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EagerlyLearning New user 93 Posts |
The other day I was playing around with the bottom deal, and suddenly I got an idea: What if I show a random card at the top of the deck, face up, let's say 3 of diamonds. If I have another hidden card at the bottom, also face up, let's say the king of clubs, I could secretely load this card while at the same time turning the top card over (turning over both cards while pretending to only turning over one card). The big advantage of this is that the top card can be shown very clearly to be a single card (which it is, because the extra card is only added at the last moment, during the turn-over action.) This creates a lot of new possibilities.
The challenge of course is to make the two cards align enough to make it look deceptive, and to avoid any strange sounds as the card is slipped out from the bottom. It is much easier to do with half the deck rather than the full deck. Also, I figured, that if I push the top and bottom card over quite a bit (using the push out technique) before starting the turn-over, it is easier. Anyway, the quickness of the action (turning the card over) probably will make it unneccsary for the cards to be perfectly aligned. My guess is that this is probably not a new idea, but I have never seen anyone do this move, so I was a little bit excited that I might have discovered something new. |
NicholasD25 Veteran user 380 Posts |
It certainly is becoming more difficult to come up with an original move. As you suspected, it's been around for quite a while.
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The Burnaby Kid Inner circle St. John's, Canada 3158 Posts |
It's not new. The double-deal turnover as a switch is out there.
That said, it is a great move. And coming up with something this good on your own is worthy of some celebration, even if somebody else got there first. Or, at least, that's what a friend told me when I also once re-invented a move that was already out there. I guess he thought it'd be some comfort. I suppose it offered some consolation, but to be honest, the half-dozen beers I had afterwards offered more.
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EagerlyLearning New user 93 Posts |
Yeah I guess the double-deal turnover is the move I am talking about.
You are correct, it becomes increasingly more difficiult to think of something new in card magic. I think probably the most inventive card guy out there must be Lennart Green. Think of all the original techniques he created - snap deal, false shuffles, lateral palm, top shot. Not just new "tricks", but simply groundbreaking stuff. (Come to think of it, the lateral palm was maybe not originally his, but he used it in very new and creative ways.) I also really love Slydini and his work on misdirection. His helipopter card trick is a beauty (nobody else can perform it like him). He came up with a totally new concept for a card trick, unlike anything else. |
Rachmaninov Inner circle 1076 Posts |
I remember having seen the double deal turnover in a Guy Hollingsworth dvd. Perfectly executed.
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Vogler Special user Greece 707 Posts |
Ammar teach this move in detail in his book the magic of Michael Ammar.
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countrymaven Inner circle 1426 Posts |
Kostya Kimlat does it too.
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