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by Cameron Francis This effect came about after reading an Ed Marlo version of Hofsinzer's Everywhere and Nowhere plot. While the Marlo effect was the catalyst for this trick, at the end of day they don't really resemble each other in the slightest. Effect: Two cards are selected and lost in the deck, we'll say the cards are the Five of Spades and the Eight of Hearts. The magician has the spectator cut the deck into two piles. The magician picks up one pile and runs through it, asking the spectators to tell him when they see their cards. Neither card is in the magician's half. The magician then instructs one of the spectators to cut the remaining half into three piles. The magician turns over the top card of each pile. None are the spectator's cards. The magician clicks his fingers and shows the three cards again. They are now three duplicates of the Five of Spades! One more click and when the three cards are turned face up again, they are now the mates of the Eight of Hearts! The magician spread his half of the deck and the Eight of Hearts is seen reversed in the middle. But what of the Five of Spades? The deck is reassembled and the magician hands it to the spectator. She
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spells “Find the card”, dealing one card for each letter and discovers the Five!
Preparation: Okay, this is pretty complicated. Grab a deck, read carefully and try to follow along... Place any four of a kind on top of the deck in any order. Are you still with me? All kidding aside, that's the only prep you need to do which makes this extremely practical. In this example, we'll use the Eights and say that the Eight of Hearts is on top of all.
Performance: 1. Give the deck a shuffle shuffle retaining the the top stock. Cut the deck, deck, keeping a pinky break between the halves, and perform a Riffle Force, forcing the Eight of Hearts on the first spectator. Thumb the card off the deck and have the spectator look at it. Reassemble the deck, the other three Eights going back on top. Turn to another spectator and riffle your left thumb down the side of the deck. Wherever the spectator calls stop, legitimately cut the deck at that point and thumb the top card off the bottom half to the spectator. We'll say this card is the Five of Spades. Place the right hand portion onto the left hand portion so that the three Eights are once again on top of the deck. 2. As the spectators spectators are looking at the selections, selections, secure secure a break under the top three cards of the deck. 3. Take the Five back and place it on top of the deck. You You now hold a break under four cards. Perform a Braue Reversal Reversal so the four
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cards are now reversed at the back of the face up deck. For those of you who don't know the Braue Reversal, here's a brief description: Hold the deck from above in right hand Biddle Grip, the right thumb holding the break between the top four cards and the rest of the deck. With your left hand, undercut half the deck and flip it face up on top of the cards above the break. Undercut the rest of the cards under the break and flip them face up on top of all. You are now holding a face up deck with four cards reversed at the rear. 4.
Re-grip the deck so you are holding it face down in dealer's grip. However, keep the top of the deck tilted back (neck-tied) so the spectators cannot see the reversed card on top (Fig. 1). 1).
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Take the Eight of Hearts back and place it face down on top of the deck (Fig. 2). 2). Tilt the deck down so you are holding it parallel to the floor. floor.
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Position check from the top of the deck down: Face down Eight of Hearts, face up Eight, face up Eight, face up Eight, face up second selection, face down rest of the deck. 6. Give the deck a couple couple of false cuts and place place it on the table. table. Ask the spectator to cut the deck in half.
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7. Pick up the former top half half of the deck and flip it it face up. Say, Say, “I'm going to run through this half half. Tell Tell me if either either of you see your card.” card.” 8. Start peeling face up cards into your right right hand, counting counting silently to yourself. Once you have counted off eight cards, stop and ask the spectators if any of the cards were theirs. Once they say no, flip the eight cards in your right hand face down. 9.
With your left forefinger, push on the out right corner of the bottom card of the packet to buckle it. Slip the eight face down cards in your right hand between the buckled card and the rest of the packet (Fig. 3). 3).
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10.Count off nine or ten more cards into your right hand. Ask if any are the selections. Flip them face down and place them under the left hand packet. 11.Count off the rest of the face up cards into your right hand, flip them face down and place them under the left hand packet. Flip the packet face down and hold it in your left hand. 12.Say, “We'll if neither card is in this packet, they must be in the other one. Let's see if you can find your own cards.” Ask one of the spectators to give the other packet (formerly the bottom half of the deck) a shuffle.
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This done, have him hand the packet to the other spectator and ask her to cut the packet into a row of three piles. As this is being done, secure a pinky break under the top four cards of the packet in your hand. 13.
We'll call the packets that the spectator cuts, going from your left to your right, piles A, B and C. The half deck you are holding is packet D.
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Once the cards have been cut into three piles, pick up the top card of packets A, B and C and place them on top of the cards you hold in your hand, side jogged to the right. Flip all three cards face up. Lift up all seven cards above the break, three face up indifferent cards followed by three face down Eights and the face down Five of Spades.
15.Perform J.K. Hartman's Secret Subtraction to display and then ditch the three indifferent cards. Here's how it's done: Hold the seven card packet in right hand Biddle Grip. Using your left thumb, pull the top face up card to the left and rotate it around to the bottom of the packet, holding a break between it and the rest of the packet with your right thumb at the inner right corner of the packet. Tilt your right hand up so that the packet is perpendicular perpendicular to the floor to show the face of the indifferent card, asking if it is the selection. Repeat this procedure with the next two cards, maintaining the break. At the end of the sequence, all seven cards are face down and you are holding a break under four of them. During the action of squaring up the packet, allow the packet to kiss the deck for a moment and release the three indifferent
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cards below the break onto the deck. This leaves you holding four cards in your right hand. Place your half of the deck on the table. 16.
Still holding the cards in right hand Biddle Grip, place your left thumb on top of the packet and your left fingers underneath. Milk the packet, sliding the top and bottom cards into your left hand (Fig. 4). 4). You are left holding a double in your right hand. Place the double on top of the two cards in your left hand. As you perform the above, say, “So none of these three cards were the selections...”
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17.Snap your fingers over the packet. Perform a triple lift showing that the top card has turned into the Five of Spades. 18.
Flip the triple face down and drop the top card on top of pile A (the pile to your left).
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Perform a double turnover and show a duplicate of the Five. Turn the double face down. Slide out the bottom card an place it on top of pile B. This is discrepant but done swiftly no one will notice.
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Holding the last two cards as one from fr om above in the right hand, revolve the right hand palm up to display another copy of the Five. Turn the right hand palm down and drop the double on top of pile C.
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21.Say, “Of course, this was just an illusion. There aren't really three Fives of Spades on top of these packets. And if I just snap the spell is now broken. Because now these cards are... The Eight of Clubs, the Eight of Diamonds, and the Eight of Spades which means the second selection must have been the Eight of Hearts.” As you say the above, suit your actions to the words and turn over the top cards of each pile revealing the three Eights. Place the Eights on the table, just above their respective piles. 22.Snap your fingers over packet D (your portion of the deck) and spread it across the table, showing the Eight of Hearts reversed in the middle. 23.
Slide all of the cards above the reversed Eight to your right. We'll call this new packet E. The cards below the Eight are packet D. Fig. 5 shows the position of the packets from your point of view.
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Place the Eight of Hearts to the right of the other three Eights creating a row of four cards.
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Now start gathering up the piles of cards in a counter clockwise manner, starting with packet E. In other words, pick up pile E and place it on pile C. Pick up the combined packet and place it
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on top of pile B. Pick up the combined packet and place it on top of onto pile A. And finally place everything on top of pile D. 26.Turn to the spectator who picked the second card and say, “Now, we found the Eight Eight but where's your your Five of Spades? I have an idea. Let's ask the deck to find the card. Here, take the deck and spell “Find the card” dealing one card for each letter...” 27.Once the spectator has done this, tell him to turn over the next card. It will be the Five of Spades.
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