What are the few Impromptu card tricks that you will perform to people
when someone ask you to perform?

Want to get some ideas on what people normally would perform. :D

If its completely impromptu, I'd perform 'cheating' ( its a card routine ) by David Regal or I'd do a Ace Sandwich. Simple stuff.

Well, Blackwing did this ACR for a Hong Kong guy yesterday and it had great effects too. I guess the best are those that are common, 2 card monte, Transpo blablabla.

hmmm i usually like more visual ones i usually do tricks like Snowstorm? hmm Truimph by Dai Vernon and Truimph(edited) my version of it. Hmm Halusination? yupyup halusionation is very visual. hmmm A trick called Bent Luck i invented but onli using a black tiget deck

How's the effect like? care to share more? David Regal good?

2 card monte impromptu?
but anyways i would do ACR, 3 card monte and some mentalist card tricks...

i like biddle...rather good impact on laypeople and people who know some magi stuffs...

First of all, Thanks a lot for the replies.....

Time for me to think of a routine or types of magic i going to do when people ask me to show them magic or when i am going to show them. ^_^

any Pros can advise on what to look out for when praticing & researching on what to perform and when performing to people. still a noob on magic. :D

I always had a problem when someone ask me to do magic, i not sure what i going to show them. normally i show them a few of ACR but not really a full or even a partial routine. maybe i should just say "AC"
:lol:

I normally do 2 card monte and transpo, but i think my presentation is not that good, only get to amaze 1 or 2 people out of maybe 7. How can i improve my presentation?

Not sure if this is an exposure, just wanna know what type of methods you all normally use to control the card to the top after it is mixed into the deck when doing ACR? (any exposure pls let me know, would edit asap or mods could help out. thx)

I use the j** shuffle, not fancy stuffs so as not to increase the suspicions that i am doing something sneaky. but a few of my friends said "you dont seems to be shuffling" :ph43r: :(

T.I.A

Euphoria

I think that if you were to go unprepared, preparing a definite routine for it would be contradictory, no? I learnt a lot from watching Huron at work- he sticks by a certain theme, but how he gets there (and he ultimately does) changes per every performance.

Take time with your audience, let the effects sink in, let them know what's going on. They're the ones that put you on the spot, so take your time with the whole thing.

-Kev

^5 Euphoria i also do get that kind of response. damn sad. like after the practices i've made and yet i can't get people to appreciate magic. :angry:

okie, note taken!

' Not sure if this is an exposure, just wanna know what type of methods you all normally use to control the card to the top after it is mixed into the deck when doing ACR? (any exposure pls let me know, would edit asap or mods could help out. thx)

I use the j** shuffle, not fancy stuffs so as not to increase the suspicions that i am doing something sneaky. but a few of my friends said "you dont seems to be shuffling" '

My favourite method to control cards to the top during an ACR, is definitely by using a cover pass. Yeah cover passes are wicked. I normally use bottom retention cover passes and this makes it almost impossible to spot. If you wanna try visual rises, use face up riffle passes or you could try my 2 finger face up riffle pass. The less fingers you use, the more visual it gets.

yeah i wld normally do the biddle card trick and a quick trick that can be bought from penguin magic. a quick trick is just a totally impromptu trick that u can do to shoo away ppl. lol

i like to do the ace switching trick!!

i also do torn n restored kind of trick

U know of a impromtu Torn and Restored TRICK???

Thats curious.

Ultimate ripoff by Paul Harris is impromtu.

Since you know passes, I still think it's good to avoid shuffling during an ACR routine.Instead, you can do a pass f***e cut and immediately get the card up on top of the deck.

Or practice the Dribble Pass. Lee Asher does a good example of that. I used to play around with the Riffle Pass but I just realised that the Dribble Pass is a lot more casual, and it can be very deceptive even if it isn't entirely invisible. Just keep hand movements small and it works better than any pass that I have tried.

There is an almost impromptu TnR sequence that I know off. It's Seamless.

But you'll need a d******e though. The effectitself is good but the bloody angles (especially for the last restoration) is totally horrible. No way I'll perform that! :lol:

oops sorry i dont mean ''torn and resored'' but, somthing close to it.

speaking about angles, yeh some tearing tricks are angle sensetive, so i always ask my audience to be in front of me.

yep, i agree with Moondust. try to avoid shuffling during your ACR. Specs will probably be like:"maybe if you're lucky you could shuffle to the card in the middle" of something like that (of course, laymen don't know anything about holding b***ks =D)

I personally favour the use of passes; making them invisible is really good. Ellusionist covers the passes very well in their Ninja series. Brad Christian does a great job out of teaching them.

anyways, its the best that (or at least i find that its the best) you keep the cards as they are, no shuffling, no cutting, and no funny stuff that the specs see. and BOOM! their card is on top. that'll hit them hard. :D

Try losing control. Haha!

Those that went to Lee Asher's lecture will be impress but the ideas he have that could be used for so many routine.

U no longer needs a pass, juz losing control.

Being a digger that I am, here is my 2 cents worth.

If possible, I tend to choose some sleightless (or minimal use of sleight of hands) stuff so that I can focus more on my presentation. There are some wonderful easy to do effects out there. The biddle tricks, Be honest what is it, etc. When it's really impromptu, no table, no set up, and standing up, I like to do the Sweetest Sound (by Paul David, if I'm not mistaken). Or even Vernon's Out of Sight Out of Mind.

Speaking of ACR... as Blackwing said, cover pass is the shiznit. I'm always fooled by top cover pass, even if I can do it myself. It's more invisible than Ellusionist's "invisible" pass.

For me, i would normally do ACR, 2 card monte, card in hand, 3 card monte. And also do as i do, the one which have the sandwich of face up pile and face down pile. If there is a place to put the cards, i would go for dillusion, G**de, and my personal favourite, triumph.

cant imagine when i borrow a deck of cards and do torn and restore, i might ended up torn and cannot restore. :D

Hahhaha I got a great laugh. Thanks :lol: :lol:

Ambitious Card trick.. :angry: :blink:

One for the money~
4,5,6 packet trick~

Seamless is not impromtu. It can never be impromtu. I own the manuscript and that is what I have to say.

It is a look-good-on-camera-most-of-the-time effect.

out of sight out of mind by dai vernon.
or repeated card to pocket with a deck vanish to train up misdirection and have fun!

Hey guys


For impromptu card tricks, i would definitely choose some easy stuff like something that doesnt require a lot of sleights or misdirection.

I reccomend u guys checking out Aldo Colombini's Ultimate Impromptu Card Tricks Vol 1-3. There are some cool tricks here which can be done totally impromptu and with a borrowed deck. There are 45 tricks in this series and i bet u guys will find around 10 to be useful when ur asked to do a trick using ur spec's deck.

Some of the tricks are very easy and might insult some of ur intelligence, but nevertheless, when a laymen is watching, everything seems to be a miracle to them.

Check the vid out
Cheers

Dam

haha.have a few card controls up your sleeves (i usually do 1-5 cards) and have a great presentation at all times, make it look magical =]

is transpo really an impromptu? I thought it requires a du*****te card? Correct me if I'm wrong, maybe I am thinking about a different trick with a similar name.

>Royal Road to Card Magic

>> under section 'Double Lift'

>>>a trick named 'Rapid Transit'

Does anyone know which book teaches cover pass, and who it was popularised by?