Welcome to X – Digital Source. This page is your portal and access to the videos you get by buying «X – My 10 GoTo Card FX». These videos will give you additional information about the effects, methods, presentation, ideas and even new variations since the release of the book. To get access to the videos, you have to be a member of the Facebook Group, where the password is shared. I strongly encourage you not to share passwords with anyone outside the group. This material is part of the investment in the book and exclusively belongs to its members.
X – Digital Source
Introduction
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01 Optical Opener
One of my absolute goto opener effects when I do card magic tablehopping. It is so clean. So fun. And very surprising. You get several effects in one effect. And lots of good reactions.
Explanation and additional notes
One of my favourite effects over many many years. Multiple effects in one effect!
02 Invisible Triumph
Invisible Triumph is one of my own effect, but strongly based and influenced by an effect by Simon Aronson, – one of my absolute favourite contributors in magic.
Background and history
What is the background and history of this amazing and interesting effect?
MemDeck version
My original handling of the effect is based on the knowledge of a memorized deck of any kind. If you prefer Aronson, Mnemonica or any other, doesn’t matter. Dig into the original, even if you don’t know a memdeck. It is worth listening to.
Non MemDeck Versions
Even if the book says there isn’t a non-memdeck-version, – here it is. This is absolutely a great alternative, if you still haven’t worked with stacks.
03 Fusion Waltz
Fusion Waltz is my take on the Anniversay Waltz.
History and explanation
One of my originals, a variation on the classic Anniversary Waltz. This is my goto give away and has some great details that convince the spectators.
04 The Displacement
I hate spelling effects. Well, hate is strong. But, it doesn’t give me much. But this simple simple move, utility or effect, just shows how strong and direct something can be. Even spelling. Vidar Strat is just one brilliant mind. There will also be a spreadsheet shared in the FB group, that shows the maths behind this in different languages. In english, – there is a 100% direct hit!
Background and history
My honest opinion about spelling tricks, doesn’t really matter. This effect is a 100% direct hit in english, and has great possibilities in any other language as well.
Explanation and additional notes
Watch it. Believe it. And then. Try it.
Extended hitrate
English has a 100% hitrate, but not neccessary other languages. With this method, you can extend your hitrate, in your language with a simple change in the handling. To be released soon!
05 The Future Is Wide Open
Oh Jason Dean. What an amazing effect this is. One of my absolute favourites. This requires just about nothing, just a clean performance and casual movements. You will love this effect.
Explanation
Unbelivable match. Without the need of any sleights. This one is for you. And you. And you! Reactions are strong. Very strong. Your spectator are controlling everything.
Performance at The Magic Castle
This is my performance at The Magic Castle in 2024. It has a different setup and process than the original and uses a marked deck.
06 Guesstimation
Guess what? I have a unpublished piece of brilliant magic for you, – directly from the master himself. Shawn Farquhar. First of all, thanks alot Shawn for giving me the rights to publish this. And secondly, – have fun everyone. This is one of those very special moments, that is very hard to backtrack. A masterpiece!
Background and history
All you need to learn, is some very basic estimation. The rest is performance and presentation. And you take your bow and receive your applause. Get ready to shake it off!
07 Oh Holy Christ!
Oh, Holy Christ goes way back in history, in many different directions and variations. A prediction is written down by the magician. After a series of very random dealing cards to the table, the random sum of the cards on the table indicates where the prediction is located in the deck!
Background and explanation
So, here it is. The mathematical trick, that doesn’t look like one. And is pretty hard to backtrack in any kind of way. The slick peek is also totally hidden.
Vidar explains why and how
Why does this work? And how? Vidar takes us thru the math behind this masterpiece.
08 3 Card Location
It is amazing that this effect even just made it to X. This is one killer effect. I can’t even explain how strong the reactions are on this amazing effect. Yes, you do need to know a memdeck, but once you do, this is probably the only memdeck effect you need to learn. Wow. Just wow.
Background and explanation
Wow, – how impossible and great do you need a card trick? This is almost the only trick you need. 3 great effects. And it gets stronger and stronger, and more impossible along the way. Good luck!
Performance by Alexander
This is Alexander Crawford’s performance. His original additions are the handling of the third card revelation, which addresses the 132 issue in the original and the presentational idea of asking the final (#2) spectator to confuse me by looking at the cards that are not his or her cards.
09 Devastation
Devastation by Tim Daugherty is a powerful card trick where a spectator freely selects a card, and despite seemingly impossible conditions, the magician is able to reveal the chosen card in an incredibly surprising way.
Explanation and variations
MAGICIAN FOOLER ALARM! I can’t even count the number of times this has fooled my fellow magicians. Tim Daugherty is a genious, as well as Geoff Williams, with his additions! And here, even Daniel has a great addition and variation that suddenly surprised me and caught my interest!
10 Diplopia
In Diplopia by Paul Vigil, both the magician and the spectator think of a card from a borrowed deck. The spectator first attempts to find the magician’s thought-of card, and surprisingly, succeeds. Then, the magician identifies the spectator’s card. In the end, both cards are revealed correctly, creating a powerful and seemingly impossible mental connection between the magician and spectator.
Background and history
I can’t believe I was so lucky to have Paul Vigil include this effect in my book. If you haven’t heared about Diplopia, you better read every single page in the book. This is strong. And unbelivable. And this, this is the background.
Explanation and additional notes
Publish date: Sometime later. Keeping you on the edge.
BONUS: Misc, extra and addons
All the bonus material in the book is explained in all detail below.
Psychological Charlier....
This is a very bold, easy but yet, very strong and simple control of a selected card.
Shuffle Move
Totally inspired by Derren Brown, a move in his Devil’s Picturebook morphed into this new move, Shuffle Move. It’s a neat little thing, that I tend to use all the time, to control a card to the top.
Swivel Switch
Totally out of nothing, Swivel Switch, or shift, if you want. For me, this has always just been a simple switch, but when I gave Daniel this idea, he came up with so much interesting around Swivel Shift. For him, it is a utility, that can be used for so much more.
Double Optical Shuffle
This is really the only false shuffle you need. It looks like a normal shuffle. It feels like a normal shuffle. And it sounds like a normal shuffle. How much more do you really need?
Clocking the deck
Publish date: Sometime later. Keeping you on the edge.
Clocking Tool
What about using a tool to learn the clocking? Big thanks to our member Tor Inge Ulveseth for putting this togteher. I updated some deisgn and modernized it myself.
Print Bloopers: Uncovering Hidden Errors
What’s a physical book without a few print bloopers along the way? No matter how many times you review a book—be it a magical one or otherwise—errors have a sneaky way of slipping through, even with a team of reviewers on the job. Here, we’ve highlighted some of the bloopers we’ve caught. And if you spot any more, keep sharing them with us! We’re all in this hunt for hidden errors together.
Photos on page 97
Publish date: 15th of September 2024.
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Publish date: 15th of September 2024.