Hello fellow members of the Café,

I haven't posted on the Café in a long time, but I am seeking wisdom on a particular topic.

As a short introduction, I am a hobbyist with about 6 years of experience, and my target audience is college students and young adults. Magic is an awesome part of my life, and I am in the process (again) of optimizing my repetoire. I work mostly with normal decks of playing cards, but have recently found success with gimmicks in regards to wallet and cell phone accessories. One area of magic that I have done base-level research in is the range of effects that a performer is able to store on his/her key chain.

I don't how what the current market is for gimmicks/props that can be stored and used on a keychain, and, in-fact, I can only thing about 4 effects on the top of my head that is designed to fit on a keychain.

Hopefully the Gimmicks thread is relevant for this question, and I appreciate all advice regarding this topic.

So, what are your favorite effects that are natural with the key chain/ key ring?? I'd be interested in hearing about any sort of magical accessory whether it would be involved with cards, electronics, keychain cards.......

Thanks in advance.

Here's a few that come to mind:

Fob - David Penn -- "card to keychain"

Freakey - Greg Wilson -- "copper/silver with keys"

The Key - Andrew Mayne -- "key-thru bill"

Ring Flight Revolution - Dave Bonsall -- "ring to keychain"

A bit more elaborate is an (Imported) electronic skull fob for your key chain that has light-up red eyes and a maniacal laugh. This works via the Laser Beam principle as a card revelation.

Julie

Tag-O-Magic by Cameron Francis

Ignition by Chris Smith / Magicsmith.

Here is one thread:
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......forum=52

There are others if you do some searches.

If you watch some back episodes of the Wizard Product review, you'll see that they made frequent mention of an act entirely on Craig's key chain. Someone started this thread here http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......orum=289

Try this: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/3351 (Linkey by Alan Rorrison)

You mentioned you already know about four effects off the top of your head involving keychain gimmicks...Do you mind listing them so that we don't name them? Anyway, I have heard great things about Linkey!

Good luck in your search.

Zack Johnston

Thank you all for the replies!! This is a great start. The effects I can name on the top of my head are Tag-O-Magic by Cameron Francis and the utility that came out last year that enables one to have a playing card prediction that plays the same as Paperclipped (forget the name). The others are smaller effects that are very old that naturally can work onto a keychain.

To be honest, Tag-O-Magic by Cameron Francis is the type of effect I am looking for. My only worry is that it is not self contained on the keychain. May I ask, if I were discipled enough to carry the extra item, does anyone know how that item holds up to pocket clutter??

I will start looking through your items and evaluate.

CW

I used to carry around(not sure what it's called exactly) the ring-onto-chain effect and use that as my keychain. Until the chain broke, which is why you should be wary about cramming magical things into cluttered pockets.

Not to be too obvious, but there are lots of tricks using keys;) Linking keyrings as well.

Color changing knives sometimes come with a little keyring-hole too.

I've also got a queen of clubs tag on my keychain. Use it for impromptu force/reveal type situations.

FOB is such an amazing trick I see it performed so many times & if done right its a must use effect if you are into key chain effects.

Tight Spot by Jay Sankey
Killer Key by Jay Sankey
Keylicious by Jeff Prace
Flexion by Jon Allen

- Yazz

Keylicious by Jeff Prace
freakey by Gregory Wilson
FOB by David Penn is on my keychain as we speak.
Bust those three out, and you have a mini act attached to your keychain.

Titans Finger

An impressive bit of mental magic can be achieved with Steve Haynes' FAIR PLAY.

Julie

Ring flight revolution is the way to go

An older effect is "Funkey" by Steve Dusheck.

Another one that hasn't been mentioned, that also has a card theme is The Medallion by Mystique Factory.
Although originally intended to be worn as a medallion, it is pretty small and could also be used as a fob on a keychain.
It's actually a very nice and well-made gimmick.

http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S15220

I use MD mini. Love it.