Direct From the Factory
The magician shows a deck to be blank on both sides but then faces start to appear
and disappear on the cards until eventually you show the whole deck to be printed
front and back. Just as amazingly the cards then go blank again. A great opener and
fairly easy. Bill teaches a couple of nice colour changes including a move from
Steve Draun.
The Kings Produce
Cards repeatedly appear between two kings, the last time in an very visual manner.
At the end you have 4 cards which also turn out to be the four aces. Very simple,
but also very effective.
Maxi-twist
This is it, right here. The best effect on vol. 3 and possibly the best on the whole
set. Four aces are shown face up and turn face down one by one. The magician then
shows the faces of the cards to be 1,2,3,4 before reproducing the aces in a very
visual manner.
Apex Aces 2002
A re-work of a 4 ace vanish and reproduction that first appeared in one of Harry
Lorayne's books (Close-up Card Magic I believe). The vanish is very simple but very
effective, especially the vanish of the final ace. They are then reproduced one by
one in a very visual manner. The deck is placed on the table and the magician waves
his/her hands over it and they simply appear on top. This is done 4 times, you can
show you hands empty each time before the ace appears and there is no lapping.
At first I didn't like this so much, but having worked on it a bit I now perform it
and once you gain a bit of confidence with the reproduction it is very effective.
Name Any Number and You Can Do it Too!
This is a combination of two effects that go together perfectly. Paul Cummins' Count
on It and David Solomon's Cutting Tens. The magician asks for a number between 10 and
20 and without hesitating cuts off that exact number of cards, as if that wasn't enough
the last card is a previously selected card.
Cutting Tens follows on naturally from this as the spectators then try to cut off
exactly 10 cards but fail, it then turns out that they each cut to one of the tens.
These are possibly my most performed tricks from the series. I love 'em.
Bill's Card Across
An excellent Cards Across routine that eliminates all possible methods in the
spectators mind but is very easy all the same. Bills tips on misdirecting a crowd of
people are very useful. The effect, in case you aren't familiar with cards across, is
that 20 cards are removed and counted out by the spectator. 10 are sat on by one person,
and 10 by another. The spectator then chooses a card (say a 4) and the magician makes
4 cards travel from one pile to the other without going near either person.
Standing Ovation Invisible Deck
A superb presentation for the invisible deck that is pretty much garuanteed to get
you a standing ovation. I was amazed how Bill managed to get 3 or so minutes of pure
entertainment out of this simple effect. He does of course blow them away with the
ending.
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