Dani DaOrtiz - FlashBack-33866

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FlashBack

Dani DaOrtiz

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Reproduction in whole or in part

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About the Trick

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always liked the classic trick “Out of this World”. What I propose is a version which fascinated me since I created it some years ago. The fact of using a gaffed deck (double faced), always forced me to use it only on special ocassions, normally after doing some tricks and the obvious deck switch in the offbeat.

This is one of those clear and clean effects, with each moment easy to be followed, and accomplishes one of the dramatic techniques I enjoy the most, which is not separate the initial from the

final phase, creating more contrast and so, a stronger effect. The sensation of a shuffled deck hasn’t still vanished from everyone’s head until, swoosh, it’s separated! But, let’s go a bit deeper… it has the strength of Out of This World, but increasing the chaos even further… with the cards face up! At every moment two rows of shuffled cards are seen… and will continue like so, until a split second after are shown separated!

And besides, it’s easy to perform… anyone can do it!

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hen you take out the deck from its case for the first time, we see a double faced deck, with only two ordinary cards (with backs) and a different order on each side of the double-faced cards: on one side

you find the spades and clubs shuffled, followed by hearts and diamonds also shuffled, but if we spread on the opposite side we see a shuffled deck. These two situations are reflected on Photos 1 and 2.

SETUP

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If the deck had been shuffled and for any reason you forgot the order on the faces, when setting up the four suits and shuffling spades and clubs, and hearts and diamonds, it would be again in the position marked on the previous Photos. Let’s look at Photo 2: each group will be composed of more cards from one color than the other. For instance, the group of black cards (spades and clubs) on the opposite side will have more black than red cards, however, the black cards are in perfect order, approximately each four or five cards, giving the perfect sensation of chaos. The same will occur with the hearts and diamonds (red

cards).

Now, let us look at the small setup of the deck:

The deck is found on the table as shown in Photo 1. We will search for the three of diamonds and will leave it as the bottom card, and in the exact center of the spread, we will place the seven of spades, ten of diamonds and four of hearts (Photo 3)

This is very easy to remember: 3D (bottom) 7S, 10D, 4C (center) This small setup will leave, on the opposite side, the two black aces on the center, separated by one card. These two cards will be our

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key cards. The rest of the order isn’t necessary to memorize, it will work by itself. To end, we will place the two ordinary cards with backs

together on the top part of the deck, backs facing up, first the red card and then the black. We’re good to go. (Photo 4)

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efore we begin, place the deck face down on the table. We will know it’s face

down, as everyone will be able to see the back of the first card. This card will also be slightly

PERFORMANCE

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unsquared, letting them see the back of the second card, which will strengthen the illusion of an ordinary deck (Photo 5). Although this detail on this part of the trick (beginning) isn’t much of use, it’s very easy for us to do and will help enhancing the effect at the end of the trick.

We take the deck face up, cutting and completing the cut in our hands. Now we say we’ll remove two cards of opposite colors. To do so, we start spreading the cards in our hand, searching for the six of hearts, which in our example is the normal backed red card, which we’ll leave on the left side of the table. The way to place the card will be picking it up with the same right hand, picking up the pile holding the card and dropping it on

the table, as shown on Photo 6. We will do exactly the same with the nine of spades, in our example the normal backed black card, placing it in the same manner, at the right of the first card.

When the right hand returns to reassemble the deck, on this occasion we will leave the pile that it holds, under the one from the left hand.

With the right hand, turn both cards in the table face down and say… like so, with the cards face up. Or much better (turning them face up)…faces up! As this will be as we want!

The right hand will now pick up the two top cards, without alternating their order and always showing both faces, you ask: What color

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are these two cards?

Along with the answer, say: No, I see them as the same… Both are black! (dropping them on top of the black card on the table). Do this despite the fact they’re not black. Add: This can be done any way we want!

The spectators will understand where we’re going with this. Now pick the next four or five cards and ask the same question. Drop these cards on the table, over the card matching the chosen color. The idea consists in that spectators can say whatever they want, though it doesn’t match with what they see (Photo 7).

Repeat the same procedure

several times, asking different spectators, and picking up small groups from three to five cards (they will always see shuffled cards). If they want, they can throw cards over one color, and the rest over the other… As this is really how they want it to be!

When you see the ace of clubs (center card), take the cards above it and ask again, showing the ace on the left hand. Drop the selected group on the table, as you’ve done so far.

Then, take the following two cards, always without changing the order (ace of clubs and ten of diamonds) and drop them together over the pile from the left side, saying: “these two I see them perfectly as red…”

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Now the ace of spades is on sight. Pick it up and say: And this is black… it can be seen! (dropping it over the pile from the right). Photo 8.

This will be remembered as a funny moment, as in reality the

aces are being put where they need to be, to perform the trick afterwards.

Continue asking and dropping small packets from the rest of the deck, until you run out of cards. Once you finish, spread both piles, showing the chaos. Photo 9.

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We will check and search for the two black aces, which will be our key cards. We ask a spectator: “You, how do you see the cards?” After the spectator answers (“mixed”), continue:

“And if I take out cards from the middle and shuffle the even further… How do you see them

now?”

At the moment in which you raise the question, you must do the following:

The right hand will pick up the upper half of the right pile, cutting under the ace of spades, while the left hand does the same with the

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cards on the left pile, picking it up from the next card following the ace of clubs until the second card from the bottom. Notice in the Photo that after the ace in the left pile, there’s one more card and right after this you extract the remaining pile. The sensation is that a pile is being picked by random (Photo 10).

The right hand now places the entire group of cards over the ones on the left side of the table (Photo 11).

The left hand now transfers the group to the right hand, leaving the pile over the spread on the right (photo 12), dropping small packets, showing total carelessness and increasing the sensation of chaos.

The cards will still be seen at all times as mixed red and black cards. Now pick up the pile from the left side, and place it on the left hand in dealer’s grip. Then, with the right hand point towards the six of hearts (in our example) and ask: “Well, we know what color this card is, right? Red, front and back!”

At the same time we point to the card, spreading it slightly towards you, leaving it a bit angled as shown in Photo 13.

What this does is, when you show the back of the card as you mentioned, the left hand is turned palm down, leaving the entire pile over the card, picking it up and turning the pile, showing now the

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back of the card (Photos 13 and 14).

Immediately the index finger points to the back of the card (Photo 15). Now turn the entire face up pile again and place it over the left side of the table, slightly spreading the first two cards, thus showing two red cards and a black card, providing the sensation that they’re still shuffled (Photo 16).

We do exactly the same with the pile on the right, although changing the rhythm. To do so, look at a spectator from the right and ask him: “This card, you would know its color, right?”

While you say this, the left hand

The right hand now goes to pick up the card and on that movement (that directs all the attention), the left hand releases and leaves the pile on the table, to pick the card up with the right hand, while we wait the answer from the spectator (Photo 18).

Once the spectator answers, the right hand leaves the card on the spot it used to have, picking up the pile and leaving it over the card. Once again, we spread the two top cards, showing red and black cards (Photo 19).

Arriving towards the end of the effect, bring attention to the piles and announce there are still red and black cards on sight…

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and face up (showing the back of both), as a magic gesture.

Once again you place them on the deck face up, squared and in further advanced position than the last. Now, very slowly both hands start spreading both piles, showing the color separation, without spreading the last cards to avoid showing the indifferent between.

You might think there’s a need to see the cards from both sides. Not because they suspect anything, but because of what they have witnessed has been very strong. To avoid this, we will take care ourselves of showing the cards, before this anxiety is created. To do this, and following the climax of the effect say: “and each one of

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these are red, red, red…!” We pick up the pile from the right, square it on our hands and we place over the table, squared, the first two or three cards, saying: black!...

While we start dropping groups of cards, the left hand can start turning palm down, thus showing

the back on several occasions. Furthermore, the last card we throw is the one with a back, slightly recreating on this fact (but without calling any attention)

We do the same with the pile of red cards.

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tend not to tell stories or such on my tricks. But obviously this trick provides you the opportunity of preparing your own story or presentation.

The presentation that I use, although I recognize it’s a bit difficult, is the following: Over the table there are some decks (normally I’m along fellow magicians). One of these is the gaffed deck, set up for the effect.

I start to perform, with an ordinary deck borrowed from one of the magicians, a routine where as much as the deck is shuffled, the colors separate time after time (I commit you to the video: color control, on kaps-store.com). I repeat this with some decks from other fellow magicians, until I arrive to the gaffed deck, where I perform this effect, going back in time.

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