Aldo Colombini - Few Best Tricks

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MAGNETIC
This is a Triumph type effect and very strong.
EFFECT
:
Two cards are selected and revealed to be the only black card among the
red ones and the only red one among the black ones!
SET-UP
:
Arrange the deck with all the red cards on top, followed by the black.
PERFORMANCE
:
Shuffle the deck retaining the color separation. (To use the
Ireland Shuffle:
Overhand shuffle in small packets as normal, until you are near the
center. At this point the left thumb takes single cards until you are past center. Then
continue to shuffle off in small packets. Now the black cards are on top of the deck.)
Spread the deck in a ribbon spread on the table (as usual from left to right) and invite
two spectators to take one card each, one from the left hand side of the spread and
the other from the right hand side of the spread.
Have these two cards looked at. Meanwhile, square the deck, pick it up and re-
spread it on the table but from RIGHT TO LEFT. Invite the two spectators to replace
their cards more or less in the same position, pushing them into the spread. By
spreading the deck the second time from right to left, the two cards are replaced into
the opposite sections (the red among the blacks and the black among the reds. I think
this is an Ed Marlo procedure.)
Spread the cards with the faces toward yourself and split the deck at the point where
the colors meet in the middle. Place both halves face down on the table and cut with
both hands simultaneously, leaving the bottom quarter of each portion on the table,
Move both hands forward and leave another bottom quarter of each portion in front
of the two tabled packets. Repeat twice moving forwards so that you have eight face
down packets as in figure 1.
Turn packets 1,4,5, and 8 face up as in figure 2. Riffle Shuffle 1 and 2 together and
leave them aside. Shuffle packets 3 and 4 together, turn them over and shuffle this
combined portion with the combined portion 1 and 2. Leave this half of the deck
aside.
Shuffle together packets 5 and 6 and leave them aside. Shuffle packets 7 and 8, turn
them over and shuffle them with the combined portions of 5 and 6. Finally, shuffle
the two halves together (without turning either of the portions over). This is a
convincing sequence and the upcoming climax is very effective.
Spread the deck on the table revealing that the face up cards are all red (or black)
with one exception, the black (or red) selection. Turn over the spread to reveal all the
black (or red) cards face up, containing the second red (or black) selection.
NOTE: Instead of the Marlo procedure, you may simply fan or riffle the cards
between the hands and have the selected cards replaced in the opposite color section.
EFFECT
: Four cards are placed on the table. A card is selected and signed. The card
on the table reveal the selection and one turns out to be THE selection!
The seed for this effect was planted by my friend
Peter Duffie.
The trick remains
quite similar. The main feature, added by yours truly, changes it so that now you do
not have to know the selection in advance as you did in the original version.
PERFORMANCE
: Openly take out four cards from the deck leaving them face down
on the table. Be sure that the spectators do not see the f aces of these cards and be
sure they see that there is only four. These cards must be: Any face down ODD, RED
SPOT card (say the Five of Hearts); on top of this place any face down ODD, BLACK
SPOT card (say the Nine of Spades); on top of these two cards place any face down
EVEN, RED OR BLACK SPOT card (say the Four of Diamonds) and on top of these
three cards place any face down FACE card (say the Jack of Clubs).
Have a card selected, noted, SIGNED ON THE FACE and replaced. Control the
signed card on the top. Palm it and upon picking up the four table cards, add the
palmed card on top.. Leave the deck aside and take the face card packet face down in
the left hand.
Say that the four cards placed on the table before the selection are four predictions
and they will help find the selected one. While you are pattering,
Buckle
the bottom
card and keep this card separated from the others at the inner short side.
Ask if the selected card is black or red. If RED, release the break and slide off the
bottom card with the right hand, turning it face up on top of the left hand cards.
Show that this card is red, then turn it face down and discard it on top of the deck. If
BLACK, slide the SECOND card from the bottom. This is accomplished by
performing a
Buckle
of the bottom card so that the right hand can remove the second
from the bottom card by pulling toward you (as shown
below
). Turn the card face up
on top of the packet, then place it face down on top of the deck. The first prediction
card was correct.
Next, ask if the card was odd or even. If ODD, slide the bottom card off and turn it
face up on top of the left hand cards, then turn it face down and deal it onto the deck.
If EVEN, slide off the SECOND card from the bottom, turn it face up and then face
down on top of the deck.
Now ask if the card was a spot or a face card. If a SPOT card, the left thumb slides off
the top card into the left hand as the right hand grips the packet from above and
retains the other two cards as one. Turn these two cards as one face up onto the left
hand card and show a spot card, then turn the two cards face down and place BOTH
on top of the deck. If the card was a FACE card, the left thumb slides off the top card
into the left hand and the right hand places the remaining two cards as one on top.
then turn over the top card of the packet to show a face card. Turn it face down and
place the top two cards as one on the deck.
Say the fourth card will point out where the selected card is. Ask for the name of the
selected card. Surprise! Turn the card over and there it is! Apparently the selected
card was place on the table BEFORE it was selected!
EFFECT
: The magician cannot find a selected card so he performs a coin trick. After a
couple of effects with two coins, a coin ends up wrapped in the selected card!
This simple but effective routine combines a zany idea by my friend Stephen Tucker
and a brilliant move by the late Rick Johnson which was written in a PALLBEARERS
REVIEW.
REQUIREMENTS
: A deck with a duplicate (say the 9 of Diamonds); two English
copper coins and a copper/silver coin.
SET-UP
: Place a copper English coin in the middle of the card and fold the long side
over and onto the coin with one end of the lengthwise end folded slightly more that
the other. Fold the other long side over the coin the same way as in figure 1. Fold the
wider end over the coin. Fold the other side towards the center but tuck this
narrower side into the wider one, sealing the coin inside the card (figure 2). Place this
ʺpackageʺ into the right pocket of the jacket. Place the other two coins in another
pocket.
PERFORMANCE
: From the deck, force the Nine of Diamonds to a spectator, then
shuffle it into the deck towards the bottom. Try to produce the selected card but
instead produce a couple of ʺwrongʺ cards. Then say;
ʺHave I ever told you that I am
really good with coin magic?ʺ
Leave the deck aside.
Remove the two coins and place them onto the left hand at the base of the fingers,
copper coin onto the silver side of the gimmick.Close the left hand into a fist and turn
it over (palm down). With the right fingers reach into the left fist and remove the
upper coin (the gimmick) showing the copper side of the faked coin. Place the coin
onto the left fist.
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