Gypsy Monte by Paul Wilson (Card Magic)
February 22, 2008
From the fertile mind of Scotland’s premiere conjuror comes a visually stunning, easy-to-perform gem of commercial card magic. The intriguing story and the unique props provide a strong emotional hook designed to draw audiences in. And the handling is so simple that you can concentrate on what’s important - being entertaining. Three tarot cards are introduced, two Fool cards, and a Wheel of Fortune card. The tale tells the effect: “I’d like to tell you the story of a legendary con artist who invented the world’s oldest card trick. Today it is called Three Card Monte, but it began as ‘The Search for Fortune.’ It was invented long ago and used three cards from the tarot. Two Fools…and the Wheel Of Fortune. “The idea was simple: If you find a fool… you lose. Find the fortune and you win! One day an old woman watched the con man play. He mixed the cards and laid them in a row. She placed a small bet on the first card … and lost (a fool card)! So she bet a little more on the next card… and lost again (another fool card)! Finally, she bet all she had on the last card… and lost (yet another fool card)! Read more
The Inner Circle by Paul Harris (Card Magic)
February 22, 2008
A card is selected from a borrowed deck, returned and the cards are shuffled. A rubber band is stretched around the deck, and the band visibly melts away! One card then emerges from the deck, it’s the selected card with the rubber band around it!
There is no preparation, no gimmicks and no forces. Read more
