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Does anyone have any new handlings / patters for the Color Monte? I mean, I've given up on the gambling routine and I now do it as a color-changing packet (red Joker, blue Joker, selected card). Can anyone think of any nice patter ideas for either this routine or the basic Color Monte?

Thanks so much in advance ...

Kati

Paul Wilson has a version called "Gypsy Monte 2003".
It has a new handling which avoids the 'Alignment' move and the patter is the one from "Gypsy Curse".
If you buy the trick you get a set of Tarot card to perform with, including extra 'Death' cards for a kicker finale.

I have my own routine, which uses different cards, a joker a red queen and another card which is easy to make and the patter is different and always gets a great reaction. If your interested PM me and I will be glad to detail whats involved!

saxmad wrote:Paul Wilson has a version called "Gypsy Monte 2003".
It has a new handling which avoids the 'Alignment' move and the patter is the one from "Gypsy Curse".
If you buy the trick you get a set of Tarot card to perform with, including extra 'Death' cards for a kicker finale.

This looks nice but I'm not really into this sort of magic .

Does anyone have any opinions on Mo' Monte...I read a great review of it somewhere? It's on the same page, just below.

Kati

Keith barry did a version of it with a spider and two webs on the cards. It finished with the spec finding a fake spider on the underside of their hand.

AndyRegs wrote:Keith barry did a version of it with a spider and two webs on the cards. It finished with the spec finding a fake spider on the underside of their hand.

I think you will find that the effect you describe is Jim Pace's effect.....The Web! Can be a scary trick, depending on who you do it for!!!

It is still available for approx. £8

If it helps, you can find The Web at:

US: http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=430

UK: http://www.penguinmagic.com/europe/product.php?ID=430

Kati

And there are slighly more pleasant versions available which use a butterfly.

im not using the color monte cards anymore , now im using , a joker , a garantee joker , and an ace of spades at the end

I remove three regular cards from a deck when I perform this effect. I also have a duplicate card in there so I can show 2 Q of Hearts and a K of Hearts as the 'odd' card at the start. As I remove the cards, I switch out one of the Queens for the Ace of Spades.
I explain that I will demonstrate how I saw a gambler cheat punters out of money with the classic three card monte swindle.
When you do the first phase and show the Q of Hearts twice, the spectators don't even give it a second thought as you have already shown you have two Q of Hearts anyway! (I know this is not really necessary, but it is an extra convincer and sets you up nicely for the end kicker!)
Proceed with the routine as normal until the last phase. I say that I was tired of seeing the gambler cheat people out of money so I took the cards from him and showed him how a magician plays the game. Obviously the gambler wrongly guesses the last card and you turn over the Ace of Spades stating that the second Queen was an illusion all along!



This works for me. Let me know what you think Kati!

like magic bill i do always my personal routine whith norma cards froma a normal deck.
i use joker, shown 2 times as a loser, ace of spades, as the winning card, and Q of hearts as thhe final klimax.

My routine uses only Dlifts, rumba count and flushtration count ... it is easy , quick and at the end people can verify card my friend lo it every time...
I could describe but i 'm new and I'm not sure that itis the right forum.

And there are slighly more pleasant versions available which use a butterfly.

This version is called Caterpillar Love for anyone who might be interested
http://www.magicshop.co.uk/CLOSE-UP.25/Caterpillar_Love.592.html?osCsid=f5dd064acd12fdd365b64643ab6388cd&ref=5

MagicBill wrote:Let me know what you think Kati!

Sounds good - may I try it out?

One thing though...if you think about it, the only time the spectators (think they) see all three cards is at the beginning. Therefore, if you have the cards already with the AS, and just miscall the first card as the other red queen, seems to me you could pretty well get away with it.

i.e. turn over the first card, don't draw attention to it, and miscall it as the QD as you turn it back. Place it on the table, and show the next card, calling it as the QH.

As long as you don't keep drawing attention to which queen is where, I'm sure you could get away with the whole routine like this .

Kati

One way i like to do this trick is with my own cards and after a couple of tricks, one of which involved the spectator signing a card. I go through the routine explaining how a magician had been doing a few tricks when he decided he no longer wanted to do them for free and started betting the spectators money on the next trick. Basically, i use the original patter for the trick, but the last card you turn over is the card signed earlier in the set.

I have just learnt this trick. I am still a newbie to magic, gradually trying to increase the number of sleights I can do confidently. As someone pointed out on another thread, this is a nice effect with pretty simple sleights that is almost like the magic equivalent of practicing your musical scales.
A number of people have posted comments about using ordinary cards. You would then preferably need 2 identical ones. It occurs to me that this offers a good opportunity for a nice 'convincer'. Suppose you remove Ace of Spades & Ace of Hearts from one deck; then you say you need another AH from another deck, but you actually remove something else eg Joker of Jack. (Face down obviously). The fact that you searched another deck, then immediately show all three cards is pretty convincing.

Also I have read that the nature of convincers is to show something 'accidentally' whilst apparently showing something else. So when you go through the 3 cards at the start, you show 2 reds & 1 black, but could say you are checking they are in the right order?