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Total change then, this is not easy. I give a damn about all being an ace routine act.

Start off with MCD (let the audience find the aces, the only 4 aces in the deck)
Then go into Invisible Palm (aces are already there)
Then Intimate
Then, a magician fooler, Spooky Cut

Better?

Is Spooky Cut really a magician fooler? Maybe im doing a different version then....

No, spooky cut is one of Rune's personal creations.

I have no idea how Spooky Cut works - but then from the responses of people on TM it either seems to be really obvious or very clever.

I prefer that routine actually - seems that it would work much better. The only question is the same as previously - have you got a logical reason for ditching the aces? It doesn't have to be much but it would seem a bit weird if you just left the aces and started on Intimate...

Kati

Why don't you include Reset, as it uses aces, and is a great effect?

Kati, I don't believe you need a reason for everything you do Just add some stupid patter between the tricks, and you're there...

True...I'm playing devil's advocate as I'm sure that you could get away with most stuff; people will just have their jaws on the floor.

(That wasn't sarcastic by the way ).

Kati

Hehe, yeah... well, we'll see I guess. Infact, the tricks I have got most reactions on, are spooky cut (still VERY surprised of that ) and Invisible Palm, so I think I just need to include them in the competition.

I started learning Magic straight after watching a version of Invisable Palm, as a layman i have ever been as impressed as i was by that routine, had me confused for a long while.

I know when performing a version of it for friends they were boggled.

Again, i still have no idea how spooky cut works, its was a great routine.

Rob

Hey Rob, get down, and think dude YOU should figure that out, come on, don't disappoint me

I thought that I had it, but I'm not so sure anymore, as it doesn't work 100% of the time

rcarlsen writes (in jest, I HOPE!): "Just add some stupid patter between the tricks, and you're there..."

I sincerely hope that no one takes that seriously. Patter, routining, storytelling -- call it what you will -- is THE important part of magic; it's what separates us from the acrobats! LOL!

Seriously, a routine should be able to stand on the patter alone and forget the magic (millions of stand-up comics and monologists will tell you that obvious fact!).

BTW, rcarlsen, you didn't say but I assume this is an all-card-trick show that you are joining in.

Peter,

of course patter is important, that was just a "way of talking".
This will yes be a pure card-show, and I have figured out, or thought, that I will add "Jeopardy" as my final end. The bad thing is that it should be before Spooky Cut, because of setup, but Jeopardy is such a great ending. Well, we'll see.