The Crossroads Deck de Ben HARRIS

[David ETHAN]

Une bien belle description... trop belle pour être vrai ? (Sortie prévue le 1er Septembre)

A specifically selected card vanishes from a sealed deck you've never touched and then...re-appears wherever you want it, all without a single move.

A spectator is handed a cased deck with the promise that the performer will not touch it!

The performer also places his portefeuille on the table, "This is my money trick..." he explains*. Two spectators are asked to assist. Together, they decide upon what appears to be a "freely chosen card." In this instance, we'll assume they decide upon the "Seven of Hearts." The performer now invokes his magic, and the selected card is brought under his spell—from a distance—by these magical passes and incantations.

Reminding the audience that he has not once touched the cards, the spectator holding the cased deck is instructed to remove the cards from the case and to count them "OUT LOUD, one at a time, FACE DOWN." He does so and counts only 51 cards to the table! In other words, one card is missing! You can hear a penny drop—"my goodness, could it be...?" Before that thought—and the resulting implications are allowed to fully form—the spectator is asked to turn the cards FACE UP. He is now instructed to specifically locate and remove the SELECTED card. Even with those standing nearby assisting him, he cannot locate the card—it has COMPLETELY VANISHED from the deck!

This amazing disappearance is accomplished remotely—and automatically—without you having to touch the cards. Only ONE DECK is used and it is given to the spectator BEFORE the card is selected. Again, reminding the audience that he'd previously declared this his "money trick" the performer gestures towards—but does not actually touch—his portefeuille. It's been on the table since before the card was selected. A spectator is invited to rummage around within. Inside she finds ONE SINGLE CARD. This is the SELECTED CARD!

Note: The performer is free to re-produce the selected (and just vanished) card from a variety of amazing places: inside his portefeuille, inside his shoe, under his hat, or even a spectator's own pocket! It's really up to you. Again, it's FULLY AUTOMATIC. Can immediately be REPEATED with ANOTHER named card and without any re-set!

SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER

Completely SELF-WORKING (both the vanish and the re-appearance)

You never touch the cards - EVER

Only the one deck used (no more multiple-deck outs)

Spectator can remove card from its final destination

Immediately repeatable (ideal for walk-around, or the streets)

Chosen card can appear in your portefeuille, shoe, pocket, or anywhere - you decide*

No switches of any kind. No stooges of any kind.

BONUS EFFECT INCLUDED: CRACAAN

Steve Shufton has cunningly applied the "Crossroads" concept to the "Any Card At Any Number" plot and come up with one of the most perfect handlings ever. A card is named, a number is named. The chosen card appears at the nominated number and the performer NEVER ONCE TOUCHES THE DECK. Only the one eck used, and it's out on the table BEFORE you start.

You receive the gloriously produced 36 page book, bound in full color covers, 8.5" X 11". Use your own cards, no specially printed or produced cards are required.

"There are two main features here; a named card vanishes from a sealed deck that you never touch, and the card is found at an impossible location of your choice. Causing any card to vanish from a deck under such impossible conditions is not an easy problem to solve. However, Ben has hit on an elegant solution, and what's more; the whole thing is technically self-working. If you're looking for a direct and powerful card effect, you'll love this. And, if you enjoy experimenting and exploring the ins and outs of a trick, you'll love this even more because the possibilities seem endless..."

- Peter Duffie (from the foreword)

[Pierre CHAUT]

Pas vraiment besoin d'un jeu gimmicke pour avoir cet effet !

La description est volontairement imprecise a un passage, et ce passage permet de faire beaucoup de choses !

[Ludovic MIGNON]

Et deplus Ben HARRIS n'a jamais vraiment sortit de tour interessant. La plupart du temps ses effets sont des usine à Gaz.

A force il sortira bien un jour un truc bien, peut être cette fois ci ?

Hum ...

[Richard CCH]

Vue la description, Harris sort un chapelet...?

[Melvin (Jean-Claude)]

L'effet etant le même que le mythique "Prize-Winner" de William Mc Caffery, je ne pense pas qu'il ait besoin de chapelet mais bon je ne connais pas sa méthode.

[Richard CCH]

C'était un joke...

[Melvin (Jean-Claude)]

Remarque pour récupérer la carte manquante, il doit bien utiliser la méthode initiale avec les classeurs... donc un jeu classé... faudrait connaître les conditions du tour, un peu comme fait J.P. Hornecher dans ses catalogues (avec ses points forts et ses points faibles) mais c'est devenu de plus en plus rare ce genre de descriptions surtout avec la vague actuelle de la magie à 200 à l'heure avec des vidéos coupées et entrecoupées et entreentrecoupées, qu'on ne sait même plus où est l'effet.

En ce qui concerne Ben Harris, je trouve quand même qu'il y a de très bonnes idées à prendre dans ses productions. Ce qui m'énerve un peu chez lui c'est la mise en page de ses notices qui sont belles mais un peu (très) merdique à lire (texte tout petit, dans tous les sens...).

[Richard CCH]

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[Pierre CHAUT]

Bah meme pas !

D'ailleurs cela ressemble a un tour de Knepper :