What is the best ACAAN?

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Hey guys! I'm looking for best ACAAN(of course it's controversial,I know)

I know several methods but I only use my own ACAAN because I'm afraid of failure and don't know what

should I do if the miss situation.

And then I realized that need something new way for inspirations.

Any suggestions? what's your best ACAAN?
 

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I use the card at any number effect on my download Almost Automatic the most: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/5123

I have changed Mark Eldson's Infallible to work as a stage effect that I use often: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S17724

Hands Off by Patrick Redford is pretty good and easy to do but I do not perform it often: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2485

Any Card at Any Birthdate is also good: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/3476

If you have any questions let me know.

I really appreciate your help.You're such a nice guy!

The effects you suggest are so cool and seems like those are very practical.I like that kind of ACAAN trick.

One question.I always wonder about the miss situation.What should I do then?Seriously I have no idea.
 

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I really appreciate your help.You're such a nice guy!

The effects you suggest are so cool and seems like those are very practical.I like that kind of ACAAN trick.

One question.I always wonder about the miss situation.What should I do then?Seriously I have no idea.

In the above versions there isn't ever a miss. These are all surefire, unless you mess up of course. In my version any card can be selected from the pack. In Hands off, and ACAAB they can name litterally any card and any number 1-52. In Infallible you can miss but it's easy to lead them along. No equivoque or psychological forces.

There are a couple card at any number effects taught on Mark Elsdon's Murphy's lecture as well.
 
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In the above versions there isn't ever a miss. These are all surefire, unless you mess up of course. In my version any card can be selected from the pack. In Hands off, and ACAAB they can name litterally any card and any number 1-52. In Infallible you can miss but it's easy to lead them along. No equivoque or psychological forces.

There are a couple card at any number effects taught on Mark Elsdon's Murphy's lecture as well.

I got it.So the only thing I need is practice huh?Thanks for your detail explanation.
 
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Even without practice you'd really couldn't miss. What ACAAN are you doing where you miss?

Actually,miss never happen to me luckily but I'm just curious if I met heckler or sceptic.
I always use my own ACAAN but it's based on FastTricks Any card at any number.
I use only one deck, no memorizing, no props so I really love it.
but it requires force so it can be problem when participants are heckler of sceptic.
 

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Actually,miss never happen to me luckily but I'm just curious if I met heckler or sceptic.
I always use my own ACAAN but it's based on FastTricks Any card at any number.
I use only one deck, no memorizing, no props so I really love it.
but it requires force so it can be problem when participants are heckler of sceptic.

Okay that makes sense. None of the versions above require a force of any kind. I'll send you my version to give you an idea.
 
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I use the card at any number effect on my download Almost Automatic the most: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/5123

I have changed Mark Eldson's Infallible to work as a stage effect that I use often: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S17724

Hands Off by Patrick Redford is pretty good and easy to do but I do not perform it often: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2485

Any Card at Any Birthdate is also good: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/3476

If you have any questions let me know.

Hello there just wondering if ACAAB is easy to learn and to perform on the streets? Thanks for your time
 
Nov 2, 2015
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Hello another question about acaan does anyone know how to perform Peter turner's acaan or Ollie mealing and whether it's worth buying because I love magic I respect it and I would like to know whether it's easy to person basically pros and cons I will post links thanks for your time


 

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Hello there just wondering if ACAAB is easy to learn and to perform on the streets? Thanks for your time
In the performance you can see that there are a few decks in play. You will need multiple decks of cards and it would really work best with formal wear.
 
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Nice thank you is it easy to learn and what are your thoughts on the acaan effect that Peter turner and Ollie mealing perform the links above? Pros cons? Thanks for your time
 
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ACAAB has some rave reviews. I am, however, somewhat ambivalent... Boris Wild has a (cleverly shot) video on YouTube of him performing it live at FFFF. You can find it easily.

From that video, one can readily deduce the outline of the routine, though there's still one (off-camera) required move which can be accomplished in various ways, and I don't know what method Boris Wild is using to accomplish it. I'm not sure I want to spend $25 to see exactly how Boris Wild handles that move, but I'm not sure I don't either. (This move is, I presume (or hope), what Boris is trying to sell to magicians. And that has to be why he hasn't released a full performance, since if one saw him do it, it'd probably be quite clear what was happening.)

Since I know what's happening (even if I don't know the exact method), I probably won't purchase it until I see a full performance where I can see what's going on when the magic move happens. I would call the "no sleight" claim at least mildly dubious, though this might depend upon your definition of "sleight." Your mileage may vary.

As Josh has noted, ACAAB works best with formal wear (some might say it requires it, though that'd be going a wee bit too far), but this will be a downside for some. I don't like the marketing style behind the release of ACAAB. If you're afraid to show a full performance (as it seems to me that Boris clearly is), then you get an immediate vote of no-confidence from me. I weigh this vote of no-confidence against other factors. And in this case, I award Boris a non-zero sum of points which are still too few to get me to purchase his ACAAB.
 
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