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Ed_Millis Inner circle Yuma, AZ 2292 Posts |
I am not a card man, and don't know any sleights, lifts, or palms. I may be able to keep a top or bottom card through an overhand shuffle, but it's iffy. So now I've got a trick of my own making that requires me to come up with the right card. (The trick is mine; I'm sure the basic required handling is common.) I've debated about a Svengali or r/s deck, but I'm wondering if there is a handling that doesn't require sleights or a trick deck. I'm making my own deck from a blank one; standard size, but not pips or faces - probably five each of four different colored circles.
This is for kid shows. Basically, I force a card on the volunteer (I can do a cross-cut force pretty good ). The rest of the cards are then spread out on the table, and an object is run over the cards. Now I have to reach down and grab a card matching the force card, probably from somewhere in the middle of the deck. With both a Svengali and a r/s, I've got good odds of grabbing the right card. Leaving out palming a card and carrying it up to the table, is there a method that will almost guarentee I will get the right card? Some very simple method of controlling a matching card so I know exactly where it is, and can make it look like it came from the middle of the cards? Ed |
Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3433 Posts |
Not knowing exactly where you are going, you might consider a corner pencil dot to mark the card that matches the force card.
Just a thought! Cheers!
Stanyon
aka Steve Taylor "Every move a move!" "If you've enjoyed my performance half as much as I've enjoyed performing for you, then you've enjoyed it twice as much as me!" |
Jaz Inner circle NJ, U.S. 6111 Posts |
A crimp is another idea. This would allow you use different colors for each performance.
An easier idea for a reveal would be to have a dupe of the force under your hat or somewhere. Maybe even a jumbo card in your big hat. That would be the revelation. |
Ed_Millis Inner circle Yuma, AZ 2292 Posts |
The pencil dot might be too small, but the crimp - or at least a curve - might work well. Thanks much.
Ed |
kroberge New user Old Town, Maine 75 Posts |
What you describe sounds kind of like "Car Buggy" where after a card is selected and returned to the deck, the deck is spread out and a little car is pushed along the cards and stops on a single card, which is the selected card. I think it was 15-20 bucks. There's another version where the car is made from legos and the spectator gets to build a car from a little kit and then push it along the spread out cards and again, it stops dead on the card they chose.
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Brad Burt Inner circle 2675 Posts |
Ed:
I have done virtually the same trick you describe using an odd/even force deck. BEst,
Brad Burt
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montemagic Elite user San Diego, CA 471 Posts |
You could use cards with a one-way back design, so when the card is reinserted its back design is obviously facing a different direction.
Or just have the card on the top or bottom and instead of ribbon spreading the cards, make a big messy mixing of the cards, and just keep track of your cards location as you mess up the pile.
Aim To Amaze
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Ed_Millis Inner circle Yuma, AZ 2292 Posts |
Thanks all for the input. I'm ordering a blank-faced Svengali so I can put my own graphic on the faces. If I don't need the force cards, then I can just use the mixed half of the deck. If I can't get it that way, then I've got the force to fall back on.
Brad: I'm not familiar with an odd-even force deck. montemagic: I played around a bit and dicovered that if I could get the card - or a duplicate of it - on the top of the deck, I could spread our a mess of the cards and control the top one to wind up in a spot where I could get to it. Thanks for the tip! Ed |
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