Card on Ribbon (RED) by Mickael Chatelain
We are pleased to offer you today a true classic of card magic in a
completely new version - a version that will baffle even those who
perform the original effect!
Effect:
Show your audience a closed card case. Show that it has a hole through it from front to back.
Hand out a ribbon for examination and allow a spectator to thread it through the hole.
No
illusion: The case and the deck are both strung on the ribbon, as the
hole through the deck aligns with the hole through the case.
Remove
the ribbon, open the case, and take out the deck in front of the
spectators. Show that there's nothing hidden in the case and give it out
for examination, if you wish.
Show the deck on both sides. Aside from the hole through each card, it's an ordinary deck.
A spectator freely chooses a card, let's say the five of hearts.
The card, which can be signed, is lost in the deck, which is then cleanly replaced in its case.
Show everything from all sides. As the case is open, everyone can see the cards inside.
Now invite your spectator to thread the ribbon through the case with the cards inside.
Explain
to your spectator that it is completely impossible to free any one card
without damaging it or cutting the ribbon. This is so obvious, no one
will contradict you.
With the case still open, and the spectator
having a firm hold on the ends of the ribbon, the escape of any card
would be totally impossible!
With your thumb and forefinger, you then gently pull out one card from the deck, then yank it free.
There
you are with one card in hand - a lone, liberated card! You now show
the card to your spectator - of course, it's the five of hearts
previously chosen!
How is this possible, since the hole through the five is still intact, with absolutely no damage?
The card seems to have passed through the ribbon by magic.
And
yet, the ribbon still binds the rest of the cards in the deck! Remove
the deck from the case and immediately pass it out for examination.
As your spectator can see, the ribbon still passes through all of the cards except for the one "escapee," the five of hearts!
Remember these important points:
- NO forcing!
- COMPLETELY free choice!
- VERY easy to do!
- The DECK and the CASE are examinable!
- INSTANT reset.
- The GIMMICK takes care of EVERYTHING!
- ONLY the chosen card escapes!
No doubt that this escape will leave your audience speechless!
Delivered complete with cards, ribbon, gimmick, and explanatory video.
