deal cards one at a time face down on to the table. They stop anywhere and look at the last card dealt. Have them turn their chosen card face up. Next, tell them to bury their chosen card by placing the rest of the deck on top of the tabled pile. This secretly places the Card and a face up indifferent card on top of their card. Remind everyone that one card - his or her card - is face up. Snap your fingers and spread the deck. Their face up card has changed. Cut this card (secret Card block) to the top of the deck. Turn it face down on top of the deck. Legitimately take the real top card off at the short ends, being careful not to show the face up Card underneath it. Just turn the hand with the Card and deck in as you table the face down top card. Snap your fingers, and the tabled card changes back to their selection! Cut the deck, and the whole deck can be seen front and back, all facing the proper way.

Mentalists should consider how this very idea might be applied to index cards, business cards, notepaper, billets, and so forth.

You may make your own special items; there is no need to limit this method to playing cards, or even Tarot or ESP cards. Think beyond common card stock.

Sweet Bread

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:59:00 +0000

Effect:The magician takes a dollar bill,folds it and hands it to the spectator to keep it sealed in their fist. After that the magician takes a sugar packet,folds it and rubs it over the spectator hand. And viola,the dollar bill is in the magicians hand and the sugar packet is in the spectators hand.

Preparation and sleights needed:Palming..a lot of palming needed. For preparation all you need is a bowled(folded?my English is not perfect sorry) sugar packet.
Performing:

Have the folded sugar packet finger palmed in your right hand.

Borrow a dollar bill and if you like you can have it signed. Squeeze it nicely and fold it tight in your left hand.

Pretend that you take the dollar bill with your right hand,while in reality you just keep the dollar bill palmed in the left hand.

Now,you have the "dollar bill" which is actually a sugar packet in your right hand and a dollar bill finger palmed in your left hand.

Put the sugar packet in to the spectators hand and tell them to make a fist and keep it sealed

Right now,the spectator thinks he|she has a signed folded dollar bill,while in reality you have it finger palmed

Now pick up a sugar packet from a table,or a bowl etc. and fold it too. Show it to the spectator and pretend to put it in your left hand(where the folded dollar bill is).

You current situation after the false transfer should be like this -> The spectator is holding a sugar packet,which they think is a dollar bill in their fist. You have a sugar packet palmed in your right hand and a dollar bill in a fist in the left hand.

Now you rub the dollar bill against the spectators fist and PURE MAGIC! Now you have the signed dollar bill and the spectator has the sugar packet.

Homing Bird

noreply@blogger.com (Nick) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:56:00 +0000

Effect:
Magician has a pack of cards with a rubber band on it. He then takes off the rubber band and explains its no ordinary rubber band its a homing band, it always comes home. he takes it with both hands and shoots it and the rubber bands back on the deck double banded.

Materials:
2 rubber bands
1 deck of cards

Explanation:

its really a simple trick but a great opener to start a card routine

have BOTH rubber bands wrapped around the deck. pick up the deck with your left hand and take ONE rubber band off hiding the other one with your left hand fingers. call attention to the rubber band by saying this is not an ordinary rubber band, at the same time you set down the deck you then do the sure shot vanish. heres how you do that

take the rubber band between your thumb and pointer (1st) finger in both hands. move each hand up and down a little like your stretching the band now heres the tricky part. With your right hands pinkey and third finger you grab the band but still hold onto it in your pinch between thumb and 1st finger. now you act to shoot the rubber band with your left hand thumb releases moves forward giving the illusion it shot out of your hands but it actually came back to your right hand fist. from there you just look at the deck.