Hey, so aside from ACR, Invisible deck, and haunted deck what are some card effects that you guys would recomend? Also, would ya'll say that a color change is an acceptable effect to perform? Apparently Adam Wilbur uses color changes as it's own effect and I wouldn't think that it would get good reactions.
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Recommended card effects?
- Thread starter Luke B.(6)
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Some form of triumph, chicago opener, Out of this World, and an Anniversary Waltz are all killer card effects.
I know this isn't the kind of answer you're looking for, but the real truth is the techniques described in books or on DVDs are only a tiny percentage of what makes magic effects powerful. So, the answer is, yes, a colour change is an acceptable effect to perform if you perform it in an acceptable way. In fact, performed in the right way, you can get great reactions from a jog shuffle. The moves or techniques are just tools or, to give a more artistic analogy, your palette of colours. So, asking whether a particular technique is an acceptable effect is like asking if green is an acceptable picture. The answer, of course, is no, not automatically, but when contextualised by means of creativity and turned into something more than just a blob of green then yes, green can become an acceptable picture. And, similarly, a colour change, a jog shuffle, a coin retention, a memorised stack or any other technique you could name can become an acceptable effect.
As Adam Wilbur does, I usually ask for someone to pick a card, execute a control and then do a Erdnase Colour change, that in itself creates it's own effect and is so powerful on it's own. So colour changes seem to get the job done. 
As Adam Wilbur does, I usually ask for someone to pick a card, execute a control and then do a Erdnase Colour change, that in itself creates it's own effect and is so powerful on it's own. So colour changes seem to get the job done.
Problem is, the "effect" lasts only about 3-6 seconds, where as an ACR, OOTW, Haunted Pack, etc, lasts much much longer. I use color changes as separate "effects" when I am looking for filler room.
Instead of doing just color changes, think of full effects/routines that could utilize a color change. Build an effect around it.
Try to look for things that have at the most 3 phases (A beginning, A middle and an End.) This way you don't stick around too long and it shows that you know when you walk away.
The main problem with the idea of using a color change as it's own effect is that it doesn't last very long and I highly doubt Adam Wilbur does ONLY that. Like most pro's out there, I don't think he put his entire act on the DVD's. Much like David Regal didn't put his entire act on the DVD for The clarity box.
Personally, I REALLY love Whit Haydn's Chicago Surprise. It's got 3 phases that have 3 different effects built right into it (thus getting rid of the whole "and for my next trick" shtick). You've got a odd backed card trick, Card to pocket and then a transposition effect. Then you've got the 4th phase which depends on if the took the card you wanted. But if they didn't, the act still goes without a hitch and most laypeople won't even feel like you've had to switch gears or "go the well" during the performance.
The main problem with the idea of using a color change as it's own effect is that it doesn't last very long and I highly doubt Adam Wilbur does ONLY that. Like most pro's out there, I don't think he put his entire act on the DVD's. Much like David Regal didn't put his entire act on the DVD for The clarity box.
Personally, I REALLY love Whit Haydn's Chicago Surprise. It's got 3 phases that have 3 different effects built right into it (thus getting rid of the whole "and for my next trick" shtick). You've got a odd backed card trick, Card to pocket and then a transposition effect. Then you've got the 4th phase which depends on if the took the card you wanted. But if they didn't, the act still goes without a hitch and most laypeople won't even feel like you've had to switch gears or "go the well" during the performance.