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Dani DaOrtiz
FlashBack
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About the Trick
I
always liked the classic trick “Out of this World”. What I propose is a version which fascinated me since I created it some years ago. The fact of using a gaffed deck (double faced), always forced me to use it only on special ocassions, normally after doing some tricks and the obvious deck switch in the offbeat.
final phase, creating more contrast and so, a stronger effect. The sensation of a shuffled deck hasn’t still vanished from everyone’s head until, swoosh, it’s separated!
But, let’s go a bit deeper… it has the strength of Out of This World, but increasing the chaos even further… with the cards face up! At every moment two rows of shuffled This is one of those clear and cards are seen… and will continue clean effects, with each moment like so, until a split second after are easy to be followed, and shown separated! accomplishes one of the dramatic techniques I enjoy the most, which And besides, it’s easy to perform… is not separate the initial from the anyone can do it!
SETUP
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hen you take out the deck from its case for the first time, we see a double faced deck, with only two ordinary cards (with backs) and a different order on each side of the double-faced cards: on one side
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you find the spades and clubs shuffled, followed by hearts and diamonds also shuffled, but if we spread on the opposite side we see a shuffled deck. These two situations are reflected on Photos 1 and 2.
If the deck had been shuffled and for any reason you forgot the order on the faces, when setting up the four suits and shuffling spades and clubs, and hearts and diamonds, it would be again in the position marked on the previous Photos. Let’s look at Photo 2: each group will be composed of more cards from one color than the other. For instance, the group of black cards (spades and clubs) on the opposite side will have more black than red cards, however, the black cards are in perfect order, approximately each four or five cards, giving the perfect sensation of chaos. The same will occur with the hearts and diamonds (red
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cards). Now, let us look at the small setup of the deck: The deck is found on the table as shown in Photo 1. We will search for the three of diamonds and will leave it as the bottom card, and in the exact center of the spread, we will place the seven of spades, ten of diamonds and four of hearts (Photo 3) This is very easy to remember: 3D (bottom) 7S, 10D, 4C (center) This small setup will leave, on the opposite side, the two black aces on the center, separated by one card. These two cards will be our
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key cards. The rest of the order isn’t necessary to memorize, it will work by itself. To end, we will place the two ordinary cards with backs
together on the top part of the deck, backs facing up, first the red card and then the black. We’re good to go. (Photo 4)
PERFORMANCE
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efore we begin, place the down, as everyone will be able to deck face down on the see the back of the first card. This table. We will know it’s face card will also be slightly
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the table, as shown on Photo 6. We will do exactly the same with the nine of spades, in our example the normal backed black card, placing it in the same manner, at the right of the first card. When the right hand returns to reassemble the deck, on this occasion we will leave the pile that it holds, under the one from the left We take the deck face up, cutting hand. and completing the cut in our hands. Now we say we’ll remove With the right hand, turn both two cards of opposite colors. To do cards in the table face down and so, we start spreading the cards in say… like so, with the cards face our hand, searching for the six of up. Or much better (turning them hearts, which in our example is the face up)…faces up! As this will be normal backed red card, which as we want! we’ll leave on the left side of the table. The way to place the card The right hand will now pick up the will be picking it up with the same two top cards, without alternating right hand, picking up the pile their order and always showing holding the card and dropping it on both faces, you ask: What color unsquared, letting them see the back of the second card, which will strengthen the illusion of an ordinary deck (Photo 5). Although this detail on this part of the trick (beginning) isn’t much of use, it’s very easy for us to do and will help enhancing the effect at the end of the trick.
are these two cards? Along with the answer, say: No, I see them as the same… Both are black! (dropping them on top of the black card on the table). Do this despite the fact they’re not black.
several times, asking different spectators, and picking up small groups from three to five cards (they will always see shuffled cards). If they want, they can throw cards over one color, and the rest over the other… As this is really how they want it to be!
Add: This can be done any way we When you see the ace of clubs want! (center card), take the cards above The spectators will understand it and ask again, showing the ace where we’re going with this. Now on the left hand. Drop the selected pick the next four or five cards and group on the table, as you’ve done ask the same question. Drop these so far. cards on the table, over the card matching the chosen color. The Then, take the following two cards, idea consists in that spectators always without changing the order can say whatever they want, (ace of clubs and ten of diamonds) though it doesn’t match with what and drop them together over the pile from the left side, saying: they see (Photo 7). “these two I see them perfectly as Repeat the same procedure red…”
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Now the ace of spades is on sight. Pick it up and say: And this is black… it can be seen! (dropping it over the pile from the right). Photo 8. This will be remembered as a funny moment, as in reality the
aces are being put where they need to be, to perform the trick afterwards. Continue asking and dropping small packets from the rest of the deck, until you run out of cards. Once you finish, spread both piles, showing the chaos. Photo 9.
We will check and search for the two black aces, which will be our key cards. We ask a spectator: “You, how do you see the cards?” After the spectator answers (“mixed”), continue:
now?” At the moment in which you raise the question, you must do the following:
The right hand will pick up the “And if I take out cards from the upper half of the right pile, cutting middle and shuffle the even under the ace of spades, while the further… How do you see them left hand does the same with the
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cards on the left pile, picking it up from the next card following the ace of clubs until the second card from the bottom. Notice in the Photo that after the ace in the left pile, there’s one more card and right after this you extract the remaining pile. The sensation is that a pile is being picked by random (Photo 10).
The cards will still be seen at all times as mixed red and black cards. Now pick up the pile from the left side, and place it on the left hand in dealer’s grip. Then, with the right hand point towards the six of hearts (in our example) and ask: “Well, we know what color this card is, right? Red, front and back!”
The right hand now places the entire group of cards over the ones At the same time we point to the on the left side of the table (Photo card, spreading it slightly towards you, leaving it a bit angled as 11). shown in Photo 13. The left hand now transfers the group to the right hand, leaving the What this does is, when you show pile over the spread on the right the back of the card as you (photo 12), dropping small mentioned, the left hand is turned packets, showing total palm down, leaving the entire pile carelessness and increasing the over the card, picking it up and sensation of chaos. turning the pile, showing now the
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The right hand now goes to pick up the card and on that movement (that directs all the attention), the left hand releases and leaves the pile on the table, to pick the card Now turn the entire face up pile up with the right hand, while we again and place it over the left side wait the answer from the spectator of the table, slightly spreading the (Photo 18). first two cards, thus showing two red cards and a black card, Once the spectator answers, the providing the sensation that they’re right hand leaves the card on the spot it used to have, picking up the still shuffled (Photo 16). pile and leaving it over the card. We do exactly the same with the Once again, we spread the two top pile on the right, although cards, showing red and black changing the rhythm. To do so, cards (Photo 19). look at a spectator from the right and ask him: “This card, you would Arriving towards the end of the effect, bring attention to the piles know its color, right?” and announce there are still red While you say this, the left hand and black cards on sight… turns face down, pointing with its finger to the card and moving it Each hand grabs a packet, squares and turns them face down forward (Photo 17). back of the card (Photos 13 and 14). Immediately the index finger points to the back of the card (Photo 15).
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and face up (showing the back of both), as a magic gesture. You might think there’s a need to see the cards from both sides. Not Once again you place them on the because they suspect anything, deck face up, squared and in but because of what they have further advanced position than the witnessed has been very strong. last. Now, very slowly both hands To avoid this, we will take care start spreading both piles, showing ourselves of showing the cards, the color separation, without before this anxiety is created. To spreading the last cards to avoid do this, and following the climax of showing the indifferent between. the effect say: “and each one of
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these are red, red, red…!” We pick up the pile from the right, square it on our hands and we place over the table, squared, the first two or three cards, saying: black!...
the back on several occasions. Furthermore, the last card we throw is the one with a back, slightly recreating on this fact (but without calling any attention)
While we start dropping groups of We do the same with the pile of cards, the left hand can start red cards. turning palm down, thus showing
WORKING AFTER THE EFFECT
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tend not to tell stories or such on my tricks. But obviously this trick provides you the opportunity of preparing your own story or presentation. The presentation that I use, although I recognize it’s a bit difficult, is the following: Over the table there are some decks (normally I’m along fellow magicians). One of these is the gaffed deck, set up for the effect.
I start to perform, with an ordinary deck borrowed from one of the magicians, a routine where as much as the deck is shuffled, the colors separate time after time (I commit you to the video: color control, on kaps-store.com). I repeat this with some decks from other fellow magicians, until I arrive to the gaffed deck, where I perform this effect, going back in time.
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