Cards in Magic & Conjuring: page 54

A deck is borrowed from one spectator and shuffled by another spectator. Darwin finds the four aces while his eyes are covered by the hands of a third spectator. He even discerns the suit of one of the aces by touch alone.

To pull this effect off you will need a bit of pre-show work.

runtime: 18min 28s

This is the 'pick a card and I find it' type of effect, where the spectator's card is revealed with a color change. It is a nice sequence that could fit into many card routines.

runtime: 4min 37s

Featuring Infinity

Martin is demonstrating the difference between coincidence, or luck, and sleight-of-hand. This is a lovely routine where a spectator selects a card that is lost in the deck. The four aces are shown and one ace with the same suit as the spectators card magically turns face down while the aces are held by the spectator. Perhaps a coincidence. Then another card in the remaining deck turns face down. Luck?! The final climax when the two face-down cards are turned face-up is the transposition of an ace and the chosen card because the ace is found in the deck and the chosen card...

The ace through 10 of Diamonds are inserted into the pack, each card at a different location. The deck is shuffled and then Michael produces each card one by one in different ways using pop out moves, cuts, and other flourishes.

This is an improvement of an effect popularized by Eddie Fechter. However Eddie produced each card the same way using the gymnastic ace production from the Paul LePaul book.

runtime: 14min 46s

Four Jokers turn one by one into the same card that was selected before by a spectator. For the climax the four cards turn into the four Queens.

This effect was inspired by Jenning's Wild Cards.

runtime: 8min 22s

A deck is shuffled by a spectator. A card is picked in a fair and open manner. The card is returned and the deck is shuffled again by the spectator. The performer takes out four cards, one of the four is the spectator chosen card. The chosen card vanishes leaving only three cards in the performer's hands. The card appears face-up in the tabled deck.

runtime: 11min 58s

The Ace Assembly theme is a classic one. Jennings credits Bill Miesel as the first to create a card assembly effect. Here you will learn Larry Jennings' variation which avoids bringing the deck and the aces together. The four aces are shown one at a time. Very slowly one by one and absolutely fairly three aces travel to the leader ace.

runtime 9min 40s

You will learn two versions for the classic Homing Card effect. The first one uses only one palm and is for the beginner and the second version uses two palms.

runtime 6min

Changing Collectors
Three spectators choose three cards. You lose the selections in the deck. You produce the four Kings from your pocket. The four Kings turn face down magically and after this they change into the four Aces and the three selections appear between the Aces.

Cheese In My Pocket
This is a reverse collectors effect. You put three selections between the four Queens. Then you cut the seven card packet in the middle of the deck. The three selections disappear from between the Queens and you produce them from your pocket.

1st edition 2011; 4 pages.

Young magician John Gelasi presents three new takes on a classic plot in packet card magic: the brainwave effect. Each of these new effects are novel, fun approaches to the plot, with varied methods and handlings, so you're sure to find one that you'll love performing. Better yet, each effect ends completely clean, with all of the cards being totally examinable at the conclusion. Resets are fast, making these the perfect effects to have in your wallet for that spur of the moment performance.

The eBook contains these three new routines:

The Royal Wave: Impromptu "B’wave" at its best....

• Great finish to any routine.
• This is a reworked version of "Valediction".
• Easy one-time Preparation.

• No Gaffs or Duplicates.
• Impromptu
• Use any Deck.
• This is a reworked version of "Pocket Assembly".

Fundamental Techniques

• Dealing Position
• The End Grip
• Elevated Dealing Position
• Squaring the Deck
• The All-around Square-up
• Giving the Deck a Complete Cut
• Spreading the Cards in the Hands
• Outjogging Cards as They are Spread Between the Hands
• Dribbling Cards
• Dealing Cards
• Dealing Cards Face Down–The Draw Method
• Dealing Cards Face Up–The Stud Method
• The Swing Cut
• The Break
• The Little-finger Break
• Forming a Little-finger Break Under the Top Card–Two-handed Method
• Forming a Little-finger Break Under the Top Card–One-handed Method
• Forming a Little-finger Break Under Multiple...

Overhand Shuffle Techniques, Part 1

• The Overhand Shuffle
• Running Single Cards
• Control of the Top and Bottom Cards
• Controlling the Top Stock of the Deck–The Injog Shuffle
• Controlling the Bottom Stock

  TRICKS WITH THE OVER HAND SHUFFLE

• Thought Stealer
• The Spectator Cuts the Aces

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False Cut Techniques, Part 1

• An Optical False Cut from the Hand
• The False Swing Cut
• A Simple False Cut
• A Triple False Cut
• The Slip Cut from Dealing Position

  TRICKS WITH FALSE CUTS

• Hat Trick
• Court Card Conclave

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Card Controls

• The Overhand Shuffle Control
• The "Whoops!" Control
• The Diagonal Insertion
• The Peek Control
• The Post-peek Overhand Shuffle Control
• A Peek Control for Two Cards
• The Multiple Peek Control
• The One-card Middle Pass
• Other Controls

  TRICKS WITH CARD CONTROLS

• The Shamus Card
• The Question Is...

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Force Techniques, Part 1

• The Crisscross Force
• The Balducci Force
• The Goldin Force
• The Ten-to-twenty Force

  TRICKS WITH THE FORCE

• The Lie Detector
• Further than that...

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Riffle Shuffle Techniques

• The Closed Riffle Shuffle
• Squaring After the Shuffle
• The Open Riffle Shuffle
• Riffle Shuffle Stock Controls
• The Waterfall Riffle Shuffle

  TRICKS WITH RIFFLE SHUFFLE TECHNIQUES

• The Red-black Location
• Royal Flush Finale

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Transfer Cuts

• The Double Cut
• The Triple Cut from Top to Bottom
• The Triple Cut from Bottom to Top

  TRICKS WITH TRANSFER CUTS

• Triple Coincidence
• Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

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The Glide

• The Glide

  TRICKS WITH THE GLIDE

• The Acrobat Family
• The Coué-Test

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The Glimpse

• General Comments on the Glimpse
• Top-card Riffle Glimpse
• Top-card Double Lift Glimpse
• Top-card Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
• Bottom Card All-around Square-up Glimpse
• Situational Bottom Card Glimpse
• Center-card Glimpse
• Final Notes

  TRICKS WITH THE GLIMPSE

• Card Catcher
• Impossible!

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The Key Card

• Key-card Placement
• The Key Card in a Hand-to-hand Spread
• Key Card in a Ribbon Spread
• Glimpse and Placement
• Location, Identification and Control with a Key Card
• Control in a Hand-to-hand Spread
• Tabled Ribbon Spread Control
• Further Thoughts on the Key Card

  TRICKS WITH A KEY CARD

• A Phenomenal Memory
• Your Number–Your Card
• Thot Echo

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The Double Lift, Part 1

• A Double Lift
• A Double Turnover

  TRICKS WITH A DOUBLE LIFT

• Rise and Swap
• A Card in Hand

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Hindu Shuffle Technique

• The Hindu Shuffle
• Glimpsing the Bottom Card with a Hindu Shuffle
• Placing a Key Card with a Hindu Shuffle
• The Hindu Shuffle Force
• Hindu Shuffle Card Controls
• Controlling a Single Card
• Controlling Multiple Cards

  TRICKS WITH THE HINDU SHUFFLE TECHNIQUE

• The Magus Card
• The Lucky Card

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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