This effect closely follows a trick from Barrie's book Theater of the Mind. In that effect, the performer gives a split deck to two helpers.
The performer then retrieves a few cards from each of the helpers and goes on to explain how he uses a simple memory system to recall each card. He teaches this concept using several cards which he holds up as examples and then invites the audience to participate in the experiment.
After briefly looking at the cards held by his assistants, the performer asks them to sort them by suit. Then he quickly and dramatically finds the location of all 52 cards by pointing to the person whom he believes holds that card. When the performer comes to a card that the audience had seen, they are invited to find the location All in all, this is a dramatic and memorable stunt.
"Quartet" has the same theme, i.e. you find the locations of the cards after a quick inspection, but the stunt is more dramatic and difficult, because the cards are distributed to four persons, not two.
The included patter which relates to recalling seeing people in a four-room house - seems more believable.
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You show forty white cards with different shapes printed on them, shuffle and place them face down on the table. You ask a spectator to cut off a small packet of the deck, look at the shape he cut and remember it. Next, ask him to shuffle the packet. Then ask another spectator to take the balance of the deck from the table and place it in his pocket. All these actions are made with your back to both spectators.
Now ask the spectator to mix his packet face up on the table. Just now, you turn and explain that you will show the cards from the table, one by one, and at the exact moment he sees his shape he has to think "this is my shape." Finally you take out a note pad and draw his chosen shape.
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This nicely produced large-size (A4) book contains ten tricks from Paul Gordon's working repertoire. 25 photos enhance the already easy-to-read text.
"I have seen Paul perform most of these tricks and they are all great. My favourite is The Amazing Four Card Trick. At [only] 85p per trick, you really can't go wrong...can you?" - Stephen Tucker (The Budget)
Items include:
The Muldoon Match (once a marketed item); a stunning 'matching' of three cards.
Amazing Four-Card Trick; chosen card vanishes and four cards keep repeating until selection appears by magic!
Thought Of Cards Across; For strollers - three mental selections travel from one packet to another.
Millennium Collectors II; Paul's famous handling - now revamped and easier.
PLUS: A workable & entertaining three-kick Poker routine, an easy Oil & Water with four-Jacks kicker, an hilarious routine for the Three and Half of Clubs, ideas for the 'Phil' deck, the Eight of Diamonds trick (a self worker) and an effect for Waddingtons cards users!
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As in Volume One, this A4 (nicely produced) 25-page book contains really strong professional card magic effects for strolling (mostly) and table work.
Seca Alabbak is (so they say) one of the strongest one-ahead no-palm (to wallet) signed cards to wallet effects. Charlie The Mind-Reading Chicken is now updated to make him VERY funny, but very magical, too.
The Card To Cardcase is easy and strong, the Jumbo Card 'Hofzinser-type' effect is pretty and the 'Elevator' effect gives you an opportunity to subtly give away business cards.
Basically Quite Good is a very neat transposition of cards, Overload is for mind-readers/mentalists and there's more! Plus, Paul's IBM lecture notes (Eastbourne 2004) are included; tips, hints and more! Click Here for Further Info
