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Magic from
The Magic- Gram
All material below is used with permission from the editor of The Magic-Gram, Ray Cerio.
Thanks, Ray!!
A Unique Coin Trick
Effect: The magician shows two coins, one of which is an American Half-Dollar and the other is an English Penny. A spectator examines the coins. The magician picks up the silver coin and places it in his left hand. He then takes the copper coin and throws it into his left hand, also. The spectator is asked if he noticed that one of the coins felt lighter. "Which one was it?", asks the magician. The usual reply is the copper coin was the lighter of the two. The magician opens his hand and there lying on top of the silver coin is a copper colored cigarette lighter. The magician remarks, "You are absolutely right. The copper IS a little lighter!"
Performance: To perform this little miracle you will need to find a copper colored lighter which usually can be found in a tobacco specialty store or a store like Spencer Gifts. If you cannot find one, buy a small Bic lighter and paint it copper color. The lighter is finger palmed in the right hand.
When you pick up the second coin (English Penny) you switch it for the lighter which is what you actually toss into the left hand on top of the silver coin and close your hand over the same. Practice the tossing and it won't take long to make the switch for the lighter. It is all misdirection.
Suppose the spectator says the silver coin is lighter. Then say,"Sorry...it IS the copper one that is a little lighter." No puns intended in this effect. It's just for fun .
The originator of this effect is not known. It was shown to Ray a number of years ago at a Four F's convention.
An Ambitious Card Routine
In this routine you use the Ace, Two, Three and Four of Spades.
To perform, you spread the deck and remove the above four cards which you place on the table. While you are removing these cards,control the Four of Hearts to the top of the deck. Hold the deck face-down in your left hand dealing position.
Now pick up the four cards you have on the table and place them face up on the deck in 4,3,2 and Ace order. (The Four is the one showing on top.) In squaring the deck up, catch a little fingerbreak under the face down Four of Hearts. Remove the four face-up cards and the face down 4 of Hearts. The audience should be unaware of the addition of the 4 of H.
Hold the cards in the Biddle position in your right hand. Deck in the left hand. The left thumb slides the top card (4S) half way off the packet and flips it FACE-DOWN on top of the cards in your left hand. Drop all the cards in your right hand to the top of the deck. Then regrip the top three only with the right hand. This drops the added 4 of Hearts to the top of the deck. Repeat the flip/drop move with the remaining three cards. (You don't need to drop the entire packet each time...just the flipped card.) The four face-down cards are now, from the top, AS, 2S, 3S and the 4H.
Deal these top four cards to the table, reversing their order. (As you deal, call out their order. This reinforces their "supposed" position to your spectator.) Now pick up the four tabled cards and "flash" the bottom card to be the Ace of Spades. (More reinforcement!) Comment that you will now reverse their order. Perform an Elmsley Count as you say, "Four, Three, Two, Ace." The audience will believe that is the correct order of the cards. (The actual order is now: 4H, AS, 3S, 2S)
Now double lift to show the Ace of Spades. Return the card(s) to the deck and place the top card to the bottom of the stack. Tap the packet with your finger and turn over the top card to reveal the Ace has jumped back to the top. place the Ace on the table.
Double push the top two cards forward and turn over (as one) to reveal the 2S. Repeat the above move of placing the top card(s) back on the packet, move the top card to the bottom, tap the packet and show it has jumped back to the top. Table the 2S.
Move the next card to the bottom as you call it the 3S. (Don't show it.) Turn over the top card to show the 3S has jumped back up. Table the 3S.
Say, "That leaves up with only the Four. A very special card......." Turn over the last card to reveal that it has changed to the Four of Hearts.
A Terrific Book Test
Effect: Three pocket books are shown and passed out to three spectators in the audience. One of the three books is selected or all three may be used. A number is arrived at by dealing 9 cards on the table - in three piles of three each. One person selects a pile and retains it. Two other people each select one of the other two piles. The cards are laid down to arrive at a total which indicates the page number in their book. The pile of cards the other person selects is added up and the total indicates the word on that page. When the word (or three words) are revealed they match a previous prediction sealed in an envelope.
To Perform: Get three pocket books and turn to page 165 in each and write down the 15th word on page 165. Make your prediction or if using all three books, three predictions. (I only use one and when I know what book they want to use I have previously memorized the 15th word from each book. I then make my prediction.)
Take nine cards, Ace thru 9 of any suit and keep them in Ace thru 9 order from bottom up. Shuffle off one card, shuffle off two cards (not reversing their order), shuffle off three cards (not reversing their order), then shuffle two off again (not reversing their order), then the last card, all on top of one another. Do this as if you are just shuffling the cards. Deal the 9 cards face down on the table from left to right one at a time creating three piles of three cards.
REALITY CHECK:
If you have shuffled and dealt the cards correctly, you will notice that when the values of each pile are added together they will each total 15. The first pile will have the 8,6 &1. Pile #2 contains 7,5 & 3. Pile #3 contains 9, 4, 2.
Have three people each pick a pile. Ask 1st to hand you any card and place it face down on the table. Ask 2nd person to hand you one of his cards and place it face down next to the first card to the right. Write down number formed by the two cards. (Not the total of the two cards...) Have first person hand you one of his cards and place it face up on the table. Have second person hand you one of his cards and place it to the right of the first card on the table. Write down the number formed.
Have first person hand you his last card and place it face up on the table. Have second person hand you his last card and place it next to card on table to the right. Write down the third number formed.
All three numbers are added up now to get a total (comes out to 165). Have spectator(s) turn to page 165. Have other person holding the remaining pile add his cards up and give you the total (it will be 15). Have spectator(s) look at the 15th word which will match your prediction(s).
That's it. I have used this hundreds of times and it is one of the best response tricks I have in my mental routine. Let me know if it goes over with you.
Cards Through Table
EFFECT: Two of the top cards of the deck are given to a spectator, for example the 5 of Hearts and the 6 of Diamonds. He is requested to insert these cards in the deck in two different places. He is then to shuffle the deck, square it up and lay it on the table. Performer places his hand under the table and the spectator is requested to hit the top of the deck with his fist. Performer then removes his hand from under the table and hands two cards to the spectator who verifies that they are the two selected cards.
SECRET: Previously remove from the deck and place in your pocket, the 5 of Diamonds and the 6 of Hearts. These are two similar but different cards than the ones selected by the spectator. While the spectator is shuffling the deck, turn your body left and palm these two cards from your pocket which you then place under the table and request the spectator to hit the top of the deck with his fist.
The finale of the trick is to bring the two cards out from under the table and toss them onto the table. The spectator will never suspect they are not the same ones he inserted in the deck.
Note: When you show the cards in the first place, don't call out the suits. Just say, "Here is a 5 and a 6." Say the same thing when you produce the two cards from under the table.
MagicDan Notes: If you like this trick, check out "Red Six, Red Nine". It's based on the same principal but the handling is easier in that it requires no palming.
Also, be prepared for that one spectator who will realize they are not the same cards.....it happens every once in a while. If it does happen, just smile and praise them for being very observant!!
The Great Button Mystery
EFFECT: Ten pieces of paper are handed out with the request that the names of certain living and/or dead persons be written in the center of each paper, which are about 4" square. Ask for one piece of paper and demonstrate how it is to be folded: First in half, then again in half and once more in half. You will thus have 10 small pieces of paper with a living or dead persons name written on each. Borrow a hat and place these pieces in the hat and shake them up. Write a prediction on a piece of paper, seal it in an envelope and hand it to someone to hold. Then reach into the hat and remove one of the pieces and hand it to a spectator telling him to open it and read loudly the name written on it. When read, it is the same as the prediction you sealed in the envelope.
SECRET: You palm a small button in your hand at the beginning. You notice the name written on the piece of paper you use to demonstrate how they are to be folded. Drop the button in the paper after you make the first fold. After the final fold, this packet is dropped into the hat. The other packets are likewise dropped in the hat. It is easy to find the packet with the button when you reach in the hat. Be sure you remove the button before you hand it to a spectator to read. (Not the same one who gave it to you originally.) Practice the way of putting the button in the paper and removing it in front of a mirror before you perform it for anyone.
It's good - I've used it - Simple and to the point which is the way all magic should be.
Ray Cerio
An Easy Four Ace Trick
Everyone has heard of the Four Ace Trick, and here is an easy way to present this mystery.The four Aces are shown in a fan and replaced on the pack. They are then dealt in a row, and three cards are dealt on each Ace. One Ace and its three odd cards are chosen. The magicians snaps the other piles and throws them on the table. The Aces are gone, and they are found in the odd pile-all the Aces together.
The first important part of this trick is the method of exhibiting the Aces. They are held in a fan - faces towards the audience; but behind the third card from the front are situated three indifferent cards.
That is, the fans might be: Ace of Spades, Ace of Hearts, Ace of Diamonds, three odd cards, and the Ace of Clubs. The three extra cards are squared up, however, so that they and the Ace in front of them appear to be one card.
The four Aces are exhibited in this fashion, and replaced on the pack and squared up. Then the top four cards are dealt in a row. They are supposed to be the Aces, as each card is dealt face down; but only the first card is Ace.
In moving in the cards around a bit, the real Ace should be allowed to fall from the pack, accidentally, being immediately picked up, the audience, however catching a momentary glimpse of its face.
Three cards are dealt on each supposed Ace, the first three cards from the top of the pack going on the real Ace. Those three cards are the three Aces; thus the four Aces come together, while each of the other heaps holds for indifferent cards. The four heaps are laid out in row, thus:
| Four Ordinary Cards | Four Ace Heap | Four Ordinary Cards | Four Ordinary Cards |
A spectator is asked to choose a number between 1 and 4. This apparently gives him any choice, but it implies that he should say 2 or 3. If he says 2, the magician, counts from left of the line; if he says the three, the magicians counts from the right, ending his count in either case upon the four Ace heap. Should the spectator say four, the magicians replies: "We will use all four heaps. Give me another number." Should the spectator say one, the magicians replies: "We will choose one peep from before. Let me have another number." But the original question invariably eliminates one and four.
All that remains is to command at the Aces to pass, all four being found at the chosen heap. The magician should do this with much pretense, having a spectator place his hand upon the chosen heap, and snaps each of the odd heaps. He should create the impression that he is doing something really marvelous.
