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RELEASED by Liam Montier & Cameron Francis CONTENTS INVISIBLE TECHNOLOGY Montier/Francis

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A ROUGH YEAR 7 Montier/Francis PLAYING FAVORITES Montier/Francis

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BETWEEN THE SIGNED PALMS Montier TELLING IT LIKE IT IS Montier/Francis SUBTLE SOTTO Francis

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COLLECTED WHISPERS Montier OUT OF MY SKULL Francis

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MOVES 32 Montier/Francis TEAR IT UP 2

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INVISIBLE TECHNOLOGY Montier/Francis

Cameron came up with the original idea for this effect... and then Liam swooped in and added that inimitable Montier touch! Not only is the presentation novel, but this is a trick that definitely tends to fool magicians. Oh, and did we mention that it's completely impromptu? Well, Well, it is! So what are are you waiting for? Read on and then go out and destroy 'em with this super cool shocker!

Effect:

The magician explains that the King of Spades and the King of Clubs have figured out a way to turn other cards invisible.

A card is selected and placed between the two Kings whereupon it instantly turns invisible! This is repeated with two more selections.

The magician explains that the Kings are good at causing card to turn invisible, but not so good at making them visible again. The Aces, however, are very good at it!

An Ace is placed face up on top of the face down deck. The deck is given a cut. When it is spread, four face up Aces are seen in the middle with three cards between them. They are the three selections!















Performance:

1. Say, Say, “I don't know know if you know know this, but the militar military y has been working working on technolog technology y which would render soldiers and vehicles invisible on the battle field. I don't know much about it, but I do know that there are a couple of cards in this deck which have been working on ways to make other cards invisible. These intrepid cards are none other than the two black Kings.”

As you say this, run through the deck and remove the two black Kings. Place the Kings to the back of the deck.

2. Spread through through the the deck again again as you say that that you will will need a card select selected. ed. Say that you you don't want an Ace selected as you will need them later. When you come to the first Ace during your spread, cull it under the cards in your right hand.

3. Out jog the the card which which the spectator spectator selecte selected. d. Square up the the deck, slippin slipping g the culled culled Ace to the back, under the two black Kings. Remove the selection, keeping it held in the right hand, and turn the deck face down.

4. Slip the face face up selection selection between between the the top two face face down cards cards of the deck deck (An Ace followe followed d by a black King). Spread the top three cards to show the selection apparently sandwiched between the two Kings. As you do this, get a break under the fourth card from the top (the second black King).

5. Square everything everything up, maintai maintaining ning the break break and then immediatel immediately y flip over all all four cards cards above the break.















7. Pretend Pretend to thumb an “invisi “invisible” ble” card card off the the top of the deck deck into the the spectator's spectator's hand. hand. Ask her her to hold onto it for now.

8. Flip the the two black Kings Kings face down down and then turn turn the the deck face face up.

9. Repeat steps steps 2-8 two two more times. times. Each Each time you run run though the the face up deck to to cull your Ace, Ace, say, say, “Now, last time a card was picked near the top so let's have you choose one from the middle...” This justifies why you keep spreading further into the deck each time.

10. Remove the two Kings from the the deck and place them aside. At this point, the situation is this, from the top of the deck down:

Face down selection Face up Ace Face down selection Face up Ace Face down Selection Face up Ace Rest of Deck

11. Finally, Finally, run through the deck and remove the remaining remaining Ace from the middle of the deck.

12. Turn the deck face down and place the face up Ace on top of it. it. Ask each spectator to slip slip his/her invisible selection into the middle of the pack . Give the deck a cut.

13. Spread the deck to show four face up Aces in the middle with three face down cards interlaced















Inspirations

This routine sort of combines the vanishes from “The Visitor” Visitor” by Larry Jennings1, and the climax of“Collectors” routine, which was the brainchild of Roy Walton2.

















A ROUGH YEAR Montier/Francis

Cameron was inspired inspired to create this diary effect after reading Liam's excellent effect “Anytime Diary” from his “Telephonica” “Telephonica” e-book. Cameron originally used a modified Invisible Deck to perform this barnstormer of a trick until Liam suggested the fantastic variation you are about to read here! So what are you waiting for? Read on…

Effect:

The magician talks about how calendars and cards have a lot of similarities: Four suits in a deck, four seasons in a year. 52 weeks in a year, 52 cards in a deck, etc. He then introduces a pocket calendar with different cards written on each date, and a blue backed deck of cards, in which he claims he made a prediction.

The spectator is asked to think of o f a special date and turn to that date in the calend . To see if the

















Preparation:

You will need:

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A red backed deck of cards

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A blue backed deck of cards

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Roughing fluid

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A pocket diary

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A pen

Give the red backed deck a good mix and then remove any 26 cards. Make sure there are a good amount of mixed suits and values in the talon. Using your roughing fluid, rough the backs of these 26 cards.

Open the blue deck and remove the same 26 cards which match the 26 roughed cards from your red deck. Rough the faces of these 26 blue backed cards.

Now pair up the roughed cards so that each face up roughed back red back ed card is on the face of each matching roughed faced blue backed card. In other words, the red backed Ten of Hearts should be on top of the blue backed Ten of Hearts, etc.

















Note: Instead of using a pocket calendar, you can also use the calendar in your cell phone, iPhone or iPod Touch as per Liam's effect from Telephonica.

Performance:

1. Talk about the the similariti similarities es between between cards and dates. dates. Introduce Introduce the deck and spread spread it face up, being careful not to split any of the roughed cards so they can see that all of the cards are different. Say that the the deck contains a prediction. Square up the deck then remove the diary and hand it to your spectator.

2. Have her think think of a date date but tell her her not to say say it out loud. loud. Ask her to open the the diary and find find the date.

3. After she she has done this, this, say, say, “Let's see see if there's there's any psychic psychic connection connection between us. Look Look at the day before your special date and concentrate on that card... I'm getting the Jack of Diamonds... Am I right?”

4. You will most most likely be wrong wrong in which case case you ask her to name the card. card. If you are correct, correct, all the better! Let's say she says the Five of Spades. “Five of Spades. Hmm. Well, Well, I was pretty off. Not sure if this experiment will work or not but I've committed myself myself to this prediction so let's

















dealer's grip (Figs. 2&3) . The red backed card is now out-jogged at the front of the deck.

6. Ask the spectato spectatorr to name the the date. Then Then ask her to name name the card. card. Have her remove remove the outout jogged red backed card and turn it over to reveal it matches the card on her special date. Spread the deck face down to show all of the other cards are blue backed.

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7. To reset, spread spread the deck with with the faces toward toward you and find find the duplicate duplicate to the selection selection.. Slip the selection in front of it, square up the deck and case it. You are ready to go again.

Final Notes

When Liam performs the effect, he doesn’t use the mind-reading bit initially to discover the identity of the card. Liam asks the spectator to flick through the Diary to check all the cards are different, different, and says “For example, the card on the date date before yours is the…” and the spectator fills in the gap. Once they name it, Liam says “… and the card on the date after is different?” They reply that it is, and you have all the information that you need.



















PLAYING FAVORITES Montier/Francis

Inspired by an unpublished effect of Cameron's, Cameron's, Liam has come up with a super-cool winner with this one. After bouncing around around a variety of handlings, this this one is the best regular regular deck solution, and has become a bit of a favourite routine – nobody sees the ending coming!

Effect:

















Preparation:

None.

Performance:

1. Run thro through ugh the the deck and and remov removee the four four king kings. s.

2. Have two cards cards selected, selected, returned returned to the pack and then controll controlled ed to the top, with with a little finger finger break below them. Having both selections returned to the same place and bringing them to the top with a double cut works fine.

3. Hold the kings kings face up and and ask if they they prefer prefer red or black. black. Whatever Whatever they they say, say, you say "Me too!" too!" Now ask them to name their favorite suit, to which you also comment, "That's my favorite,

















Fig. 1

Now, grip grip the short ends of the two cards above the break between your right third finger and thumb. Clamp down on the three card King packet with your left thumb as your right hand pulls the two cards above the break to the right (Fig. 2)

















7. Use the two two cards in in the right right hand Biddle Biddle grip to to now flip flip the top card card of the pack (King (King of Clubs) face up. Slide it between the two face down right hand h and cards. Table this packet, saying you will come back to your King later.

8. Propose to to find both both selections selections with with their their favorite favorite card, card, the King of Spades. Spades. Drop the face face up King of Spades on top of the face down deck. Perform an Erdnase Color change to vanish it and then give the deck a cut.

9. Ribbon spread spread the deck deck to show the the King of Spades Spades is now now in the centre, centre, and explain explain that that it has appeared here because it now has one card on each side. side. Ask for the names of the selections, as you really want to convey the idea that the trick ends here. This makes the kicker finish finish all the more powerful when you flip over the cards on either side. These are the red Kings!

10. Gesture to the packet on the table. table. Slide the two cards out from from either side of the the King of Clubs

















BETWEEN THE SIGNED PALMS Montier

This Liam's terrific, off-beat take on the classic “Between Your Your Palms” trick by Alex Elmsley. Elmsley. It follows the plot closely, closely, but moves away from having three three cards selected, and only one signed which is something that spectators may wonder about.

Effect:



















Preparation:

You need:

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A deck of cards

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A duplicate card, say the Two of Hearts

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A Sharpie marker

















6. Flip Flip the card card face face up to show show the the Ten Ten of Spade Spades. s.

7. Have them lift lift their their hand and and turn over over the top card card of the pair pair to show the the Two Two of Hearts. Hearts.

8. Pocket both both with the pack, pack, and then then explain explain that a really really good trick trick for them them to try try would be to somehow use the card that had been in their hand from BEFORE the start of the trick.

















TELLING IT LIKE IT IS Montier/Francis

















Rest of the Deck Reversed Five of Spades Reversed Jack of Diamonds

Performance:

1. Force the the top two two cards on two spectat spectators ors using using the riff riffle le force. force.

















6. Spread through, through, and and remove the the two Jokers Jokers (or Kings) Kings) and and slip them them openly openly face down at the the back of the deck.

7. Flip the the deck over, over, and spread spread over the top top Joker, Joker, displaying displaying both. both.

8. Apparently Apparently flip flip them face face down, but actually actually flip six six cards over over (natural (natural break). break).



































Three of Clubs

















7. Drop Drop the packet packet on on top of of the card card on on your left left..

















18. Then tap the card against the three cards cards on the table. Set the card off to your right. right.































































































































































































Liam Montier & Cameron Francis - Released.pdf

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