The three ticks in this video are variations of effects by Don Alan, Juan Tamariz, and an old-school sucker trick that appeared in Expert Card Technique.
Don Alan had a trick called Magic Ranch in which a chosen card was found in a wooden egg. I've rearranged the presentation with a new ending, the people think that a real egg is about to be cracked open in the cupped hands of the assisting spectator. The switch of the real egg for the gimmick egg is accomplished by Slydini body mechanics and within reach of anyone willing to understand and apply the concept. I also offer an alternative ending, as well as how to make the special one-way deck that is required, and the wooden egg.
Juan Tamariz does this very entertaining trick in which a person selects four cards. The person is told the cards tell his fortune, a black card is bad luck and a red card is good luck. The cards are turned over one by one and they are all black. At the end, Juan turns all the cards red. It involves a pretty sophisticated shuffle I wanted to avoid and I wanted to change the handling of the change of the black cards to red in an easier way. I did this trick in Italy many times last month and it played very well.
I have also included a classic sucker trick and a deck switch.
1st edition 2024, video 35 min.
