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RELEASED by Liam Montier & Cameron Francis CONTENTS INVISIBLE TECHNOLOGY Montier/Francis

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A ROUGH YEAR 7 Montier/Francis PLAYING FAVORITES Montier/Francis

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BETWEEN THE SIGNED PALMS Montier TELLING IT LIKE IT IS Montier/Francis SUBTLE SOTTO Francis

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COLLECTED WHISPERS Montier OUT OF MY SKULL Francis

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MOVES 32 Montier/Francis TEAR IT UP 2 36 Montier/Francis

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INVISIBLE TECHNOLOGY Montier/Francis

Cameron came up with the original idea for this effect... and then Liam swooped in and added that inimitable Montier touch! Not only is the presentation novel, but this is a trick that definitely tends to fool magicians. Oh, and did we mention that it's completely impromptu? Well, it is! So what are you waiting for? Read on and then go out and destroy 'em with this super cool shocker! Effect: The magician explains that the King of Spades and the King of Clubs have figured out a way to turn other cards invisible. A card is selected and placed between the two Kings whereupon it instantly turns invisible! This is repeated with two more selections. The magician explains that the Kings are good at causing card to turn invisible, but not so good at making them visible again. The Aces, however, are very good at it! An Ace is placed face up on top of the face down deck. The deck is given a cut. When it is spread, four face up Aces are seen in the middle with three cards between them. They are the three selections! Preparation: None.

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Performance: 1. Say, “I don't know if you know this, but the military has been working on technology which would render soldiers and vehicles invisible on the battle field. I don't know much about it, but I do know that there are a couple of cards in this deck which have been working on ways to make other cards invisible. These intrepid cards are none other than the two black Kings.” As you say this, run through the deck and remove the two black Kings. Place the Kings to the back of the deck. 2. Spread through the deck again as you say that you will need a card selected. Say that you don't want an Ace selected as you will need them later. When you come to the first Ace during your spread, cull it under the cards in your right hand. 3. Out jog the card which the spectator selected. Square up the deck, slipping the culled Ace to the back, under the two black Kings. Remove the selection, keeping it held in the right hand, and turn the deck face down. 4. Slip the face up selection between the top two face down cards of the deck (An Ace followed by a black King). Spread the top three cards to show the selection apparently sandwiched between the two Kings. As you do this, get a break under the fourth card from the top (the second black King). 5. Square everything up, maintaining the break and then immediately flip over all four cards above the break. 6. Press on the middle of the face up King with your right index finger and make a buzzing noise as if activating the Invisibility Machine. Push the top King to the right and take it with your right hand to reveal that there is now nothing between the two Kings.

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7. Pretend to thumb an “invisible” card off the top of the deck into the spectator's hand. Ask her to hold onto it for now. 8. Flip the two black Kings face down and then turn the deck face up. 9. Repeat steps 2-8 two more times. Each time you run though the face up deck to cull your Ace, say, “Now, last time a card was picked near the top so let's have you choose one from the middle...” This justifies why you keep spreading further into the deck each time. 10. Remove the two Kings from the deck and place them aside. At this point, the situation is this, from the top of the deck down: Face down selection Face up Ace Face down selection Face up Ace Face down Selection Face up Ace Rest of Deck 11. Finally, run through the deck and remove the remaining Ace from the middle of the deck. 12. Turn the deck face down and place the face up Ace on top of it. Ask each spectator to slip his/her invisible selection into the middle of the pack. Give the deck a cut. 13. Spread the deck to show four face up Aces in the middle with three face down cards interlaced between them.

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Inspirations This routine sort of combines the vanishes from “The Visitor” by Larry Jennings1, and the climax of“Collectors” routine, which was the brainchild of Roy Walton2.

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Published in the Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, page 159 Published in “The Complete Walton Volume 2” page 31

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A ROUGH YEAR Montier/Francis

Cameron was inspired to create this diary effect after reading Liam's excellent effect “Anytime Diary” from his “Telephonica” e-book. Cameron originally used a modified Invisible Deck to perform this barnstormer of a trick until Liam suggested the fantastic variation you are about to read here! So what are you waiting for? Read on… Effect: The magician talks about how calendars and cards have a lot of similarities: Four suits in a deck, four seasons in a year. 52 weeks in a year, 52 cards in a deck, etc. He then introduces a pocket calendar with different cards written on each date, and a blue backed deck of cards, in which he claims he made a prediction. The spectator is asked to think of a special date and turn to that date in the calendar. To see if the magician and spectator might be psychically connected, the magician attempts to read the spectator's mind. He fails but decides to press on with his prediction anyway. The magician spreads through the blue deck, revealing a red backed card in the middle. He out-jogs this card. Then, and only then, the spectator is asked to reveal the special date and the card written on that date. We'll say the card is the Eight of Diamonds. The red backed card is removed from the deck and slowly turned over. It is the Eight of Diamonds!

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Preparation: You will need:

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A red backed deck of cards

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A blue backed deck of cards

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Roughing fluid

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A pocket diary

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Give the red backed deck a good mix and then remove any 26 cards. Make sure there are a good amount of mixed suits and values in the talon. Using your roughing fluid, rough the backs of these 26 cards. Open the blue deck and remove the same 26 cards which match the 26 roughed cards from your red deck. Rough the faces of these 26 blue backed cards. Now pair up the roughed cards so that each face up roughed back red backed card is on the face of each matching roughed faced blue backed card. In other words, the red backed Ten of Hearts should be on top of the blue backed Ten of Hearts, etc. Square up the deck, turn it face down and then spread it from left to right. Because of the roughing fluid, you will be looking at 26 blue backed cards. The red backed cards are hidden behind them. Now, turn the deck face up and spread from left to right. 26 cards will be visible. Open the calendar to Jan, 1st and grab your pen. Starting from the right and moving left, write each successive card in each successive date in your calendar. When you run out of cards, go back to the first card on your left and start over again until the calendar is full.

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Note: Instead of using a pocket calendar, you can also use the calendar in your cell phone, iPhone or iPod Touch as per Liam's effect from Telephonica. Performance: 1. Talk about the similarities between cards and dates. Introduce the deck and spread it face up, being careful not to split any of the roughed cards so they can see that all of the cards are different. Say that the deck contains a prediction. Square up the deck then remove the diary and hand it to your spectator. 2. Have her think of a date but tell her not to say it out loud. Ask her to open the diary and find the date. 3. After she has done this, say, “Let's see if there's any psychic connection between us. Look at the day before your special date and concentrate on that card... I'm getting the Jack of Diamonds... Am I right?” 4. You will most likely be wrong in which case you ask her to name the card. If you are correct, all the better! Let's say she says the Five of Spades. “Five of Spades. Hmm. Well, I was pretty off. Not sure if this experiment will work or not but I've committed myself to this prediction so let's see how it goes...” 5. Hold the deck so the faces are toward you. Run through the deck until you spot the Five of Spades. The card to the left of the Five will be your target card. In this case, we'll say it's the Two of Hearts. Apply a little pressure and split the Two of Hearts from the card behind it. From the spectator's point of view, a red backed card just came into view in the otherwise blue backed deck. Down-jog the Two and then square up the deck (Fig. 1). Grip the top short edge of the deck with your right hand and rotate the deck over end for end so that you are holding it in left hand 9

dealer's grip (Figs. 2&3). The red backed card is now out-jogged at the front of the deck. 6. Ask the spectator to name the date. Then ask her to name the card. Have her remove the outjogged red backed card and turn it over to reveal it matches the card on her special date. Spread the deck face down to show all of the other cards are blue backed.

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Fig. 3 7. To reset, spread the deck with the faces toward you and find the duplicate to the selection. Slip the selection in front of it, square up the deck and case it. You are ready to go again. Final Notes When Liam performs the effect, he doesn’t use the mind-reading bit initially to discover the identity of the card. Liam asks the spectator to flick through the Diary to check all the cards are different, and says “For example, the card on the date before yours is the…” and the spectator fills in the gap. Once they name it, Liam says “… and the card on the date after is different?” They reply that it is, and you have all the information that you need. Inspirations This routine is a version of the Diary plot, conceived by Ted Danson in his routine “It’s A Date”.3

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Published in “Come A Little Closer” on page 29

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PLAYING FAVORITES Montier/Francis

Inspired by an unpublished effect of Cameron's, Liam has come up with a super-cool winner with this one. After bouncing around a variety of handlings, this one is the best regular deck solution, and has become a bit of a favourite routine – nobody sees the ending coming! Effect: The magician removes the four Kings from the deck and sets them aside. Two cards are selected and lost in the deck (we'll say they are the Three of Hearts and Five of Clubs). The spectator is asked to name his favorite King. Let's say he says the King of Spades. The magician hands the spectator the King of Spades and slips the King of Clubs (his second favorite card) face up between the two face down red Kings. This packet is placed aside. The magician says that the King of Spades will now attempt to find the two selected cards. The King of Spades is placed on top of the deck whereupon it promptly vanishes! The deck is spread and the reversed King of Spades is seen in the middle. The two cards on either side of the King are turned face up and are seen to be... the two red Kings! The two cards on either side of the King of Clubs are turned face up. They are now the two selections!

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Preparation: None. Performance: 1. Run through the deck and remove the four kings. 2. Have two cards selected, returned to the pack and then controlled to the top, with a little finger break below them. Having both selections returned to the same place and bringing them to the top with a double cut works fine. 3. Hold the kings face up and ask if they prefer red or black. Whatever they say, you say "Me too!" Now ask them to name their favorite suit, to which you also comment, "That's my favorite, too!" 4. You give them the King of their favorite suit (assume Spades) and say that you will use the King of Clubs, which is your second favorite. 5. Position the KC at the back of the face up fan, before turning the packet face down and holding it in Biddle Grip. 6. You now apparently flip the KC face up and put it between the other two kings. Here's what really happens: Holding the face down packet of Kings by the short ends between your thumb and second finger, you bring the right hand over the deck, placing the left long edge of the packet into your left thumb crotch (Fig. 1).

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Fig. 1 Now, grip the short ends of the two cards above the break between your right third finger and thumb. Clamp down on the three card King packet with your left thumb as your right hand pulls the two cards above the break to the right (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2 It should look as if you merely slipped the top card of the King packet onto the deck. In reality, you switched out one packet for another (This is the J. K. Hartman Block Switch, also known as the Hamman Count Switch).

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7. Use the two cards in the right hand Biddle grip to now flip the top card of the pack (King of Clubs) face up. Slide it between the two face down right hand cards. Table this packet, saying you will come back to your King later. 8. Propose to find both selections with their favorite card, the King of Spades. Drop the face up King of Spades on top of the face down deck. Perform an Erdnase Color change to vanish it and then give the deck a cut. 9. Ribbon spread the deck to show the King of Spades is now in the centre, and explain that it has appeared here because it now has one card on each side. Ask for the names of the selections, as you really want to convey the idea that the trick ends here. This makes the kicker finish all the more powerful when you flip over the cards on either side. These are the red Kings! 10. Gesture to the packet on the table. Slide the two cards out from either side of the King of Clubs and turn them over to reveal the two selections.

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BETWEEN THE SIGNED PALMS Montier

This Liam's terrific, off-beat take on the classic “Between Your Palms” trick by Alex Elmsley. It follows the plot closely, but moves away from having three cards selected, and only one signed which is something that spectators may wonder about. Effect: A mystery card is placed on the table and the spectator is asked to cover it with his hand. A card is then selected, signed across the face and lost in the deck. The magician then claims he will show how a card can be found using sleight of hand. He turns over the top card of the deck and shows it to be an Eight of Clubs. He turns the card face down and slips it under the spectator's hand, on top of the mystery card. Another card is shown, say the Two of Hearts. The magician gives the card a spin and then reveals that it has transformed into the Eight of Clubs! The spectator lifts his hand and turns over the top card. It is now the Two of Hearts! The magician says that's a good trick, but an even better one would be to somehow use the card which has been under his hand since the beginning. This card is turned face up... It is the signed selection!

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Preparation: You need:

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A deck of cards

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A duplicate card, say the Two of Hearts

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Position the duplicate Two of Hearts second from the top of the deck. Performance: 1. Spread through and remove the Two of Hearts (not the one that is second from the top). Place it face down on the table and have the spectator cover it with his whole hand. 2. Have a card chosen, signed, and controlled to the top, above the set up, and say that you are going to find your card with sleight of hand but first you'll have to warm up your sleight of hand skills a bit. 3. Double lift to show an indifferent card, say the Ten of Spades. Flip the double face down, and slip the card under their hand. It goes UNDER the card already there, but you blatantly lie and say "I'll put it on top". It is hard for the spectator to feel the difference, so this flies by. 4. Ask, "Do you believe I could make the Ten of Spades vanish from underneath your hand?" They will probably say no, so you explain that they are right, but all you need is some misdirection. 5. Double lift again to show a Two of Hearts, and then flip the double face down again. Take the top card, and spin it on your finger as you pocket the deck. Explain that you have pulled their attention away from the Ten of Spades, and as such, you were able to vanish it out of their hand. 17

6. Flip the card face up to show the Ten of Spades. 7. Have them lift their hand and turn over the top card of the pair to show the Two of Hearts. 8. Pocket both with the pack, and then explain that a really good trick for them to try would be to somehow use the card that had been in their hand from BEFORE the start of the trick. 9. Direct them to turn it over, and they find it is the signed selection. Inspirations This routine was obviously inspired by “Between the Palms” by Alex Elmsley4 and “The Signed Card” by Brother John Hamman5.

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Published in “The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley Volume 2” Page 246 Published in “The Collected Almanac” page 125

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TELLING IT LIKE IT IS Montier/Francis

Cameron came up with the original idea for this effect, but it was a bloody mess until Liam came along and, like the magical surgeon he is, stitched up everything nicely. Effect: Two cards are selected - say the Jack of Spades and the Five of Diamonds. The cards are then lost in the deck. Two Jokers are placed face up on top of the face up deck. Instantly, two cards appear between them! They are the Five of Spades and the Jack of Diamonds. The spectators announce that these are the wrong cards. The magician says that the Jokers actually captured two indicator cards which tell him the value and suit of each card. So the two selections must be the Five of Diamonds and the Jack of Spades. Just to make everything right, the two Jokers transform into the actual selections! Preparation: Set up from the top of the deck down: Jack of Spades Five of Diamonds 19

Rest of the Deck Reversed Five of Spades Reversed Jack of Diamonds Performance: 1. Force the top two cards on two spectators using the riffle force. 2. As the cards are being noted, hold the deck in the right hand and get a thumb break above the bottom two (reversed) cards. 3. Swing cut the top half into your left hand, and have one selection placed on top of this half. Put the right hand packet on top of the left hand packet, but maintain your break. 4. Take back second selection, and slip it into the break (Fig. 1). Keep a new break above it, and double cut the whole mess to the top.

Fig. 1 5. Secure a break under the top four cards and perform a Braue Reversal to reverse them under the face up deck.

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6. Spread through, and remove the two Jokers (or Kings) and slip them openly face down at the back of the deck. 7. Flip the deck over, and spread over the top Joker, displaying both. 8. Apparently flip them face down, but actually flip six cards over (natural break). 9. Snap your fingers and spread off the top four cards. You have apparently sandwiched the two selections. But the spectators should be quick to inform you that something has gone wrong. 10. As you hold the four card sandwich in your right hand, pocket the deck and explain that the Jokers are indicating the selections - one card is a Five, the other a Diamond, so the first selection must be the Five of Diamonds, and the other way around gives you a Jack and a Spade, so the other selection is the Jack of Spades. The spectators confirm this to be true. 11. Click your fingers over the apparent jokers and flip them face up to show they have changed into the actual selections! Note: When you have the spectators look at their cards, tell them not to show them to anyone else. You want them to focus on only their cards. The reason for this is because if they share their selections with each other, when you reveal the cards between the Jokers later on, they might think they are actually seeing their cards as it would be easy to transpose the suits if they are thinking of both cards simultaneously.

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SUBTLE SOTTO Francis

This effect, and Liam's trick immediately following it, were inspired by Phil Goldstein's effect “Sottovoce”6 which was in turn inspired by Jerry Sadowitz's trick, “The Whisperers”7. John Mendoza has also popularized this plot with his effect “Whispers 4X3”8. Effect: Three cards are selected and left face down on the table. The spectator is then asked to name any four of a kind with mouths and ears, in other words any four court cards. Let's say she says Jacks. The four Jacks are removed from the deck. One at a time, the selections are run through the Jacks. The Jacks then “whisper” the identities of the selections to the magician. The Jacks are right every time! For a stunning final three of the Jacks transpose with the three selections. And as if that wasn't impressive enough, the Jacks transform into Aces! Preparation: Set up from the top of the deck down:

Published in Focus, page 51 Published in Alternative Card Magic, page 8 8 Published in a free download from Hocus Pocus Magic. 6 7

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Three of Clubs Six of Hearts Nine of Spades Four Aces Rest of the deck (The top three cards are in a mini-Si Stebbins stack. Cameron uses it because it's easy for his feeble brain to retain but you can memorize any three cards you want.) Performance: 1. Force the top three cards via the Balducci Cut Deeper Force and lay them down on the table from left to right. 2. Spread the deck with the faces toward you and get a break under above the four Aces at the back. 3. Say that you now need four cards from the deck which have eyes and mouths. Ask the spectator to name Jacks, Queens or Kings. Let's say he names the Jacks. Out-jog the four Jacks and strip them out of the deck, adding the four Aces to them via the Vernon Substitute Transfer. Place the deck on top of the eight cards in your left hand. 4. Turn the deck face down and spread over the top four cards, taking them into your right hand. Use the four card spread to gesture to the three cards on the table. As you do this, get a break under the top card of the deck. 5. Square the four face down cards against your left thumb, adding the card above the break to the bottom of the packet. Lift away the top five cards and place the deck aside. 6. Hold the packet from above with your right hand and flash the Jack at the bottom of the packet. 23

7. Drop the packet on top of the card on your left. 8. Say, "Now I need to run this card through the Jacks so they can get a good look at it..." 9. Pick up the packet and Elmsley Count it, in-jogging the third card. Get a break below the injogged card as you push it flush with the packet. Lean your head down to the packet and act as if the cards as whispering to you. 10. Say. "The Jacks tell me that the card is the Three of Clubs!" 11. Do a double turnover showing the Three of Clubs. Turn the double face down and deal the top card to your left. This is actually an Ace. 12. Buckle the bottom card of the packet. Hold the top four cards from above with your right hand and, with your left thumb, slip cut the top card above the bottom card as your right hand moves forward with the three remaining cards to gesture to the center card in the row on the table. 13. As you perform the above actions, say, "Let's see if they can do it again with this card." 14. Place the right hand's card on top of the two cards in your left hand. 15. Repeat the above sequence with the next two cards. 16. On the last card, after you have turned the double face down and dealt the top card to your right, slip cut the top card to second from the bottom and then Elmsley Count the packet as you say, "One of the Jacks knows an even more amazing trick... It's this Jack right here." 17. Double turnover showing a Jack. Turn the double face down. Take the top card with your right hand and tap the packet.

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18. Then tap the card against the three cards on the table. Set the card off to your right. 19. Turn the packet in your hand face up and hold it from above with your right hand. Peel the first and second card into your left hand, dropping the last two as one to show that the three Jacks have transposed with the three selections. Square up the cards and drop them onto the table. 20. Say, "Now that's a good trick. But it's not even his best one. His best one is this!" 21. Turn over the four tabled cards to show that they are now Aces. Note: The first three Elmsley Counts are discrepant because you should really be showing five cards, not four. But no one should notice this.

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COLLECTIVE WHISPERS Montier This very efficient routine is actually a combination of two routines from Scottish genius Roy Walton, and merges the Sadowitz “Whisperers” with the classic Walton “Collectors” plot, so full credit to Roy for this one. My only contribution is eliminating a half pass early on, and blending the two routines together – although the control sequence for the ending may make you smile! Effect: Three Queens removed from the deck. Two cards are selected and placed face down on the table. The face down selected cards are run through the Queens which then “whisper” the identities of the selections to the magician. The magician states that the Queens are multi-talented and can do something even more amazing. The Queens are then placed face up on top of the face down deck. The two selections are inserted into the middle of the deck. The magician snaps his fingers and spreads the Queens. The three Queen now have two face down cards between them; the two selections! Preparation: None.

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Performance: 1. Remove 3 queens and put them face up on the deck. 2. Have two cards selected and tabled, one to your left and one to your right. 3. Apparently lift off the three Queens, but in reality, take the top FOUR cards, which will be three face up Queens and one face down X card. 4. Pick up the selection on your left. Buckle the bottom card of the packet, and slip the first selection into the break. Elmsley Count, out-jogging the indifferent card as you go. Table it to your left, and then peek the actual selection by raising the Queen packet to your ear. 5. Repeat step four with the second selection, replacing the face down card to your right rather than your left. Position Check: There are now two face down cards on the table. The one on your left is an indifferent card. The one on your right is a selection. The second selection is face down under the packet of three face up Queens. 6. Display the Queens by peeling the top two queens into left hand dealing grip, and drop the third one (actually a double) on top. Place the Queen packet face up onto the face down deck. 7. Pick up the pack in dealer's grip. 8. Take the first selection (actually the indifferent card) and insert it into the middle of the deck from the FRONT, but leave it out-jogged half its length.

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9. Get a Tilt break under the top three cards of the deck. Take the second selection (actually the first) and apparently insert it into the middle of the deck from the BACK, again out-jogged. In reality, it goes fourth from top into the Tilt break. This looks awesome, as both selections are apparently clearly sticking out different parts of the deck (Fig. 1). Square them both in, riffle for effect, and then spread the Queens to show two cards between them. Remove the cards and turn them over to reveal the selections.

Fig. 1 Inspirations The two Roy Walton routines that this combines are “Stage Shout”9 and “The Collectors”10.

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Published in “The Complete Walton Volume 2” on page 1 Published in “The Complete Walton Volume 2” on page 31

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OUT OF MY SKULL Francis The following effect is a small packet variation of Paul Curry's “Out Of This World”. Effect: The magician removes eleven cards from the deck and places them face down on the table. He places the top card of the packet in front of the spectator and says, "We're going to try a little experiment in intuition. Five of these cards have something in common with the card in front of you. Without looking at their faces, I want you to decide which cards share the common denominator." The spectator freely chooses any five cards and discards the other five by placing them on top of the deck. "Let's see how you did..." The leader card is turned over. It is a back spot card. The other five cards are turned over. They are all black spot cards. "Not bad! Especially when you consider that the discards were all..." The top five cards of the deck are dealt face up onto the table. They are all red! Preparation: None.

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Performance: 1. With the faces toward you, run through the deck and up-jog the first 11 black cards you come to. Strip them out of the deck and place this pile of cards face down on the table. This, of course, will leave a huge bank of red cards at the face of the pack. 2. As you run through the deck again, apparently mulling something over, get a break under the sixth card from the face and close up the deck, maintaining the break. 3. Lift up the top card of the 11 card packet, glance at the face and then place it face down in front of the spectator. Ask her to mix the remaining 10 cards, being sure to keep them face down. 4. As she does this, perform a Braue Reversal, reversing the six red cards to the bottom of the deck. For those of you who don't know the Braue Reversal, here's a brief description: Holding the deck face up in right hand Biddle Grip, your right thumb maintaining the break between the six cards and the rest of the deck, under cut half the deck with your left hand, turn it face down and place them on top of the face up cards. Now cut the rest of the cards under the break turn them face down and place them on top of all. You are now holding a deck of face down cards with six red cards reversed under it. 5. Tell the spectator that this will be a test of intuition. Half of the cards have something in common with the face down card in front of her. Ask her to slide out two cards at a time. One she is to keep and one she is to discard by placing it on top of the deck. You hold the deck in left hand dealer's grip as she does this. 6. Once she has gone through all of the cards, ask her to turn the leader card face up. It will be a black card. Then ask her to turn the other five cards face up.

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7. As she is turning the cards face up, turn your left hand palm down and place the deck onto the table. This simple action secretly reverses the deck. 8. Once all five cards have been turned face up, called attention to the face that they are all black cards. 9. Pick up the deck and hold it in left hand dealer's grip. Deal the top five cards face up onto the table to show that all of the cards she discarded are red cards. Be careful not to accidentally deal the sixth card as you will reveal the face up deck under it. Note: This started out as a variation of Cameron's trick "A Small World" from his "Sleightly Askew" ebook. To make it more like that effect, you could have four Aces reversed on the bottom of the deck and remove eight black spot cards. Reverse the presentation so that the spectator is to place the cards he thinks are important onto the deck. This being done, he turns over his four cards to reveal they are spot cards. You then turn over the four cards on top of the deck to reveal the Aces.

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MOVES Montier/Francis

Liam and his session buddy Jack Tighe came up with the original idea for this effect. Cameron then messed around with it and came up with the Royal Flush ending, which keeps the kicker finish but makes it much more logical! Effect: The magician talks about “moves” and offers to demonstrate one of the hardest moves of all. Four indifferent cards are removed from the deck and placed face down on the table. A card is selected, say the Ten of Spades. This card is fairly slipped into the four card packet. The magician clicks his fingers and spread the packet showing that there are now only four cards. The deck is spread. Face up in the middle of the pack is the Ten of Spades! The magician then offers to demonstrate an even harder move. He slowly slips the Ten back into the packet and claims he just did the move. The spectators are doubtful... Until the packet is turned face up and spread revealing a Royal Flush in Spades! Preparation: Stack the deck in the following order from the top down:

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Ace of Spades King of Spades Queen of Spades Rest of Deck Jack of Spades Ten of Spades Performance: 1. Say, "Being a magician, people always ask me about moves. Well, I'll show you one of the hardest moves I know." 2. Get a break under the top three cards (Ace, King and Queen of Spades) as you spread the deck face up and up-jog four low to medium valued cards. 3. Strip them out of the deck, taking the three cards below the break along for the ride (Vernon Strip Out Addition). Be sure to maintain a pinky break above the three cards at the bottom of the packet (Fig. 1).

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4. Drop the deck on top of the cards and rotate your left hand palm down, depositing the deck on the table. Lift off the three cards above the break and place them off to the side. The spectators should think these are four indifferent cards. 5. Double undercut the bottom two cards to the middle of the deck maintaining a break above them. Riffle force to the break and cut the cards below the break to the top. 6. Double turnover showing a Ten of Spades. You will now use a Down's Change to switch out the Ten for the Jack. Here's how: Out-jog the face up double for about half its length. Turn your left hand palm down and grip the out-jogged cards along the short end, thumb on top, second finger below. As you start to pull the face down card from the bottom of the deck, use your second finger to push the card under it flush with the deck (Fig. 2). You are now holding a face down Jack of Spades in your right hand. The Ten of Spades is face down under the face up deck. 7. Slip the card in your right hand under the packet of three cards on the table.

Fig. 2 8. Cut the deck and then say, "Now, here's the move..." Pretend to quickly snatch something out of the packet and throw it into the deck. 34

9. Spread the deck showing face down card in the middle. Spread packet to show only four cards. 10. Turn over the reversed card showing the Ten of Spades. 11. Say, 'Now that was hard, but let me show you an even harder move...” 12. Very slowly slip the Ten under the four cards. Exhale and say, “That's it. Did you see the move that time?... No, not when I slipped the Ten under the packet. I'm talking about the move when I changed the rest of the four cards...” 13. Flip the packet face up and spread showing a Royal Flush as you say, “... into a Royal Flush in Spades!”

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TEAR IT UP 2 Montier/Francis

The original version of Tear It Up appeared on Cameron's “Killer Close Up” DVD, produced by Big Blind Media. Liam took the trick and added an incredible second phase which allows you to end clean. This new version also appears on Cameron's “Exchange Rate, Inc.” DVD, another Big Blind Media production. Effect: A card is selected and a corner is torn off. The card is replaced into the deck, but left out-jogged. The magician causes the corner to disappear. When the card is removed from the deck, the corner is seen to be restored! The magician offers to repeat the experiment again. This time the card is torn up into quarters and the spectator is asked to hold onto one piece. The magician makes the other three pieces vanish. When the deck is spread, the ¾ restored selection is found reversed in the middle. The corner matches the torn section of card and the spectator keeps both pieces as a memento of this astonishing experience. Preparation: You need one duplicate in your deck. Let's say your duplicate is the Ten of Hearts. You also need a Sharpie marker in your right pocket.

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When you are ready to go into this effect, cut one Ten of Hearts to the face of the deck and cull the other one to the top. Performance: Phase 1 1. Holding the deck face down, cut the deck, maintaining a break between the halves and riffle force to the break. 2. Thumb the Ten of Hearts onto the table and have the spectator turn the card face up. 3. As she does this, half-pass the Ten at the face of the deck (in other words, reverse it so it is face up at the bottom of the face down deck). 4. Pick up the selection and tear off an indexed corner. You want to make sure you tear off about a quarter of the card (Fig. 1).

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6. Pick up the deck and get a left pinky break under the bottom reversed card. Hold the deck from above in right hand Biddle Grip, transferring the break to your right thumb. 7. You will now perform a drop switch, to switch out the torn card for the duplicate. Swing cut the top half of the deck into your left hand. Bring the right hand portion of the deck over the left hand portion and drop the duplicate on top of the torn card. Immediately draw your right hand back and, with the tip of your right second finger, push the duplicate forward for about half its length (Fig. 2). Drop the right hand cards on top of the left hand cards and use your right second finger to angle the out-jogged card to the left (Fig. 3). The above actions all look very fair and it will seem as if the torn card never left the spectator's sight.

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8. Pick up the torn corner with your right hand and false transfer it into your left hand. 9. Immediately reach into your right pocket and grab the marker, ditching the corner. 10. Remove the marker and wave it over your left hand. Slowly open your left hand to show that it is empty. 11. Have the spectator slide out the out-jogged selection to show that it is now fully restored. 12. As the spectators are examining the card, reach into your right pocket, depositing the marker and putting the torn corner into finger palm. Phase 2 13. Say that you will do it again under different conditions. Take the card back from the spectator and tear it into quarters. Place these pieces on top of the piece in finger palm and flip the packet over. Remove the top piece (this is the piece from the first torn card) and hand it to the spectator. 14. Holding the other four pieces in your right hand (your spectators think you are only holding three), apparently dump them into your left hand. In reality you are performing a false transfer, holding them in your right hand with your thumb. 15. Immediately reach into your right pocket, dump the pieces and remove the marker. 16. Wave it over your left hand. Open your hand to show it's empty. 17. Spread the face down deck to show the face up ¾ Ten of Hearts in the middle. 18. Remove the card and have the spectator hold the corner up to the card to show that it matches! 39

FINAL WORDS Liam says – Thanks to Cameron for bouncing and sharing ideas, I think we did good mate! Thanks to Darius and to Jack Tighe for all things magical, and heads up to www.wordle.com for providing the cover and header ‘clouds’. Cameron says – Thanks to Liam for providing final words so I don't have to... Oh, okay. Thanks to Liam for the inspiration. I agree, we did great! And a very special thank you to Beth for putting up with more card tricks than any human being should ever be subjected to.

Cameron's website: www.cameron-francis.com You can also find some of Cameron & Liam's awesome dvds at: www.bigblindmedia.com © Cameron Francis & Liam Montier 2009 40