A succession of predictions with a shuffled deck of alphabet cards. A perfect effect for a finale.  

An “Ace Leader” routine unlike any other since the Aces are represented by four 8 of Spades, and the indifferent cards by Jokers. The 8s join the "8 Leader" one by one, and at the end, the four 8 of Spades transform into four Aces, thus fully justifying the name of the trick as "Ace Leader"!  

Physicists have developed “String Theory”: our space-time might not be made of four dimensions, but of 30! The spectator is invited to freely choose one of the dimensions. And from there, we will witness a series of effects in this particular dimension: a card will travel in full view from one packet to another, then we will make a journey in space-time, and finally we will make a non-thought of object travel... but which travels all the same. Quite a program! A routine with many effects out of time... and space!  

This video is an excerpt from one of Dominique Duvivier's shows. Here is the introduction of the routine: "Michel, as promised here is one of the routines I perform in my shows. I'm lucky that you are my friend, but you are also, your true, passionate self: Michel Polnareff. I composed this magical performance that works quite well on the public, which is logical in a way: you are everywhere in it and as everything you do is magical, I can’t take any credit. Your friend Dominique Duvivier "  

Dominique Duvivier's version of this great close-up classic. You present a beautiful cup, a small glass, a scarf and a small red ball. With all this you will be able to perform a succession of small miracles: the ball will disappear, reappear, travel... and at the end, you make a big ball appear! And the icing on the cake, what just happened is impossible, because the cup is now a solid block, and the ball is now "heavy"!  

Teleportation is moving instantly from one place to another. Ubiquity is being in two places at the same time. Dominique Duvivier proposes here a "ubiquitous teleportation" trip! The coin signed by the spectator will travel successively into different pockets of his jacket, in an almost instantaneous way! Impact guaranteed!  

This creation will already put you in the "big league" and is the very symbol of balloon sculptors. It is also an opportunity to learn how to make several bubbles in a row.  

You are going to make your spectators experience a special adventure, a mix of all kinds with several types of effects. A prediction deck (red back) is shuffled. Four cards are chosen from a second deck (blue back) under crazy conditions by four different spectators, while the magician's back is turned. These cards are lost in the deck under equally clear conditions. The magician, "to warm up", starts by finding the four Aces in the blue deck. The cards in the prediction deck are now counted: there are only 48. The four missing cards are the chosen cards, and have mysteriously traveled into the blue deck! And to top it all off, the four Aces from the red deck travel one by one into the magician’s four pockets.! At the end of this routine, both decks are handed out for examination.  

 

The magician opens a small envelope and shows that there is a card inside: it is his prediction card. The envelope is closed and left in full view. A card is freely chosen, and is lost in the deck. The magician takes the envelope again, and the prediction card magically goes through the envelope! The envelope is opened, it is now empty! The card is turned over, it is the card that has been freely chosen before, and is no longer in the deck!  

The mentalist asks a spectator to project his thoughts into the magician's head. The experiment takes place in three steps: first he guesses the letter that the spectator "sends" him, then a two digit number, and finally the card he has chosen. And the icing on the cake is that the magician shows that the card was predicted in advance! A very personal application of Viktor Vincent's double reality principle.  

The magician takes the two black kings out of the deck and puts them face up aside on the table. Then he asks a spectator to name any card from the deck, except the two black kings, of course; the choice is completely free. Incredibly, the thought of card is no longer in the deck, it is sandwiched face down between the two face up black kings! A real miracle!  

The spectator determines five cards under extreme laboratory conditions, after shuffling the cards by himself. He adds up the values of the cards. For example, if he has a 10, a 6, a 3, a 5 and an 8, the total is 32. However, the magician had emptied his pockets at the beginning of the trick, and had therefore placed some coins aside on the table. We add up the values of the coins, there are 32 cents... the same total as for the cards!  

This trick is the “+ version” of the "Signed Coin Routine" already described on this platform. A half-dollar signed by the spectator is sandwiched between two English pennies, and then everything is isolated in a small metal box. The coins disappear and reappear mysteriously. The effect is repeated several times in a row! A real miracle!  

The magician shows a small box from which he takes out a red-backed deck of cards; the box is now empty. A spectator is invited to hold the deck in one hand, and her other hand is held by the magician. The magician explains that he is going to transmit a magical effect through the spectator, into the deck of cards! The spectator will then determine a card in a "virtual" blue deck. This card will appear in real life, folded four times in the "Dream Box" which was empty. The red cards are shown, they have all disappeared (i.e. they are blank on each side), except for one card, which is the card chosen by the spectator! Success guaranteed!  

This video is a live demonstration of this trick that has already been published on Double Fond TV. From a previously shuffled deck, the magician finds the Aces, one by one, in the order he wants! This version was invented by Dominique Duvivier after Fernando Kheops showed him the effect without explaining it to him. For those who would linger on the explanation... yes, yes! It is encouraged! ... They will discover, to their great astonishment, that there is not really any trickery! Crazy, right? We let you judge...