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Business Card magic

Postby rcarlsen » Nov 24th, '06, 09:39



I am familiar with Ammars tape, but does anyone have any experience with other effects with b-cards? I love these effects. It's very personal...

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Postby moodini » Nov 24th, '06, 14:05

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Postby dat8962 » Nov 24th, '06, 16:48

I've used TAG on many an occasion and have always had good to great reactions. There's a review somewhere and it may be worthwhile taking a look at this and also at the video on JBTV.

There's also potential scope, once you know the secret for some adaptation.

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Postby Tony Hyams » Nov 24th, '06, 17:34

not so much a trick, but have you seen hot leads by Jim Pace? http://www.themagicgadget.co.uk/Hot-Leads-Jim-Pace-pr-271.html

I can't use it because my business cards are plastic!

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Postby greedoniz » Nov 24th, '06, 18:03

I use hot leads from time to time and it's funny how fire really excites people.
I could have done, what I would call, a cracking closer and then use hot leads to hand over my card and they seem more impressed with that and then go on about it..lol
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Postby moodini » Nov 24th, '06, 20:10

How about "Power Lunch" available on Penguin Magic......a toothpick penetrates a business card.......sort of card through dollar bill type of situation?

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Postby Tom Hutley » Nov 24th, '06, 20:12

I dont perform Business Card Magic because I don't have a business card. :P

But from what I have seen, I quite like Oz Pearlman's "21st Century Phantom", which is included in his lecture notes "Into the Abyss".

Basically is a close-up version of Annemann's "Phantom Artist" in which a piece of paper (or business card in this case) is cut into widly, and is then revealed to have the face of the selected celebrity, heres a picture of the final result.

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John Travolta. :P

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Postby ElliottB » Nov 27th, '06, 05:07

The best business card effects are in the mentalism genre. Of course, you are not doing tricks with business cards. The business cards are incidental.

Outside of Billet Work, you can pick up a stockholder wallet to learn a truckload of business card magic and even some mentalism.

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Postby David R. » Nov 27th, '06, 05:24

Name of someone you have never met before + Twin Peaks + business card = Priceless + optional Stigmata = They will never loose your business card but might be afraid to call you :wink: :lol:.

All I can really think of with business cards is what has already been mentioned, a version of Stigmata, and using the Twin Peaks move any which way you want to do whatever your heart desires.

Hope that was somewhat helpful,
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Postby XTTX » Nov 27th, '06, 05:28

Could try Fraud, I found it to be a good effect with business cards. Much easier than bills too.

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Postby David R. » Nov 27th, '06, 07:40

XTTX wrote:Could try Fraud, I found it to be a good effect with business cards. Much easier than bills too.



Except the bills can be borrowed from a spec, where-as a Business card cannot for obvious reasons.

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Postby moodini » Nov 27th, '06, 13:58

I don't use it myself, but couldn't something like "6 Card Repeat" be done with business cards?

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