Dex's Ink

[Dexraccoon]

good job , i liked the handling (aside from the flash, that you apparently caught) credits should also go to Frank Garcia, in the book million dollar secrets.

[Seanhawk23]

Ah, the creator of Wild Card! Yes, yes, I'll certainly keep that in mind when I redo the video.

Means a lot to me, coming from you ;)

[Manashadow]

Nice variation! I like the use of the reversed five of spades. I would like to know what force you would use to get the spectator to choose the five of spades though. Maybe come up with a good reason as to why winding the deck would cause a card to be red and why the red card goes blank later in the trick. Remember: A VERY important part to any good trick is a story that is simple, easy to follow, and most of all, entertaining!

[Seanhawk23]

The force that was used was taught in Daniel Garcia's Masters Thesis "Symphony", available on Theory11. He teaches this in the section of the trick "Timeline 2.0". It isn't clear what is the exact name, but he compares it to a cross between a bottom deal and a Wichita Slip.

Winding the deck was a move taught to me by the man himself, Michael Ammar. It's supposed to provide some kind of magical moment to justify the selection turning red.

[Seanhawk23]

As for the reason it turns red? Dex's handling implies that in the end, the value of the second selection "transfers" onto the red card, replacing the original value. I intend to do another variation using the overlay card from the Ultragaff deck, last seen in "Parallel". I force two cards and the second card is transferred to the red card WITHOUT clearing the cache first.

In this case, the value missed the red card, so I have to go down there and physically ink the value onto the red card.