Sleightless Four
Sleightless Four
Sleightless Four
What ?
This is a four of a kind production, yes, the world need another
four of a kind production. I always been fond of four of a kind
production, this is a named four of a kind production from a
shuffled deck, the spectator could name any four of a kind, the
spectator cut the deck into four piles, and the card was shown
that there is indifferent card on top of each piles, however a
second later, the named four of a kind are materialized on top of
each piles.
A Bit Story
This four of a kind production is inspired by the venerable
Jennings revelation, which I believe appear in the classic magic
of Larry Jennings, however it is a very difficult routine which
need a technical mastery of certain sleight, it involves palming,
and this is a bluff Jennings revelation, not exactly the same but I
believe it would have (almost) the same effect in the mind of the
spectator.
Another inspiration is from the new book from Pit Hartling, In
Order to Amaze, in which he described a routine where any
named four of a kind are suddenly appear on top of four
randomly cut packets, involves a memorized deck of course, in
this routine I offer my impromptu solution.
Method Overview
The Routine
Start with the deck on the table (Roberto Giobbi always said that
the best place for a deck of cards in on the table). Ask the
spectator to name his favorite number from 1 to 13, I use the
very clever gambit by Dani da Ortiz, in which he said I want
you to name your favorite number from 1 to 13, for example? .
As Dani said, this for example ruse is very important, it makes
spectator think that the question is not important, however you
now get the required information, you know the spectator
selected number, now you proceed to cull the four of a kind.
Downjog Cull
To cull the four of a kind you will do the downjog (in jog) cull, the
description of this sleight is in Roberto Giobbi Card College
volume 4, this is a sleightless way to cull 4 of a kind, I believe
this is one of the best (in my opinion) and the easiest, I have done
this cull for a long time, although I can also do Kostya Kimlat
roadrunner cull very well, I still use the downjog cull a lot in my
performances.
John Bannon also utilize this cull procedure in his routine, I read
about this cull in his book Dear Mr Fantasy, he called it Cull The
Stack, in his routine he use this culling procedure to cull and
stack the royal flush needed for a routine ending which he called
Beyond Fabulous
packets on the table, the top half, and the bottom half diagonally
to the left behind the top half packet.
Now you will ask the spectator to cut the packet into two piles.
Ask the spectator to cut the top half into two packets, and place
the cut portion to the left. For the bottom portion, ask the same
thing but place the cut portion to the right. Now you left with 4
packets on the table.
Checkpoint :
Now you should have two aces on top of packet A, and two other
aces on top of packet D, on top of packet B and C are indifferent
cards. The next step is reminding the spectator about their
favorite number, the shuffling and cutting procedure acted as a
time misdirection, now the spectator should feel as they are told
you the number for the first time, here is how I asked the
the card in pile D with your left hand, now bring the card slightly
higher to your face, turn the face down, and then place the right
hand card on top of pile B and the left hand card on top of pile C.