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- What do we have here?
Something from Ellusionist.
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Oh my god.
So glad I grew the hair back.
Look at that.
Good looking bunch right there.
Oh, hell yeah.
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You might be wondering why Ellusionist
would randomly send me 65 random decks of cards.
Well, they aren't exactly for me.
They're for you.
Yes, that's right, so before I get into the tutorial,
welcome to my channel, guys.
Thanks for tuning in,
and you can go ahead and fast forward
if you wanna learn some magic,
I mean, the tutorial's coming up.
But, but, but, but, but, but, don't go so far,
because those decks are to be given away.
And I'm gonna tell you why.
I had this lecture in Toronto last week,
which was phenomenal.
It was so cool,
and Brad Christian, the CEO of Ellusionist,
I asked him if he wanted to give something to the fans.
And he said, "Absolutely.
"We got a whole bunch of decks at the warehouse.
"Why don't you give them some playing cards?"
And I thought that was a great idea.
Trouble is, I didn't get it in time.
And as you've just seen, I just got them now.
So, I said to Brad, I said, "You know what,
"it's a shame with all these decks.
"I mean, I can send them back.
"But, what if we gave them away
"through like a video contest?"
To which he said, "Eh."
So, this is it.
I'm gonna be giving away these decks.
Well, actually, Ellusionist is gonna be giving away
these decks, and there's only a few rules to follow.
Very, very simple,
and we're not only gonna give them away as a bundle,
because I think that's just a lot,
too much to ship, first of all.
So, I broke it down into three prizes.
That's right.
Each of you gets, I think, roughly two bricks of cards.
So, that's almost two bricks of cards each.
Three people get two bricks of cards.
Completely insane. I mean, what a giveaway.
So, if you've ever wanted to step up
your magic card collection, now is the time.
These playing cards, there's some really rare ones in there.
There's some, perhaps, print ones in there.
But, they're definitely all quality,
Ellusionist playing cards.
So, really, really happy to be able to
give this away to you guys.
Stay tuned to the end of the video,
to find out how you can win.
So, for now, let's just learn some magic.
This effect is something I use to perform at the bar.
That's when I worked at the bar.
So, I thought it'd be cool to give you guys something.
A lot of you guys commented on the last video,
you know, something different,
something with a borrowed object.
No coins, no cards.
A lot of you did want cards,
which, you know, we'll get to that eventually.
But, I thought this was a cool thing
that you guys could actually just use on a daily basis
or wherever you happen to want to use this.
Basically, what it is, is,
you show some matches to be normal on one side
and normal on the other, and with a quick move,
they change color, or there's a marking that changes place,
and now it's on both sides.
So, it's essentially the paddle move used with matches.
I think this is a very, very organic way to present this.
In fact, it's something I still use today.
If I'm just caught off guard, and I see a pack of matches,
it's something I can perform straight away,
with the help of a sharpie or pen or anything nearby.
You know what, I'm not gonna get too much into it.
This is a fun effect. This is fun.
If you guys have figured it out from the trailer already,
well, good for you.
Good for you.
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Bravo! You win a medal.
Not really.
But you may win some cards.
So, stick around.
Actually watch the tutorial,
cause there probably are some tips in there
that you're gonna be able to use.
Such as the two match change,
which is a little bit nacky and I get into that.
As well as some presentation ideas.
So, for whatever reason, check out the video.
At the end, I'll tell you how you can have a chance
to win one of three really rad giveaway prizes.
So, do that now.
Alright, so here's what you're going to need.
Matches.
Sharpie.
Now, you don't need a full book of matches.
You don't even need the book of matches.
All you need is the matches.
But, in this case, I've ran out of matches.
So, I'm just gonna use the ones that I have here.
So, what you're going to use is two regular matches.
Just like so.
The whole idea with this trick uses one principle,
which is the paddle move,
which is this here.
I show you this side,
and I show you this side.
And this side, but then I can make it change.
And all I'm doing here,
is I'm using my finger to rotate the match.
Now, obviously you don't want to do it this slow,
The bigger motion here will cover the smaller motion
as you just turn it.
These matches are particular,
because they already come black on one side,
and beige on the other.
Now, normally matches will be beige on both sides.
If you get the generic kind at the grocery store,
or at the convenience store.
They'll usually just be beige on both sides,
which is perfect.
In this case, I mean, this works anyways.
I don't have to do anything to them.
But, let's say you only have matches that are beige.
All you're gonna do is you're going to use your sharpie,
and you're gonna color in one side of the match
to be a different color.
Before you do that, before you take out the matches,
what I like to do is I like to leave them in the pack.
So, if you're going out,
you can already have your matches set up in here.
Flip them over, and color them on one side.
Leaving them the other side completely normal.
That way, when you grab your matches,
and you pull them out,
everything looks super standard.
And then you can proceed to do the change.
Now, there are a few different routines
that you can perform using these matches,
and the one that I like to perform is a double change.
Now, it's a little bit tricky.
It's a little bit nacky.
And I'm gonna teach that to you right now.
So, basically, this is something I use to perform
at the bars all the time,
just because matches were laying around,
and it was a very, very easy effect to accomplish.
You're gonna hold the matches between your thumb
and index, just like this.
Leaving a small space of about a centimeter between the two.
With your right hand, or your other hand,
you're gonna reach in just with your index and thumb.
And you're gonna place them here.
Almost that your index and thumb are touching
between these two.
You can kinda feel that.
Now, the move here is very, very simple.
But, it's a little bit nacky,
because to turn over two,
you don't wanna do this and just have one turn over.
Cause that'll just be weird.
So, what you wanna do,
is you wanna have a very, very light touch.
If you squeeze too hard, they won't turn.
So, it's a very, very light touch.
And so, when you go to do that change,
those matches will turn.
Just like that.
Now it's hard to show you on this angle.
Make sure your hands are not clammy and sweaty.
And when you grab it, you grab the two,
and you turn them both over,
and it flips them both, as you can see here.
I'm just literally rolling my finger.
Now, you don't want to roll backwards.
You wanna roll forwards.
So, you wanna roll where your thumb moves up,
and then back down. Right?
So, you wanna be in a position where your thumb
is already lower than your index,
so you can get that first, that first change.
Readjusting every time you do it.
So, so normally when I perform this,
I don't wanna oversell it.
So what I'll do is I'll take these,
and I'll turn them once,
to show that side,
and I'll turn them another time,
to show that side again.
Now, this is where the change happens.
You can do multiple things at this point.
You can either just literally turn your hand over
without doing the paddle move.
And that creates the change.
And then you can show them the other side
by doing the paddle move.
Showing them the other side,
convincing them even further.
You can also accomplish this change
by doing a visual change,
by just shaking it like so.
Now, all you're doing is that same rotation,
but, the larger motion covers the smaller motion.
Because you don't wanna be caught just doing the rotation.
They might see that.
So, by adding a shake to it,
it looks like they visually change,
and at that point,
you can show both sides of the matches.
And then, boom.
They change back again.
Here's another routine you can do.
You can actually use your sharpie marker,
and just darken in that end of the match.
Making it look like it's burnt.
So, after you struck a match for some reason,
on your matchbook perhaps,
all you have to do is literally ditch that burnt match.
Grab this one and show them that it's burnt,
they've just seen you lit it.
And all you have to do, is give it a wave.
Boom!
Now, it's back to normal again, and to prove that,
you strike the match, burning the evidence.
So, once again, after you have the burnt match,
you can have this match here in this hand.
All you're doing here is a sort
of false transfer bobo switch type thing.
Where you're going to have this concealed,
and this is your gimmick match.
This was the one that was drawn.
And, you're gonna have this concealed in your hand.
You're gonna show them that you burnt the match.
You'll pretend to throw it over here,
so all you literally have to do is this.
Ditch this one,
you can literally just throw it on the ground behind you,
nobody will see that.
And then, once they've seen this match,
now you can do the paddle move again.
But, this time, with one match,
which is very, very easy.
So, this is good way to practice.
You show them this.
Say, alright, well I've got this burnt match.
And then, boom.
Back to normal.
Use your matchbook.
Agh.
Light it on fire.
And (blows).
All done.
Alright, guys. Thanks for checking out the video.
I hope you enjoyed that tutorial.
I hope you enjoyed that move, and that,
I thought it'd be just fun for this channel
to have something that didn't rely on cards for once.
And, so, if you guys want to see more of that stuff,
just let me know.
I love giving away these little things
that aren't, you know, they're not too divulging.
They're not too, like, crazy.
But, they're just cool enough for you to be able to use.
And, it's not something you can sell, or whatever.
It's just something fun for magicians like yourselves,
and like myself, to know about,
and have in our repertoire.
So, I hope you enjoyed that.
Now, how to win.
Very, very simple.
So, to say a big thank you to Ellusionist
for giving these decks away,
which I think is super generous on their behalf.
We're gonna do them a favor.
So, here's what you have to do to win.
First of all, comment on this video.
So, whatever you wanna write.
If it's something about the cards,
something about Ellusionist, something about myself,
or even something about the effect I just taught,
whatever it is,
leave a comment below,
so that way I know you've entered.
And, as a show of support and thank you to Ellusionist,
go subscribe to their channel.
So, you can subscribe to their channel
and leave a comment below,
that's enough for me.
I'll work really hard on choosing three of you
to take home these prizes.
And I'll announce the winner next week sometime.
So, so stay tuned for that.
The winner will be announced sometime next week.
This is a promise.
And we'll be sure to ship those cards out to you.
So, again, comment.
Leave a like if you liked this video,
and if something was helpful
or you actually liked this trick,
I'd really appreciate that.
It helps my videos stay up in the,
sort of, suggested videos,
and it really helps the channel out a lot.
So, if you guys liked the video, comment below,
and subscribe to Ellusionist.
That's all you need to know.
And don't forget Ellusionist, right now,
what's really great about that,
is that we're actually teaching a whole bunch of tutorials
over on their channel.
So, it's in your best interest to go
and subscribe to them anyway, if you aren't already.
Myself, including the rest of team of Ellusionist,
have put together a whole bunch little tricks, and tips,
and hints for magicians, for cardists.
All sorts of stuff for you guys to learn.
Posted twice a week.
So, be sure to check them out.
Guys, I'm not gonna bait you any further.
Okay, I know I'm giving you prizes to do stuff.
Comes off as disingenuine.
But, in all fairness,
these decks were given as an act of generosity,
and I just thought it would be a waste if we
just gave them back.
So, instead, want you guys to show some love to E,
if you can, head on over there and hit the sub button.
Thanks guys, and we'll see you for the next video.
Peace!
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