Coincidence tricks
July 30, 2016 7 Comments
I have a thing for tricks where the cards are thoroughly shuffled yet somehow the laws of chance are bent and strange coincidences occur; cards repeatedly match, order is produced etc.
My favourite is a Wayne Dobson trick the name and source of which has currently fled my memory. David Britland on his Cardopolis blog posts a lovely version which is worth checking out as is “Four Way Prediction” by John Murray found in Jerry Mentzers “Card Cavalcade 3”.
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Hi kevin,
The version on Dave Britlands’ blog is brilliant, thanks for the link.
The Dobson effect, if it’s the one I think you mean, is one of my favourite effects and is in WD40, “Think as I Think”.
Another of my favourites is Pat Pages’ “Continuous Do as i do” and well worth checking out if you can.
Best wishes
Alex
Hi Alex,
Yep I think that’s the Wayne Dobson trick I had in mind – amazing trick. Will check out the Pat Page trick but where is it published?
Thanks,
Kevin
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Hi Kevin,
Pat’s ‘Do as I Do’ is on his lecture DVD, ‘The Page Boy Speaks’ available still from patrickpagemagic.co.uk and in his book, ‘Magic Page by Page’.
There’s also a Nick Trost version using ESP cards apparently, but I have never seen it.
All the Best
Alex
Thanks for the reference Alex 🙂
Nick Trost’s ‘ESP Do As I Do’ is published in Subtle Card Creations Volume 1. It’s also available in Aldo Colombini’s ESP Card Magic Volume 2.
“Think As I Think” uses marked cards, rather than regular cards and keys.
Steve Beam has a solid version using marked cards. It’s similar to the Dobson “Think As I Think” routine. In fact similar enough to be almost the same. Except for the fact that Steve complicates things a bit by incorporating key cards. There’s no need for them. See “Marked Phenomena,” Semi-Automatic Card Tricks Volume [1].
Pedant’s Paragraph. Actually it isn’t volume [1], because Steve never intended SACT to become a series. It’s become volume [1] by default.
Predating Dobson’s “Think As I Think,” by some way is “Read Me Seemore” by Abel Marker. Abacus Magzine Volume [8] Issue [5] January 2000.
No key cards and near enough the same as makes no difference.
Wayne has published his routine for the Pat Page “Do As I Do”. I thought it was in “WD40” but it’s not. Possibly in one of the three earlier books edited by Steve Tucker. I haven’t seen Wayne’s Very Big Book, but it’s probably in there. He performed it on a Dobson Special TV show back when. The programme was about an hour long and entirely devoted to close-up magic. It was almost all Wayne; Tommy Wonder was a special guest. Jerry Sadowitz raved about the show in “The Crimp.” It really was good.
Yeah I’ve heard great thinks about Wayne Dobsons close up magic show. Would be great to have it re-released.