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Close.Up.Dave Inner circle Behind you! 2956 Posts |
What revelations do you do when jazzing with a memorized deck and how many do you do? How many do you think is too much? I usually do about four revelations with it.
The first one I control either to the top or bottom. If it's on the bottom I do the pop-out move. If it's on the top, then I do a double lift and turnover and change it into the named card. The next one, I control the named card to the top and do the Lennart Green top shot to reveal it. The third one I do Simon Aronson's Two Beginnings. The Last one, if I'm doing it standing up, then I use Guy Hollingworth's Triumph Routine. If I'm seated or have a table nearby, I'll do Simon Aronson's Invisible Card to end it. |
Magicmike1949 Special user 643 Posts |
Sounds like a nice set to me and plenty long. I assume you are using Simon's Stack. Assuming it's still in order as you progress through your routine, you might want to end with his Canasta effect, or Past, Present, Future. Using Canasta could bring another memorized stack into play. Then maybe end with Ortiz's Zen Master.
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Daegs Inner circle USA 4291 Posts |
Hmmm, I think more than two memorized deck tricks in any routine are already way too many!
It's a tool, not your only weapon! |
dogwood86 Regular user Vancouver 124 Posts |
One of the simplest things I do, which could be made easier with a memorized deck is to get them to name a card, find it while casually shuffling or running through the deck mentioning I placed one random card before I started in my pocket.
I palm it off and produce it from my pocket. Or rather reverse it and perform an impromptu Invisible Deck. Both of these are stronger than producing it with a pop out move. Even just revealing it on top is stronger than a pop-out move. |
NoahJLevine Regular user 142 Posts |
David, I think part of being good at Jazzing with the memorized deck is knowing when you've got a great hit. If someone names the top/bottom card of your stack, sell the heck out of it and end it right there.
Many people don't like spelling (I used to hate it), but spelling can be very effective with the stack. With spelling you need to emphasize the impossible odds of the card being at that exact place in the deck. Also, in Worker's 5 Check out "The Wishing Trick" and "Jazzin". |
dbiderman New user 82 Posts |
I have a deck that I have just memorized, but is not an Aronson stack or any of the other famous stacks. I just shuffled a deck and memorized it, kind of stupid on my part I guess
The only effect I have been doing with it until now is having a card named, and I can tell them where it is in the deck and vice/versa. I've been getting great reactions from this, but I was wondering if anyone else had any ideas. |
Uli Weigel Inner circle Berlin, Germany 1478 Posts |
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On 2004-07-20 15:21, dbiderman wrote: Not at all! The vast majority of published memorized deck effects is stacked independent anyway. You only miss on the built-in features of the stacks by Aronson, Tamariz, etc. Read their books and ask yourself if any of the "famous" stacks have built-in features you really can't live without. Then it's probably time to change. Otherwise, just stick with your own stack. It will be as good as any. |
superej68 New user 50 Posts |
I've watched asi wind do a 30 min show using just things from mnemonica, everyone was blown away
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danielvanm New user The Netherlands 70 Posts |
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On Jun 7, 2014, superej68 wrote: Nice! You've watched him live or is it online somewhere?
- Daniel
"Astonishment is our natural state of mind" Website: http://www.magicandmentalism.nl/ Contact: daniel@magicandmentalism.nl |
JBSmith1978 Veteran user NY 389 Posts |
To be honest I wasn't at all impressed with the built in effects from Mnemonica. Not to my taste or style.
On the other hand, remember that the built-in poker stack in Aronsons has at least 20 different presentations attached to it(published). That being said it's possible that there are pieces of Tamariz that others have touched upon and weren't fully realized. Some of my now memdeck staples have come from jazzing. Do yourself a favor and bring a small notebook/note app to each performance, paid or otherwise. Better yet get the audio and video as well. Pick up Gene Anderson's Stebbins effect. It's not memdeck, though for all phases but one you can use your own stack, but it's pure gold. It might inspire some fun ways to think about stack effects. http://www.geneanderson.com/sistebbins.html |
stickmondoo Veteran user 306 Posts |
I second the Gene Anderson Routine. It's Great. Dennis Loomis discusses it in one of his Memorized Deck articles which you can find on the Café.
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The_MetalMaster Veteran user Indiana 320 Posts |
Bring an ultra mental deck into play and perform Gene Nielson's Swindled. Very underrated effect with a mem deck
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