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Ed_Millis Inner circle Yuma, AZ 2292 Posts |
I’d like your opinions of this routine:
I call a volunteer up to the stage (likely a youngster aged 10-13 or so), and let him call two friends up as witnesses. I hand him a deck of cards and let him pick out any card. Of course, I don’t see it. He shows it to his friends, signs the face of it, and then puts it in his pocket. Without seeing his card, I show him that I knew what card he would pick. First, I pull out another deck, remove it from the box, and show him one card turned over. “You show me yours and I’ll show you mine” - the turned-over card matches his signed card. Next, we use a phone with a decent web interface. (I’ve got a Windows phone; better if we can use an Android or iPhone - from the audience, if neither he nor his friends have one.) Pull up my web site, and there is a picture of his card. Finally, I show him that he actually got a magical card that chose him. Put two indifferent cards together with a rubber band, insert his card into the middle of the deck - and his card is then found in between the two banded cards. Ed |
leechiswell Regular user England 108 Posts |
I think it sounds pretty good.
I would only say that the second phase is in a way similar to the first, in that it is another prediction effect but for the same card. So really its like you are saying, "I predicted you would pick that card" in two different ways. Maybe you could put the cards behind your back in the first phase and pretend to turn one over at that time. Then you could reveal it as normal, but then move on to the second phase saying something like "Well actually, would you be impressed if I predicted you would pick that card even before we started..." etc. That way it makes it look like the first effect wasn't a prediction. |
escherwolf Regular user 126 Posts |
I like the first and third phases, but I'm leary of the phase with the phone. I tend to think that this takes the magic away from you and places it into the hands of technology. At least, that's the way I think a lot of laymen who are overexposed with apps may see it. I think once you introduce the phone, it becomes about the technology, not the magician. This is just IMHO, YMMV.
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Ed_Millis Inner circle Yuma, AZ 2292 Posts |
Yah - the phone bit was what had me wondering.
The first phase is just an ID. The third phase is a Sankey effect. The idea is to somehow impress upon him that either he picked a "magical card", or his choice somehow imparted "something special" to the card. Maybe Kundalini Rising for the second phase? "Hey - Blaine did it, so maybe it'll give me some of his "cool" factor. Goodness knows I can use all I can get!) Ed |
Cyberqat Inner circle You can tell I work on the net from my 2209 Posts |
Hey Ed,
I agree, drop the Iphone. Besides the other comments its hard to see on stage unelss you have a hand held live cameraman. I'm curious on how you intend to work showing the back of his card in the ID before he tells you. Seems to me you need to reverse the order there but maybe you know something sneaky I don't.
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The Burnaby Kid Inner circle St. John's, Canada 3158 Posts |
I've got two concerns here that I don't necessarily have solutions for...
First, you're mixing kinds of magic together and claiming they're somehow linked. The ID is a mental-magic type of piece, whereas banded strikes me as a more straightforward demonstration of magic. Second, I'm not sure that the routines are ordered according to strength. The ID is really strong, and I'm worried that the other effects might suffer by seeming weaker in comparison afterwards. That said, there might be something to this sequence that works. Dunno. Have you tried it live yet?
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satellite23 Elite user 424 Posts |
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Maybe Kundalini Rising for the second phase? "Hey - Blaine did it, so maybe it'll give me some of his "cool" factor. Goodness knows I can use all I can get!) That is the first thing that popped into my mind when I read this topic. I would say either a rising card effect or a card reversed in pack trick. Assuming the deck is not already gaffed, you could go out and get a cool trick or accomplish them with sleights, but it wouldn;t look as cool. They are both great effects. |
Ed_Millis Inner circle Yuma, AZ 2292 Posts |
Andrew: My thoughts on the progression went like this:
-- He picks the card, signs it, hides it. -- The first step (ID) is to get his card out into play. So we "verify" that I knew which card it would be, or that he read my mind, or such. Come to think of, probably the "he read my mind" would play best for the rest, so I'll run with that idea. -- The second step (KR??) is to prove that he obviously has some magical force working here. -- The third step (Sankey's Bound to Fool - just got it; haven't tried it yet) is to give him an awesome trick to do in front of his friends. If I can't get Bound to Fool down good enough, I might use the old reversed card behind the back for step two, and KR for step three. Ed |
satellite23 Elite user 424 Posts |
One question: Are you doing this up in front of a large audience, a small audience, what kind of setting? You'll probably know this better than I do, but certain card tricks are more suitable for certain situations.
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Ed_Millis Inner circle Yuma, AZ 2292 Posts |
Satellite23: It would probably (hopefully!!) be a stage setting in front of maybe 200-300 people. That would be one reason for having some friends up there as witnesses - hopefully their reactions would help sell the trick.
If I go with the second option: Quote: I can do it all using a jumbo deck for greater visibility.
use the old reversed card behind the back for step two, and KR for step three Ed |
satellite23 Elite user 424 Posts |
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On 2010-12-02 12:41, Ed_Millis wrote: On that note, I think that would be great. |
teedpop New user Check out my 91 Posts |
If it is going to be a larger audience, you could try a version of card in window, where you spew the cards at a surface and only one sticks... his card.
A cool variation would be to spew cards at a board, nothing happens, then the board falls down revealing the card on the other side. -Teed |
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