Take a break from the new trick cycle
New tricks are hitting the market at a quicker rate than ever before. It can be overwhelming to keep track of what's coming out, if it will fit into your act, and where it's in stock.
We wanted to try something different. Our featured trick today isn't new or expensive. It's a reliable worker that has decades worth of magicians vouching for its quality. This is John Bannon's Twisted Sisters.
WATCH JOHN PERFORM IT HERE!
The sisters are packet trick perfection. It's easy-to-master, fun to perform, and visually impossible, and it accomplishes all that with just 8 cards. You are going to make 2 queens switch places without touching them.
One spectator is given a packet of 4 blue-backed queens. Another is given 4 red-backed queens. Each is asked to think of a queen. Spreading each pack, you show that one card in each is face up: the two thought-of queens! Now for the switch. Flipping each queen over, you show that the blue packet has a red-backed queen and the red packet's is blue-backed. Finally, you reveal that the remaining cards weren't queens at all and, in fact, were all jokers!
PICK UP TWISTED SISTERS 2.0 TODAY - CLICK HERE!
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John Graham is Making Tricks and Taking Names
Naming a card has never been so literal
Magic and mentalism combine to make one of the most devastating effects to come out in years. This is Name Dropper by John Graham.
Let's set the scene. You have a deck of cards and a packet of prediction cards. On the back of the prediction cards, you can see they have quotation marks printed on them. Those are set aside.
Have your spectator cut the deck and to name a special person in their life, lets say, "John."
The name will come into play soon, but for now, you need to figure out the card they cut to. You start looking through the deck, explaining that every card will tell you a little more about their chosen card. You joke that "this card tells me your card is either red or black."
For the big reveal, you get them to say their chosen name again. You can tell by their voice now what their card was. After they say "John," you tell them their card was the four of clubs.
That's not where the magic stops, though. You take the prediction packet and lay the first quotation mark down. The next card say "J", then "O", then "H", "N", and it's closed out with one more quote.
WATCH IT PERFORMED HERE (IT'S AMAZING)!!
John knocked it out of the park with Name Dropper. This effect is that perfect mix of unpredictable and unexplainable, with multiple magic moments, and a momentum that carries through the effect. It's no surprise that he wrote on the best books on card magic. Name Dropper even instantly resets and can be performed immediately using a new chosen card and name!
PICK UP NAME DROPPER TODAY - CLICK HERE!
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Check Out the First Trick to Fool Penn & Teller
The funniest effect this year
If you're looking for a routine that is hilarious, devious, fooling, and a piece of magic history, I would be tempted to say that your tastes are too specific, but there is one trick that fits the bill: John Archer's Blank Night!
Blank Night, the first ever trick to fool Penn and Teller, will make an equally huge splash in your act!
The plot is deceptively simple: you have 5 envelopes, and 4 spectators get a free choice of one envelope each. One envelope has $100 and the remaining four are empty. At the end, you'll always be left holding the $100.
WATCH IT IN ACTION IN THIS VIDEO HERE!
While the envelopes arrive blank, so you can customize your routine, you have the option to use Archer's own sidesplitting act and his iconic envelope designs.
You also of course get the gimmick that turns this humorous little effect into a magical powerhouse. Don't worry, it's easy to use, but will have amazing results!
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JUST FOR LAUGHS:
One Sunday morning, an old cowboy entered a church just before services were to begin.
Although the old man and his clothes were spotlessly clean, he wore jeans, a denim shirt and boots that were very worn and ragged. In his hand he carried a worn out old hat and an equally worn out Bible.
The church he entered was in a very upscale part of the city. It was the largest and most beautiful church the old cowboy had ever seen. The other people in the congregation were all wearing upscale, expensive clothing.
As the cowboy took a seat, the others moved away from him. No one greeted, spoke to, or welcomed him. They were appalled at his appearance and didn’t attempt to hide it.
As the old cowboy was leaving the church after the service the preacher went up to him and asked the cowboy to do him a favor. "Before you come back in here, have a talk with God and ask him what he thinks would be appropriate attire for worship."
The old cowboy assured the preacher he would. But the next Sunday he was wearing the same ragged jeans, shirt, boots, and hat. Once again he was completely shunned and ignored.
After the service the preacher again went over to the man and said, "I thought I asked you to speak to God about your attire before you came back to our church."
"I did," replied the old cowboy.
"And what did God tell you the proper attire would be for worshiping here?" asked the preacher.
"Well, sir,” the cowboy replied, “God told me He didn't have a clue what I should wear because He'd never been in this church."
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