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terryisaacs Regular user 110 Posts 
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I found this book on sale for a very low price. I've read the description of the book but was hoping to get feedback from someone who might already own it.
I enjoy card magic quite a bit and would say I am an intermediate Card Guy. Should I buy it or pass on it?
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Mb217 Inner circle 9530 Posts
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Not sure about this one, I do know that Pradier is a FISM winner, so his work has clearly been of some note.
You might know already, but I found "A Card Merely Thought Of" by Thomas Baxter to be quite interesting, when I was journeying through the land of "Think of a Card." A lot of good thinking and stuff in that one. 
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terryisaacs Regular user 110 Posts
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Thanks a bunch MB, was reading a description of Baxter's book, looks cool. I also never knew Pradier was a FISM winner. I pulled the trigger on Pradier's book because I found it super inexpensive.
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Leo H Inner circle 1334 Posts
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I recently acquired John Bannon's Mentalissimo and it contains a treasure trove of Think a Card effects. What a pleasant surprise. His thoughts and refinements of Ralph Hulls Three of Clubs effect from the 1930s are killer. Anyone interested in Think a Card should get this book. Preferably before it goes out of print.
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JG New user 44 Posts
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On Feb 17, 2017, terryisaacs wrote: If you are into think of a card routines, and it's super inexpensive, why not give it a go. Read, learn and inwardly digest. Then if you discover that it's genuinely not for you, simply sell it on. Win win all round.
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poonchingyip Elite user Canada 419 Posts
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I have both "think of a card" and "French Bred Winners Book" books from Etienne Pradier.
If you want solid and practical card routines, you will love them. He has unique style, and his materials aren't that difficult. The thing that I don't like about the French Bred Winners Book is that it is not a hard cover book; However, this is only my personal preference. Hope it helps. - Arthur |
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Maxyedid Special user Panama 843 Posts
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On Feb 16, 2017, terryisaacs wrote: Can you tell us where is it available at a discounted price? Or was a one thing only? Thanks!
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clars Regular user Folsom Ca 116 Posts
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Nice work Ben. The spectator looked like the performer, and the performer looked like the spectator...LOL No dig, but funny
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Ben Blau Inner circle 1475 Posts
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If I may, I'd like to also make an unpopular commment. I think that many magicians confuse the terms "think of a card" and "look at a card". Most of the effects marketed as the former are actually the latter.
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Rupert Pupkin Inner circle 1452 Posts
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On Jul 1, 2017, Ben Blau wrote: What makes HOTOAC a "think of a card" and not a "look at a card"? |
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Ben Blau Inner circle 1475 Posts
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It's a little bit of both. It's not a pure think of a card routine. But it's also very different from, say, riffling through the front of a packet while asking a person to "think
of one" while using that one technique that I'm pretty sure we all know. In HOTOAC, the subject is holding a packet of shuffled cards in his own hands and given free reign to mentally decide on any one of them. I have other routines that begin with me asking a person to simply think of any card at all, even before I bring out a physical deck. I'm just pointing out a distinction. There are plenty of "look at a card" routines that are good.
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Leo H Inner circle 1334 Posts
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On Jul 1, 2017, Ben Blau wrote: There is also the idea of making "look at a card" appear as "think of a card". Verbal strategies at the revelation of the selected card can make the effect appear to be TOAC to the spectators. |
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Ben Blau Inner circle 1475 Posts
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Undeniably true.
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Rupert Pupkin Inner circle 1452 Posts
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On Jul 1, 2017, Ben Blau wrote: So it's not a confusion so much as a marketing/presentational ploy. Gotcha. |
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furmanmatt Loyal user New York 217 Posts
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This is my favorite trick. It gets amazing reactions- https://youtu.be/EB0rKGexxQ4?t=1m26s
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cfirwin3 Loyal user Rochester, New York 233 Posts
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On Jul 1, 2017, Leo H wrote: There is also the idea of making "think of a card" operate as any pick a card/look at a card. Suddenly the process of picking a card and 'losing' it can (with the right words, inflection, repetition, order of operations, etc.) seem in retrospect as a miracle with a card that was merely thought of. I do my ACAAN like this, by showing them the unique characteristics of the card that they thought of and having them concentrate on the image of that card while I shuffle, box the deck and then proceed with the story. To the lay spectator, this seems impossibly fair, especially if they deal the cards into my hand from the shuffled and boxed deck. I can't remember what book I saw this suggested in, but even without the intention of misdirecting the spectator from the fact that they merely picked a card as usual (however verbally rather than with their fingers), it can be refreshing to just replace the words and process of "pick a card" with "name a card" in any trick that has a true free selection... even if the 'wow factor' of the effect isn't driven by them naming one freely without then hunting for it. |
Mike Powers Inner circle Midwest 2986 Posts
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Clearly a mem deck is a very powerful tool in a genuinely thought of card situation. You immediately know where it is. Then you need strategies for the various possible positions i.e. near top, near bottom etc. Obviously estimation skills help too.
Rock the 'Voque' from Mentalissimo is a very practical method using two very well structured equivoques and a six card bank. I adopted the concept to a Kenton Knepper style Kollosal Killer Kard using two wallets each with three cards. Very strong. Mike
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Ben Blau Inner circle 1475 Posts
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[quote]On Jul 2, 2017, Rupert Pupkin wrote:
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On Jul 1, 2017, Ben Blau wrote: Care to elaborate? I can't tell from your post if I took this the right way.
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SimonCard Special user 601 Posts
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On Jul 3, 2017, furmanmatt wrote: Great stuff. That definitely is strong. I can only guess it's some type of mental force. for the maiden name's part, I have no idea since I know nothing about mentalism. |
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