Killer Gaft - Cameron Francis

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Effects:

Pipeline - Oil and Water meets the Travelers in this devastating effect!- 8 cards are show, 4 red and 4 blacks in alternating colors. 4 of the cards are placed in the box, with a magical gesture the magician are now seen holding the 4 black cards, the box is opened to reveal the red cards have dissappeared and are removed from the magician's pockets.

I love the moment when the spectator sees the 4 alternating cards in your hands and with a blink of an eye you are now seen holding the respected colors. I also love the ending, because it's something very unexpected and a complete surprise to the spectator.

What The Blank - Four blank cards print three selections one at a time. As for the fourth card... A surprise ending that you're spectators won't see coming!- 4 blank cards are shown and 1 10 of diamonds. 2 of the blanks are set on the table, while the 10 is inserted face-up inbetween the two others. With a shake of the cards, the 10 has transported between to two on the table. So the magician offers to do it one more time, but with all the cards face-up, but nothing seems to happen, but with a shake of the pack, the 10 comes back, but every blank card has changed into the 10 of diamonds.

One word- KILLER. This effect is wonderful, you are seen holding all blank cards, but in the end you are holding 4 10 of diamonds, very magical.

Boxy - Super easy signed card to card case!- The magician is about to start another card effect, when he spots the Joker in the deck, saying that he is always ruining his card tricks with his shenanigans. So the magician places the Joker in the card case. The spectator selects any card of their choice and signs the face, while the magician signs the back of the card. The card is lost in the middle of the deck and the magician shakes the deck and something amazing happens, a card is reversed (face-down) in the deck. The card is turn over to reveal the Joker. The box is opened to reveal the selected sign card inside.

A nice, yet wonderful routine. They see the Joker go in the box, they select any card and than they see the Joker reversed in the deck. A very quick and great effect.

The Flying Four - A no-palm, four signed cards to one pocket that you will use!- A card is selected and signed on the back. The card is lost in the deck and the magician removes a blank card stock and enters the spectator's mind. He decides to write a prediction on the blank card, and is turned over to reveal the words "Your Card". The spectator nor the magician is impressed, so with a simple color change the card changes into the selected card, but with the words "Your Card" still written on their. The back is turned over to be blank, but a snap of the fingers the back of the card is printed with the spectator's signature.

What I love about this effect, is it seems to be a simple lame effect, but turns to something bigger in the end. I love the moment when the words are transferred onto the selected card and how the signature and back are printed onto the card.

Switch Jack - Four jacks, two selections and a whole lot of magic!- 4 Kings are shown are 2 cards are selected.The selected cards are pushed in the middle of the deck. The Black Kings are then placed under the card case, while the Red Kings are placed on top of the deck and with a snap captures one card inbetween them, the first selected card. Now with 2 snaps, the Kings capture 2 cards, but they seem to be the Black Kings placed under the case earlier. The card under the case is removed to reveal the second care selected.

A great sandwich effect. It's just so magical and it looks magical as well. You literally put the Red Kings on top of the deck and with a simple snap a card is selected and I love when the spectator sees you put the Black Kings under the case, yet are than trapped between the Red Kings. Wonerful!

What The Blank - Four blank cards print three selections one at a time. As for the fourth card... A surprise ending that you're spectators won't see coming!- The spectator is invited to shuffle the cards, while the magician removes 4 blank cards. The spectator cuts the deck and the 4 cards from the center of the deck are removed. The blank cards are shown to be blank not on one side, but both. The first card is shown o be an 8 of spades and with a simple wave of the blank pack, they print the first selection, the 8 of spades. The second selection is shown to be the 4 of hearts, a blank card is inserted inbewteen the other two blanks and when pushed in, copies the 4 of hearts. The third selection is shown to be the 5 of clubs, with a magical gesture the 5 is printed. The last card is shown to be the King of Clubs, the blank card is rubbed against the King, but instead of turing that card into the King, every card is turned into the King of Clubs.

As the spectator describe in the video, it is a highly unexpected ending. A great printing effect. The cards are shown to be blank on both sides, but they print the cards on by one.

The Following - An off beat, two phase assembly!- The Jack of diamonds is said to be the most powerful and popular out of all the Jacks. And no matter what, the other Jacks will do anything to follow this Jack and be with him. To prove this the magician isolates the Jack of diamonds inside the card case. The other three Jacks are laid on top of the deck and with a simple flick of the wrist one Jack dissappears. This process is repeated until all the Jacks have dissappeared. So how did they go?, well the box is shaken to hear more than one card inside, then 4 cards are removed from the case and they are shown to be the 4 Jacks. This time the magician offers to repeate the effect, under test conditions and decides to discard the case and insert the Jack of diamonds in the middle of the deck. With three snaps of the finger, the three Jacks have dissappeared. With a skeptic face on the spectator, he shows that the three Jacks in his hands have actually turned blank. The deck is spread to reveal all the 4 Jacks in the center of the deck face-up, next to the Jack of diamonds.

This effect just seems to get better and better. I love the story included about the Jacks, just a great and fantastic effect. The spectator will never know what hit them, just when they think they got the story figured out, they'll never expect what happens.

Washout - Small packet Triumph with a kicker ending!-Instead of using the entire deck, the magician decides to use only 6 cards. Just some random spot cards. The pask is mixed and the spectator selects and memorizes the card. The card is inserted into the pack and mixed. 3 of the six cards are turned face-up and mixed within the face-down cards, making it a mess of cards. With a simple flick of the wrist, all the cards are facind the right way, except for one, the selected card. But what's funny is that all the other cards are show to have been blank, proving they never existed in the first place.

What I find great about this effect is that the spectator sees other face cards as well. What I also like about this effect is that everything is fair and there are no funny moves to turn the cards face-down, face-up or blank, everything is convincing and clean.

Paan - A prediction written on the back of a card is discovered at ANY number!-The cards are shown and cut anywhere the spectator desires. The magician explains how he made a prediction earlier, but first the spectator's chosen card must be remembered and is lost in the middle of the deck. The spectator is asked to name any number between 1-52, she says her choice of number and the cards are counted down to reveal that the selected card is not at the selected number. So he goes back to talking about the prediction and turns over the card that was at the selected number, but was not the selected card to reveal in bold print the name of the spectator's card on the back of the card.

Just great. A nice idea to the ACAAN plot. I love how the card is not at the arrived number, only to show that the arrived card has the prediction among the back to reveal the selected card.

Do The Wave - B'Wave with a twist!-The magician decides to do something with a small packet of cards. The spectator is invited to call out any four of a kind, but the magician decides to use the Jacks. So he asks the spectator to pretend that he is looking at the four Jacks and to decide which color he wants, so lets say black, he is than asked which suit he decides to keep for himself. So he decides to choose the clubs, so he card is the Jack of clubs. The magician picks up the small packet of cards, to show four cards and in those four cards, there is one card face-up and it is the Jack of clubs. To prove his prediction was made earlier, he shows the other three cards to be blank, but with the words written "JACK OF CLUBS" among them.

A great effect that everyone should add to their B'Wave routine. Nice and simple.

Halfusion - A torn and... not quite restored card that leaves your spectator holding a truly impossible object!-A card is selected and tears it in half. The magician puts the pieces face to face. The magician explains he'll restore them, he quickly grabs a stapler and staples the pieces in the middle. He then puts the stapled card inside the card case and with a simple throw the card is shown to be back to back, with the staple still in their. With the sound fusion, the card has become one solid half card.

A different take on the T&R plot and I really like this one. It leaves the spectator with a very nice souvenir.


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The Flying Four - A no-palm, four signed cards to one pocket that you will use!- The four Queens are shown and is said that they have an amazing act. To help with the act, they need the help of four double blanks. The magicians aks the spectator to initial four stickers and place them on the back of the four Queens in the center. The four blanks are put under the card case. With a simple shake, the four Queens are shown to switch places with the blank cards under the case, in which they do. So that means that the four Queens are under the case, but when checked there is nothing but a note for the magician that reads" Dear Mr. Magic, Check your back pocket!". The magicians proceeds to check and sure enough, there they are the four initailed Queens in the back of the magician's pocket.

A very great card to pocket routine. I love the fact that the cards switch places very cleanly and the cards are shown cleanly front and back. What makes it more spectactular is that the cards are signed.

Cameron is a great teacher, he goes over everything you need to know about the effects and how to perform them at their best; leaving nothing out. Everything is understandable, simple and easy to follow along. His teaching is phenomenal and he takes you step by step through every detail of the handling.

The video is very well edited, put together and produced. It covers everything really indept; quality was great, no problems hearing or seeing what was being said or done.

Eleven routines, SIXTEEN Gaff cards (printed by the USPCC), over TWO HOURS of content.

A fantastic multiple trick DVD, highly recommended!

http://cameron-francis.com/Killer-Gaft-DVD.php
 
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Am I the only one so far who appreciates your reveiws? I have heard many great things about this collection of goodies and I will add this to my wish list..lol...of course its like 2 pages long..but one day I will complete this! Anywho great reveiw once again!
 

Jv

Jan 11, 2008
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Am I the only one so far who appreciates your reveiws? I have heard many great things about this collection of goodies and I will add this to my wish list..lol...of course its like 2 pages long..but one day I will complete this! Anywho great reveiw once again!

Thanks...it took me a while to write.
But I'm very proud on my review and this product.
Once again thanks
 
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