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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
Some tricks that are for sale at the different dealershops are particular interesting for MD-users because with their stack they can make the trick even stronger or easyer.
If you don’t have the trick it is sometimes difficult to know if a MD can do that or not. If you had the knowledge that the use of a MD with that particular effect would make it even stronger or easyer, that could be the decisive stimulant to buy the trick. Would it not be interesting to share that knowledge? I don’t ask the explanation of the trick of course and not even WHY it can make that particular trick better or easyer. Simply a post like: “I bought XXXX(=name of the trick) and yes, if you are a MD-user, it is even better.” What do you think or is this a form of exposure? Personaly I think not and it would be very useful for all MD-users. |
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BarryFernelius Inner circle Still learning, even though I've made 2537 Posts |
Which is stronger?
Scenario 1: "Go ahead and grab a card. Show it to everyone. Now, give it back." (Card is then controlled to the top, via your favorite method. Then, the rest of the trick proceeds from there.) Scenario 2: "Go ahead and grab a card. No, wait; just name any card." (Spectator names a card, and magician uses his trusty MD, estimation, and favorite method to control the card to the top. Then the rest of the trick proceeds from there. Later, the magician will claim that when the miracle happened, the spectator had merely thought of the card.) There are effects where the first scenario is better, but there are many effects where the second scenario is stronger and presentationally more economical. Do I really have to make a list of the effects that can be improved using a memorized deck in this manner?
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."
-Leonard Bernstein |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
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On 2010-02-19 19:29, BarryFernelius wrote: With my bad character, I am almost tempted to say yes.... |
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BarryFernelius Inner circle Still learning, even though I've made 2537 Posts |
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On 2010-02-19 20:40, Waterloophai wrote: I'm glad to see that your sense of humor is intact. I don't make lists, but if I really needed such a list, I'd hire Etienne Lorenceau (aka 'Lawrence O') to make it for me. (The guy has an incredible knowledge base about card magic, and he's incredibly generous.)
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."
-Leonard Bernstein |
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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
It's not a commercially available trick (but you can find it in many books), but Mutus Nomen is better with a memorized deck.
Fred Braue's idea was to false shuffle your memorized deck, and then deal out the first 20 cards of your memorized decks in pairs (cards 1 & 2 together, cards 3 & 4 together, and so on). Have people mentally choose any pair and remember both cards. You then have someone else gather up all the cards, let them mix them up (this will really fry anyone familiar with the standard Mutus Nomen trick), and have them deal out into 4 rows of 5 cards each. Proceed to divine the pairs, as in the standard Mutus Nomen trick (just remembering your MD pairs!). You may need to fish if two pairs are in the indicated rows, but other than that, this is a mind blower! Of course, if you're looking for a list......ck here! |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
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On 2010-02-21 14:46, Scott Cram wrote: Many thanks Scott. That was exactly what I asked.Preferably with commercially available tricks, but then of course whitout explanation. The "general" advances of the use of a MD, we all know already. (I hope) |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
Cataclysm
(give the cards the number from your stack) |
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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
Here's one: Bob Farmer's Deja Voodoo. Instead of using your MD, though, you'd use those same skills to link the cards to the other *AHEM* needed information.
Strangely enough, this means you don't need to use a deck of cards at all in this trick, and the effect becomes much cleaner. |
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Dennis Loomis 1943 - 2013 2113 Posts |
On my website (see link below) I have, on the memorized deck section, a whole list of effects that are exactly what you are talking about. Here are a few:
Rioberto Giobbi's Invisible Card Routine Stephen Minch's Eyeless in Gaza Gene Anderson's Si Stebbins Routine A New Version Of Harry Anderson's Yard Sale Deck Giobbi-Hofsinzer Strange Harmony With The Aronson Stack Harry Lorayne's It's Not Easy To Lie Magic Vs. Mindreading Memorized "Think-Of-A-Card" Memorized "Out of This World" (Out of My Mind) Almost every one of these was created to be done without a memorized deck. And my contributors and I have reworked them to be done with a memdeck. And, in most cases, the effect is improved, or the handling simplified, or both. In a couple of instances, I have merely figured out how to do the effect with the Aronson Stack and get the stack reset in the process. In these cases, it's not really an improvement, but it allows one to do a good trick not dependent on a memdeck right in the middle of a set of memdeck effects. At the moment, my website is still the old one which has remained unchanged for some time. But, I am actively at work on an update to the site over all (new host) and am adding articles to the memdeck section and rewriting/updating many of the existing articles. The new site should be up and running fairly soon, although it has already taken more time that I anticipated. As a preview for memdeck workers: the new site will have my reworking of the great story effect for the Aronson Stack: the Legend of Southside Johnny. (Think of Sam the Bellhop) This was originally created by Paul Thomey and Doug Brewer and I'm grateful to them for permission to post my version. Most of the changes are minor, so most of the credit goes to them. And, Eric Richardson has shared a truly great effect he calls "Stebbin Out with Aronson." Eric used Steve Beam's original version which uses a Si Stebbins stack, but found a way to do it with the Aronson Stack. Thankss to both Eric and Steve for permission to post it. It's a spelling effect where two selections are revealed. BUT... the ending is such a bug surprise that it's just devastating. Over the years, one of my predilections has been to find new or old effects to do with the Aronson stack. I imagine I'll keep digging along those lines, so I'm sure I'll be putting up new articles on the web site. When I'm getting old and gray I may compile these into a book. And, I may use one or two of the better things in my MUM Columns. But right now they are all there on my site, for free, for anyone interested. Dennis Loomis
Itinerant Montebank
<BR>http://www.loomismagic.com |
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Harry Lorayne 1926 - 2023 New York City 8558 Posts |
Barry, there are MANY effects wherein the spectator thinks he has, or really has, THOUGHT of a card, and etc. - done with a BORROWED deck.
Mutus Nomen is MUCH better with a borrowed, SHUFFLED, deck. I teach just that in one of my books on memory training (I've forgotten which one at the moment!). HL.
[email]harrylorayne@earthlink.net[/email]
http://www.harrylorayne.com http://www.harryloraynemagic.com |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
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On 2010-02-23 15:19, Dennis Loomis wrote: Hallo Dennis, Your website is indeed a MUST for every memdeck user. It is the most informative website I know in this field. And indeed, the examples that you give are almost all exactly what I am looking for with the exeption that I am only looking for commercialy tricks that can be improved with any memdeck (the improvements that I am looking after must be stackindependent). I for example use a memdeck that I have constructed with my own system. Others use Tamariz or Nicola, ect. Besides that, we share the same intrest and our quest is the same ! Good luck with your new website. Keep up the good work. |
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Nick Pudar Veteran user 369 Posts |
Put your Invisible Deck in memdeck order.
Nick
Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.
www.stackview.com Version 5.0 is available! |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
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On 2010-02-23 21:17, Nick Pudar wrote: Indeed I do. In this case, one can ask himself if the "improvement" is important enough but it is a nice exercise to consequently use your MD-order in every deck. The "improvement" becomes more clear in all the tricks where you need 2 decks and only produces one, depending on the card that is called out. In the most cases those decks are partly divided in R/B or even and odd. With a MD you can simply take for one deck your stack from 1-26 and for the other deck 27-52. |
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Agaton Loyal user Manila 299 Posts |
The only thing the bothers me with Paul Vigils Diplopia is the final method which takes me almost a minute. Doen't seem so natural to browse through the deck in 50 seconds. A memorized deck solved this. Happy me!
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JanForster Inner circle Germany ... when not traveling... 4190 Posts |
Agaton, that's what I do also. Of course you sacrifice the borrowed and by spectators shuffled deck but in my opinion it's not a lot, if any, unless you think performing for magicians. But they know clocking also. Jan
Jan Forster
www.janforster.de |
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Matze Loyal user 235 Posts |
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On 2010-02-23 16:11, Harry Lorayne wrote: that's a funny quote |
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Agaton Loyal user Manila 299 Posts |
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On 2010-02-23 21:17, Nick Pudar wrote: Actually, with a memorized deck, who would need an Invisible deck anyway? It's one of the very first effects I did with an MD using some crimps and dirty card as marking. It's not as instant as putting it out of the box, but you can spread it instantly when you reversed the named card. |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
Thus, so far we have:
Mutus Nomen Cataclysm Deja Voodoo Invisible deck Diplopia and the ones that Dennis Loomis mentioned in his post. There must be surely much more (commercialy for sale) tricks that you can improve with a memdeck... |
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Waterloophai Inner circle Belgium 1368 Posts |
Birthday Card
(Wayne Dobson) |
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Tim Sutton Elite user Tim Sutton AIMC, London UK 461 Posts |
Check out Michael Close's Workers 5 - he has a whole section on this.
My favourite from his list is Bill Goldman's Monkey in the Middle - an absolute miracle with a mem-deck. Tim |
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