I have used this routine for long time. It is not difficult to do
and contains a lot of magic. You need to be able to perform the
Atfus move (Any Time Face Up Switch) by Ed Marlo and one of
Flushtration count type of display.
EFFECT: Three cards are selected by three spectators and the
magician selects a card as well (the Joker or a prominent cards
such the AS). The four cards become all Jokers. The four cards
immediately are spread and they are seen to be the four Kings. The
three selected cards appear reversed in the deck and the Joker is
removed from the pocket!
SET-UP: Start with the four Kings on top of the face-down
deck.
PERFORMANCE: Holding the deck face down in your left-hand
dealing position obtain a break below the top four cards (Kings)
and perform the Braue reversal ending up with the deck face up and
the four Kings reversed on the bottom. (Briefly: Your right hand
grips the deck from above and the right thumb takes hold the break
at the four Kings. The left hand cuts half of the cards from below
the break turn that pile face up and places it on top. The right
thumb keeps on holding the break in the middle. The left hand cuts
all the cards below the break turns them over and places them on
top. The four Kings are face down at the bottom of the face-up
deck.)
Spread the cards between the hands without exposing the four
reversed cards on the bottom. Remove the Joker (or the AS for lack
of Jokers), turn it face down and place it on the bottom. Have
three spectators take a card each and place them as well face down
on the bottom. Flip the deck over and you have on top eight
face-up cards: The three selections, followed by the Joker and the
four face-up Kings.
The right hand lifts the whole face up section (easy due to the
natural break) and at the same time the right thumb lifts also the
first face-down card, below the face-up packet. The right thumb
keeps a break between the face-down cards and the face-up pile.
You are ready to perform the Atfus move by Ed Marlo.
The left thumb peels off the top face-up card onto the deck. Take
this card below the right hand packet (the right thumb has now a
break above two cards). Repeat with the second card and with the
third. When you square the third card below the packet, drop all
the cards beneath the break onto the deck and move the right hand
away with five cards (the Joker above the four Kings). The three
selections are face up beneath the top face-down card of the deck.
Leave the right-hand packet on the table with the Joker showing.
Casually cut the deck and complete the cut. Leave the deck face
down on the table.
Pick up the packet, flip it face down and spread the cards showing
four face down cards, keeping the last two as one. Square the
packet and with a Bro. John Hamman flushtration count show four
Jokers. (See the trick “Followers” for a brief explanation of the
count. In this case the count is repeated four times and the last
card shown is actually a double one which is placed on top of the
other three cards already in the left hand). At the end of the
count the Joker is second from the top.
Slide the bottom card off with the right hand and flip it over
face up onto the left hand cards, revealing a King. Immediately,
flip the card face down onto the packet, flip the cards over and
show four Kings with an Ascanio spread. (Briefly: The right hand
grips the packet from above. With your left forefinger move the
bottom card of the packet to the left, then with your second
finger move the second card to the left as well. Then with your
left thumb move the top card to the left, leaving two cards as one
in the right hand. You’ll show four Kings. Move the double card of
the spread to the bottom and flip the packet over face down in
your left hand.
With your right hand spread the deck face down and show the three
cards face up in the middle. Under cover of this surprise, you
have all the time to palm the top card of the packet (Joker) with
your right hand and produce it from the pocket for a good finale
of the routine.
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