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Just a little advertisement for The Invisible Card in Try the Impossible. Not quite the same effect as the Invisible Deck, but it will be remembered as the same by the spec. No gaffs, just a memdeck, and pretty darn easy.
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Cain Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 1553 Posts
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On Jun 19, 2014, nlokers wrote: Nobody will notice. ETA: Or perhaps I should say, No lay person will notice.
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lcwright1964 Special user Toronto 569 Posts
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On Jun 25, 2014, landmark wrote: Awesome effect--and indeed one of Aronson's simplest memdeck bafflers. And stack-independent too, for those of us who memorized Mnemonica. Les |
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Turk Inner circle Portland, OR 3546 Posts
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I'm with landmark and lcwright1964 on this one.
Simon's "The Invisible Card" effect is stunning and seems inexplicable and as having no reasonable explanation. The effect is quite easy to perform, and, the effect is "stack independent". What more could you ask for in a mem deck effect? Definitely in my top 5 mem deck effects. Mike
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lcwright1964 Special user Toronto 569 Posts
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On Jun 27, 2014, Turk wrote: I have concluded that given a choice of performing the Close effect or Aronson's Invisible Card, the latter is a definite win for me. The outcome from a spectator's vantage point is the same in both cases. Moreover, the single move in Invisible Card is so simple and completely invisible that I even manage to fool myself, and the deck can be spread out and shown front to back as completely ordinary at the outset. The deck looks normal and shuffled to muggles, and even magicians might not suspect anything unless they are fellow memdeck fetishists and see arrangements they know. This preliminary prover of course cannot be done with Close's effect. Close's trick is a little knackier, with the core move requiring more boldness and cover, and one needs to be careful not to flash the selection before reveal time. Aronson's trick is more forgiving in my hands and allows for much easier handling and as such is baffling. I know in this forum there is a lot of debate about whether memorizing a stack is worth the trouble. Part of me wants to keep it cloistered among select aficionados and not make it widespread. But still it is tricks like these that make it worth the while, and I think all cardicians should consider it. Even if I never did Aronson's mathematically complicated routines or Tamariz's knuckle busters, the Invisible Card effect alone has made the (modest) efforts to learn a stack cold more than worth it. The Open Index is an awesome thing, and it it is something that civilians and even a few magicians never think of. Les |
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Turk Inner circle Portland, OR 3546 Posts
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On Jun 27, 2014, Turk wrote: OOPS! My bad for mentioning that the effect required a mem deck. My apologies. I was confusing Simon's "The Invisible Card" effect (using the "Head over Heels" move) with another effect that did require a mem deck. When I got out "Sessions with Simon", volume 2, and re-watched "Head over Heels", it became clear that the effect does not use a mem deck and, in fact, you can use an ordinary borrowed (incomplete) deck shuffled by the spectator. It really doesn't get much better than that! Again, my apologies. Mike
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Steven Keyl Inner circle Washington, D.C. 2630 Posts
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It's nice that Mike Ince got the ball rolling on Close's ID routine. I believe Close's material is based on Ackerman's Impromptu Ultra-Mental handling.
This is something I've been using with a modified handling for a while now. A month ago someone asked me to show them a quick look at this handling so I obliged. The angles aren't ideal and I recorded it in one go, as such it is NOT representative of how good it can look. On the upside, this is showing the worst case scenario. Quick points:
The demo is here: http://vimeo.com/94212590 Password is Doofus99
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"Password is Doofus99"
Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much. Anything by Steve is going to be good  .
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lcwright1964 Special user Toronto 569 Posts
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On Jul 1, 2014, Turk wrote: No apologies needed. In Try the Impossible there are TWO handlings for the Invisible Card effect. One requires that the card only be named. The method of reversing the named card is bulletproof but requires a memdeck. This is the trick call The Invisible Card in the Eccen-Tricks section of the book. In the Head over Heels chapter, Aronson gives a short paragraph to a FASDIU version, but here the selection is touched and shown, not named, and the reverse and reveal are achieved by the move. In the memdeck version memorization is needed since the face is never seen, till the end, so the performer must have a way to find the card. In the Head over Heels version, the spec locates the card by actually choosing it. Both great effects, but I prefer the memdeck version, since the move required there really takes little skill (provided that one memorizes one's stack and can count) and is baffling. The Head over Heals move is a little knacky and takes some practice. Mine is still pretty rough. Les |
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lcwright1964 Special user Toronto 569 Posts
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On Jul 1, 2014, Steven Keyl wrote: That is AWESOME. Protest the angles if you must, but I had to watch the video a few times before I could figure out what was happening, and even still I am not sure if I have it right. I commend your ability to count and "patter" at the same time. Les |
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What the--no clue here. Fantastic Steve.
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Herr Brian Tabor Special user Oklahoma City 729 Posts
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That was awesome, thanks for sharing it. I literally loled when you winked.
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Steven Keyl Inner circle Washington, D.C. 2630 Posts
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Thanks, gents! Much appreciated. And Les, you're right. Counting while looking like you're not counting is the toughest bit.
Steven Keyl - The Human Whisperer!
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lcwright1964 Special user Toronto 569 Posts
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On Jul 4, 2014, Steven Keyl wrote: And thank you for the PM to discuss specifics. I love your version! Les |
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