You can do this modern version of the You Do As I Do type of trick without any of the faults which haunted your first instruction sheet. Nobody exchanges decks, and it looks awfully fair to the initiated. This can follow either of the #1 or #2 effects because it needs only a marked deck and no stacking. The spectator gets the marked deck and you keep the one that is ordinary. Both of you shuffle well and then put your decks on the table opposite each other -- both decks are face down. Ask him to think of any…
Editor's note: Jaks, an European advertising art man and amateur magician, has taken up the science of mystifying professionally because of having been "booted" about from country to country on the continent. In Switzerland he is establishing himself as a night club performer with successful runs in Zurich, Kuchlin, and Genf comparable to our U.S. theatre restaurants. Coincidence tricks using two decks of cards have been many. While methods for such effects have not numerically reached the all time high point of "four-ace" tricks procedures, there may be some room left in magical notebooks for this to follow. It is…
The following two effects were received in the order printed, within a day of each other. Both have their individual good points and manner of presentation while using the same basic principle and thought. Here is a variation of the You Do As I Do card trick that borders on the miraculous. A spectator thoroughly shuffles a deck of cards and steps into a corner where he turns his back on the performer and the audience, while he fans out the deck. He is invited to select any two cards he likes and to reverse them in the deck. While…
EFFECT This is an original TRIPLE version of the now standard "you do as I do" trick. Two spectators and the performer each take a deck of cards and, after shuffling, freely select a card which is passed onto the next man. Upon comparison, all three are found to have taken the same card. REQUIREMENTS Three decks with white borders, and with contrasting back designs. (a) 1st deck is a forcing one of all one card, say the 5 of Clubs. (b) 2nd deck is quite ordinary except that the 5 of Clubs has been extracted. (c) 3rd deck is…
One of the most pleasing and typical English card problems for discriminate performers has been for quite a few years the sympathetic arrangement of values between suits as originated by Herbert Milton. Long a favorite of Leipzig, this mental stimulator recently appeared in print again (Milton published it years ago in a British magazine) but through uncontrollable circumstances was incomplete in its most salient details. A feature which can be used before club audiences, this effect should receive careful consideration by all those who want practical and well conceived material. Two packs of cards are at hand and a spectator…
You Do As I Do effects have become almost as common as Four Ace tricks, but it seems as if one can't stop trying to improve and vary the presentation in order to reach a limit, if there be one. I think this is the only one so far to repeat the general effect immediately with the same person and completely "top" the first time. It is perfectly suitable for any club or platform number. The first part is what is now a generally accepted method. Two packs are shown, a red backed deck and the other a blue backed…
This is a trick of the do-as-I-do variety. The effect is presented as an easy lesson in the art of card magic, but actually the audience is left completely bewildered. Two ordinary decks are used. The spectator shuffles one while you shuffle the other. Try to glimpse the bottom card of the deck he holds after he has completed his shuffle. If you fail to do so, remember the bottom card of YOUR deck, and trade decks with him. At this point you ask the spectator to follow your moves closely and precisely, repeating them after you. The deck is…
Most of the tricks along this line use only one spectator and the performer. Now it is possible to use two spectators for a double effect. Two ordinary decks are needed. The working will suffice to make clear the effect itself. Hand one deck to one spectator and have him shuffle. As he finishes this, hand the second deck to the other person to mix also. While he shuffles, take back the first deck and give it a further mixing while obviously waiting for the second person to finish. You note both the top and bottom cards of your pack.…
Many versions of the You Do As I Do effect have come to my attention but so far all have used two decks. In this arrangement only one deck is used and but a moment is needed for the preparation, if it can be called that. Take any deck and note the two face cards as you hold them facing you. These should be preferably a red and black card. Run through the deck and pass to the top or back of the pack the two cards of same value and color. Thus, for example, the top and bottom cards…