What is your favorite trick and why? If you can't decide on a favorite, just pick one that you like and explain why you like it.
My favorites don't really fit into the 'trick' category - it's more a system. So I'll pick one of the things I've been working on for some time.
I call this trick "The Psychic Game". It's largely based on Spidey's Out Of My Mind. I use some aspects from Luke Jermay's Colorblind, and I also use some aspects from a similar routine by Hector Chadwick. I forget exactly what Hector calls it, though.
The trick goes like this: The performer talks about Spiritualists and how they used to play at guessing which color a playing card was from a a shuffled deck. He gives some history to this game. He then proposes to play it with a volunteer. From a fully shuffled deck, the performer takes 18 cards. He gives the packet of cards to the volunteer who riffle shuffles them. The performer takes the cards back and deals them into two piles, one for the volunteer and one for himself. He takes his packet and fans it toward himself, explaining the volunteer should look at the cards briefly to see they are random. The cards are placed face down on the table. The performer explains he has a theory that the Spiritualists were simply learning to trust their intuition. He then tells the volunteer to take the top card and look at it - He then declares the color of the card. The performer does this 8 more times, increasing in speed. There is one card left - The performer asks the volunteer to look at the card. He asks the volunteer to hold his free hand up, and places his palm against theirs. After focusing for a moment, he declares the exact value of the final card.
I don't really perform this one much, because it doesn't actually suit my character, but I really like it. First off - it's not a pick-a-card trick. I'm so bored of pick-a-card tricks. I like that this hints at being real while not having to be super serious. The method is pretty clean if I might say so myself. It's FASDIU, uses no gimmicks, no complicated sleight of hand. There's a bit of mental work but it's not hard to master. There's a variety of presentational routes one could take. I use this one because it suits my character - a lot of what I do is based around intuition so that much suits me.
So what do you like to do, and why do you like it?
My favorites don't really fit into the 'trick' category - it's more a system. So I'll pick one of the things I've been working on for some time.
I call this trick "The Psychic Game". It's largely based on Spidey's Out Of My Mind. I use some aspects from Luke Jermay's Colorblind, and I also use some aspects from a similar routine by Hector Chadwick. I forget exactly what Hector calls it, though.
The trick goes like this: The performer talks about Spiritualists and how they used to play at guessing which color a playing card was from a a shuffled deck. He gives some history to this game. He then proposes to play it with a volunteer. From a fully shuffled deck, the performer takes 18 cards. He gives the packet of cards to the volunteer who riffle shuffles them. The performer takes the cards back and deals them into two piles, one for the volunteer and one for himself. He takes his packet and fans it toward himself, explaining the volunteer should look at the cards briefly to see they are random. The cards are placed face down on the table. The performer explains he has a theory that the Spiritualists were simply learning to trust their intuition. He then tells the volunteer to take the top card and look at it - He then declares the color of the card. The performer does this 8 more times, increasing in speed. There is one card left - The performer asks the volunteer to look at the card. He asks the volunteer to hold his free hand up, and places his palm against theirs. After focusing for a moment, he declares the exact value of the final card.
I don't really perform this one much, because it doesn't actually suit my character, but I really like it. First off - it's not a pick-a-card trick. I'm so bored of pick-a-card tricks. I like that this hints at being real while not having to be super serious. The method is pretty clean if I might say so myself. It's FASDIU, uses no gimmicks, no complicated sleight of hand. There's a bit of mental work but it's not hard to master. There's a variety of presentational routes one could take. I use this one because it suits my character - a lot of what I do is based around intuition so that much suits me.
So what do you like to do, and why do you like it?
