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Hold the stack of coins between the first finger and thumb of the right hand (Fig. 4). Put the second finger above the stack. Shake your right hand as you pivot the stack between your thumb and forefinger to turn it upside down (Fig. 5). The shaking will hide the move.

Spread as before, and the Chinese coin now is second from the top. Put the coins in a stack in spellbound position in the left hand, holding a break between the silver coin and the Chinese coin. The stack is between the first and second fingers of the left hand.

The first finger of the left hand pulls the first coin to the right. The coin falls in the left hand finger palm, showing the Chinese coin above all (Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9). Keep your right hand over the coins in order to hide the secret move. With the right hand, take the stack between the thumb and sec- ond finger (Fig. 10), and show the coins with the left thumb hiding the coin in fin- ger palm.

Put the stack in the left hand on top of the coin already there while looking at and talking to the spectator.

Put the coins in a spread in the open left palm and push the palmed coin forward as in Figure 11. With your right hand, take

only the Chinese coin and one silver coin leaving the other two coins in place (Fig.

12).

In the same movement, your right hand finger palms the two silver coins in action (Fig. 13).

Then mime pulling the coins through the hole of the Chinese coin (Fig. 14). When you feel the timing is good, open the right hand, showing the silver coins in a stack (in order to hide the fact that you

have only two coins) and let the silver coin in left finger palm fall (Fig. 15).

Then throw the silver coins into the left hand, which holds the Chinese coin between the thumb and the first finger and palmed silver coin.

Perform the routine slowly, taking your time. You will find that it is very strong magic.

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Card to anywhere without palming? Yes, folks, there is a direct and easy method by which you can discover the card anywhere without palming. The more out- rageous the location and the more bizarre the storyline, the better it plays.

EFFECT: A card is selected and lost in

the deck through numerous cuts by the spectator. The selection is nowhere to be found in the deck. The card is found in an “impossible” location.

REQUIREMENTS: Any single dupli-

cate card and a half-inch square piece of double-sided tape.

PREPARATION: Place the duplicate

card in an impossible location. Stick the tape in the centre of the back of any card and place it on the top of the deck. Place the partner of the duplicate card on top of the gimmicked card.

PERFORMANCE: The magician

states, “Would you like to see something truly remarkable? Interestingly enough, a simple but yet intense amount of concen- tration can create wonders which defy all logic and scientific principles.” As you’re making these comments, execute any false shuffle that maintains the top two cards at their original location. Then perform a “Riffle Force,” modified as follows: swing cut the top half of the deck into the left hand, replacing the bottom half on top while maintaining a little-finger break between them. Continue: “As I riffle through the deck please, when you feel the urge, kindly say the word ‘now’ in a loud

voice.” The spectator says, “Now!” You cut at the break, removing the top half and placing it on the performing surface.

Place the left thumb securely on the middle of the top card of the bottom half and the right forefinger and thumb in con- tact with the uppermost right corner. With the forefinger and thumb, peel back the top card, exposing the selection to the specta- tor (Fig. 1). You instruct, “Now remember your chosen card.” Pick up the tabled pack with the right hand and place it on top of the left-hand pack. Rotate the deck one- hundred-eighty degrees, keeping it face down, and place it in front of the spectator. Ask the spectator to cut the deck as many times as he wishes, as long as it is a com- pleted cut. I usually demonstrate.

To recap state, “Let us be certain. At this point, only you know the identity of the card. It is safe to say we are both unaware of its exact location. Would you say this is

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true?” After the spectator answers posi- tively, you continue, “Please focus your attention on the deck of cards. I would like you to visualize the card: the shape of the card, the colors of the card, the shape of the pips, and the value of your selection. Can you see it?” After a positive response, con- tinue. “Now see it slowly fading away, it is becoming less clear, and the details are not as refined. It’s now becoming obviously transparent, almost invisible, and it cannot be seen.” Wait for a couple of beats. Con- tinue with, “Say the word ‘go’ in a loud voice.” The spectator says, “Go!” Wait a couple of beats. Exhale and proclaim, “It is gone!”

Place the deck in your left hand and deal one card at a time face up onto the perform- ing surface, asking the spectator if he sees his card. When you are halfway through the deck say, “To save us some time take a look at these.” Turn the remaining cards face up and ribbon spread them across the

performing surface. Ask the spectator, “Take a careful look. Do you see your card?” He will reply with a negative response. Wait a couple of beats. Ask the spectator to name the card. Of course, he will name the forced card. “Interesting. As I said earlier, this cannot be explained.”

You reveal the duplicate card from an impossible location.

NOTES: The purpose of the left thumb

on the deck as you pull back the top card is to ensure that the top card does not break from the tape and reduces any unwanted unsticking sounds. I have performed this trick placing the duplicate card in places like a cereal box, a lady’s purse, in my shoe, and in a birthday cake, to name a few examples. Let your imagination run wild and enjoy!

Andrew Woo

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