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sohaib Special user San Ramon, CA 577 Posts 
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On 2010-09-02 11:31, Paul wrote: Very good post Paul! I have Small and Deadly and I've thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Now I have to pick up the new book! |
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Mb217 Inner circle 9538 Posts
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Hey Simon, as an aside...Are you obtuse?
Just kidding man...just had to run that old Shawshank Redemption line here.  Hope you saw the movie. 
Seriously, I enjoy your posts and your magic.
-Mb
*Check out my latest: Gifts From The Old Country: A Mini-Magic Book, MBs Mini-Lecture on Coin Magic, The MB Tanspo PLUS, MB's Morgan, Copper Silver INC, Double Trouble, FlySki, Crimp Change - REDUX!, and other fine magic at gumroad.com/mb217magic
"Believe in YOU, and you will see the greatest magic that ever was." -Mb 
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AaronishMagic Special user 635 Posts
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Twisted SIster is great!
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Paul Inner circle A good lecturer at your service! 4409 Posts
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On 2010-09-02 13:59, Simon Lovell wrote: :) This is something I discuss in the introduction to "Still Small, Still Deadly". But as I said in my first packet trick book, a good trick is a good trick no matter how many cards are being used.
People that dismiss packet tricks are often using the odd packet tricks themselves but failing to recognise the fact, because there are differing views of what a packet trick consists of. Does the professional care how many cards he's using if the effect gets a great reaction? No. Paul. |
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts
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I've got hundreds of packet tricks..and to put one above the others and say it's the greatest of all time is a f=difficult thing. But I can name some of my personal favorites (Currently!)
Ten by Richard Sanders, NFW, Gordan Beans Entourage, Jay sankey's Dreamscape, Close up Illusion....
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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Simon Lovell V.I.P. 506 Posts
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Lucky you on the quote Mb217 ... it's one of my favorite movies!
Simon |
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Chris Cain New user 5 Posts
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I must admit that I haven't seen half of the packet tricks already mentioned. Of the ones I have seen, Tommy Wonder's Tamed Cards stands out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5kxUuO5JZo
Great presentation, well thought out and entertaining to watch. |
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DelMagic Special user 723 Posts
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This one amazed me when I first saw it. I was fortunate enought to watch Arthur Emerson do it. He was a great demonstrator in my opinion. After I bought one, it then amazed me for a long time afterward every time I did it. It was a lot of fun to show to others and always got a good reaction. Plus you ended clean! This was the well-known effect Sympathetic Cards by Magic Ronnay put out by Emerson and West. I only wish they had used a better card stock. I still have my original set. The different colored backs at the end were so surprising!
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Paul Inner circle A good lecturer at your service! 4409 Posts
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On 2010-09-04 00:42, DelMagic wrote: The latest variation, and improvememt on that, is John Bannon's "Royal Scam", which will also give you the better cards you always wished for..
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6142 Posts
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Jim Swain's Capitulating Cards is terrific.
Ghost Flight by Peter Duffie Goldman's Monkey in the Middle
"If you ever write anything about me after I'm gone, I will come back and haunt you."
– Karl Germain |
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truesoldier Inner circle 1191 Posts
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On 2010-09-03 17:06, Chris Cain wrote: This is a great presentation of the Wild Card Routine |
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DelMagic Special user 723 Posts
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On 2010-09-04 10:24, Paul wrote: Thank you. I am not familiar with that effect but I will look into it. |
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The Baldini Inner circle I some how pounded in 2445 Posts
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I like "A Night out with the girls" and "What Your Future Holds, these do not use playing cards, so right there , to layman it is not a card trick, and each one is geared direct to a male or female, if you’re not familiar, Girls night is where you show several pictures of beautiful woman, mix them and the spec chooses anyone, you place his choice face down for now, show all the babes again and I say, you could have had anyone of them, let’s see who you chose, and it's an old ugly hag. And for the "What your Future Holds" this is for woman and you show all the cards with things that may happen in the future, by choosing one, this is what will come true, all the future predictions are different, and when she picks one, it reads," You will make love to a clown" and when she looks up, you are wearing a red sponge nose, I have made up a set to read, " There is no time for Clowning Around" I found some married men and jealous boyfriends did not appreciate the first one, Both are extremely easy and a lot of fun.
I also have and use, the smaller cardiographic, I have a thermometer on my business card, I have it signed then I have a woman put her hands together above the cards and rub, when nothing happens, I ask that she move her hands below the cards as everyone knows heat rises, I say , keep rubbing and watch the thermometer, I don’t say watch the cards, and you can see the temp rise, then I hand her the card to keep. For those who read all this and got this far, here is a fun one you can make in one minute and use it in two minutes, This is not my idea and I am sorry I do not remember where I got it from. I have another stack of business cards set up in the OTL, I draw a simple oval shape balloon and I ask , has anyone ever seen those guys who can whip a real balloon in to any shape or animal, and someone always says yes, so I ask , I would like to make a balloon animal, watch this, I remove the signed card , pocket the other stack of cards and make a lot of swishing sounds and move my hands around the card as if twisting it, then turn it around to show a drawing of a balloon dog. |
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Simon Lovell V.I.P. 506 Posts
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Dave,
Oddly enough I often use Rich Marotta's What Your Future Holds but always do it on the biggest guy in the audience. I found that doing it that way is much funnier and takes any possible embarassment/pressure off the ladies in an audience. Rich nearly died laughing when we were working together once and I borrowed his pre-release version of the effect to do on the NYC Chief of Police in front of many of his top ranking officers. He said when I started that he didn't know whether to call me a lawyer or an ambulance but it turned out great. He also filmed me doing it on a guy at my Strange and Unusual Hobbies show (still running and soon to enter its 7th year!) and put it up as an ad for the effect on one of the internet sites (Youtube or something like that)if you want to see my routine with it. Don't ask me for the link ... I don't know it! It is a great trick with tons of fun and a nice unexpected surprise at the end. Just my ten cents as per usual! Simon |
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vinsmagic Eternal Order sleeping with the fishes... 10963 Posts
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For me the best packet trick using four cards is Jon Allen's Double back.
This statement is not quite true but the effect is very powerful it happens in specs hands. vinny |
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blu tiger New user 67 Posts
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On 2010-08-30 23:10, sohaib wrote: Does that trick use the Dazzle Count? I learned it recently but only know one trick where I use it: Johhny Thompson's version of the Biddle Trick. But my favortie packet trick right now is probably Gemini Twins. Or a version I do of J.C. Wagners Twisted Underground Transposition. |
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Roger Kelly Inner circle Kent, England 3332 Posts
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Not sure about 'best' (for similar reasons well articulated above) but 'FAVE' for me, and I'll go along with Pepka's great 'categorisation';
Cat 1: French Twist - Richard Vollmer Cat 2: Twisted Sisters - John Bannon - just edges out Trik Kards by Nick Trost |
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kerpa Special user Michael Miller 594 Posts
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I like Backflip, by Sam Schwartz.
Michael Miller
(Michael Merlin: original family --and stage-- name) |
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Dougini Inner circle The Beautiful State Of Maine 7130 Posts
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Ya know members, this question really has me thinking...what criteria qualifies a packet trick to be "the best"? I was up a good portion of the night, trying to think of a fair answer to a question. A simple question asked by Sallymagi, in The Feminine Mystique section: "How would a girl become the best?"
And the answer I came up with is: "...practice, and strive to be the BEST you can BE!" The answer to, What is "Best Packet Trick Of All Time"? I would say, the one YOU do BEST! There is no "All Time". New ones are constantly being created. and, the variations, combinations, gaffs etc.. Plus, the number of successful ones, NFW, Color Monte, Twisted Sisters, BackFlip. Oh, and the book, "Focus"! How can we judge which is "best"? Owww, my brain hurts. 'Nuff said...
Doug |
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Mr. Mystoffelees Inner circle I haven't changed anyone's opinion in 3623 Posts
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My fav is Darwin O's Jumping Gemini, followed by the Asher twist...
Also known, when doing rope magic, as "Cordini"
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