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This is another great method taught by Chris. Though, for anyone saying, it felt obvious that Chris was writing down the person's answer, I too felt that, but I have seen this done in a slightly different way that gets rid of that issue. Use the same force, but tell them you will get to that later (Or force a specific card and ask them to remember it for later. Then ask the first question, but ask them to "Think about it". ie, "Think of a 3 digit number", then write your prediction of it (You actually write the card you forced). Ask them for the number, and when they say it (i.e. 128), you can act kind of disappointed like you didn't write the correct answer. That way you have your "prediction" written BEFORE they announce their answer. Then ask the second question, again using the word think, "Think of a person's first name who is important to you"... You write your prediction while they think... You stare into their eyes, use all the mentalism patter, "Say it over and over in your mind", "Really concentrate on it", then you write down 128 (or whatever number they told you on the last question). Then ask them for the name. Again, feel free to look disappointed. Then you ask them to remember that card, or say you're going to make a prediction about the card they cut to. Then you simply write the name they said a moment ago. You now mix the cards a bit, and ask them for the number (going back to the "first question", then the name, then the card, all while showing your correct predictions. Just a thought on improving the method's timing. Thanks again Chris for being awesome! Even in a 2 year old video!
I think the timing works better if you say... "Think of a number. Now let me write down my prediction". It would help reinforce that one thing has ended and another has started. Otherwise it kind of feels like you are writing the answer from the last question before you ask the new one.
I agree. It's a great trick and your tweak makes it even better. Tell the subject to think of a number, and look me in the eye while you have it locked in your brain. Then write down the prediction, which is the prior answer (or the card you peeked). Continue through the progression. On one of them, you can pretend to be experiencing a weak connection and ask them to concentrate a bit more, and then say it is better. Or have them touch your arm while they concentrate on their answer. This works well as a way to be flirtatious while doing the trick. The more involved they are in the process, the less they think about how the trick might work.
@@TheDudeAbides-247 *tell subject to think of a number * ...then how would you know what number to write down if he didn't say it out loud? are you banking on him thinking of a number and hoping he doesn't ask you i was thinking of number 99 but none of the prediction have 99?
You are right that in the video submission, the trick is very untrustworthy and the boundaries between query and writing are blurred, which is easy for an average bright person to detect. It is also very unfortunate to perform this trick over Skype. Since I have been doing this trick since the last century, I had to change its concept so that it was as trustworthy as possible, ie that there was a clear line between action and guessing. Here's my guide: I do it with a deck of playing cards (I don't want to carry paper and a pencil), which I throw all over the table face down and spread both hands across the table or pile them up, etc. Before I play cards shuffled, I remembered the card from the bottom of the deck, which is not a problem when shuffling, and I remembered its position on the table. Suppose it was Spades 2. Then I invite the person to point me with a finger to the Spades 2. I will say that I am not only trying to guess the card shown, but that I know in advance which card he will point to (these are two mental tricks in one!). Of course, the person and I do not see the value of the selected card, such as a cross 10. If she accidentally points to my spades2, whose position I remember and which has been said, the trick ends with great success by guessing the selection). Let's go back. In my hand is a selected cross 10, which I do not show the person. I commend the person that this is interesting and that we will try again. So I invite her to point to cross 10 (I have it in my hand). Again, if she pointed to my two of spades, which are still somewhere on the table, the trick ends with great success, because I would have both a spades 2 and a 10 cross in my hand, which I will show and praise that the person has the ability to choose according to my prediction. Let's go back. I have a cross of 10 in my hand and I invite the person to point to a cross of 10, for example. He chooses a random card, perhaps a heart 9. Again, I wonder and praise ... and now I say that I will pick the third card myself and declare that I will choose a heart 9, but choose spades 2. Subsequently, I think about the cards and declare that it is not possible that the person would have such predictive selection skills. She forgets that the third choice wasn't her when you deal three cards (spades 2, cross 10, and heart 9). Success is great because it's about three combinations of maneuvers than just writing on a ticket, and it gives you the chance to make an immediate guess when a person accidentally picks your card in the first or second withdrawal, because the cards really are in my hand. This trick counts on plan "B" and is as trustworthy as possible.
when I tried this the first time I kinda butchered it and they were like did you mess up? I looked them In the eyes and said "the illusion went perfect."
I think this works better when you ask the question and get them to "send you the answer" mentally. You then write the 'answer' down and then ask them what their answer was. That flow works better
What makes it work is based on the fact it's a mentalist magic trick. What you're doing is messing around with their memory. You're not just writing down the answer, you're telling them what to remember as you do the trick. So like with the first card, he said he was writing down the prediction to question 1 making sure the guy remembers the first card is going to be the prediction to question 1. And then this is repeated. Mentalism is playing with the mind. No slight of hand or illusions. Just honest lying and manipulating.
As soon as you said it's the one ahead principle I figured it out on my own. I saw you tell him to do the criss-cross force and since you showed him the card I knew what you were talking about. I haven't even watched the rest of the video and I'm gonna go perform it.
Amazing .As soon as you said" One step ahead" a massive penny dropped and the card force is so brilliantly simple too.Can't wait to do this one .[Even tho I'm 5 yrs late lol]
Love this effect and principle. You can use it with a card trick as well. Shuffle the deck and show the spectators that everything is shuffled but you secretly look at the fourth from the bottom and remember it. Then tell a spectator to choose it (for instance 4 of clubs) and the card they actually pick is the ten of diamonds and then you tell the next spectator to take the ten of diamond and then they actually pick for instance ace of clubs then you say your going to pick it and pick the fourth card from the bottom. You can have as many cards chosen as you want. Ps like the new music
That's lot better than most reveals out there, but here's a question .. how do you do this, if the predictions are on a whiteboard and nobody has access to them? Personally I'd take this trick beyond anyone's understanding, i'd use flexible screens. In fact I think some magicians have already used them (never seen anyone reveal those tricks and by searching for those, i found this video). Then you don't have to write anything, you just need an assistant and a remote microphone, so your assistant can hear what people say and then write it remotely.
I know this is old as fuck but I just came across this video. The way I adapted it is I would have the person pick any card > force the card to the top (I use a pinky break and a cut then a fake bridge shuffle) > Reassure them that the deck doesn't have any duplicates by showing them all except for the top card (then I would do a quick maneuver while I'm putting the cards back together and slip a very quick peek of the top card) > then the number prediction trick > then I tell them to think of any word (since names can easily be figured out if you know the person) > then I say "alright for this last prediction, I'm going to go through the cards and see if I can't tell which one is yours" then I write the word they said obviously and I never show them the top card > then I do the fancy reveal! Thank you for the tutorial too Chris!
When you know magic so well that you know how the force works before the tutorial... I had no idea what chris was going to do but I just memorized the top and bottom card.
I love this technique it's actually one of my favorites to mix into my routine a few different times because it's pretty versatile. ( Bear in mind I've only watched the performance so far have to stop cuz I'm on lunch, so I'm basing this off what I saw.)
This was a great effect and awesome tutorial! I've never liked that particular force but seeing how it was routined into this effect made me respect it a lot more and become open-minded to its possible uses.
There is another trick you can do with the 1 ahead thing. You place all cards on the table facedown except 1 which you palmed or hidden somewhere and you tell them "do you believe you are a psychic or do you believe you are lucky" Ex. you hidden a ace of spaces in your hand. What you do now is you tell the spectator to pick 1 card out of the face down card that you think is the ace of spades. They choos a random card and they hand it to you. You peek at that card and tell them "oh you got it right" but dont show them. Since you peeked at the card they gave you, you use that for your next card they choose facedown. Ex. when you aced them to pick the card they thought was ace of spades, they picked king of hearts, you then ask them to "pick a card that you think is the king of hearts." which means at this point you have both ace of spades and king of hearts but the spectator thinks you only have 1 card which in reality you have 2 since you palmed one or hidden one. You can do this as many times you want. Once you decide to end it, you jut take the card they choose and hide that card and show the card you hidden in the beginning. Ex. you palmed/hidden ace of spades. You ask spectator to choose a card they think is the ace of spades. they dont know what they choose since its a facedown card however you do know what they choose since you look at it and say something along the lines of "wow" or "dang your good" or "you got it right". however you dont show them. you looked at the card they choose and saw it was a 3 of clubs. you then ask them to do it again. this time you tell them to choose the 3 of clubs. They pick one out and you do the same thing. This time you end it at the 3 of clubs. to do that you simply look at it and say you really are a a psychic or you really are lucky, you take out the ace of spades which you had hidden and you show that with the 3 of clubs while you hide their card that they choose when you asked them too find the 3 of clubs. Its pretty hard to explain but thats the gist of it. It only works once and usually only works with a friend. not a street magic or something that is done frequently cuz its pretty obvious if you do it more than once
I can`t even imagine how you predict the card in your performances, the last one for example in the Barber shop when you revealed it with the app. Sick
Frankly, I was sure it would be part of the trick - mentalism involves the "trick" of somehow suggesting the answers that are supposed to be randomly given - such a hat would be a perfect way of this ;) ("Now, name a body part" :D)
This kind of routine has worked a lot for me. This is effect is like any effect some can figure it out and some can not. I have had people figure out certain parts of it but not all the parts of these type of effects.
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Sticky notes can be used well if they happen to be around. I like that they are a common object, simply write a little lighter than you might press normally and once you've written the prediction fold the prediction up and then across because of the sticky nature it will remain folded until the reveal. You can even stick it to a table or wall so no one can mess with them. When you're ready to reveal you take them up so you can reveal them in order.
Little tip with this one. With the 'number', write the card then pretend to scribble it out. Have one of the cards have a scribble already. Ask them to think of a two digit number, pretend to write, then say 'actually think of a three digit number' while pretending to scribble. Then ask what the number they were thinking of was. On an off beat ask what the number they thought of was, and give a knowing smile. When you write the number of the pre scribbled card, write the two digit number OVER the scribble. Also, number the cards in their supposed order. So write 3 when you write the card at the beginning etc. A lot of this one comes down to acting and believability
Another great video Chris. You have no idea how much I am enjoying your content and channel. Helping me get the confidence back to perform after 40+ years away from magic. Thank you!
Ok Chris you took this Idea to a brutal level. U will explode minds if ya do not stop. Thanks for sharing and making my world more magical and a better magician
another thing you can add is have the three blank cards numbered (1, 2, 3) and cover them with identical, removable numbers that don't match the actual numbers. So they could correlate in numerical order.
i feel like this really wouldnt work, i feel like even he wasnt really impressed and realized you had info then you wrote shit down, its to obvious that you had the opp to write after getting the info, the only one that got him was the first card, then after that this wont really impress i feel like
Believe me it works more or less, I used to do this with just cards where I'm always one ahead with the cards like I tell them a specific card which position I know and then go through cards until I want to stop and just keep going with the one ahead principle
You could also ask the spectator to repeat the questions in the order of you making the predictions. That way it will start with the numbers first, then the name, and then you can say: "I also made a (last) prediction of what you card was" So in practice you could for example say: I made a prediction and then asked you to name a number (do you remember?), then you reveal it. Or you have them ask the following question/prediction so you can reveal it in order (number first, then name, lastly the card). That way they have no idea that you went with a different prediction setup.
Yeah buddy! Mentalism is my specialty! My signature is muscle reading, still trying to perfect pencil reading. Predictions are cool, never done it. Corinda was my introduction to magic and I still have it
I'm at 5:37 And I think I know where you're going with this. I like that one. Its actually the only mentalism trick I know. yep I love it. Never thought of using the cross force before for it or just using inside info. This is why i love this channel.
REALLY LOVE what you're doing with your channel mate, keep it coming and I'll keep watching and support yeah with you're refreshingly raw and original magic tutorials. You're such a good teacher in them too, covering critical subtleties in a short amount of time. Respect man. :)
Hey Chris, HUGE fan of your stuff. I have been subscribed for a long time, and I literally watch EVERY SINGLE one of your videos. You are my role model and my inspiration for card magic and personality in general, and it is my dream to meet you someday. You're so funny and you're such a great person, and I hope you have even more incredible success in your career! Thanks! Max
I remember your old boss (Brad) teaching a card trick that uses this principle, it's the one where you make the spectator touch a card that you name from a pile of face down cards. It's a great way to use this principle, I still use it sometimes.
Love the videos! Thanks for making them. Some time back, you made a video and it started out with you going straight in to a trick, it's was a math type trick that always lead to the same number at the end, but for the life of me I can't find the video! Do you remember it?
Great video! I have been using this routine for years with various forces used including mathematical tricks leading to word from book, etc, and have always impressed people with it. I was so confused when you relieved the force first but it worked out anyway. :) Oops! I have always numbered them and folded the number inside. Then when I dumped out the glass full of billets I opened them only once to reveal the number of the prediction corresponding with the answer and lined them up on the table. These were written with #3 first but no one can see because they aren't quite sure what I'm doing yet, then #1 and then #2 obviously. When the see the numbers lined up it reinforces the idea that you were not doing one ahead just in case it ever crossed their minds. Don't call attention to it. It is visually self explanatory. I'm pretty sure the book I learned it from years ago wrote it out that way. I think your way, with the unnumbered billets, is good because you can't really get caught if someone got rowdy and tries to peak.
Nice magic 101 tutorial. Lots of mentalism for me today with the new Banachek lecture (4-1/2 hours!). I love using the one ahead method. But it's one of those things one can't unlearn. I knew exactly what you were doing the entire trick, the criss-cross force and then the one ahead method. And being magic 101 I'm surprised how well this works, but most everybody out there hasn't studied a lick of magic so it still does work.
I have zero "magic" tricks, nor have I ever done anything like this, but I decided to try to force my neighbor to say Yellow. I knew she was coming over in a few hours, so when I talked to her on the phone before, I asked her if she had a good key lime pie recipe, and asked if lemons would also be ok. Then I talked about how hot it felt that day and the sun beaming down. I then brought up how I'd bought bananas and they were all overripe so I was gonna make banana bread instead of eating them. When she got to my house, I had a bowl full of lemons on the counter, ready to make that key LEMON pie. I picked one up randomly and said how great the smelled, and she imitated me! I knew that's when I had her. I had a "new" pic of my granddaughter in a frame where I'd photoshopped her into a yellow dress. She stopped as she walked by and picked up, saying she loved the dress. I just muttered uhm hmm. Anyway, after about an hour we made our way back thru the kitchen and I told her I'd been watching a mentalist show and thought it was complete crap, no one could guess what color someone was thinking, like if I asked her to guess a color, I couldn't possibly write it down. She did, I did, and guess what? Yellow. :D It was fun. Now I'm interested. She still doesn't know I manipulated her.
I've been aware of the one ahead trick for a long time but I used 3 questions and ended with a 50/50 question like pick white or black. Ive always wanted to incorporate it in some sort of card trick and this was awesome. Great video once again. Cheers!
Great trick! Just be careful not to underline a word because if your spectators are paying attention, then they catch that the underlined card didn't match up with the correct prediction (mason was underlined in the performance and the tutorial).Thanks for all of your posts!
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This was so much fun. I'll share this with my son. He used to entertain the guys on the USS nimitz when he was in the navy with a magic show. This would be fun for him to add.
The tricky part about this trick is finding an audience that won't instantly see what's happening and how this trick works. I'm sorry, but this one is just outright obvious. Twice you write down things after information has been said - it takes no deductive skills to see instantly that you are writing down what has already been said. And, whoever has the memory to remember that you made the guy cut the deck and the top half went on the bottom, and now you want him to have the top card of the original top half, it's evident that the only thing you have to know is what the top card of the deck was at the outset - something you know since you asked the guy to show the deck to you right at the beginning... form then on you only have to do is change the order of the three billets - not a challenge for a magician. I don1t mean to be condescending here - it's just that - for me at least - a trick is really only entertaining if it's not evident what's happening and what the trick is... and here it's not the case.
bioLarzen this reminds me of the game ask peter that you’d play online. It was big when I was in eighth grade and you ask peter a question, and your friend types it into the search bar, but they are really typing in the answer and it just appears as the question, then you click for the answer and your mind is blown. It was so much fun but when you found out how it worked you’d go and fool other people.
I've used this one and the reactions are GREAT. People are just speechless. I find it more appealing when asking for grandma or pet names and sometimes misswritting them a little bit so that it seems that their mind were slighty off. Great tutorial! Awesome content! Also, please do more of mentalism hahaha
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Tutorial starts at 8:37
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That information was more magical than the trick.
This is another great method taught by Chris. Though, for anyone saying, it felt obvious that Chris was writing down the person's answer, I too felt that, but I have seen this done in a slightly different way that gets rid of that issue.
Use the same force, but tell them you will get to that later (Or force a specific card and ask them to remember it for later.
Then ask the first question, but ask them to "Think about it". ie, "Think of a 3 digit number", then write your prediction of it (You actually write the card you forced). Ask them for the number, and when they say it (i.e. 128), you can act kind of disappointed like you didn't write the correct answer. That way you have your "prediction" written BEFORE they announce their answer.
Then ask the second question, again using the word think, "Think of a person's first name who is important to you"... You write your prediction while they think... You stare into their eyes, use all the mentalism patter, "Say it over and over in your mind", "Really concentrate on it", then you write down 128 (or whatever number they told you on the last question). Then ask them for the name. Again, feel free to look disappointed.
Then you ask them to remember that card, or say you're going to make a prediction about the card they cut to. Then you simply write the name they said a moment ago.
You now mix the cards a bit, and ask them for the number (going back to the "first question", then the name, then the card, all while showing your correct predictions.
Just a thought on improving the method's timing.
Thanks again Chris for being awesome! Even in a 2 year old video!
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I think the timing works better if you say... "Think of a number. Now let me write down my prediction". It would help reinforce that one thing has ended and another has started. Otherwise it kind of feels like you are writing the answer from the last question before you ask the new one.
Oh, gee, do you think?
I agree. It's a great trick and your tweak makes it even better. Tell the subject to think of a number, and look me in the eye while you have it locked in your brain. Then write down the prediction, which is the prior answer (or the card you peeked). Continue through the progression. On one of them, you can pretend to be experiencing a weak connection and ask them to concentrate a bit more, and then say it is better. Or have them touch your arm while they concentrate on their answer. This works well as a way to be flirtatious while doing the trick. The more involved they are in the process, the less they think about how the trick might work.
@@TheDudeAbides-247 *tell subject to think of a number * ...then how would you know what number to write down if he didn't say it out loud? are you banking on him thinking of a number and hoping he doesn't ask you i was thinking of number 99 but none of the prediction have 99?
The problem is that this particular card-force then becomes obvious.
You are right that in the video submission, the trick is very untrustworthy and the boundaries between query and writing are blurred, which is easy for an average bright person to detect. It is also very unfortunate to perform this trick over Skype. Since I have been doing this trick since the last century, I had to change its concept so that it was as trustworthy as possible, ie that there was a clear line between action and guessing. Here's my guide: I do it with a deck of playing cards (I don't want to carry paper and a pencil), which I throw all over the table face down and spread both hands across the table or pile them up, etc. Before I play cards shuffled, I remembered the card from the bottom of the deck, which is not a problem when shuffling, and I remembered its position on the table. Suppose it was Spades 2. Then I invite the person to point me with a finger to the Spades 2. I will say that I am not only trying to guess the card shown, but that I know in advance which card he will point to (these are two mental tricks in one!). Of course, the person and I do not see the value of the selected card, such as a cross 10. If she accidentally points to my spades2, whose position I remember and which has been said, the trick ends with great success by guessing the selection). Let's go back. In my hand is a selected cross 10, which I do not show the person. I commend the person that this is interesting and that we will try again. So I invite her to point to cross 10 (I have it in my hand). Again, if she pointed to my two of spades, which are still somewhere on the table, the trick ends with great success, because I would have both a spades 2 and a 10 cross in my hand, which I will show and praise that the person has the ability to choose according to my prediction. Let's go back. I have a cross of 10 in my hand and I invite the person to point to a cross of 10, for example. He chooses a random card, perhaps a heart 9. Again, I wonder and praise ... and now I say that I will pick the third card myself and declare that I will choose a heart 9, but choose spades 2. Subsequently, I think about the cards and declare that it is not possible that the person would have such predictive selection skills. She forgets that the third choice wasn't her when you deal three cards (spades 2, cross 10, and heart 9). Success is great because it's about three combinations of maneuvers than just writing on a ticket, and it gives you the chance to make an immediate guess when a person accidentally picks your card in the first or second withdrawal, because the cards really are in my hand. This trick counts on plan "B" and is as trustworthy as possible.
when I tried this the first time I kinda butchered it and they were like did you mess up? I looked them In the eyes and said "the illusion went perfect."
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laughed so hard...you have to picture the scene :-) "The illusion went perfect"...now "abracadabra, let me dissapear"
Improvising is also a trick of mentalism.
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Am I the only one who thinks this is so obvious, I mean you clearly are writing what the person said afterwards.
Oliver Paterson I too feel that
If performed correctly it will fly. Just need to be a good actor.
Daniel Santos ????????
Sm here
All you idiots on this thread..... all magic tricks will seem obvious, once you know how to do it.
I think this works better when you ask the question and get them to "send you the answer" mentally. You then write the 'answer' down and then ask them what their answer was. That flow works better
cdg03 seems kind of weird to ask them the answer before you reveal then. Or am I missing something in what you’re implying?
It doesn't work like that. You'd be left with one less of a prediction card
@@lukaspechar No. Because while they are thinking of the number, you just write the card instead.
Thanks Chris, can your magic work on the Maple Leafs? You need to make them appear in the Stanley Cup Finals
+Coach Jeremy - The Hockey Movement Maybe Ottawa?
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Sorry guys, some things are just impossible.
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-_-just wow
He named his son
"Ma *son"*
wow
I hate and love this at the same time.
Lol
I hate it
but i love it
he is everyone's son. everyone calls him "my son"
Wait so this is the trick?
"Name a person close to you"
"Janet"
*writes down Janet*
"Oh look, I predicted Janet"?
Yes. It all hinges on the card, though. That's what makes it believable.
What makes it work is based on the fact it's a mentalist magic trick. What you're doing is messing around with their memory. You're not just writing down the answer, you're telling them what to remember as you do the trick. So like with the first card, he said he was writing down the prediction to question 1 making sure the guy remembers the first card is going to be the prediction to question 1. And then this is repeated. Mentalism is playing with the mind. No slight of hand or illusions. Just honest lying and manipulating.
@@kaibe5241 OP was being sarcastic.
@@Sivos909 OP was being sarcastic.
@@jason_v12345 I wouldn't be so sure, as a similar question has been asked a few times here.
As soon as you said it's the one ahead principle I figured it out on my own. I saw you tell him to do the criss-cross force and since you showed him the card I knew what you were talking about. I haven't even watched the rest of the video and I'm gonna go perform it.
oldies always get suprising reactions, love the track aswell.. never a disappointed as always a pleasure bro love the vlog 😉
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Amazing .As soon as you said" One step ahead" a massive penny dropped and the card force is so brilliantly simple too.Can't wait to do this one .[Even tho I'm 5 yrs late lol]
Have to give props for changing the thumbnail from your to you're, that instantly brought a smile to my face!
Love this effect and principle. You can use it with a card trick as well. Shuffle the deck and show the spectators that everything is shuffled but you secretly look at the fourth from the bottom and remember it. Then tell a spectator to choose it (for instance 4 of clubs) and the card they actually pick is the ten of diamonds and then you tell the next spectator to take the ten of diamond and then they actually pick for instance ace of clubs then you say your going to pick it and pick the fourth card from the bottom. You can have as many cards chosen as you want. Ps like the new music
Lukas Richter ?????
This was one of the best tutorials you have done. I can't wait to try this at my company trip this week in Panama
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The algorithms are onto you
That's lot better than most reveals out there, but here's a question .. how do you do this, if the predictions are on a whiteboard and nobody has access to them?
Personally I'd take this trick beyond anyone's understanding, i'd use flexible screens. In fact I think some magicians have already used them (never seen anyone reveal those tricks and by searching for those, i found this video). Then you don't have to write anything, you just need an assistant and a remote microphone, so your assistant can hear what people say and then write it remotely.
Chris. thanks for this tuturial. this is one of the strongest tuturials on youtube you have put out so far. love ya man.
I love you Chris, you are my inspiration keep up the good work i wish you all the best in your life!
I know this is old as fuck but I just came across this video. The way I adapted it is I would have the person pick any card > force the card to the top (I use a pinky break and a cut then a fake bridge shuffle) > Reassure them that the deck doesn't have any duplicates by showing them all except for the top card (then I would do a quick maneuver while I'm putting the cards back together and slip a very quick peek of the top card) > then the number prediction trick > then I tell them to think of any word (since names can easily be figured out if you know the person) > then I say "alright for this last prediction, I'm going to go through the cards and see if I can't tell which one is yours" then I write the word they said obviously and I never show them the top card > then I do the fancy reveal! Thank you for the tutorial too Chris!
When you know magic so well that you know how the force works before the tutorial... I had no idea what chris was going to do but I just memorized the top and bottom card.
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The one step ahead is a very old trick. I found about it 20+ years ago. But I really liked the way you present the trick.
I love this technique it's actually one of my favorites to mix into my routine a few different times because it's pretty versatile. ( Bear in mind I've only watched the performance so far have to stop cuz I'm on lunch, so I'm basing this off what I saw.)
Am I the only one who binge watches some of Chris' content from a couple of years back!
I do too. :)
@@TheTownWatch 😂
This was a great effect and awesome tutorial! I've never liked that particular force but seeing how it was routined into this effect made me respect it a lot more and become open-minded to its possible uses.
There is another trick you can do with the 1 ahead thing. You place all cards on the table facedown except 1 which you palmed or hidden somewhere and you tell them "do you believe you are a psychic or do you believe you are lucky" Ex. you hidden a ace of spaces in your hand. What you do now is you tell the spectator to pick 1 card out of the face down card that you think is the ace of spades. They choos a random card and they hand it to you. You peek at that card and tell them "oh you got it right" but dont show them. Since you peeked at the card they gave you, you use that for your next card they choose facedown. Ex. when you aced them to pick the card they thought was ace of spades, they picked king of hearts, you then ask them to "pick a card that you think is the king of hearts." which means at this point you have both ace of spades and king of hearts but the spectator thinks you only have 1 card which in reality you have 2 since you palmed one or hidden one. You can do this as many times you want. Once you decide to end it, you jut take the card they choose and hide that card and show the card you hidden in the beginning. Ex. you palmed/hidden ace of spades. You ask spectator to choose a card they think is the ace of spades. they dont know what they choose since its a facedown card however you do know what they choose since you look at it and say something along the lines of "wow" or "dang your good" or "you got it right". however you dont show them. you looked at the card they choose and saw it was a 3 of clubs. you then ask them to do it again. this time you tell them to choose the 3 of clubs. They pick one out and you do the same thing. This time you end it at the 3 of clubs. to do that you simply look at it and say you really are a a psychic or you really are lucky, you take out the ace of spades which you had hidden and you show that with the 3 of clubs while you hide their card that they choose when you asked them too find the 3 of clubs.
Its pretty hard to explain but thats the gist of it. It only works once and usually only works with a friend. not a street magic or something that is done frequently cuz its pretty obvious if you do it more than once
I can`t even imagine how you predict the card in your performances, the last one for example in the Barber shop when you revealed it with the app. Sick
from today on , you have a new sub. definitly gonna teach myself all the tricks you showed.
I actually figured it out as you did it! OMFG! I'm so proud of myself :O
This is great! THANK YOU so much Chris!!
Literally, I keep looking at your hat more than anything. It's quite distracting!
bound2thefloor yeah dude😏😂😂
chris: my eyes are down here bud
bound2thefloor I know right
Frankly, I was sure it would be part of the trick - mentalism involves the "trick" of somehow suggesting the answers that are supposed to be randomly given - such a hat would be a perfect way of this ;) ("Now, name a body part" :D)
Yeah, I was almost thinking that nobody else noticed that lol
This kind of routine has worked a lot for me. This is effect is like any effect some can figure it out and some can not. I have had people figure out certain parts of it but not all the parts of these type of effects.
Dude you deserve more than a million views on every video you make.
you inspire me . i hv been watching your videos for a long time now and you are just outstanding dude
Quitting full time job for this was the right choice. These views will go crazy soon :) love and support from india
Sticky notes can be used well if they happen to be around. I like that they are a common object, simply write a little lighter than you might press normally and once you've written the prediction fold the prediction up and then across because of the sticky nature it will remain folded until the reveal. You can even stick it to a table or wall so no one can mess with them. When you're ready to reveal you take them up so you can reveal them in order.
OMG you readed my mind when i saw the title i was like: lets ask him if i should buy 13 steps to mentalism
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LOL. "readed", Dear God.
Little tip with this one. With the 'number', write the card then pretend to scribble it out. Have one of the cards have a scribble already. Ask them to think of a two digit number, pretend to write, then say 'actually think of a three digit number' while pretending to scribble. Then ask what the number they were thinking of was. On an off beat ask what the number they thought of was, and give a knowing smile. When you write the number of the pre scribbled card, write the two digit number OVER the scribble. Also, number the cards in their supposed order. So write 3 when you write the card at the beginning etc. A lot of this one comes down to acting and believability
I love you recommending the books, it's such a good thing!
Another great video Chris. You have no idea how much I am enjoying your content and channel. Helping me get the confidence back to perform after 40+ years away from magic. Thank you!
+Norm Black ♥️
already preformed it.. AMAZING REACTIONS!! thank you sm chris!
Ok Chris you took this Idea to a brutal level. U will explode minds if ya do not stop. Thanks for sharing and making my world more magical and a better magician
this is actually a smart concept.. good job xD
another thing you can add is have the three blank cards numbered (1, 2, 3) and cover them with identical, removable numbers that don't match the actual numbers. So they could correlate in numerical order.
your amazing criss your the one who inspired me to keep going in magic I love watching your Monday tricks I look forward to one every week
I already know this principle but it never occurred to me to use it outside of cards. Thanks for the tutorial!
i feel like this really wouldnt work, i feel like even he wasnt really impressed and realized you had info then you wrote shit down, its to obvious that you had the opp to write after getting the info, the only one that got him was the first card, then after that this wont really impress i feel like
+whatarewedoing you should try it! It works!
Believe me it works more or less, I used to do this with just cards where I'm always one ahead with the cards like I tell them a specific card which position I know and then go through cards until I want to stop and just keep going with the one ahead principle
I just knew after he got the first one, he'd nail the other two.
whatarewedoing, done this trick you said and it worked really well and ye it's the same principle
You could also ask the spectator to repeat the questions in the order of you making the predictions. That way it will start with the numbers first, then the name, and then you can say: "I also made a (last) prediction of what you card was"
So in practice you could for example say: I made a prediction and then asked you to name a number (do you remember?), then you reveal it. Or you have them ask the following question/prediction so you can reveal it in order (number first, then name, lastly the card). That way they have no idea that you went with a different prediction setup.
Yeah buddy! Mentalism is my specialty! My signature is muscle reading, still trying to perfect pencil reading. Predictions are cool, never done it. Corinda was my introduction to magic and I still have it
I said three of spades when Chris did and Completely FREAKED OUT! Chris you are a legend. At 3:18
I'm at 5:37 And I think I know where you're going with this. I like that one. Its actually the only mentalism trick I know. yep I love it. Never thought of using the cross force before for it or just using inside info. This is why i love this channel.
Ahh sneaky sneaky. I like it!! This calls for a beer. Cheers
REALLY LOVE what you're doing with your channel mate, keep it coming and I'll keep watching and support yeah with you're refreshingly raw and original magic tutorials. You're such a good teacher in them too, covering critical subtleties in a short amount of time. Respect man. :)
i also thought 128 when you said a three digit number
Robbie Quance sameeee!!
Me too
Chris i was just looking for mentalism material, man you are the best.
wish you all the sucess you want.
I'd love to see some mentalism that involves peaks to things that they write down.
JakeMagicMan Yes please
Chriss the people want this!!
You are bad-ass Chris... Enjoy all of your stuff. Coolest magician around!
Last channel i expected to see Jeremy on
Thanks,Chris for this Amazing Magic Trick😊😊
How long did it take you to notice what was on the underneath of his hat?
Hey Chris, HUGE fan of your stuff. I have been subscribed for a long time, and I literally watch EVERY SINGLE one of your videos. You are my role model and my inspiration for card magic and personality in general, and it is my dream to meet you someday. You're so funny and you're such a great person, and I hope you have even more incredible success in your career!
Thanks!
Max
You know I was just watching the video
THEN I SEE HIS HAT
This is such a great trick! I find it mind boggling how someone actually came up with this sequence!
When he asked for a 3 digit number, "I" thought 128... when he said the same thing I nearly choked!
this is the most insane magic tricks you ever show to us man
Hey Chriss. Where can I find a ring like yours with the blue stone ? Great vids :P !
Stoyan Tonchev same question
30l backpack
It’s turquoise. Look it up, it’s kind of expensive if it’s real turquoise.
I remember your old boss (Brad) teaching a card trick that uses this principle, it's the one where you make the spectator touch a card that you name from a pile of face down cards. It's a great way to use this principle, I still use it sometimes.
Amazing concept but you're Killing me with the your instead of you're in the thumbnail😭😭😭
+Dark Monkey fml
Chris Ramsay 😭😂😂😂😂😂
Jordan T Mauk Ahahahahahahah i love this 😂😂😂
Love the videos! Thanks for making them. Some time back, you made a video and it started out with you going straight in to a trick, it's was a math type trick that always lead to the same number at the end, but for the life of me I can't find the video! Do you remember it?
1/52.. It was meant to be a joke but he has no idea it's funny because the odds are way off..
Lol how so?
I think the correct odds are 1:52^52.
I showed my teacher and she was so amazed 😂 Thank you Chris, I love you channel!
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Great video! I have been using this routine for years with various forces used including mathematical tricks leading to word from book, etc, and have always impressed people with it. I was so confused when you relieved the force first but it worked out anyway. :) Oops! I have always numbered them and folded the number inside. Then when I dumped out the glass full of billets I opened them only once to reveal the number of the prediction corresponding with the answer and lined them up on the table. These were written with #3 first but no one can see because they aren't quite sure what I'm doing yet, then #1 and then #2 obviously. When the see the numbers lined up it reinforces the idea that you were not doing one ahead just in case it ever crossed their minds. Don't call attention to it. It is visually self explanatory. I'm pretty sure the book I learned it from years ago wrote it out that way. I think your way, with the unnumbered billets, is good because you can't really get caught if someone got rowdy and tries to peak.
This trick is known as "Anything" by Ben Williams. I literally just purchased this on penguin magic for $20 four days ago....
This principle is as old as the hills. Literally hundreds of years old. If you paid for this, I hope you got a great routine with it.
i used to watch all of howtohockey. it’s crazy seeing him again
I also literally got the king of diamonds and thought chris was a wizard!!!!
win or lose, I really dig your new UA-cam life. keep up the content. I'll keep watching cuz.
And flat earthers always say "trust your senses to know what is true..." Nice.
Thanks for once again pointing me in the right direction. You mentioned two amazing books that will soon be in my collection.
I predict you guys will chek the comments
Edit- tnx for the likes
Nice magic 101 tutorial. Lots of mentalism for me today with the new Banachek lecture (4-1/2 hours!). I love using the one ahead method. But it's one of those things one can't unlearn. I knew exactly what you were doing the entire trick, the criss-cross force and then the one ahead method. And being magic 101 I'm surprised how well this works, but most everybody out there hasn't studied a lick of magic so it still does work.
You're thumbnail is a bit off.
wait, wut?
I have zero "magic" tricks, nor have I ever done anything like this, but I decided to try to force my neighbor to say Yellow. I knew she was coming over in a few hours, so when I talked to her on the phone before, I asked her if she had a good key lime pie recipe, and asked if lemons would also be ok. Then I talked about how hot it felt that day and the sun beaming down. I then brought up how I'd bought bananas and they were all overripe so I was gonna make banana bread instead of eating them.
When she got to my house, I had a bowl full of lemons on the counter, ready to make that key LEMON pie. I picked one up randomly and said how great the smelled, and she imitated me! I knew that's when I had her. I had a "new" pic of my granddaughter in a frame where I'd photoshopped her into a yellow dress. She stopped as she walked by and picked up, saying she loved the dress. I just muttered uhm hmm.
Anyway, after about an hour we made our way back thru the kitchen and I told her I'd been watching a mentalist show and thought it was complete crap, no one could guess what color someone was thinking, like if I asked her to guess a color, I couldn't possibly write it down.
She did, I did, and guess what? Yellow. :D
It was fun. Now I'm interested. She still doesn't know I manipulated her.
Please at indonesiaan subtitle because im from indonesia... I like your... Good luck
I've been aware of the one ahead trick for a long time but I used 3 questions and ended with a 50/50 question like pick white or black. Ive always wanted to incorporate it in some sort of card trick and this was awesome. Great video once again. Cheers!
Use this to get peoples phone numbers on the down low lol.
+Joseph Taylor boom
hmm I think that might encourage them to give a fake number which may also later give a hint to how its done ... i dunno
Great trick! Just be careful not to underline a word because if your spectators are paying attention, then they catch that the underlined card didn't match up with the correct prediction (mason was underlined in the performance and the tutorial).Thanks for all of your posts!
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Neslihan D that's a hot one
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This was so much fun. I'll share this with my son. He used to entertain the guys on the USS nimitz when he was in the navy with a magic show. This would be fun for him to add.
That Girl on your Cap is so very Disturbing HAAHAHAH
I'm normally here for the flourishes, but hot damn this is one of the most interesting things I've seen.
I tried doing this to my friends and they found out right away TwT
Sucks to suck.
I've seen this trick play out in my life and finally figured it out
The tricky part about this trick is finding an audience that won't instantly see what's happening and how this trick works. I'm sorry, but this one is just outright obvious. Twice you write down things after information has been said - it takes no deductive skills to see instantly that you are writing down what has already been said. And, whoever has the memory to remember that you made the guy cut the deck and the top half went on the bottom, and now you want him to have the top card of the original top half, it's evident that the only thing you have to know is what the top card of the deck was at the outset - something you know since you asked the guy to show the deck to you right at the beginning... form then on you only have to do is change the order of the three billets - not a challenge for a magician.
I don1t mean to be condescending here - it's just that - for me at least - a trick is really only entertaining if it's not evident what's happening and what the trick is... and here it's not the case.
bioLarzen this reminds me of the game ask peter that you’d play online. It was big when I was in eighth grade and you ask peter a question, and your friend types it into the search bar, but they are really typing in the answer and it just appears as the question, then you click for the answer and your mind is blown. It was so much fun but when you found out how it worked you’d go and fool other people.
Your awesome I do martial arts full time and your making me love magic more as a magician in Training thank you.
What the hell at the start I also thought of 3 of spades
Damn.
The explanation is more amazing then the trick it's self, truly brilliant
the trick is pretty obvious ;) even without the explanation
I've used this one and the reactions are GREAT. People are just speechless. I find it more appealing when asking for grandma or pet names and sometimes misswritting them a little bit so that it seems that their mind were slighty off.
Great tutorial! Awesome content! Also, please do more of mentalism hahaha
"Right. And I don't know either."'
Excellent lying.
As soon as you said the one ahead method I was amazed cause I actually knew something that you said