can someone please describe what this trick is?

thank you!

I am not sure, but I recently saw someone perform a monte effect at a SAM meeting with a gypsy patter, so this might be it(correct me if I am wrong):


You show 7 cards, 6 of them are red spot cards, 1 is black and a face card. You finish by showing that all 7 of them have changed to the black court cards

MacGyver, that was probably Peter Kane's "Gypsy Curse".

"Gypsy Monte" is a nice F.Paul Wilson routine based on the classic "Color Monte" with "Gypsy Curse" type patter and first appeared in his "Knock 'em Dead" lecture notes. It may also be on his later video of the same name.

Paul.

The Gypsy Monte I know is by Piccard.
http://go.to/piccard

It's my favourite card effect with a wonderful patter - a 3-card monte that ends up with 5 cards!

Very briefly...

You start with 3 cards - the queen sandwiched between 2 red 8's.
The Q turns face down.
Q swaps places with a face up 9 (9 is face down , queen face up).
The story continues that the guy you were watching seemed to have more than 3 cards. You expose the fact you have 4.
You put 1 card on the table
The red 9's are now black.
The other face down card in your hand is a red 9.
The card on the table is the other red 9.
The Q is now in your pocket!
You now have 5 cards which are now seen to be all queens.

You can see it at Piccard's site of at:
http://www.magicvideodepot.com/search.ph......pe=basic
performed by Philip Brocoum.

For me this is the effect that people really love. It's fun (and easy) to perform and I am an absolute fan of this. It's always setup, ready to go in my card box.

Graham

Paul Wilson's version is on his Knock 'em Dead video. Uses three Tarot cards and plays very well.

Paul is soon supposed to be releasing a new version of his Gypsy Monte which will be marketed seperately and include an even more incredible ending.

re;
"It's my favourite card effect with a wonderful patter - a 3-card monte that ends up with 5 cards!"

It's a bit like Ton Onasaka's "Tonte", but perhaps with a little more happening. John Bannon has an ungaffed variant on that called "Ton-Toid" in his book "Smoke and Mirrors".

Wilson's shorter effect does leave you clean at the end.

I can see the routine is entertaining and magical (and Piccard has a good web site, what a big cheque that is) but personally I would have reservations about the logic of doing two phases using four cards as if three and then showing you DO have four cards. Aren't you setting yourself up so that in other effects later the viewers might question EXACTLY how many cards you are really holding?

I know, I probably worry too much

Paul.