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00:05 Hello, this is Patrick Kun with Sans Minds Magic.
00:08 Thank you for picking up this DVD and supporting us.
00:10 I'll be showing you seven impromptu effects for my working routine.
00:14 These are sleight of hand based card effects that is extremely visual
00:17 and is perfect for walk around, close-up magic, street magic,
00:20 or even a louder environment like nightclubs.
00:22 It cuts through all the presentation, yet at the same time,
00:25 it leaves plenty of room for it.
00:27 With that said, let's get into it.
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00:34 All the cards are different.
00:36 Yeah?
00:37 Touch the card.
00:38 Take one card out.
00:38 Take one card out.
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00:43 Remember, show it to the camera.
00:44 Okay, nice. Perfect.
00:45 We'll put it back into the deck.
00:46 Let's show the camera one more time.
00:48 Okay, now watch this.
00:49 Put it back.
00:49 You remember your card?
00:52 Don't say it. Don't say it.
00:54 Don't say it.
00:54 Hold your hand. Hold your hand.
00:55 A little lower.
00:56 We use a four.
00:57 Watch the four.
00:59 One, two, three.
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01:03 Watch. I'm going to take one card.
01:04 Seven.
01:05 Watch.
01:06 Look.
01:07 One, two.
01:08 What?
01:10 It's your card, right?
01:12 Let's say we have a few cards.
01:15 Look, look.
01:16 It doesn't matter.
01:17 These are not really good, right?
01:18 Not a good hand.
01:19 Look. Two.
01:21 King, jack, and ten.
01:22 Not really good.
01:23 Watch closely.
01:24 I'm going to take one.
01:25 If I turn one face up.
01:26 Imagine there are like a higher card like aces.
01:28 Yeah.
01:29 Look. They actually change.
01:30 Watch once.
01:31 They change to aces.
01:34 Oh my god.
01:37 Let's try this.
01:38 We have four different aces.
01:40 We'll put them back in different parts first.
01:43 And the last one, we'll put it somewhere towards the top of the deck.
01:46 Hey, stop.
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01:51 Cut about half.
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01:56 Cut about half.
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02:00 Four different piles.
02:01 Look.
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02:09 The jack, I put it in between the aces like this.
02:12 See a jack?
02:14 Yeah.
02:14 One. Touch the card.
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02:18 Whoa.
02:18 Look. If I take this eight and I put it back like this.
02:22 Point your finger like this.
02:23 Watch. Ready?
02:25 One.
02:26 Touch it.
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02:34 This time I'm going to have you sign your name, okay?
02:36 Take this pen and touch one card that you like.
02:40 Any one you want.
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02:43 Can you write your name on the card for me?
02:45 On the card?
02:46 Put it back to the deck like this.
02:48 Somewhere.
02:48 Push it in.
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02:52 Watch closely.
02:52 I'm going to find a card.
02:53 Look.
02:54 See look. That's a joker, right?
02:55 That's not your card.
02:56 But look. If we put this card into the deck.
02:58 Look. One. Two. Three.
02:59 Look. They all turn blank except for one card in the jackpot.
03:03 What?
03:04 CJ, watch.
03:05 [Screaming]
03:07 See what? See what?
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03:15 Look. Look. Look. There's one card.
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03:38 Here's my take on a double lift.
03:40 It's inspired by Dan and Dave Carnahan fan and also a Cliffs move by Eric Jones.
03:44 I want you to create a one-handed double lift that looks fair, is flourishy,
03:48 and can also be done on the table with one hand.
03:50 Without further ado, let's get into the explanation.
03:53 Okay. So first thing we need is the pinky break.
03:56 You can use pinky count, thumb count, any method you like.
03:59 When we normally hold a pinky break,
04:00 we normally try to keep the front closed like this, right?
04:03 If you allow your middle finger to relax,
04:06 you can see that it creates that little gap there.
04:08 That really helps for your first finger to push the deck backward.
04:12 Essentially, your finger motion is going to be like this.
04:15 Your thumb is going to be on top of your first finger
04:18 and it's going to be pivoting around the first finger like this.
04:21 Spinning around in this fashion.
04:24 I would suggest you practice with one card first,
04:26 just so you get used to the motion.
04:28 Make sure every time when you do it,
04:29 the side of the card is gliding on top of the deck.
04:33 You don't want the card to be up in the air like this
04:35 because there's no way that you can align that double.
04:37 So when you get a break, use your first finger to push back the deck
04:41 about three quarter of an inch.
04:42 When your thumb and your first finger contacting on the same point,
04:46 around that point, if you use bicycle cards, you'll be on the angel.
04:49 You're going to do that pivoting motion
04:51 with your thumb and the first finger.
04:52 The first finger is going to extend towards your right.
04:55 You're going to use your thumb to pivot around.
04:57 And as you can see here, I'm using my pinky to help supporting the deck.
05:00 Now don't worry if this double gets split
05:03 because in a second it's going to align when it's stopped right here.
05:05 Now the card right now, the situation right now should be about 90 degrees
05:09 and you're going to use your left hand to turn over
05:11 until the double is parallel to the ground.
05:13 I know it sounds confusing, but once you get the move down,
05:16 it will look something like this.
05:17 Your right hand is going to be grabbing the double around the corner right here.
05:21 What I like to do is I use my thumb to push down
05:23 and at the same time use my first finger, my ring finger to support and push upward.
05:28 Now I'm creating pressure on the card,
05:30 which makes it impossible for me to split the double.
05:33 If you split the double when you spin around like this,
05:35 your right hand can sometimes help save that double
05:38 by scoring it up in the corner like that.
05:40 And all you have to do, just turn this over on top of the deck,
05:44 tear it down, execute the magic gesture, and then the trick is over.
05:49 Now obviously a double lift is a utility move.
05:55 If you were to put this in a routine, you can pretend to find the wrong card.
05:59 So imagine a spectator would select a card,
06:01 doesn't matter which card they picked, control it to the top,
06:04 execute a double lift, and then you place the indifferent card into their hand.
06:09 Now do any magical gesture you like, snap your finger,
06:13 the card is now changed in the spectator's hand.
06:17 Now this is probably the most strongest change you can ever do on spectator's hand.
06:21 One advantage that you have with this double lift
06:23 is that you can actually execute this double lift on a table one-handed.
06:26 You can do the exact same thing.
06:28 Once it's turned, instead of placing to your right hand,
06:31 you're actually putting this down onto a table.
06:34 The hardest part is that you leave the double with the nail of your finger.
06:38 That way it doesn't split or create any friction to split that double.
06:41 Again, with practice, you push this down, execute a double lift,
06:44 place it down, and you're going to pin down with your nail, and you leave it up.
06:49 I'll do it one more time quickly so you get the idea of the double lift.
06:52 That's it.
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08:08 Here's the explanation for the four card change.
08:19 To set up, all you need is four aces.
08:21 Any four of kind is fine.
08:23 Take the first ace.
08:24 I like to use ace of spades because it has a nice contrast.
08:26 Then turn everything on top of the deck like this.
08:29 So essentially, you have three aces face down and one ace facing up.
08:34 Depends on the routine you're doing.
08:36 In this case, I'm just going to go through a simple one.
08:38 You can have a spectator grab a group of cards.
08:41 You can have four people select four different cards because in the end,
08:44 you can actually turn those into a better hand in poker.
08:47 In this case, the four aces.
08:48 Use your pinky or whichever way you like to get a break below the fourth card,
08:54 which is the face of ace.
08:55 Now, here's a crucial part.
08:56 Your thumb is going to take the first card and be flushed into the deck.
09:01 The second card is important that when you take it,
09:03 you want to down jaw that card just a little bit.
09:06 So you can see the first card, the jack here is on top here.
09:10 The second card is down.
09:11 Now, the other two cards are actually going to go between those two cards.
09:16 I will tell you a reason why.
09:19 Now, maintaining that break below the four aces with your right hand,
09:23 you're going to grab everything.
09:24 And when you turn this over,
09:27 you want to try to align that down jaw card into the bottom edge of the deck.
09:31 So it looks like this.
09:32 You turn this over.
09:34 And as you can see, the jack is being shifted up until that edge aligns on the back here.
09:41 So from here, essentially, it's going to move upward like this.
09:44 And at the same time, you turn the deck over.
09:45 Okay.
09:47 When you turn this over,
09:49 as you can see, you already create that step there,
09:52 which allows you to easily pick up that packet
09:55 because you don't want to put too much time on the switch.
09:57 Right here, as you can see, there's one card that needs to be pushed down.
10:01 If I was to pick this up, you can see there's a card sticking out, right?
10:04 But since we put those two cards between the first and the second card,
10:10 it allows that card to be pushed down secretly without them seeing
10:14 at the same time as you're picking up that packet.
10:17 Now, what I like to do, I like to do a quick flash of that card
10:20 so they get a retention that nothing has changed in this packet yet.
10:24 Once this is done, I like to peel the bottom card and turn it face up like that.
10:29 Okay.
10:30 You're going to need to have a break below the bottom card, which is the first ace.
10:33 In this case, the ace of diamonds.
10:35 And what I like to do now is actually turn it over like this.
10:38 In the meanwhile, I'm explaining that the reason I'm turning the card face up
10:41 so they can see both the back and the front at the same time.
10:44 Here's the move.
10:45 With your right hand, you can actually insert all the fingers above the break.
10:49 So your right hand approach like this.
10:50 I'm going to do it separately so you can see the action.
10:53 Two things happening at the same time.
10:55 Your first finger pushing that card down to be flushed with that double.
11:00 Your right hand is going to be spreading up like this.
11:03 At the same time, it'll look something kind of like this.
11:07 And as you can see now, it doesn't look that good.
11:11 It looks like that jack is up here.
11:13 What you have to do is to actually execute your right hand first
11:16 and then push down the jack like this.
11:18 Okay.
11:21 Now, this is the act, the movement to make this look good.
11:24 It's kind of slimmer when you're doing Asher Twist by Lee Asher.
11:26 So you want to have that slow change.
11:31 Okay.
11:32 So your right hand actually spread upward to cover that card disappearing
11:36 because you don't want card to go in at the same time.
11:39 You're going to see the card flush.
11:41 So with your right hand, you spread upward and then spread to the right.
11:45 Now I'm going to use my thumb to grab the third ace.
11:47 And now you can slowly turn that card and show the card change.
11:52 From now, you can display the four aces and the trick is over.
11:54 One more time quickly.
11:56 My hand goes in, spread it over, and slowly turn that ace.
11:59 Display like that.
12:01 That's it.
12:02 That's the explanation for the four card change.
12:04 Okay.
12:07 So here's a quick little tip to help you execute the change.
12:10 If you look down here, now sometimes it depends on the condition of your hand.
12:15 I tend to have a sweaty hand sometimes, so it makes it impossible to align the double
12:21 because it gets really sticky and it gets stuck here with the base of your hand.
12:26 Here's just a little tip that you could do to help.
12:28 What you need to do instead of having that corner down right here between your palm,
12:33 I like to raise it up a little higher.
12:36 It's like you're doing a tilt.
12:38 It's like a tilt position because right here, there's actually less friction
12:41 from here than here because right now,
12:45 right here, it tends to be like a corner and the card gets stopped here.
12:48 And when you're pushing this down, if you don't do it correctly, sometimes it gets
12:53 messed up like that.
12:55 So if you raise this up and push it in, you would find that it's actually a lot easier
13:00 to square that out because all you do is just push it down and get squared.
13:04 It will not get caught or anything like that.
13:06 All right.
13:07 So that's it.
13:07 That's just a quick little tip to help you execute the change a little more smoothly.
13:11 So,
13:19 so,
13:49 all right.
13:49 So here's the explanation for the alternative handling for the four card change.
13:54 Now with this one, it has a kicker at the end because at the end,
13:57 you're actually turning these aces into a different back design.
14:01 In this case, I'm using a brown latte deck and a red back bicycle.
14:06 What you need is you need four cards from a different deck
14:09 and then the matching card for the ace of spades with the original back.
14:14 So here's the setup.
14:22 Take the ace of spades, put it on the bottom of the deck.
14:24 I'm going to show you how to switch the card at the end so you end completely clean.
14:29 And then after that, you're going to take three aces and put a face up on top of a deck.
14:33 Take the original back design of the ace of spades, put it face down.
14:38 Now this is kind of the opposite setup than the first one because we want to conceal the back.
14:44 We don't want them to see just yet.
14:47 So these are like this.
14:48 The four cards are the same.
14:50 They can be chosen or whichever method you like.
14:54 You need a break below the first ace that is face up, which is the ace of hearts.
15:00 You put everything down to the top.
15:02 Now we don't have to go through all the flip over because we are actually going to execute
15:05 a different switch.
15:06 Now from here, once you get the four cards here,
15:09 you actually put it back to the top of the deck and pick a whole block.
15:12 We're actually having eight cards in our hand right now.
15:15 I like to use my middle finger to conceal the thickness of the card.
15:19 Now here's a little touch on the switch.
15:20 When you do this, most people would like to turn the card completely flush to the deck.
15:25 I like to leave it up top for a retention switch.
15:28 So for the first card, I use my thumb.
15:30 You peel a single card, use your right hand to turn that over.
15:33 The second card, you use your right hand to turn over as well.
15:36 Third and the last one, it should look like I'm picking up that packet
15:41 and at the same time putting a three onto the bottom.
15:43 At the same time, it looks like this.
15:45 You use your first finger to push it flush and you peel that three at the same time.
15:49 And you turn this back underneath the packet.
15:53 All they have seen is just all latte deck design in the back.
15:57 Now from here, you're actually way ahead of them.
16:00 We actually got all three red cards and ready to do the kicker at the end.
16:05 So the first change, you do the exact same thing.
16:07 You turn the bottom card over and you get a break below the first card,
16:12 above that in different card.
16:15 What I like to do now is to point that I'm going to execute the change
16:19 on the face and also on the back.
16:21 So keep your eye closely, front and the back.
16:23 Now this also will flash the original design in the back.
16:28 That way they're convinced.
16:29 They all they see is just brown, brown, brown everywhere.
16:32 So when you do the change at the end, it's a nice surprise ending.
16:35 You ask to keep the same change and then slowly you turn this one over.
16:40 And the last one is also a nice image for them too,
16:42 because they see this brown card and you turn over.
16:45 It's pretty convincing.
16:46 Now here's the kicker.
16:47 The situation right now, you have a double here with the red back hiding
16:51 and a two in the middle.
16:53 Now the top one is the brown design.
16:55 You want to take the first top three and you're going to put it underneath that double.
16:59 Take this three, you place it underneath.
17:01 Now when you turn the whole thing, you can do a magical gesture.
17:06 Now here's the color change on the back.
17:08 Execute an MC count, peel one, your thumb push block.
17:12 At the same time, you steal the first card back,
17:15 the thumb pinch and then the other two.
17:20 So they just seen four different red back.
17:23 Now here's the cleanup.
17:25 All you have to do, don't flash that.
17:28 You take everything, you put it on top of a deck like this.
17:31 Use your first finger and thumb, peel the top card and the bottom card.
17:36 This is actually the switch ace that we are switching.
17:39 You peel this out, turn its face up, transfer the deck to your left hand,
17:45 peel out two cards and turn it down like this.
17:49 Now we have switched that ace from the bottom ace.
17:52 And that's it.
17:53 That's the cleanup for the alternate handling.
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19:37 Here's my take on a speculative cut to aces.
19:39 It's a very simple interactive effect that I expect her to feel like they're the one who's
19:43 doing all the magic, which make this effect a lot stronger.
19:46 It requires minimal setup and very easy to do.
19:49 Let's check it out.
19:50 Okay, so here's the setup.
19:52 You can use any four of a kind.
19:53 In this case, I'm just going to use the four aces.
19:55 Four aces goes on top of the deck.
19:57 All you have to do is to place two cards, two aces into the center of the deck.
20:02 You are going to execute two slip cuts.
20:04 What do you have to do is to get a break about halfway down in a deck.
20:09 You can simply just pick this up and get a break with your pinky or just riffle from
20:13 the back.
20:14 Use your thumb to riffle about halfway.
20:16 You are going to insert your pinky to get a break.
20:20 Then now you're going to do a slip cut.
20:23 Put your thumb on top of the deck and you peel one, two, maintain the break, and the
20:30 rest of the pack goes on top.
20:31 And now you're set to go.
20:32 So right now on the top half, you have two aces.
20:35 Bottom half, you have two more aces.
20:37 The first cut, you're going to do the riffle force.
20:40 You're going to riffle with your thumb and you ask the spectator to say stop anywhere
20:44 they like.
20:45 This is called force.
20:46 It doesn't matter where they say stop.
20:47 When they say stop, you're going to pick up at the break with your thumb.
20:52 You're going to lift up and let go everything here like so.
20:56 This is placed on the table.
20:57 Right now we have two aces here.
20:59 Let me turn this face up so you can actually see it a lot better.
21:01 Okay.
21:04 You ask the spectator to cut that packet into half toward themselves.
21:08 So they would cut from here to here.
21:11 Now the aces are here.
21:12 You ask the spectator to cut half from your hand down to the table.
21:18 Make sure you point position where you want them to be.
21:21 You don't want them to cut into a random position.
21:24 You want to try to keep them in the same line like this.
21:27 Okay.
21:28 Once they cut everything, I like to recap the effect saying that, you know, the deck
21:33 could be shuffled.
21:34 They could cut anywhere they like in a deck.
21:36 Completely free choice on the location they cut to.
21:39 And here comes the move.
21:40 I'm going to turn his back face down so you get to see what it actually looks like.
21:45 So right now we have two aces here, two aces here.
21:48 Two things are happening at the same time.
21:49 Your right hand is going to reach for the first ace and your left hand is reaching for
21:53 the third ace.
21:53 At the same time, it looks like this.
21:55 I'm going to turn both of them over at once.
21:59 Normally I like to lift this up high as a misdirection.
22:03 From here, because in a second you can actually place this ace down to the second one, which
22:08 never has the aces at all.
22:10 We pick this up at the same time as a jester.
22:12 Right now is the time.
22:14 It's called time misdirection.
22:15 It's when they forget where I actually peel this ace from.
22:18 I drop everything down onto the table.
22:21 The ace and drop onto the second packet like this.
22:25 Now I slowly, cleanly turn this one over to show third ace.
22:31 And on the last one, it's the one that's closest to them.
22:34 I like to build up the little suspense a little bit that there's no way that they could have
22:38 cut to the four aces.
22:40 And then turn that over and boom, that's the trick.
22:43 Now what makes this work?
22:44 The illusion of your left hand.
22:46 Because normally if this is on the table, you could cut two here and pick up the same,
22:51 right?
22:51 We're actually breaking up the structure a little bit by using my left hand to pick up
22:56 a third one.
22:56 Because watch this.
22:57 This hand come over and turn this over.
22:59 It becomes the card from this packet.
23:01 When this hand comes over and turns over.
23:04 At the same time, when you're misdirecting with this hand, it looks like there are just
23:10 four aces from different pack.
23:11 That's how it works.
23:12 That's spectator cut to four aces.
23:14 Here's some additional idea for the spectator cut to four aces.
23:18 Now you don't always have to cut to four aces.
23:20 You can also use it as a prediction.
23:22 For example, if you borrow a spectator's money and then maybe you cut to four different
23:26 pile and it happens to be the last four digit of their serial number, it could be the last
23:32 four number of their phone number.
23:33 You can also add a twist to the effect.
23:35 For example, you do a deck switch to a blank deck with four aces on top.
23:40 They cut to four cards.
23:41 You show all the four aces and at the end you spread the entire deck and they're all
23:46 blank.
23:46 These are just a few tips on a spectator cut to four aces.
23:49 Hope you find some use for it.
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25:52 Here is the revised version of my original effect, center point.
25:55 Let's check it out.
25:56 Before we go through the routine, let me teach you how to do the pop-up move.
26:00 Essentially what you're doing, you're creating a tension on a playing card and it's going
26:04 to be shoot up this way.
26:05 Now imagine this card is in the center of the deck.
26:08 You're going to execute angle jock, the angle side jock by putting your thumb here and the
26:14 middle finger here.
26:15 Now normally when you push down straight like this, the card gets flushed into the deck
26:19 or gets squared.
26:20 But if you apply pressure on only one side of it, you actually create an angle jock.
26:26 What this allows you to do is to reposition your pinky and your first finger on the card
26:32 in a straddle position.
26:33 I'm going to move the top half, that way you can see the move in exposed view.
26:38 What you're going to do is to create a tension by moving the pinky towards the first finger
26:43 like so.
26:44 As you can see, you're creating a little bow on the card.
26:47 Now there's a lot of tension on the card right now and we would normally have the other half
26:52 on top of that card.
26:53 Now when I let go of my first finger or relax only my first finger though, you want to keep
26:58 the pinky on the exact same position.
27:01 And as you can see, the card will shoot out.
27:04 And when doing this with a deck on top, it's going to be a little more challenging, but
27:09 with practice, it will become really easy to do.
27:12 Again, push on the angle so you get that little side jock.
27:16 My pinky and my first finger, grab around that card into a straddle position.
27:21 My pinky, move toward my first finger.
27:25 Don't move the first finger, only move the pinky.
27:27 And as you can see, it created tension on the card.
27:31 Depending on how far you want to shoot this card out is depending on your thumb.
27:35 If I push my finger down right now and trap that card, it would only come out that far.
27:40 But if I don't apply any pressure at all and I hold it loosely, that card could actually
27:45 be shot out really far.
27:47 So that's a brief explanation for the pop-up move.
27:50 So first, I like to use two jokers.
27:52 You can set this aside, have them hold on to these two.
27:55 It could be any cards you want.
27:56 You have a card selected.
27:58 Let's say this one is a six of hearts.
28:01 This time, they should be holding the card, showing around their friends.
28:04 In the meantime, you're going to execute a tilt.
28:07 I like to put this card on the fourth position in the deck.
28:10 Later on, I'm going to be calling that card and going to replace that card between the
28:16 jokers without them knowing.
28:17 So first, you get a break below the top three cards.
28:21 You can use a thumb count or you can use your pinky to pull down the top three cards.
28:27 So once this card is being shown around, it's a misdirection for you to get the break.
28:31 Get ready for the tilt.
28:32 For those who don't know about the tilt, when you have a break, just relax the base of your
28:37 thumb.
28:38 That should allow the card to be tilted down evenly like this.
28:41 You're going to pretend to put that card into the center of the deck.
28:45 But in the same time, you're actually creating an illusion by placing on the fourth card.
28:51 But because of that depth, it looks like it's going through the center of the deck.
28:55 So this is called a tilt.
28:57 In this case, we're going to put this on the third position of the deck.
29:00 This goes in all the way.
29:04 Technically, you can be really fair about the cards not being on top or on the bottom.
29:10 Once the cards are in the tilt position, you ask the spectator to take the two jokers and
29:16 put it back anywhere they like in the deck.
29:17 Now I like to riffle the deck like this as you're sticking the jokers into the deck.
29:23 Right now, you have to execute a call.
29:25 For those who don't know about calling, it's a way of controlling the card and its spread.
29:29 So in this case, I'll leave it face up so you can see it.
29:32 The selection card is the six of hearts.
29:34 As your right hand moves over, covering that six to conceal it, your right hand fingers
29:40 are going to be pulling that card out underneath the spread.
29:44 And as you're spreading the cards, this card is just riding along underneath the spread.
29:49 You're going to want to reposition this card between the jokers.
29:53 Of course, this is going to be done as you're talking about the location of their selections.
29:57 One more time, the jokers are placed into the center of the deck.
30:00 Their card are on the fourth position.
30:04 As you spread out three, I normally ask them if they think their card is on the top half
30:08 or on the bottom half.
30:09 Just a good instruction for you to call that card and then put it between the jokers.
30:16 Normally, you can feel a click right here, and I like to just break the hand like this
30:21 as you talk about their location of their selection cards.
30:24 Now the trick is almost done.
30:25 You have made one step ahead of them.
30:27 You already have their selection between them.
30:29 You just need to make it appear.
30:30 This is when the pop out move comes in.
30:32 I like to spread it out like this and show it cleanly from top and bottom.
30:36 Now you can use your first finger to apply a little pressure on the bottom joker to get the break.
30:41 Because if you look from underneath, it's actually their selection.
30:46 When you push this one up, you actually get access to their selection like so.
30:52 Now here's the challenge part.
30:53 You need to kick that card out with your pinky.
30:56 So if you apply just a little bit of pressure, you can create that side job.
31:01 I know it sounds like a lot of work, but if you use your right hand to stabilize the top half,
31:05 it should really help the move.
31:07 You're going to kick this out and get into the pop out position.
31:10 Now when you do this, obviously you don't want them to see this.
31:13 So another tip that you could do is to use my right hand and just spread a little bit to cover that card.
31:20 At this point, you're ready to do the production.
31:23 Again, execute the move as we taught before.
31:26 Now all you have to do is just to catch the production like this.
31:35 That's it. That's the first part of turning point retouch.
31:39 Once the first part is produced, you have an option to perform the second part.
31:44 You tell them that you can perform it one more time, and here's how it's done.
31:48 You're going to grab the two jokers and place it back into the center of the deck.
31:52 You're going to riffle with your thumb like this, replacing the first joker on top.
31:58 You're going to count one card with your thumb, and then putting the second card below that card.
32:04 So pretty much you're creating a sandwich card of an indifferent card between the jokers without them knowing.
32:09 It should look like you're just taking these two, put it in like that.
32:13 But secretly, you're actually counting one card between the jokers.
32:16 You get ready for the pop out move like we did before.
32:19 Now here's the visual part. You tell them that you're going to do it one more time.
32:23 This time they can actually see it visually jump from here through the center of the deck.
32:27 Here's what it looks like. You take this card, you're going to slap it on the bottom of your left hand, and here's what it looks like.
32:33 At this point, this card is being trapped between two hands.
32:36 You're going to immediately spread into that card and execute a switch.
32:42 Here's just a quick casual switch.
32:44 Right now we have that card below the joker because we just break a spread.
32:49 You're going to put the right hand, pack it onto your left hand.
32:53 At the same time, applying friction on the selection because everything's going to fall over to your left hand except for that card, the selection, like this.
33:05 And that's their selection.
33:06 The reason that this would work is because they've already seen the first part that you produce their card.
33:11 The second part, they should already be convinced when they see the production.
33:14 I'll do it one more time quickly.
33:16 Two jokers are placed into the center of the deck.
33:18 You get one card in between. Get ready.
33:20 In the move, you just hold this.
33:22 Make sure to watch the angle, not flashing this card.
33:25 I like to go a little further to the back because it has a better angle to conceal this card.
33:30 You hit it. Do the move.
33:32 As you can see now that the selection, the five of diamonds, is being trapped between the hands.
33:37 You're going to spread until you reach the first joker.
33:42 You're going to separate your hand.
33:44 Now, do the switch like this and casually turn it face up.
33:50 And that's it. That's the explanation for the center point retouch.
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36:13 Here's a thumb shot. I first learned this from David Forrest on his trickery DVD set.
36:28 I also heard from Eric Jones that this move was also invented by Leonard Green.
36:32 So I'm not really sure who created this, but the first person I learned is from David.
36:36 Here's just my edition on the move, and I use it as a production between a sandwich card.
36:41 So without further ado, let's get into the mechanic of a thumb shot.
36:45 Here's the mechanic. Essentially how you're shooting the card is you're using your thumb.
36:51 That's why it's called a thumb shot.
36:52 A lot of people do this move. Eric Jones uses this move a lot as a vanish and some of the sandwich move, which is great.
36:58 But I like to use this as a thumb shot. It uses the same principle.
37:02 You use your thumb and a pinky break.
37:05 When you move your thumb from here to the side of the deck, it allows that card to be in that position, in a perpendicular position.
37:13 Now the same action, all you're doing is really just this.
37:16 But what you want to do is to relax your hand and essentially just shooting that card
37:21 because the flat edge of the deck allows that card to just glide along and just keep shooting.
37:29 So here's, I'm going to do it one more time.
37:31 As you can see, the card is being spun out with your thumb, like so.
37:36 And all you're really doing is catching the right hand. That's the tricky part.
37:40 Here's a little tip that you could do. I use two fingers behind it and use my thumb to apply pressure on top.
37:46 If you just hold on the card like this, sometimes it's kind of hard to separate because of the air between the cards.
37:51 So from the bottom, it looks like this. First, middle finger and my thumb on top right here.
37:58 When you open your hand, you're going to create that look, like so.
38:04 You want to create that little space between the two cards.
38:08 And also, you don't want to be catching the card like so big, you know, so you try to keep, to minimize that gap.
38:14 If you do it quickly, it should look like the card just appeared, like that.
38:19 Also, shooting the card and also aiming, it could be a little knacky and challenging.
38:24 What you have to do is just to look where that line is from here, and that's exactly where it's going to be shot at.
38:30 So when you're aiming for this, try to aim the side of the deck to be the same line with the jokers, like this.
38:38 If I push my thumb, you can kind of see where it's going.
38:42 Now, if you catch this right, with the right revolution, it should look like this, a perfect card production.
38:50 If you catch it wrong, sometimes it looks like this, which is okay too, it's just more prettier when you catch it in the right revolution.
38:56 Do it one more time, just so you can see it.
38:58 Just like that.
38:59 Now, what you can do also is to have a card selected, in this case, the three of hearts.
39:05 The card is controlled, as we taught before with double undercut or any preferred method that you like.
39:10 You control it to the top.
39:12 Now you tell the spectator that you're going to try to shoot the card out somewhere from the deck.
39:16 So this is more like a stunt.
39:18 In a riffle like this, trying to create the impression that the card is actually somewhere in the deck,
39:23 and you're going to cause that one card to shoot out and catch between the two jokers.
39:27 In reality, you're actually shooting the card from the top.
39:30 So you're going to push over and get a break, or do a pinky countdown.
39:34 And so, what I like to do is condition them a couple of times,
39:37 and on the third time, I actually shoot the card out, catch between that, and at the same time, do a fake riffle once.
39:45 So, one more time, it should look like...
39:48 And that's it. That's Thumb Shot Production.
39:56 Now, once you master the production, here's a few applications I would like to show to you.
40:02 First one is the two card production that could be done stand up like this.
40:05 You might have seen me do this in the intro, and here's how you do it.
40:09 All you have to do is to get a break below a double, and you're going to execute the exact same move.
40:14 And as you can see, when you do the move, the double is split.
40:18 And this also causes the card to jump to different directions.
40:22 And all you have to do is to catch with both hands at the same time.
40:25 Sometimes the card might not jump out too far, so what I like to do is to add some little momentum with my wrist,
40:31 and that would cause the card to jump up a lot further.
40:34 Let me show you what it looks like.
40:36 Just like that. You just catch two cards.
40:40 This is one application. You can also do the exact same thing with just a single card,
40:44 as one card production between a sandwich in a stand up position.
40:48 Do the exact same way of trapping the card between.
40:51 Instead of doing down here, you just bring everything up here.
40:54 And you're going to do it with just one single card.
40:56 Here's what it looks like.
40:58 That's it. Keep practicing, and I hope you find some use for this move.
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42:19 Here's the revised version of Inflict.
42:21 What I've added here is just a little touch that makes this trick a lot stronger.
42:25 Here's what I like to do.
42:26 First, I like to introduce two of a kind. It could be kings, it could be jokers, aces,
42:30 it doesn't matter which one you like.
42:32 I'm going to create a prediction right about here.
42:34 This is a perfect trick to introduce the thumb shot production.
42:38 I like to shoot out a joker because joker is wild, and it could be any card.
42:43 It's a good use for Misdirection to add on their selection later on.
42:46 I'll show you in a second.
42:47 So once you produce the card, the card could be selected.
42:51 Again, we're going to be controlling this card to the top of the deck.
42:54 You can use whichever method you like.
42:57 Double undercut, pass.
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43:02 Here's a brief explanation for the double undercut.
43:04 For example, let's say a spectator select a card, in this case the ace of clubs.
43:09 You want to hold the break with your pinky.
43:11 As you close the spread, you maintain that break like so.
43:15 You're going to transfer the break from your pinky to your thumb.
43:18 So as you can see here, there's a little gap there.
43:20 You're going to put your thumb in between the break.
43:24 This is called thumb break.
43:26 You're going to take the bottom half and put it to the top.
43:31 Square everything up, and then as you're squaring this up,
43:33 you're taking the rest of the packet up to the top.
43:37 And when you complete the cut, the selection is now on top.
43:40 That's how you control the double undercut.
43:42 Once you have the card to the top, you tell them that that card has been there
43:46 the entire time, and there's no way that that could be their selection.
43:49 You build up the suspense, and here's what I like to do.
43:52 You get the break below the first card on the pinky like this.
43:57 This is their selection on top.
43:58 I will take the king, and the same time as I reveal this card is when I do the load.
44:03 So just turn over, your thumb take the joker, and this king,
44:08 instead of going on top, I'm actually going to place this card below that king
44:13 with a double, so it's like this.
44:16 And this is a seal. Let me do that one more time quickly.
44:20 Their selection is on top. Take the king, turn his face up,
44:25 this hand turned back down, and you're going to insert right between the break
44:30 and grab everything. The deck will be now tabled,
44:33 and you're set to do the change. Here's how it's done.
44:36 Square everything up, turn everything end for end, and turn the joker face up.
44:41 What you have now should have that selection face up between the jokers.
44:45 I have a little convincing tip that you could do.
44:47 If you want to, you could turn your hand like this and show there's just two kings.
44:52 But what you have done is to actually just push over a single card
44:56 while maintaining that double with their selection hidden behind.
45:01 You don't want to push too much that you're exposing that card.
45:04 With just a quick gesture, you can collect this.
45:06 Okay, so here's the insert.
45:07 You are going to pretend to take the joker and place it between the kings.
45:10 In reality, you actually place behind the kings.
45:14 And here's how to create the illusion.
45:15 You use your thumb to pull down a single card.
45:19 Make sure you're not doing this so they see their selection.
45:22 Only pull down one card as a quick flash.
45:24 As you're displaying the joker and pretend to place it down,
45:28 you're going to let go with your thumb and place the joker behind the kings.
45:33 It should look like this.
45:36 Here's the condition that we have right now.
45:39 You're going to need to get a pinky break.
45:41 Sometimes it's kind of difficult to pull down because the way cards are being bent.
45:46 You can use your thumb to help pick up from the back and get a break like that.
45:51 To do the move, this move is actually very similar to the four card change
45:56 except it's being done a lot faster.
45:59 Your right hand is going to execute the exact same move
46:02 while your left finger is pushing that card down.
46:05 The card is being switched like this but not at the same time.
46:08 The selection is actually being pushed a little bit before that card gets pushed down.
46:13 Let me show you what I mean.
46:14 The joker is behind.
46:16 This card is coming up to cover the joker for a split second
46:19 and your first finger pushes it down.
46:22 Then you're going to spread.
46:23 This is what it looks like in fast motion.
46:26 I've seen a lot of people try to do like this which doesn't look really good.
46:31 You want to try to keep that retention of vision of the card in the same position.
46:36 When you push this card up, make sure you're pushing against your thumb to align the card.
46:41 You don't want the card to be out like that.
46:44 You want to try to keep the card in the same position as the joker
46:49 because it should look like that card has changed like this.
46:53 Here's a little touch that you can add on to inflect.
46:56 Can you hold your finger for a second?
46:58 Let's say the joker is being placed in the center between the kings.
47:01 Instead of doing change by yourself, you can ask the spectator to hold the finger out
47:04 and right before they touch it, that's when you execute the change.
47:07 Here's what it looks like.
47:09 The spectator can take the card out.
47:11 They can examine the card because right now all the heat is on that section.
47:14 A sandwich card could be put in your pocket and the trick is over.
47:17 Sometimes it is hard to control the audience.
47:20 Here's another tip that you could do.
47:22 Hold your hand out for a second.
47:23 If you choose to, you can have to just hold your finger out like this
47:26 and you actually move your hand up to touch the finger.
47:29 That way you have a better timing of the change.
47:31 Here's what it looks like.
47:34 Just like that.
47:35 You can show the card, give it out to them, they can keep the card.
47:38 That's it. That's the explanation for inflect retouch.
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49:21 Here's a color-changing deck effect.
49:28 What you have received is two gaff card.
49:30 One is a joker with a blank back
49:32 and a blank card with a bicycle back.
49:35 In this case, I'm using a latte deck.
49:36 You're going to need to supply yourself a blank deck
49:38 which should be bought in any magic store.
49:41 Now, here's the setup.
49:42 If you look down here, you have a blank deck.
49:45 You're going to need one card matching with the original deck that you used to perform.
49:50 That one goes on top of the deck.
49:52 Then, you're going to place a joker with a blank back
49:55 and also a blank card on top.
49:58 So, technically, you only have three cards on top of a blank deck.
50:02 I normally place this on my back pocket
50:04 and to do a switch anytime that I want.
50:07 You also need a matching regular deck to perform the effect.
50:11 For example, we have a card sign.
50:13 When specter is signing the last card,
50:16 since all these effects are not signed,
50:18 when they're signing a card,
50:20 it's kind of like a nice lead up to the effect
50:24 and there's a lot of misdirection at that time.
50:26 As specter is signing the cards,
50:28 I just take the deck, put it on my left pocket.
50:31 With my right hand, I reach on my back pocket
50:34 and grab out the gimmick deck.
50:36 Now, spectator is not aware of the deck switch.
50:39 So, when they place the card back,
50:42 you're almost ready to do the finale.
50:44 Here's some little tip I like to do.
50:46 I like to get a break below the top two
50:49 and just push it slightly over
50:52 because before I do the deck's change,
50:54 I want the specter to see the back as much as possible.
50:56 I normally ask them to take the card
50:58 and place it back anywhere they like in the deck.
51:00 It doesn't matter at that time.
51:02 They push it all the way in.
51:04 As you can see here, I already have a break.
51:07 I just make pinky to transfer the break
51:11 and hold a pinky break.
51:13 This effect is really simple.
51:14 All you have to do is to do a double lift.
51:17 Depending on your presentation,
51:18 you could try to find the card and it's not the card,
51:22 it's a joker.
51:23 You can also use the line as what joker is wild.
51:25 It could be any card.
51:26 Or you could just turn over as a jester.
51:29 With your right hand, you can turn it down
51:33 and pick up a double.
51:35 Right now, I have two cards.
51:37 I have the blank card and I have the joker.
51:40 And when you're holding these two together,
51:42 it looks like a regular joker.
51:44 You're going to place this double in the center of the deck.
51:47 I normally use my pinky to pull this down.
51:49 That way you can insert this pretty easily.
51:53 And now here's the change.
51:55 You are going to perform brush change.
51:57 Now here's a little variation
51:59 that make the change look a little more deceptive
52:03 and a little quicker.
52:04 Essentially, I'm going to do this in slow motion.
52:06 You are going to separate the top card to your left slightly.
52:11 As this packet come up,
52:13 both hand are actually tilting toward each other.
52:16 And essentially, you're using the bottom card
52:19 to kick this one over.
52:21 Now since you're putting this in the center of the deck,
52:24 there's a lot of pressure on it already.
52:26 So once it reach to a point,
52:28 it would pop on top automatically.
52:32 You'll find that feeling.
52:34 So again, the double goes in.
52:36 Just pull up.
52:37 At the same time, you push this card slightly
52:40 and execute the change.
52:42 Make sure you're not flashing this joker though.
52:44 At that time, everything is white.
52:46 Specters are all confused.
52:47 All you have to do is just spread everything over.
52:49 Just make sure you're not spreading,
52:51 showing that back.
52:52 Just do a block push off and just keep spreading.
52:55 At this point, the trick is done.
52:57 They don't know what's coming
52:58 until they see their selection.
53:01 There's only one card,
53:02 and you can cleanly turn this over
53:04 and have them check this out.
53:07 That's it.
53:08 That's the color-changing deck routine.
53:11 Here's the impromptu version for the color-changing deck.
53:14 Okay, so here's the setup.
53:15 In this example,
53:16 I am going to turn a red deck into a latte deck.
53:19 Here's the first thing you have to do.
53:21 Put the face down, red card.
53:23 Face down, matching card, a latte card.
53:27 Face up, latte card.
53:29 And face down, red card.
53:32 Okay, so it's just four cards like that.
53:34 Now instead of doing a double lift,
53:36 you are going to do a triple lift.
53:38 And this card could be changed to anything.
53:40 It could be a joker, could be ace, or anything.
53:43 Just make sure the pip matches with the color-changing deck.
53:46 Okay, for example, you do a deck switch.
53:48 The card is selected, and it's placed back into the deck.
53:51 At this point, everything should be
53:54 exactly the same as the one we taught before.
53:57 Get a break, below the third card,
54:00 and do a triple lift.
54:02 Now at this point, you turn everything over.
54:05 Make sure not to flash this.
54:07 I normally try to tilt my hand down a little bit,
54:09 as I'm putting that triple in there.
54:12 From here, you are going to do the exact same thing,
54:14 but this time, you're actually pushing a block of two cards.
54:17 I'm going to do it slowly.
54:21 As you can see, the card has changed.
54:24 One advantage you have right now, though,
54:26 is that you can actually flash this card,
54:28 as if that two just changed.
54:30 You don't have to worry about them seeing this card.
54:33 Now you immediately spread the whole thing,
54:37 and then show the only red card in your deck
54:41 is your signed card.
54:43 And that's it.
54:45 That's the impromptu version for the color-changing deck.
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57:28 All the effects that you just learned
57:32 can be performed as standalone effect
57:34 or combined together as stunning visual routine.
57:36 Of course, this effect can be mixed and matched
57:38 depending on your performing style,
57:40 because it's flexible and can be easily adapted
57:42 to your own working repertoire.
57:44 I'll be sharing a routine that worked best for me,
57:46 and hopefully this will help you construct a routine
57:48 that works best for you.
57:50 I like to open with a double lift,
57:52 because it's simple, short, and it's also interactive.
57:55 It gives you a better idea if you should follow through
57:57 with the audience or move forward.
57:59 I normally like to close with a color-changing deck,
58:01 because it's unexpected.
58:03 You have plenty of time while the spectator is signing the card.
58:05 It's a perfect time for you to switch the deck.
58:07 As spectators sign the card,
58:09 it's also a perfect gift for them to remember you by
58:12 and also talk about your magic.
58:13 As far as in the middle of the routine,
58:15 you can also mix and match depending on their energy level
58:17 and how you feel about the crowd.
58:19 If they seem more like a skeptical crowd
58:21 and you want to get them back,
58:23 color-changing deck at the end is a perfect effect
58:25 to end your routine.
58:27 So, please feel free to mix and match this routine.
58:29 Again, these are just examples of a style of magic
58:31 that works best for me.
58:33 And hopefully, you can find something
58:35 that can be adapted to your own personal style.
58:37 Thank you again for supporting us.
58:45 These are materials I've been working and refining
58:47 and polishing over the years that works best for me.
58:49 for me. I hope it helps you in your magical journey and with that