The rain kept me in today and I've came up with this thread.

So guys, if you only had time for only ONE trick (please ar, ONE nia. don't throw in the entire Michael Ammars series :lol:), what would you perform?

One trick to make an impression thats it. Which trick will you choose? Any kind of magic, be it if the effect is marketed, published or your own originals.

Nothing to do at home ar, so I thought of what you guys will respond to this topic.

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Oh, forget to include mine.

Its the good o' Kolossal Killer with abit of the invisible deck plot.

One that's short and sweet, easy to do yet impactful... and that would be the best card trick in the world: 2 Card Monte!

Actually, that's the only trick I'm very confident of doing it well, so..

Hey man, its ok. If you are good, do 1 trick is enough to kill the audiences already, if the person is half f****, give him the entire collection of tricks also no use. ;)

Well, My best ever effect that I always like to do, and one trick, will be biddle trick. Yes, its the everyone knows how to do effect.

Its quite surprising that I like this effect alot, as I can carry it very far by using presentation, and many of my audience actually remember that effect more.

Its also surprising that I doesnt name any chim effect. LOL!! :lol:

my signature trick would be a variation of the anniversary waltz taught by shoot ogawa.the effect is two cards signed in the face gets fused together as one.people i perform to always keep the fused cards as souveneir and keeps pestering me to perform this trick all over again!talk about a signature trick(double meaning intended).

As for me, my signature trick would be the grandpa aces. I like this trick alot as it is visual and has an unexpected surprise at the end. :rolleyes:

This changes all the time.

My current favourite is performing the radar deck together with wiregrams.

Read the minds of three people and name the card they are thinking of. (Those who are familiar with radar deck knows that the person does not need to point out which card he is thinking of, he just thinks of one of the many cards you flash before him) He will usually be stunned. Tell the fourth person is hard to read... say I will come back to him later. Go back to the third person, tell him what card he almost thought of, befor ehe changed his mind.

Finally, go back to the fourth person, take out wiregrams and tell him to help me out by transfering his thought into a piece of wire while stroking it. (From this point on, I cease to touch any of the props) Ask him to wrap it in a piece of tissue (or flash) and to light it with a lighter. The flash burns and the wire bends into the shape of the card he is thinking off.

The spectator really gets freak out because now, you are not even near him when the wire bends into his thought of card.

Hi Joel, the wire thingy, is it expensive?

Is there many application for radar deck? Or is it just like ID?

Wiregrams should be around $25? The basic effect of the Radar Deck is to let the magician know which card the audience visually picked. Then when you knew the card they pick you have alot of ways to reveal the cards. You can use stigmata or just simply name out the cards. Wiregram is nice but.... I think it is more expensive if you want the wiregrams to always hit 100% .

My signature trick is here then there. Simple yet looks impossible.

Well, if you are performing to 4 people and reading their minds all at once, chances are, one of them will think of an identical card to the wiregram you have. (You will understand what I mean when you have the radar deck) [ Just for the record, I only have 1 wiregram with me] If you are really so unfortunate, that not a single person choose your wiregram card, it is fine. The effect is strong enough on its own. You will either need to get a suitable wiregram or modify the radar deck to suit the wiregram you have. Of Course, if you have lots of money, you can get more wiregrams, but I think a suitable one is sufficient. If you are looking to use both together, purchase the radar deck first and then look for a suitable wiregram after that to suit the radar deck.

Radar deck is better then invisible deck because you don't need them to name their cards or even point out which card it is. You can do it to 4 or 5 people at a time even. It's a free choice and no force. No sleights needed at all. No writing on paper. You fan a few cards in front of their face and ask them to just mentally choose one of the cards. It's easy to find out what card they are thinking of. And the best part is that after telling them what card they are merely thinking of, you can tell them the card they almost thought of before changing their mind. It's easy to perform. The wiregram just enhances the effect. but I thought it is nice as it allows the magic to happen without you touching or going near the wire. For someone who knows nothing about wiregrams, it can be freaky when the seemingly normal coiled up wire bends into the card they are thinking off - "haunted wire".

Ya, Agree with Joel, Wiregram will be a good effect.

The original effect uses F***E to attain the mentalism.

But another usage is the stigmata style, where asking a few audience about the card they think of. And by combining this effect will the ID or radar card, it makes the whole mentalism must more impossible when the wire gram happens in their hand.

In general, it works like a KK and i should it can be combine with many of the filter effects to make it great.

Wiregram itself is expensive, because it is not just a wire, its a special alloy and this alloy is already very expensive to get. So I think for that price, you are paying more for the wire, than the effect itself.

Sounds exactly like what I would say.. :D

I forgot to mention that Kolossal and KENT combined used to be one of my favourites too.

i love performing my Ring and rubberband routine

so thats probably my signature trick


besides that i don't really have any thing specific , i just like improvising on the spot what i wanna do for the day if not i get really bored doing the same tricks again and again

My signature trick would be my own creation known as "Quantum State"

It's more memorable for the laymen (or even magician) when they've seen something original that attributes it directly to you.
However I'm assuming that the topic's context revolves around what effects are commonly in the market :)

My signature trick otherwise would be the a modified Stigmata (version 1) - by Wayne Houchin

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oo , mine has changed to Liquid metal

Reuben , can u kindly describe ur quantum state trick for us ?

thanks

Roland

Mine is definitely my ACR routine ending with my card to wallet :) The card is signed, so the specttors are all blown away XD

Wow can you give a description of that trick?

My signature trick has changed too lol.

Reuben is right; it will be nice if your signature trick is your own original creation.

Now my signature trick is my CTB effect "Sealed & Stuck". It looks visual and magical, plus you can give away the factory sealed bottle with the coin inside it as a souvenir. This will really make your audiences remember you.

Hey Roland,

I've Pm-ed you the link to view my "Quantum State" routine.
I've also PM-ed Ace too!

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not bad Reuben !

i liked the cleaniness of ur handling !


I think my signature trick will change again , i've just created an original method to link 2 rubber bands together in mid air . and NO it's not the same method as the LINK ! Dvd by Nabil Murday which i think is pretty lousy because it can't be performed surrounded.


both rubber bands can be examined before and after the trick.

hopefully i can get a video of it done soonish !


regards

Roland

Nice routine! It would be better if the audience can leave their signature on the selected card. =)

Nice! Hope we can see the video soon! =)

ermm i think it will be ACR...then i will throw in a few springs.

Roland, wouldn't a signature trick be one that eveyone knows you by, and hence it doesn't actually change? E.g.I daresay Lance Burton's signature performance is the dove poduction. Everyone loves what he does, but the dove production is what he is the most well-known for.

In that sense, I believe what you are currently expressing is not your signature trick but your favourite trick to perform at the moment.

^ yes , i agree with u

but at the moment i'm still relatively new to magic ( just 1 year ) so i'm into a lot of types of magic and i revolve around them frequently. Because of that my favourite trick to do at the moment will most certainly be my signature trick.However , i also feel it qualifies as my signature trick because it is the one people want to see the most.


i believe when i have found my calling into a certain type of magic i want to pursue the most in depth ( most probably PK magic ) then i will create my own routines and be known for that ( like lance burton ).

until that happens , my signature trick will most probably be my favourite trick at the moment that gets the most reactions and that people want to see the most.


Regards

Roland

Haha I understand what you are saying.

I have just started magic about a year ago as well, albeit as a hobby, so I'm definitely not as experienced as you, and also a very limited repertoire compared to yours.

All the best to your future endeavours, magical or otherwise, and if I have the chance to go to Singapore I most definitely will try and meetup with you and the other guys! (Haha most prob will try to leech and stay with my Singaporean cousins XD)

I think mine used to be the wiregram,
until i lost while in china.. Dang... Now i prefer the pyro-perception, still freaks people when they see a small but obvious blister of their prediction...

Used to do loops in the beginning, when i first started. Still got some screams and gaping mouths...

Yea i totally agree with roland, it must be obne that blows them away , and It must say something about me. Otherwise it was a wasted opportunity.

My signature trick also happens to be the name of my new hardcover book/DVD, Kingdom of the Red. That's a card effect which I've used successfully for about 30 years.

For coin magic, my signature trick is Coins From Vegas which is taught in my book 21st century Coin Mechanics.

Kingdom of the Red

My signature trick would be a 3 coin routine. 2 in hand 1 in pocket trick. Firstly, i love coins. It has a good start and can platter alot with it. It also has a good ending where all 3 coins gone. So i like doing the 3 coin routine. My signature trick.