On 2009-01-21 00:28, Demonbrn wrote:

Pen is Mightier (sharpie pen reveal, the laymen's card is revealed where 'Sharpie was Writen)

On 2009-01-21 00:53, johndraws wrote:
"Ambitious card" I learned from Michael Ammar's video however I added one step at the end as a nod to Tommy Wonder.. the last production ends up in a Candy tin. I like to tell the story of how Dia Vernon fooled Houdini with this trick...and it is actually THE trick that inspired me ten years ago to get involved with Magic. I happened to catch David Blaine performed it on Oprah.

"Phil" Opens the door for humor and just when they think you set them up for a joke...it pokes them in the brain with an unexplainable revelation.

"Invisible Deck" I use Jay Sankey's version with the X....Many times people think you're just cleverly flipping a card over. With Jay's version...they are speechless when it is not only the only card flipped over but when it is the only one with a huge bold X marked on it. The janitor will be sweeping jaws off the floor.

On 2009-01-20 22:30, salmononius2 wrote:
1: Biddle Trick- I use the one taught on Complete Card Magic with Gerry Griffin Vol. 5. It's been my number 1 trick for the past couple of months, the trick that I will most likely do if someone asks to see a trick.

2: Ambitious Ace Through Five- Also from Complete Card Magic with Gerry Griffin Vol. 5 (That set has gold in it). It's basically an impromptu 5 Speed.

3: I don't really have a number 3 yet, although it's probably Las Vegas Leaper by Paul Harris (Art of Astonishment Volume 1)

On 2009-01-21 05:55, sohaib wrote:
A lot of people replied with Invisible Deck as one of their routines - just reading these responses only cements the fact that you can do much more with this deck than one would think initially. Not only are their numerous possible presentations for the Invisible Deck routine, but you can use the deck and moreover the principle behind the deck - the roughing of the cards to make them stay together - for completely different card effects. I would encourage everyone to go get roughing spray or 3M ReMount, start playing around with the cards, and see what you can come up with. For me, it's been the equivalent of playing with Play-Doh when I was a child.

On 2009-01-20 23:58, Pete Biro wrote:
The best 3 card tricks I use all the time?
Triumph
Bullet
Card on forehead

With gaffes?

Chicago Surprise
Clifton's "Startled" (his McDonald's Aces)
Blizzard

Trilogy (Dean Dill's one deck of bikes set-up)

On 2009-01-21 11:52, Open Traveller wrote:
Well, now that so many were kind enough to provide sohaib with a nice harvest list, what next?

On 2009-01-21 11:52, Open Traveller wrote:
Well, now that so many were kind enough to provide sohaib with a nice harvest list, what next?

On 2009-01-21 11:52, Open Traveller wrote:
Well, now that so many were kind enough to provide sohaib with a nice harvest list, what next?

On 2009-01-21 16:27, Open Traveller wrote:
Jstone,

I'm not assuming the worst. I simply pointed up the end result of all this.

The analysis goes something like this:

If sohaib had no intentions of ever using any of this information, then why ask the question and consequently glut the Café with another thread of meaningless lists?

If he did have intentions of using this information, then the question is, for what? In answering that, we're quite naturally drawn to the idea that maybe asking the question is a substitute for doing a little research, learning, etc.

Kind of like he's doing with the Wild Card thread. In the old days, someone would do as much research as he could, list all the references he found, and then if he needed more help, he'd say, "Here's what I've found...anybody have any others?" Now, thanks to the Internet, we have a neat way to get everyone to build our lists for us from the ground up. Nothing wrong with that and nobody seems to mind. Or notice.

It's okay to spread the labor like that, but it certainly does seem less like a work of passion, then, doesn't it?