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Magic Mark Inner circle After this post I will have 1527 Posts	Posted: Mar 31, 2023 03:43 am 0 Quote: On Mar 29, 2023, KMagic wrote: Quote: On Mar 28, 2023, spudster85 wrote: Invisible Pack is always a go to. Lately, I've been using a self working trick that uses the jokers. All that is gimmicked is the jokers have a "43" and "18" written on the back. From there, it is stacked. Spectator 1 chooses a card. Spectator 2 chooses a card. All the cards are picked up. In the end, the jokers speak to the magi and state the chosen cards are at these positions. Count down 18 cards and card one is there. Count down to position 43, second card is there. Then the jokers are flipped revealing the numbers on the back. Completely self working. Been getting really good response from it. Once the trick is over, the gimmicked deck becomes a regular deck. Was something like this featured on Fool Us? It sounds really familiar. Yes, I believe it was. The effect is called Prior Commitment by Simon Aronsen. Mark Doing tricks can be easy, being an entertainer is much harder.
RNK Inner circle 7530 Posts	Posted: Mar 31, 2023 05:43 pm 1 Coercion by Paul Richards. Just FANTASIC!!!!! Any Card by Richard Sanders, love it as well. Check out Bafflingbob.com
Chessmann Inner circle 4247 Posts	Posted: Mar 31, 2023 07:38 pm 2 John Kennedy's Mind Power Deck. Really leaves people flabbergasted. Trilogy Streamline. Another really good one. I got some good mileage out of David Regal's Prophecy Pack. Simple to do, but effective. My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
spudster85 Regular user Northern Kentucky 112 Posts	Posted: Apr 4, 2023 02:56 am 0 Quote: On Mar 31, 2023, Magic Mark wrote: Quote: On Mar 29, 2023, KMagic wrote: Quote: On Mar 28, 2023, spudster85 wrote: Invisible Pack is always a go to. Lately, I've been using a self working trick that uses the jokers. All that is gimmicked is the jokers have a "43" and "18" written on the back. From there, it is stacked. Spectator 1 chooses a card. Spectator 2 chooses a card. All the cards are picked up. In the end, the jokers speak to the magi and state the chosen cards are at these positions. Count down 18 cards and card one is there. Count down to position 43, second card is there. Then the jokers are flipped revealing the numbers on the back. Completely self working. Been getting really good response from it. Once the trick is over, the gimmicked deck becomes a regular deck. Was something like this featured on Fool Us? It sounds really familiar. Yes, I believe it was. The effect is called Prior Commitment by Simon Aronsen. Mark Thanks for providing the source and creator. I was taught it by a friend of mine. I had no idea where it came from.
Chessmann Inner circle 4247 Posts	Posted: Apr 4, 2023 05:29 am 0 I had special Jokers made up for Prior Commitment. The printed writing under the each had the Joker tell the position where the spectator would find their cards. My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
Magic Mark Inner circle After this post I will have 1527 Posts	Posted: Apr 4, 2023 05:34 am 0 Graham Jolley is the magician who performed Prior Commitment on Fool Us. Season 1, episode 1. He fooled P&T. Mark Doing tricks can be easy, being an entertainer is much harder.
J Christensen Regular user 130 Posts	Posted: Jun 8, 2023 09:45 pm 0 Sventalism by Max Maven in Genii.
rowdymagi5 Inner circle Virginia 3624 Posts	Posted: Jun 9, 2023 12:43 am 0 Quote: On Jun 8, 2023, J Christensen wrote: Sventalism by Max Maven in Genii. Which issue is this in?
Magic Mark Inner circle After this post I will have 1527 Posts	Posted: Jun 9, 2023 04:44 am 0 Not sure about Genii, but Sventalism appeared in Magic Magazine, May 1999, page 74. Mark Doing tricks can be easy, being an entertainer is much harder.
rowdymagi5 Inner circle Virginia 3624 Posts	Posted: Jun 9, 2023 08:44 am 1 Thanks Mark!
Tim Cavendish Inner circle 1406 Posts	Posted: Jun 28, 2023 04:46 am 0 Quote: On Jun 9, 2023, Magic Mark wrote: Not sure about Genii, but Sventalism appeared in Magic Magazine, May 1999, page 74. Mark Ah, that's Jim Steinmeyer's Conjuring column. As such, Sventalism also appears in Steinmeyer's Conjuring Anthology book, page 316.
Jerskin Inner circle 2496 Posts	Posted: Jul 3, 2023 09:12 pm 0 Used a Svengali deck forever and fooled a FISM winning close up performer with it. Not as often used but I do use a Mirage deck. I have lot of marked decks do they count? I collect them. GrEg oTtO MUNDUS VULT DECIPI
Bob G Inner circle 2832 Posts	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 03:27 am 0 In his OP to this thread, Steven Keyl referred to Peter Duffie's Vanished Deck from Effortless Card Magic. I couldn't find the deck when I searched my e-copy of the book. Does it go by some other name in the book? Thanks... P. S. Then again, maybe I couldn't find the deck because, well, because it vanished.
J M Talbot Inner circle 3058 Posts	Posted: Feb 17, 2024 06:43 pm 0 Believe it is called Vanished and Gone....
Bob G Inner circle 2832 Posts	Posted: Feb 19, 2024 04:03 pm 0 Thanks, J R Talbot. That's the one. Just for the record, it's Vanished or Gone. Bob
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