Revised Revelation - Super Magic - Trick 5

Here is a video of the fifth trick in super magic, Revised Revelation. Let me first say this is personally one of my favorite effects in the book. The idea is very simple four cards are lost in a deck and found in a very visual manner. Plus this is effect can be done completely impromptu.



Pros: Very well structured routine, and could make you look like a real master of cards with very minimal work.

Cons: Initial set up that is done, but this can be avoided. If this is your opening card effect you could set up the deck before hand and just go into the effect. (A very small con in my opinion)

Well hopefully this video did the effect justice. This is, and will probably always be, one of my favorite Paul Harris effects in print. In a few days I should have the next video ready, Three Way Display.

Grasshopper - Super Magic - Trick 4

Here is a video of the fourth trick in super magic, Grasshopper. Alright, Paul Harris admits right off the bat this is one of his favorite quickie effects. Guess what, I would have to agree. This is a very streamlined sandwich effect, only 5 cards are used, the 4 Kings and the selection. This trick would be done probably as a prelude to a larger sequence of sandwich tricks or maybe even for an encore because of the cleanliness of the transposition.



Pros: Great quick trick for when you have 1 minute to perform a trick. Exceptionally clean transposition of the selected card. This is a great impromptu effect and you are left completely clean in the end as well. Mr. Harris recommends this looking up “Illusion” from the Magic of Paul Harris as a complimenting effect. My opinion would be to look up Aaron Fisher’s “Search & Destroy”, and try that as a follow up to this effect.

Cons: Two big con’s in this effect in my opinion. First and foremost the display of the card jumping across is a little weak. This is not a show stopper but it is a weak point in the effect overall. The second flaw I see in this routine is the last move executed. Now this is not as weak as the display but if the angles or timing is off it would ruin the effect.

Even though there are some slight cons overall, I don’t think this should detour you from learning and playing around with this effect. Four tricks down, a few more to go.

Trick Three - Hi Ho Silver

Hi Ho Silver, alright I am not a big fan of this trick to be honest. Here is the trick in a nutshell: You introduce a deck of cards and a half dollar. (I included the wand as motivation) You take the coin in one hand, cover it with a card. Then impossibly the coin jumps from under one card to the other. No gaff cards or coins, just pure sleight of hand. So here is the trick:



Pros: Perfect quick trick for the right situation. This effect could be a simple way to get a spectator involved in your magic. I think this would go great after a matrix like effect or a prelude to a coin across effect. Just some ideas

Cons: Once again, you a kind of foreshadowing what is about to happen. Once the coin is covered by the card I think the spectator might have a feeling about what is about to happen.

Coming up next, Grasshopper!

See you next week