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Dani DaOrtiz
www.kaps-store.com
Grupo Kaps, 2011
Grupo Kaps, 2012, English Edition
Dani DaOrtiz
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About the Trick
Ialways 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 hasnt
still vanished from everyones
head until, swoosh, its separated!
But, lets 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, its easy to perform
anyone can do it!
When 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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2
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.
Lets 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
isnt 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. Were
good to go. (Photo 4)
Before we begin, place the
deck face down on the
table. We will know its 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) isnt much of use, its
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 well 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
well 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 theyre not black.
Add: This can be done any way we
want!
The spectators will understand
where were 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 doesnt 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 youve 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, theres 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 dealers 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 theyre
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
turns face down, pointing with its
finger to the card and moving it
forward (Photo 17).
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
Each hand grabs a packet,
squares and turns them face down
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15
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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 theres 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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WORKING AFTER THE EFFECT
Itend 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 its a bit
difficult, is the following: Over the
table there are some decks
(normally Im 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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