I have been showing tons of people magic at school and I need lots of tricks. I need some type of street magic. I already know 2 card monte. I don't want gimmicks. Any ideas? And for teens it needs to usually be visual but I don't really like much of the youtube and teaching on youtube. I also have jokers wild which is a two card color change and blaine's hand sandwich trick. I do have royal road and card college series and expert card technique if there are any tricks you want to recommend in there?
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You can pretty much use any trick in the Royal Road, save a few, and transform them into modern street tricks.
Also, try stuff outside of card magic too.
I would also recommend finding an EDC (Every Day Carry). This could be a gimmick, gaff, whatever you need to use to perform something. I would suggest choosing a utility move that can help you in multiple tricks, or creating a routine. Then find the best way of stashing it without making it cumbersome.
Here is my set up, pretty much everything that I perform.
I have regular deck on me, set up for a trick I made. I can also use that deck to perform any impromptu piece. Here are my EDCs: For me personally, I carry around Daniel Madison's "The Advocate", which a great utility device (and one of my favorite things to have on me). And because of how The Advocate is made, it allows me to carry around a couple extra gaffs and gimmicks too. I have Angle Z and 2 blank cards stashed in there, both of which allow me to pull off specific effects in my routine. I also have a wallet trick I made that sits in my wallet freely, along with the Classic 2 card Monte gaffs sitting inside my Wallet in a sort of hidden pocket. (I think what you are referring to as the "2 card monte" is what you saw as "David Blaine's 2 card monte". This is actually a trick called "Be honest, what is it?", and not at all the 2 Card Monte). Finally, I have my normal Odyssey Ring on my finger, and the gimmicked one inside my jacket/hoodie/shirt/tiny inner jeans pocket.
Now overall, this takes up just 1 pocket.
So by using 1 pocket I have:
4 set up/gaff card effects that allow me to accomplish hard hitting things
A Deck to do anything (plus I can use a gaff to bump up the level of effects)
A Utility Device I can use to do so much (The Advocate)
A Ring to do any impromptu ring effects (specifically
Odyssey
A few Impromptu Mental tricks
Anything involving a phone that isn't too tacky (no apps, but a few mental tricks, using it to take a picture, even stuff like Phone Vanish by Blake Vogt and Dan White, IG by Josh Janousky, etc.)
I can borrow coins and bills for Impromptu Coin Tricks
And this is all stuff that I can grab on my way out the door, because it all "packs flat", and fits nicely in my pocket and stuff.
So when you go hunt around for stuff make sure it is
A) Easy to carry
B) Easy to Reset
C) Easy to use/get to
and D) You will actually use it.
Also, try stuff outside of card magic too.
I would also recommend finding an EDC (Every Day Carry). This could be a gimmick, gaff, whatever you need to use to perform something. I would suggest choosing a utility move that can help you in multiple tricks, or creating a routine. Then find the best way of stashing it without making it cumbersome.
Here is my set up, pretty much everything that I perform.
I have regular deck on me, set up for a trick I made. I can also use that deck to perform any impromptu piece. Here are my EDCs: For me personally, I carry around Daniel Madison's "The Advocate", which a great utility device (and one of my favorite things to have on me). And because of how The Advocate is made, it allows me to carry around a couple extra gaffs and gimmicks too. I have Angle Z and 2 blank cards stashed in there, both of which allow me to pull off specific effects in my routine. I also have a wallet trick I made that sits in my wallet freely, along with the Classic 2 card Monte gaffs sitting inside my Wallet in a sort of hidden pocket. (I think what you are referring to as the "2 card monte" is what you saw as "David Blaine's 2 card monte". This is actually a trick called "Be honest, what is it?", and not at all the 2 Card Monte). Finally, I have my normal Odyssey Ring on my finger, and the gimmicked one inside my jacket/hoodie/shirt/tiny inner jeans pocket.
Now overall, this takes up just 1 pocket.
So by using 1 pocket I have:
4 set up/gaff card effects that allow me to accomplish hard hitting things
A Deck to do anything (plus I can use a gaff to bump up the level of effects)
A Utility Device I can use to do so much (The Advocate)
A Ring to do any impromptu ring effects (specifically
Odyssey
A few Impromptu Mental tricks
Anything involving a phone that isn't too tacky (no apps, but a few mental tricks, using it to take a picture, even stuff like Phone Vanish by Blake Vogt and Dan White, IG by Josh Janousky, etc.)
I can borrow coins and bills for Impromptu Coin Tricks
And this is all stuff that I can grab on my way out the door, because it all "packs flat", and fits nicely in my pocket and stuff.
So when you go hunt around for stuff make sure it is
A) Easy to carry
B) Easy to Reset
C) Easy to use/get to
and D) You will actually use it.
