theory11 — Magic Tricks & the World's Finest Playing Cards

what is your favourite trick to do ?

Mat La Vore

Mat La Vore

Nov 8, 2007
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For card magic it's a tie between David Williamson's Torn & Restored Transpo and Steve Ehler's Three Card Location.

For non-card magic it's a signed coin bend (Quantum Bender 2.0 by John Sheets).
 
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BRoop13

Nov 19, 2010
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for cards stigmata(wayne houchin) for coins coins across and other magic is stairway (marcus eddie)
 
MalibuARMY

MalibuARMY

May 15, 2010
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With Gerard Way
Cards: Conspiracy of 4 by Kevin Ho
Painted by Kevin Ho
Perversion by Chris Kenner
Clipy Shifty :D Now that I can do it :p
Squacho 2.0 by David Acer
Coins: My One Coin Routine
3 fly by Ponta the Smith
 
Chr!s

Chr!s

Jun 10, 2008
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When I started doing magic around 11 years ago, I dropped into pretty heavy sleight of hand quite quickly (Thanks to the stocks at my local library, and the bricks and mortar shop in my city). I did a lot of moves from very early on.

However.

I also learned ONE self working trick. I never thought I'd have need for it, and I can't remember where I even learned it, but I did and it stuck in there, and I pulled it out once for somebody... And it killed. Like, jaws dropped. TV reactions. It's JUST a self working card trick (I've since learned that Daryl has an effect named Untouched which, while effectually quite different, does use exactly the same selection procedure), but the almost entirely hands off nature of it just destroys after you've been doing heavy sleight of hand; Make all these amazing things happen in your hands, and then make it happen out of your hands too.

That is my favourite effect to perform, my go to trick, my workhorse... And also serves as a good observation on the importance of broadening the horizons a little.

Lafferty
 
ChrisWiens

ChrisWiens

Jul 13, 2010
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TheatreHead said:
Why can't it be a trick?
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Because it`s an effect, not a trick.
It´s a transposition (a color change as saborfang stated).

In my opinion a trick has at least one effect (or more) and a plot or meaning ?!?


My favorites right now are Total Coincidence (Juan Tamariz), Impromtu OOTW (Harry Lorayne), Homage to Homing (John Guastaferro) and Brainwave My Way (Michael Vincent)
 
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TheatreHead

Sep 10, 2008
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ChrisWiens said:
Because it`s an effect, not a trick.
It´s a transposition (a color change as saborfang stated).

In my opinion a trick has at least one effect (or more) and a plot or meaning ?!?
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Tricks don't need more than one effect. Also, it's not hard at all to add "plot" or "meaning" to a color change. I have a script for a 3 minute trick, wherein the only effect that happens is a color change. And it's magical.
 
ChrisWiens

ChrisWiens

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TheatreHead said:
Tricks don't need more than one effect. Also, it's not hard at all to add "plot" or "meaning" to a color change. I have a script for a 3 minute trick, wherein the only effect that happens is a color change. And it's magical.
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Of course, many tricks consist only of one effect. I didn´t exclude that either.
That´s why I wrote 'at least' (in the sense of 'at the minimum'). Sorry, my english sucks.
 
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howdidudothat

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saborfang17 said:
That's NOT. A. TRICK.

That's a COLOR CHANGE.

What's your favorite trick to do?
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It can be a trick. Laymen don't know what is a trick and what's not. There are no rules.
I also love just contoling a card and doing a colorchange. It's magical and it seems impossible so it is an effect / trick- these two words mean same thing only one of them is used by magicians only I think.

My other favorite tricks are biddle trick or just making selection appear sandwitched between two mates with a shake.
Just controling a card to the top then doing a double lift showing selection is not on top> Then put that card into their hand( actually by then it's their card)> Build up some tension and they will freak out when they will see the card in their hand actually is their card. Simplicity is simply the best thing in magic.
 
ChrisWiens

ChrisWiens

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I sl(e)ightly disagree.
Categories of effects

There is discussion among magicians as to how a given effect is to be categorized, and disagreement as to what categories actually exist—for instance, some magicians consider "penetrations" to be a separate category, while others consider penetrations a form of restoration or teleportation. Some magicians today, such as Guy Hollingworth[4] and Tom Stone[5] have begun to challenge the notion that all magic effects fit into a limited number of categories. Among magicians who believe in a limited number of categories (such as Dariel Fitzkee, Harlan Tarbell, S.H. Sharpe), there has been disagreement as to how many different types of effects there are. Some of these are listed below.

* Production: The magician produces something from nothing—a rabbit from an empty hat, a fan of cards from thin air, a shower of coins from an empty bucket, a dove from a pan, or the magician him or herself, appearing in a puff of smoke on an empty stage—all of these effects are productions.

* Vanish: The magician makes something disappear—a coin, a cage of doves, milk from a newspaper, an assistant from a cabinet, or even the Statue of Liberty. A vanish, being the reverse of a production, may use a similar technique, in reverse.

* Transformation: The magician transforms something from one state into another—a silk handkerchief changes colour, a lady turns into a tiger, an indifferent card changes to the spectator's chosen card. A transformation can be seen as a combination of a vanish and a production.

* Restoration: The magician destroys an object, then restores it back to its original state—a rope is cut, a newspaper is torn, a woman is sawn in half, a borrowed watch is smashed to pieces—then they are all restored to their original state.

* Teleportation: The magician causes something to move from one place to another—a borrowed ring is found inside a ball of wool, a canary inside a light bulb, an assistant from a cabinet to the back of the theatre. When two objects exchange places, it is called a transposition: a simultaneous, double teleportation.

* Escape: The magician (an assistant may participate, but the magician himself is by far the most common) is placed in a restraining device (i.e. handcuffs or a straitjacket) or a death trap, and escapes to safety. Examples include being put in a straitjacket and into an overflowing tank of water, and being tied up and placed in a car being sent through a car crusher.

* Levitation: The magician defies gravity, either by making something float in the air, or with the aid of another object (suspension)—a silver ball floats around a cloth, an assistant floats in mid-air, another is suspended from a broom, a scarf dances in a sealed bottle, the magician hovers a few inches off the floor. There are many popular ways to create this illusion, including Asrah levitation, Balducci levitation, Looy's Sooperman, and King levitation. Much more spectacular is the apparent free flight flying illusion that is often performed by David Copperfield and more recently by Peter Marvey (who may or may not be using a technique similar to that of David Copperfield). Harry Blackstone's floating light bulb, in which the light bulb floats over the heads of the public, is also spectacular.

* Penetration: The magician makes a solid object pass through another—a set of steel rings link and unlink, a candle penetrates an arm, swords pass through an assistant in a basket, a saltshaker penetrates the table-top, a man walks through a mirror. Sometimes referred to as "solid-through-solid".

* Prediction: The magician predicts the choice of a spectator, or the outcome of an event under seemingly impossible circumstances—a newspaper headline is predicted, the total amount of loose change in the spectator's pocket, a picture drawn on a slate.

Many magical routines use combinations of effects. For example, in "cups and balls" a magician may use vanishes, productions, penetrations, teleportation and transformations as part of the one presentation.
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IMO, if anything, a trick is rather a routine than an effect. At least that is what most magicians mean when they use the term 'trick' .
A trick is less than a routine, but more than an effect to me (a mini routine if you like).
But I agree that laymen don't distinguish between the two.

I don´t say it can´t be a trick or magical, but I was under the impression that he just meant an effect.
As I said, maybe it´s just a misunderstanding.
 
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