What magic tricks you learning now?

[Bob Klase]

"Strange Travelers" is a commercial trick sold by Paul Harris (and David Blaine slapped his name on it too), it's very simple but hard hitting.

I like a version that was published about 20 years in (I think) the Linking Ring. Impromptu and ungimmicked, but the effect is the same. Wish I could remember what it was called.

 

[Unalienable]

The core concept behind Strange Traveler goes all the way back to Nate Leipzig's "Princess Card Trick". It's one of those effects like the "cross cut force" ... once you know how it's done, you think that nobody on earth could be so stupid as to fall for it. And yet you fell for it yourself before you knew the secret!

 

[Unalienable]

Oh man, I just learned the coolest trick I have to share it with you. I am unclear on the origins, it's so simple it's probably one of these 100 year old deals.

It's a stop trick. Spectator picks a card, goes back in the deck, shuffle shuffle, mix mix, then I start to lay out cards on the table (overlapped, like in a spread) one at a time. Spectator says stop any time they want. I show how their card wasn't the next card, it wasn't any of the cards dealt out on the table, it's not to be found in the remainder of the pack, sure enough they stopped me right on their card.

Definitely not a magician fooler--it's a one sleight trick. That's why I love it so, it's simple and clean and gets right to the point.

 

[fredcarr]

Working on New Hitchcock Aces from Darwin Ortiz's Cardshark. Finally worked out an alternate handling to the Curry add-on/turnover sequence. Darwin does it perfectly but I dislike the burying the finger in the break that is needed.

Got a better way (for me) of doing this sequence and am just about ready to start showing my coworkers.

Fred