CARD MAGIC
In this effect by Mike Maxwell a story is told calling attention to the angels on bicycles that reside on the back of U. S. Playing Card Rider Back cards. A spectator thinks of any card in the deck. This card is placed face up on the table. The deck is now held with the backs toward the audience and the cards are riffled. One of the angels on a bicycle begins to animate, pedaling, waving, popping a wheelie, and riding around the card! All the while, a miniature red card is seen in the spokes of the bicycle. The angel stops, reaches down and removes the card. When he turns it over, it is the thought-of card!
ITEM # E 091A PRICE $15.00
Two cards selected by members of the audience completely vanish from the deck and reappear anywhere you want. Includes Special Gimmick Printed by the U.S. Playing Card Co.
ITEM # NIS0235 PRICE $7.00
From the fertile mind of Scotland's premiere conjuror, Paul Wilson comes a visually stunning, easy-to-perform gem of commercial card magic. The intriguing story and the unique props provide a strong emotional hook designed to draw audiences in. And the handling is so simple that you can concentrate on what's important - being entertaining.
In the effect three tarot cards are introduced - two Fool cards, and a Wheel of Fortune card. The tale tells the effect: "I'd like to tell you the story of a legendary con artist who invented the world's oldest card trick. Today it is called Three Card Monte, but it began as 'The Search for Fortune.' It was invented long ago and used three cards from the tarot, Two Fools...and the Wheel of Fortune.
"The idea was simple: If you find a fool... you lose. Find the fortune and you win! One day an old woman watched the con man play. He mixed the cards and laid them in a row. She placed a small bet on the first card ... and lost (a fool card)! So she bet a little more on the next card... and lost again (another fool card)! Finally, she bet all she had on the last card... and lost (yet another fool card)! That's when she realized she was being cheated. "Invoking her Gypsy heritage, she uttered a strange and powerful curse under her breath and turned away from the cheat.
From that moment his fate was sealed. He was forever doomed to lose. Whenever he tried to work his con, no matter how he moved or manipulated the cards, if they chose the first card... they would win. If they chose the next card... they would win again. And if they chose the last card... they would take it all. Soon, all he owned were the clothes on his back and these three cards. Remembering the old gypsy, he spent months trying to find her. When he finally did, he begged her to give him his life back. She agreed to play one last time - with his life as the prize.
"Now she mixed the cards and removed one of them... and even showed him the other two before placing them aside (a fool and a fortune card). With but a single choice, he blurted without hesitation, 'It's a fool!'
"With a smile she replied, 'No, you're the fool...' and he dropped DEAD on the spot (a surprise death card!). This is how I learned a valuable lesson, never cheat, because when you make your living like that... the odds are always against you!"
In addition to the main routine, Paul also teaches how to make all three cards turn into death cards for a killer climax!
Gypsy Monte 2003 comes complete with six laminated tarot cards and full instructions.
ITEM # NIS0236 PRICE $15.00
This is a very clever and totally baffling card effect from Mark Mason. Any card is freely selected, signed and lost in the deck (really lost, no control the signed card is replaced anywhere) Two jokers are removed from the deck and a previously examined paper clip is put on the two jokers fastening them together. The two jokers are placed to one side; there are genuinely only two cards.
The spectator tries to cut to their signed card but fails. The two jokers are picked up and shown on both sides, they are still fastened together with the paper clip.
The paper clip is removed. The two jokers are spread, but now there is a third card trapped between them, the spectator removes this card it is their signed card. Brilliant principle that you will love to do, very easy to do, comes with a full instructional DVD.
ITEM # G 074C PRICE $15.00
Mark tells us that this is a brilliant ending for any ambitious card effect he created. A heart sticker is placed onto the back of a freely signed card. Visually the card jumps to the top of the deck.
Very easy to do with this precision made gimmick.
ITEM # G 074F PRICE $12.00
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