Magic: March 2019

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Bill Simon's Prophecy Move

Used to put a card between two known cards (the top and bottom card) for a prediction effect.

Also can be used to recover from a failed classic force (see Magick Balay Penguin Lecture)

See
Business Card Prophecy

Michael Ammar ETMCM vol 5, (Another Quick Coincidence)

Friday, March 29, 2019

Counting four cards as four but hiding the forth card from the top by displaying one card twice. At the end of the count, the hidden card ends up in the third position from the top.

See:
Card College Vol 2
Darly's Encyclopedia of Card Sleights Vol 7
The Elmsley Count Project by Liam Montier & Big Blind Media

Thursday, March 28, 2019

8 Card Brainwave

Performance

Michael Ammar Performance

Tutorial

See Olram subtlety

Olram Subtlety

Used to conceal the faces or backs of several cards.

Created by Ed Marlo (Olram is Marlo spelled backwards)

See:
Daryl - Encyclopedia of Card Sleights, Vol 7

Card College, Vol 3

Used in:

8 Card Brainwave

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Jay Ose Triple Cut

Tutorial

Monday, March 25, 2019

Daryl's Encyclopedia of Card Sleights Vol. 3

False Cuts (cont. from Vol 2)
Slydini;
Oops!;
Slip Cut;
1, 2, 3 False Cut;
Erdnase 3 Packet False Table Cut;
Up the Ladder Cut;
Versatile 3 Packet Up the Ladder

Riffle Shuffle
In the Air;
Waterfall/Cascade Finish;
Jerry Andrus Spring Shuffle;
Spring Riffle;
Jack Merlin Shuffle;
Shuffle Sides;
Table Riffle Shuffle;
Closed Riffle Shuffle;
Open Riffle Shuffle;
Controlling Cards with the Riffle Shuffle;
Maintaining the Top & Bottom Card;
In the Hand Riffle Shuffle Glimpse;
Erdnase Touch;
Maintain Divided Deck;
Triumph Shuffle (Dai Vernon);
Push Through Shuffle

Glimpses/Peeks
Hindu Shuffle Glimpse;
Bubble Peek;
Thumb Count;
Phantom Peek;
During Table Riffle Shuffle;
Bottom Card Buckle Peek;
X-Ray Vision (Arthur Buckley);
A New Glimpse;
Step Peek Trick Break;
Whispering Queens;
Fan Peek (Arthur Buckley) The Key Card;
Trick Break Gray's Speller;
Methods of Using the Key;
Card on Top of Deck;
Dai Vernon's Method for the Key Card;
A Miracle Discovery;
Explanation of Gray's Speller;
Methods of Using Key Card on Bottom of Deck;
Cirrus Card Trick;
The Sliding Key Card.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Ambitious Card

Michael Ammar performance

JS Magic performance

Ekaterina performance

Jason Ladanye performance

Daryl's ambitious card

Card Mechanic tutorial (uses a cull and turnover pass

Using the mercury card fold to get card into mouth

Possible routine

Triple lift, bring it back to the top three times. Overhand shuffle, bring it back to the top, double lift showing wrong card, then color change to show correct card. Turn back over, put into the deck, bring back to the top. Say you try it and perform card to mouth.

1) Tilt, double lift to top 2) Top card to middle, show back on top 3) (Try something new, pick a number) Diagonal insertion, double undercut to top, shuffle to bottom, counting drop off move. 4) Turn over the double on small pack, take top card put it on the big pack, then put the small pack on top. Do double to show the card is not on top. Then do color change to put it on top.

https://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=76275&forum=2&75

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ik7qzhXOBQ&t=76s

counting drop off move

Ascanio Spread

When presenting five cards as four, it is used to hide the third card from the top.

When presenting six cards as four, it is used to hide the third and fourth cards from the top.

Tutorial

See:
Card College, Vol 3
Cannibal Kings by Lin Searles presented by Michael Ammar
Easy to Master Card Miracles Vol 1
Daryl - Encyclopedia of Card Sleights, Vol 7

Used in:

Cannibal Kings