In this Cardman Wonderland, Steinar Thelen and the gang will show you how to wow any audience with a trick so easy…and so amazing…
That Dai Vernon chose to perform it for non-magicians at every opportunity!
This routine features three escalating effects, and a climax so suprising and devious, you’ll want to start performing it for everyone you meet.
Note: Steinar’s method has streamlined and simplified the Vernon original. This is the ‘go-to’ method – and you’re about to get every single detail you’ll need to make it your own.
Cardman Wonderland – Dec 2015 – Vernons Favorite Trick
Running Time: 76 Minutes
Presented by: Steinar Thelen
Theory Covered
- Forces
- Stack Management
- Attaining Breaks
- Misdirection
Key Moves/Sleights:
- Jogs
- Side Glide
- Houdin Break
- Double Lift
- Criss Cross Force
- Spreading
TIMELINE
00:00 – 07:30 – Meet and Greet the CC Seniority, Introductions
07:30 – 11:00 – Performance by Steinar, Alex is Spec
“You are not allowed to look at your card!”
11:30 – 16:00 – Setup
Take out the 4 10’s and 4 K’s
10S on top of the deck
Then set them up K-10-K-10 (KS [The Force Card], KC, 10C, KH, 10H, KD, 10D)
14:40 Stack Review
16:00 – 25:30 – Method:
16:00 – 16:30 – Chris Cross Force, Talk about strong misdirection….
16:30 – 16:45 – Shuffle Control Jog
16:45 – 19:10 – Spreading and Steal move
19:45 – 23:30 – Next two steals including Side Glide
23:30 – 25:30 – Presentation / Ending / Magician in Trouble
25:30 – 27:00 – A.F Enters to talk some quick theory and praise Steinars genius method
28:00 – 40:00 Steinar reruns through the trick for Alex
29:00 – 30:00 – Steinar gives some history and references
30:00 – 31:30 – A.F. Briefly discusses culling options, and why CC thinks.. “just don’t”
32:00 – 32:30 – The setup
32:30 – 33:00 – In Jog Shuffle
33:00 – 37:00 – Criss Cross Force In detail (Steinar A.F)
37:00 – 46:20 – Spreading, Steps, Jogs, to the 1st Steal, Psychology
“Charlie miller use to say the break is the hardest move”
46:20 – 53:00 – Breaks with spreading, Presentation, Houdin Break
(A.F.), D.L. without Houdin
53:14 – 59:30 – No flashing Subtlety, Last Switch, Side Glide Detailed
(Ref Autopilot, Jack Berman),
59:30 – 62:00 – Ending, Reveal, Acting for a finally…. Magician in trouble details
62:00 – 63:30 – Praising magic club
63:30 – 65:00 – Brief talk about spread cull force option
(A.F) – I once went to a yoga class and got bummed out….. HAHAHAH
65:35 – 66:00 – Michael Vincent Method instead of cull
66:00 – 71:00 – Tamariz / Aronson Stack Methods
72:00 – 76:20 – Quick Final Run Through
