Peter Duffie – Cards By All Means

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Black Sheep: Two spectators each choose a card from a packet, while you select one as well, leaving your card face up as evidence. You then reveal your card along with the two cards adjacent to it, which turn out to be the spectators’ selections. As a twist, you highlight that both spectator cards are red, while yours is black. When you reveal the remaining cards, they are all black, showcasing that the spectators picked the only two red cards!

The Keepers of the Secrets: A quick sandwich effect featuring ten red spot cards and two black Jacks. Utilizing a Laurie Ireland Bottom Deal concept, you secretly lose a card while dealing, but you control when it happens, eliminating pressure.

Spectator Cuts to the Aces: A classic effect where a spectator divides the deck into four piles, revealing an Ace on top of each pile.

Spectator Cuts to the Aces – Plus! You present four Kings to a spectator and ask them to create four perfect blackjack hands by cutting to the four Aces. After they cut the deck, you reveal that the top cards of each pile are the Kings, while the cards set aside earlier are the four Aces.

K.I.A: An innovative stacking method based on Marty Kane’s Automatic Placement concept.

MIRACLE OR IMPOSSIBLE REVISITED: A straightforward variation of Arun Bonerjee’s “Miracle or Impossible.” Throughout the spelling routine, you suggest that the spectator spells the words as they deal the cards.

THE UNIVERSAL BASE: A “Universal card” (Ace of Spades) placed on the deck transforms into the mates of two freely chosen cards, culminating in the unexpected appearance of the remaining three Aces.

HOFZINSER ON BASE: This trick employs the same principle as the previous one but achieves a different outcome, revisiting the Hofzinser Card Problem.

CHANGE-OVER QUICKER: A precursor to the Fulves “Black Widow” plot, Tom Sellers’ “The Change-over Aces” from 1943 involves a red Ace between two red court cards and a black Ace between two black court cards, leading to a magical exchange. This version reduces the number of card transfers from eight to six and includes a second phase with the Aces face up.

HERE WE GO AGAIN…: A return to the Hofzinser “Royal Marriages” plot, where Kings and Queens are paired. This version employs the Stay Stack principle but divides the cards into Kings and Queens from the start. Detailed handling is provided, leaving the presentation to the performer.

COMBINATION LUCK: An automatic card discovery trick based on a random number chosen by a spectator.

CANNIBALECTOR: The four Kings showcase their magical prowess by making two random cards disappear, then instantly retrieving three previously selected cards.

WITCH WAY? The two black Queens are shown and cut into the deck. Instantly, one Queen appears from your pocket. Using a red Queen as a magical tool, you wave it over the deck, revealing two face-up “red” Queens in the middle, with one face-down card trapped between them, which turns out to be the other black Queen.

THE FACE UP TRICK: You demonstrate a card trick learned only with face-up cards. After a spectator freely selects a card and returns it to the deck, you successfully cut to it. You then attempt the trick again with half the cards face up and half face down, leading to a surprising reveal where all cards are face down except for the spectator’s chosen card.

PIANO BIDDLE: You begin with six matching pairs of cards, confirming you have the correct number. However, you mistakenly have seven pairs and return one to the deck. After splitting the six pairs into two piles, a magical gesture causes the pairs to reunite, revealing the odd cards left in each pile to be the red Aces!

TRIPLE HUMDINGER: A spectator selects any eight cards from the deck, and you write down three predictions, all of which ultimately prove to be accurate.