Card Catcher by Steve Shufton
Welcome to the VERSATILE world of the Shufton Card Catcher!
Whether you are at a meet and greet, or out on the street, you are always ready to dazzle with the Card Catcher!
Instant, stunningly visual magic at your fingertips with playing cards,
credit cards, business cards, paper money, written predictions - you
are as unlimited as your creativity! And, you are ready to perform again
with no reset!
The Shufton Card Catcher is a sturdy,
specially constructed windowed envelope that puts your miracles center
stage any time you want to perform them. You won't be caught off guard
again with the Card Catcher in your pocket! Many stunning, highly
visual effects are possible with this precision made, specially die-cut
device. Objects will appear, vanish and transpose with ease, leaving
your audience spellbound!
Many possible effects, always ready to go:
The Card Catcher:
The
Card Catcher is empty - they can see into it through the windows! A
card is selected, signed and returned to the deck. Tap the deck with the
Card Catcher, and a card appears inside it INSTANTLY! Remove the
contents - it is their SIGNED CARD! Impossible!
Signed Transposition:
An
unknown playing card is slid into the Card Catcher. They can see it
through the windows at ALL TIMES. They select a card, sign it and return
it to the deck. The card that was put in the Card Catcher before the
selection - that has been in full view the whole time - is now removed.
YES! It is their SIGNED CARD! This puts a terrible cramp on their brain!
Card to Wallet:
Have the Card Catcher in your
wallet, or in another envelope. You are ready to do card-to-wallet at
any time! NO PALMING! Put the card catcher into an envelope and mail it
to your client with instructions not to open it until you are there!
When you see him, have him select and sign a card and return it to the
deck. The envelope he received in the mail is opened, and the Card
Catcher is found within with a playing card "prediction" that can be
seen through the windows. Watch his brain explode when the playing card
is removed and it is HIS SIGNED CARD!
Torn and Restored Card or Bill:
They
see a bill or card in the Card Catcher through the windows. Remove the
bill or card and tear off a corner, handing it to the spectator for safe
keeping. The bill is completely torn up and vanished. A bill can be
instantly seen to appear in the Card Catcher! It is removed - the bill
has been fully restored, but it is missing a corner. The spectator is
still holding the corner, and of course it is an exact match!
Psychic Serial Number Reading From a Borrowed Bill:
A
spectator provides a bill, which they fold up and slide into the Card
Catcher - you don't want to even touch it! They can see the bill at all
times through the windows, but the serial number is not visible - it is
in the inside folds of the bill, which they folded themselves. It
remains in view at all times on your outstretched hand. Almost
immediately you start receiving psychometric impressions (perhaps with a
dash of cold reading thrown in!), and you ask a spectator to write down
a series of numbers as they occur to you. When the bill is removed from
the card catcher and handed directly to the spectator, they open it up
and discover that the serial number perfectly matches your divination! A
psychic miracle with a borrowed, unseen dollar!
Business Card Open Prediction:
You
write a prediction on the back of one of your business cards, and slide
it into the Card Catcher where it remains in full view, though you
cannot again touch it. They select a random number, or a birthdate, etc.
When the business card is removed, the prediction matches! Not only a
stupifying mental miracle, but a great way to give out your business
card! Your Swami routine just got A LOT STRONGER - leaving no possible
explanation!
Business Card Transposition:
Their
business card is slid into the Card Catcher, where it can be seen at all
times. A snap of the fingers, and it has changed into YOUR business
card! A great impromptu piece of BUSINESS!
The Prediction Matches:
With
a deck of ESP cards, or my preference, a normal deck of cards, this
effect is a fine piece of mentalism theater! The mentalist selects a
card from the deck as a prediction. It predicts the color and value of a
card the spectator will randomly select. The odds are only one in 51
because only one other card in the deck will match. The mentalist places
the prediction in the windowed envelope, back showing through the
windows, so there can be no manipulation or funny business. Once in the
envelope it is a committed prediction, which cannot be changed, yet it
remains in full view at all times.
The deck is shuffled and
otherwise shown to be a full deck, in a completely random order. Cards
are dealt off the pack one at a time until the spectator says stop.
Without looking at it, the card is left on the table (or in the
spectator's hand) face down. It is shown that the other cards in the
deck surrounding the selection are truly different.
The magician
must show his prediction first or it wouldn't be fair! The prediction
is removed from the envelope and turned face up on the table. Now all
that remains is to see if the spectator's free selection will match your
prediction - and, of course, it does! Astonishing!!
All of these effects are possible, and many more, with the Shufton Card Catcher!
Painstaking
effort and meticulous attention to detail were required to bring you
this incredibly versatile prop. Professional artwork, and a booklet
crammed full of ideas, concepts and effects make this a pleasure to own,
and even more so to perform!
Each Card Catcher is precision made, die-cut, hand assembled and tested to make sure you have a magical device you can be proud to use.
Comes complete with the Card Catcher, an ungimmicked duplicate, and a 28 page booklet, filled with 8 hard-hitting, audience tested routines to get you started!