Price$10.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedFeb 21, 2006
Frequent Flyer
Evan Beaugard
(Based on 1 review)
Comes complete with special gimmick and detailed instructions explaining how to perform this gravity-defying illusion!
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On nearly all levels, I think this effect is worth having. I'll save any negatives for last.
For 9 or 10 dollars, this is what you'll receive:
-2 gaffed Bicycle cards, one red, one blue
-a card force, which will be familiar to many, and good for anyone new to the art
-a way to set up the deck, for the sake of the selection/force, and to help with the clean up.
-a card that is so smoothly and naturally handled, which levitates, and descends all on your clean open palm.
-a final switch of the gaff, using the deck, attributed to Dai Vernon.
This last move, along with the force, has other applications, so it's great to see it in print.
Now, the card that floats, as I said, is handled so naturally, that there is truly not one false move from float to descent. The gaff is utterly invisible, especially on the blue card-and it steps in and then goes away so CLEANLY.
When I saw a demo of this trick, I thought that one hand may have been lifting the card-but that same hand, then moves away, and the card remains airbound. So long as the hand with the card stays still-preferably with the elbow anchored to the body side-this is a really sweet illusion.
Negatives? I can't say more than what's mentioned in the final suggestions on the instructions. Two ideas, one dealing with having the card rotate as it floats-and two being making the card levitate from the top of the deck. Nice idea, but there are no specifics written as to how to do that. Initially, I couldn't make it happen. Perhaps I'll figure it out, through additional play.
So while this method is not totally clean, it's darn close.
One of the cleanest card rise/levitations that I'm aware of is Jeff McBride's 'Kundalini Rising'. It's priced around the same as 'Frequent Flyer'. As I like to have multiple methods for the same effect, I may suggest both effects.
In my opinion, Frequent Flyer is a really good value-and a great alternative to other methods on the market.
For 9 or 10 dollars, this is what you'll receive:
-2 gaffed Bicycle cards, one red, one blue
-a card force, which will be familiar to many, and good for anyone new to the art
-a way to set up the deck, for the sake of the selection/force, and to help with the clean up.
-a card that is so smoothly and naturally handled, which levitates, and descends all on your clean open palm.
-a final switch of the gaff, using the deck, attributed to Dai Vernon.
This last move, along with the force, has other applications, so it's great to see it in print.
Now, the card that floats, as I said, is handled so naturally, that there is truly not one false move from float to descent. The gaff is utterly invisible, especially on the blue card-and it steps in and then goes away so CLEANLY.
When I saw a demo of this trick, I thought that one hand may have been lifting the card-but that same hand, then moves away, and the card remains airbound. So long as the hand with the card stays still-preferably with the elbow anchored to the body side-this is a really sweet illusion.
Negatives? I can't say more than what's mentioned in the final suggestions on the instructions. Two ideas, one dealing with having the card rotate as it floats-and two being making the card levitate from the top of the deck. Nice idea, but there are no specifics written as to how to do that. Initially, I couldn't make it happen. Perhaps I'll figure it out, through additional play.
So while this method is not totally clean, it's darn close.
One of the cleanest card rise/levitations that I'm aware of is Jeff McBride's 'Kundalini Rising'. It's priced around the same as 'Frequent Flyer'. As I like to have multiple methods for the same effect, I may suggest both effects.
In my opinion, Frequent Flyer is a really good value-and a great alternative to other methods on the market.