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iaind New user 17 Posts |
Hello folks, I'm hoping to solicit suggestions for a certain kind of card magic that I'm hunting down for a themed show. Namely, I want the effects to be conceivably possible by extreme coincidence, as the character insists "there's no 'magic' going on, it's just really, really unlikely!" So predictions are fair game, but transpositions aren't, for example. I guess mental magic and gambling magic are adaptable too. I'm fairly new in my book collection, but have all of Card College and all of Aronson's books. Any other suggestions of particular strong resources for this flavour of thing would be most appreciated.
Thanks! iain |
The Burnaby Kid Inner circle St. John's, Canada 3158 Posts |
There is a general subcategory of card effect that's centered around coincidences.
https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/1014 (links to Tamariz's approach, which is considered by many to be the coo duh grass, which is a weird thing to say about grass imho) Others... https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/737 https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/983 https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/985 https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/2556 https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/2467
JACK, the Jolly Almanac of Card Knavery, a free card magic resource for beginners.
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iaind New user 17 Posts |
Thanks for the links. Are there particular authors in this area that you would recommend?
iain |
The Burnaby Kid Inner circle St. John's, Canada 3158 Posts |
I'm not an oficion... affician... oofooshoonoo... I'm not an expert on the plot, but I think you could do worse than start by watching Tamariz perform his take on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7kzouQOpZk After that, if you can't get your hands on Tamariz's Sonata (understandable, it's rarer than last night's steak that's still giving me indigestion) you can probably find a bunch of other similar performances just by googling "coincidence card trick" or similar. Also, you can study Tamariz himself to see what's going on. First, know that you're not obliged to mimic the manic invisible-violin nature of his delivery. Second, you can ALSO opt to drop the presentational approach that pushes the conditions of the trick in favour of something else that you like better. But, if you do want to use that approach, you can probably milk a lot out of that from other coincidence tricks, such as Engel's Quadruple Coincidence, which is available in Scarne on Card Tricks, which is inexpensive. Or, at least I think the one I'm thinking of is Engel's in that book. Rupert, if you could take a couple of minutes away from pulling wings off flies, can you double-check that reference for me?
JACK, the Jolly Almanac of Card Knavery, a free card magic resource for beginners.
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magicfish Inner circle 7004 Posts |
He can't. He let his subscription run out.
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mlippo Inner circle Trieste (Italy) 1227 Posts |
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On Jun 27, 2020, iaind wrote: Each of "The Card Magic of Nick Trost" and the series of books titled "Subtle Card Creations" contain a chapter called "Coincidences". You may wish to do some research there. Mark |
iaind New user 17 Posts |
Thanks Mark, much appreciated!
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Rupert Pupkin Inner circle 1452 Posts |
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On Jun 27, 2020, The Burnaby Kid wrote: Minor setup and handling differences aside, they are the same trick. I believe the Engel credit predates the Scarne book. Sorry it took so long to respond. I was resubscribing to, um... ...I don't know... you can fill in the rest of this joke yourself. I'm tired. |
Rafael Benatar V.I.P. Spain 165 Posts |
You may want to check this Penguin download of mine (You and I). Also included in my "Parlour" booklet along with another coincidence trick (Altered Destiny)
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/8665 |
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