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Magic KL Inner circle 2816 Posts 
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Is it really that magical?
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/13457 "Wow using a borrowed deck of cards and still do this miracle!! The method is clever and easily repeatable. Seemingly so fair... even though it is not" - Chef Anton "The method is subtle, sneaky and takes zero preparation.... borrow the deck and melt some minds. Great stuff!" - Michael Kaminskas "If you love truly impossible card locations, this should be in your anytime / anywhere repertoire." - Cody S. Fisher Larry Hass is the dean of the McBride Mystery School, and he knows a thing or two about performing direct and powerful mind reading. In One Card and One Card Only Larry has updated Jack Kent Tillar trick with a killer routine and some new sleights to make this worthy of his borrowed card stunners series. Here's what happens: A spectator can shuffle a borrowed deck. They look at a card from the center of the deck and replace it. The deck is cut, and then shuffled. The audience then removes a few cards from the deck at random, and the magician is able to feel the energy left on the card by the spectator. The magician directly, and with no false moves, narrows everything down to one card and one card only. That turns out to be the selected card. One Card and One Card Only relies on a subtle yet powerful principle that Larry shares with you. There's almost no sleight of hand, and it's simple to do. Best of all it can be done with a borrowed deck. Perform some incredibly direct mind reading with One Card and One Card Only. |
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magicman from poland New user Poland 24 Posts
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First it says that spectator peek any card, and then says card from center.
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Rizzo Inner circle East Coast 3446 Posts
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So if card is selected from center, a crimp would do wonders
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rodrigez New user 75 Posts
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Would love to see the whole process. Right now from the description it does remind me of Vernons Emotional Reaction.
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ipe Special user 563 Posts
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On Apr 14, 2020, rodrigez wrote: Mee too. It wouks be good to know the strength of this version instead of using a k** card (I really love the k** card principe by the way).
What would a real mindreader do?
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Mr. Dural Loyal user 274 Posts
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I bought this.
EFFECT : After a borrowed deck has been shuffled the magician demonstrates to the spectator to grab a small packet of cards from the middle of the deck, and remember the bottom card. The magician places his packet on the deck and can turn away for the rest of the routine, depending on how you want to play it, and if you have faith that your spectator will / can follow basic direction. The spectator does the above and places his packet on the deck. You now have the spectator cut the deck, and riffle shuffle it. A few cuts can follow if they like. You then spread the deck face up on the table and have them pull out 4,5 or 6 cards randomly from the deck but include their selection in the cards the pull out. From this point you can play the routine with any kind of reveal you wish as you already know their selection. METHOD : This is an old, basic method but its combined with a subtle ruse by Jack Kent Tillar that throws in a layer of deception. There are no real sleights to be performed. There is one "move" but its so basic and well covered that it will totally fly by. THOUGHTS Its always good to have a borrowed deck routine in your back pocket. The reveal can be played out with many presentations. However I feel that this effect would be a great effect as part of a lecture rather than a stand alone at $10 a pop - especially in these economically uncertain times. Its a solid effect , but you probably have learned and discarded many with the same overall effect. That one subtlety is nice but not $10 nice. I'd give it a 7/10 |
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rodrigez New user 75 Posts
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Thanks for shedding some light on this Mr. Dural.
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pnerd Regular user 168 Posts
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So, the magician is finding the spectator's card from 4 unknown cards (instead of 52). Isn't that a rather weak effect?
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Mr. Dural Loyal user 274 Posts
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On Apr 14, 2020, pnerd wrote: they can take out more if you like. |
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Stapper New user the netherlands 91 Posts
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On Apr 14, 2020, pnerd wrote: Well, through the eyes of the magician, it is a weak effect in the hands of a good magician, it is a miracle for the spectator just as good ad some other self working miracles 
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Joe Roberts Special user 930 Posts
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On Apr 14, 2020, Stapper wrote: I'd say it's the exact opposite. This seems to be the type of effect magicians like, but is very forgettable to normal people. |
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pnerd Regular user 168 Posts
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On Apr 15, 2020, Joe Roberts wrote: My thoughts exactly. Maybe this routine has a clever and sneaky subtlety or principle that is beautiful to a magician. But the cleverness of the subtlety is not visible to the spectator. All they see is that the magician finds their card from 4 or 5 (or maybe 6) cards. Why should that be impressive to a spectator? That's what I would like to know from those who have bought this effect before I decide to buy it myself. . |
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pegasus Eternal Order United Kingdom 10537 Posts
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On Apr 14, 2020, pnerd wrote: Very. |
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boinko Elite user Illinois 427 Posts
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A strange effect.
More theatrical than mechanical. I appreciate the theatrics -- and I know Hass is (most likely) channeling Eugene Berger (who is a master at this kind of thing -- and Hass' mentor). I'm glad I bought it -- the teaching is great -- but good god, a m****ed deck would make this even more of a miracle. Not sure why this wasn't mentioned (or maybe I missed it). This is one of those effects where the video needed a bit of editing. There seemed to be some repetition -- and the teaching while good, seemed a bit long. But to each his or her own. I get it. BTW -- this is something I've wanted to mention for a while now, but this is an effect where the patter makes very little sense -- or is not at all convincing -- for, probably, 90% of the people performing the effect. That's fine -- and I know we all need to adapt and adjust -- but I'd love to see videos like this split into a couple sections (a) mechanics and (b) patter. Here, the mechanics were -- well, pretty cool -- but the emphasis was clearly on a kind of patter that simply wouldn't work for most folks. You have to be a certain kind of person do this like he does it. But that's the challenge. I realize that. And everybody needs to personalize. I get it. I got it. The big issue is that after all the patter, I'm not sure the payoff is worth it. Or, to put it another way, most folks -- even lay folks -- get the plot without the patter. The patter is what could (potentially) make this one of those annoying "all that -- and that's it?" kind of effects. Effect: 6/10. Patter: 3/10. Interesting thing is with a different kind of deck -- the deck I mention above -- this could be (virtually) a hands-off effect. That might be quite cool. Plus, it needs a kicker. The one card is identified -- but then the other cards pulled from the deck -- well, they need to be something, too -- like 4 aces or something. That would be awesome. (That's not possible with the current handling -- but that's the kind of kicker the effect needs.) But that's a different trick, I guess. Plot-wise, this is ... well, meh. |
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Tim Trono Inner circle 1139 Posts
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Larry's ideas in his Stunner releases are that they are pack a major punch (they can easily be the stand alone "perfect miracle") while all being done with a borrowed, shuffled deck. For card revelations, this one is hard to beat. The deck is shuffled by the spectator. From the center of the deck a spectator then pulls out a group of cards. They then peek at a single card. They gather the cards together and they shuffle them again. It's only at this point that you touch the cards and reveal the thought of card. Think about that for a moment. I'm a fan of Vernon's Emotional Reaction but this will fool you even if you know that. Larry combines ideas by the very clever Bill Abbott and another idea I was unfamiliar with by Jack Tillar that threw me off.
It's a strong revelation that is very hands off, no procedure so often part of semi automatic magic, and a fooler. This will fool your fellow magician let alone knock out your lay audience. For the one perfect fooler I think it's a worthwhile investment. Tim Trono |
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pnerd Regular user 168 Posts
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On Apr 15, 2020, boinko wrote: May I know why you are glad that you bought an effect, which is "meh" plot-wise. Is it because of your idea of using a m***ed deck? Does that idea improve the effect significantly? . |
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AndrewI Regular user 154 Posts
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This is almost identical to a trick in “My Best” edited by J G Thompson Jr. I’ll dig it out and find which one.
Really everyone could do themselves a huge favour and just buy that book, which is pure gold and available as a reasonably priced eBook download. This is about the fourth effect I’ve seen published this year which is directly based on effects in that book. |
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AndrewI Regular user 154 Posts
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Available here for that same $10 (actually $9.95!)
https://www.lybrary.com/my-best-p-893186.html |
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CMR Regular user 183 Posts
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On Apr 14, 2020, AndrewI wrote: Thanks, Andrew. I will check it out. |
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AndrewI Regular user 154 Posts
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Take a look at “my best trick” by George McAthy in the book linked above, page 112. Routined slightly differently but the effect, method and principle are identical. And the book is yours to download for less than $10 including dozens and dozens of additional fine routines. Maybe there’s some gem of routining included in this release but I can’t see the value proposition myself.
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