A Strange Story - Alex Elmsley

[eenayeah]

Looks like he really is a ghost now.

[kunkushun1]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLANT DEARLORD

[TallyHoCards9]

I am a ghost :)

[Matzes]

he is obsessed with color changing effects..

[Gnarlycardz]

@Matzes

So? He Was A Master

[Matzes]

@Gnarlycardz Yes he was

[dobsonone]

i dnt get the point of using 2nd deals in the 1st phase? surley just stack them as there coming straight out of the box. ok ive just finished the vid i understand the reason for the 2nds now

[dobsonone]

i dnt get the point of using 2nd deals in the 1st phase? surley just stack them as there coming straight out of the box

[xNicoTiK]

Amazing presentation. He's just amazing.

[MagicHobbyist]

Great stuff. Awesome opener. 

[ArrogantAtheism]

If you knew the context you would understand.

[ArrogantAtheism]

Oh man elmsley doing the elmsley count is just....amazing hahaha.

[Buddyvision2010]

@ArrogantAtheism

dont think he does an EC there?

excellent stuff all the same though!

[ArrogantAtheism]

@Buddyvision2010 Pay close attention at 1:30 he does his count there. I won't say why he does to not spoil the trick but the fact that you didn't catch it shows how slick it is

[Buddyvision2010]

@ArrogantAtheism

its a false count certainly but not an EC.

[TheBradTobin]

@ArrogantAtheism he doesnt do the elmsley count in this and the original name is the ghost count, strange that no one calls it that.

[ArrogantAtheism]

@TheBradTobin He does do the elmsley or ghost count (same thing) and specifically mentions doing so in his writings regarding this trick.

[TheBradTobin]

@ArrogantAtheism realy, where does he do it in this vid all i see is a buckle and he grabs the double thats not an elmsley count.

[ArrogantAtheism]

@TheBradTobin At 1:30 the count he does is an elmsley count if you can follow his sleights you would know that he has 6 cards in his hands not 5, he steals the muck blue card on the top of the deck that makes the deck appear to be blue. He then applies his 'ghost' count to make 6 cards look like 5. it is very obvious unless you are a layman

[TheBradTobin]

@ArrogantAtheism yeah he shows 6 as 5 by grabbing a DOUBLE, and he does not do the ghost count here the ghost count is peeling off one, pushing a block of cards off taking it as a single while stealing back the first card to the bottom then taking a single, than a single, come back and read your comment a year from now maybe youll be more educated then.

[ArrogantAtheism]

@TheBradTobin You are doing nothing but trolling, if you ever read ANYTHING from Alex you would know that his count has different applications and its purpose is to disguise a card by taking it in a block in this case a double, when you perform a standard 3rd card concealment ghost count with four cards you would know that you only steal a block of two. I would suggest that you educate yourself prior to trolling youtube videos.

[TheBradTobin]

@ArrogantAtheism buckling and taking a double is not original to elmsley and its certainly not the elmsley count.

[athrunjustice]

@TheBradTobin You're a retard.

[athrunjustice]

@ArrogantAtheism You too, are a retard.

[ArrogantAtheism]

@athrunjustice Get out from under your bridge and stop trolling

[athrunjustice]

@ArrogantAtheism I'm not trolling. I just don't like the way you commented. You were revealing the methods that's why I called you a retard.

"At 1:30 the count he does is an elmsley count if you can follow his sleights you would know that he has 6 cards in his hands not 5, he steals the muck blue card on the top of the deck that makes the deck appear to be blue. He then applies his 'ghost' count to make 6 cards look like 5. it is very obvious unless you are a layman "

See?

[adzomZOR86]

@athrunjustice i noticed this sleight of hand during his count.. but its very smoooooth!

[ArchRascal]

I could watch this guy perform magic all day! Classic presentation

[happentodie]

utter genius ....XCM ...on yer bike

[sebthepleb53]

Ledge!

What a charming performance :)

[bbarker04]

Alex Elmsley was a true master. It is sad that he is no longer with us.

[yeshevishman]

@bbarker04 yes. He's a ghost.  LOL

[UnknownMagician93]

Thank you! I have been lookingat buying them. How much did you pay?

[JoeMcG29]

@UnknownMagician93

Theyre on amazon for like 280 bucks or somethin dumb. Maybe in a non commercial book store?

[UnknownMagician93]

Ricky Smith told me they will hopefully be re-printed soon. so I will wait

[UnknownMagician93]

beautiful:D

do you have the collected works?

[conjurer77]

pure class! Fantastic magic and great presentation. We should ALL learn something from this.

[blendomagic]

I couldn't agree more! Thanks for the comment.