PT mee hae Peeper EEC RC emo Tm ce ee | STRUT AF A Foner kote { e Ooi Un Lone | PCO ETUC EC eso) Pies eee) Boteict sp cscs Pe eC MCR tone Cen pubs oe ml Pyne m cols Pio ies ne eee ee ee EE ee | CRMC LYS MRCS, ee amo PCM Se TPE iia} DCR ES CCRC omen pea Beissot Very rarely do I feel that I have created a new plot in card magic that is unique and baffling. This effect and presentation I feel is both... Effect: A spectator is shown a small bunch of cards and is asked to remember one. The cards are mixed and dropped to the ground by a spectator or magician one at a time landing in a neat little pile... except for one. One card takes off and flies towards the person that thought of a card! The card is named, turned over and shown to be the one they thought oft "Finally a genuine breakthrough in plot and method! I know everyone will be doing this." Paul Harris Copyright 2007 Andrew Gerard jot)THE CARD You will need: All you require is a deck of playing cards and your “special card”. The “Special” Card: You will be happy to know that this uses no threads, magnets, electronics etc. You will actually make the gimmick card yourself and all you need are playing cards, scissors and a glue stick! make your special gimmick card: tion 1 — Gimmick the Back of the Card 1. Simply cut out a piece of a playing card as shown in the diagram below (shown with different colour to outline where to cut) (SEE FIGURE A). 2. Align the piece up with a card of matching color and glue with a glue stick (shown with different colour to outline where to glue) (SEE FIGURE B)... let it dry. 3. You're done! Option 2 - Gimmick the Front of the Card 1, The above can also be done using the front of a card. See black outline as to where to cut and glue (SEE FIGURE C & D). Face cards are best for this. 2. You're done! This special card can be viewed closely and nothing can be seen due to the perfect camouflage naturally built into the design. This card will be forced using your favorite method, FIGURE C Cut out as shown here FIGURE A | Ki 4 Cut out as shown here FIGURE D FIGURE B Glue piece on new card Glue piece on new card so that so that the cutout piece the cutout piece matches up ‘matches up perfectly perfectly with both white lines. with the design. Copyright 2007 Andrew GerardTHE ROUTINE This is one of my favorite forces and it feels right for this effect (**The origin of the force as far as I know goes back to Annemann from “101 Methods of Forcing.”): STEP 1 Place the special card 7" from the top of the deck and you are all set. STEP 2 Tell the spectator you're going to do an effect with only a few cards... ask them to name a number between 5 and 10. You will force the 7” card on them by doing the following: If they say 6: Deal off six cards and ask them to remember the next card (the force card). If they say 7: Perfect, deal to the 7" card and ask them to remember it. FIGURE 1 If they say 8: Push off 2 cards at a time without reversing their order, dropping them to the table. You will see that when the 3° set of two cards is on the table the last card is actually the 7” (SEE FIGURE 1). If they say 9: Push off 3 cards at a time dropping them to the table ~ stop at the 3” set of 3, again the last card will actually be the 7” card (SEE FIGURE 2). STEP 3 After the selection has been noted deal as many cards more needed to make 10. Mix them up and try to move the force card to the forth position (although it’s not necessary, I feel this is the best place for it to be most theatrical). Keep the gaff edge of the card toward the spectator. Copyright 2007 Andrew Gerard alin) |STEP 4 Take the cards by the second finger and thumb of the FIGURE 3 right hand (See FIGURE 3) and let them drop one at a time from at least chest height (this is best done inside as the wind will blow the cards away). You will notice that the cards will fall straight down, usually without turning over. When you get to the 4" card (the force) make sure the person is standing on the same side the [jul gaff is on and make sure the gaff is pointing at them. Poearly Amazingly the weight of the card will tilt and the card takes flight on an angle right to them! Ask them what card they were thinking of and turn it over! Tips/Notes * You can allow the spectator to drop the cards using the gaff on the face of the card. I pass them the cards one at a time. * You can place a small pencil dot on the border to quickly spot the force card, as the gimmick is so well hidden you may have a hard time seeing it now. That's a good problem to have. * Since the card is a force you may have a duplicate of it set at the 11th position and swap them out to be more closely looked at. + Always check for heavily air-conditioned rooms. + Practice with friends or chairs etc. to get your angles perfect. This is very easy to do. * By using repositioning glue you may have a card selected and signed, and steal off the gimmick. + Make a big deal about this when you are dropping the cards. Remember, they do not know what to expect! When the card flies look and act surprised! * You can also split a card and glue the extra piece inside. Copyright 2007 Andrew GerardBONUS / IDEAS LIVING OR DEAD TES" You can apply this principle to index cards with lines on one side to hide the gaff, or with blank playing cards. ‘Ask someone to write the name of a celebrity that has passed i.e. Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, etc., on the face of the gaff card and to write the names of 4 other celebrities that are still alive on the 4 normal cards. Mix the cards and talk about the ghost of the person that passed, ask for a sign that they are watching and drop the cards one at a time... the gaff card flies towards the person, ask them for the name then turn it over. People I have done this for have said they felt a cool wind come up when the card flew... that’s great by me. DIVIDED Gaff 26 cards and turn the red cards all one way and the black card the opposite. Place these on 10 or fifteen regular cards and cut half the deck, making sure all the cards you cut are gaffed. Drop them one at a time and all the reds will fly to the left and the blacks to the right. Turn them over to reveal the divide. If you like, leave all the face cards normal so they will drop to the center. That way you have a triple kicker. This effect can be performed with the cards face up to suggest that the spectator dropping the cards is doing it subconsciously. Send me an email if you come with any original ideas with the Falling Principle andrewsmagic@telus.net T hope you enjoy this self-working miracle as much as I have over the years.... It was just too good to hang on to anymore! Sincerely, Andrew Gerard Copyright 2007 Andrew Gerard