I knew Aldo Colombini and Rachel Wild-Colombini. Aldo was brilliant and just the funniest, sweetest gentleman you could hope to meet. Much of his stuff was easy to perform but also absolutely baffling for spectators. Very ‘smart’ magic without a lot of sleight work. I miss them both. So glad that you credited him here and that you’re keeping his memory and legacy alive by doing so and by sharing his magic.
Thanks so much, one of my favourite teachers. I regret I never had the pleasure to meet him in person. I love Aldo’s magic and thinking. One of the greats.
When I did this for my twins, I changed the story a little - asked one of them if they wanted to be kings or queens, then the other red or black. Then told them the two detectives were them, and the single card that was picked was Swiper who had swiped their snacks.
I told you that 80% don't know methods to card tricks. I must be worst magician in world. Thinking straight today, people who don't do magic basicly never knows method. In some keycard tricks they might guess right, but let's change that 80 to 99%. Thanks man.
After you put the court cards 5th from top and 4th from bottom and cut the deck, their chosen card is now in the 4th position between the court cards. That's why it works, one down, one under.... now they card is in the 2nd position ☺
I met Aldo and Rachel at th IBM Convention in 2007. He and his wife were wonderful. They gave a great lecture. Our hearts go out to them. Aldo passed away in 2012 and Rachel in 2018. I am sure their IBM Ring had a Broken Wand ceremony for each of them.
Such a legend. I wish I would had the chance to meet him. Even on this channel Aldo shines, this is now quickly becoming one of the most popular videos, and it’s because of his genius. He is still with us ❤️
I got this down in one evening. Your straightforward approach to showing the real trick timing, the explanation, and no wasted time are definitely going to have me coming back. This is the first ever trick I feel I've ever mastered. What a thrill!
I saw your show on the Celebrity Cruise ship last month and attended your master class the following morning. It was inspiring. I love your style and why you said you became interested in magic. I purchased the two cards you offered after the class. I’m not sure if cards need some sort of adapter to fit into a computer. The drives do not fit a computer or phone. Can you explain what I will need to access the drive of the training cards I purchased. Thank you!!!
Do you happen to have a tutorial on handling deck, basic overhand, riffle shuffle etc tutorials on your channel? Love the way you show and teach things!
Hi Matt I enjoy watching your card tricks and amazing reaction from my family, it would be really cool to just watch you do a bunch of pro magic tricks in a video without teaching us to see our reactions but the videos are incredible.
I love tricks that involve some kind of maths so I can teach kids that maths can be magic and fun. Many of your “Easy Tricks” involve counting or rely on the position of cards and this is another of those. I add two more cards to the “suspects” pack so I have three rounds of “interrogation” but you have to remember which cards to discard and which to keep.
I rewatched a video of me doing the same trick in a different way then this came up. I'm extremely amateur, though I'd like your take on my fort attempt. You did it so much more fluidly
Well I do this full time and have done for 39 years, so do feel bad, it’s a completely unfair comparison. The main thing is that you did it, just practice so it becomes smoother. The fluidity comes from familiarity. You got this man 👊
I met Aldo, Andie his first wife, and Rachel about a dozen times at conventions and lectures in or near California where he lived many years. I worked out a setup for Shenanigans that leaves a perfect rainbow and showed it to him. The idea has now been published in an unlicensed, but nice reprint called Leprechauns. To be fair, there is nobody left to collect royalties. He was a great guy, constantly telling self-deprecating jokes as he killed with his tricks. He told some of the best jokes! He specialized in card and rope tricks and created tons of them, in addition to demonstrating nearly every close-up trick that got published for decades - hundreds and hundreds of tricks. Aldo also loved coin tricks and he was great at those too. His premature demise was a real tragedy for magic.
Hey Marty! Yes Aldo is a true legend and one of the greats. A very beautiful soul in magic. I love hos magic and humour also. It's such a shame that he passed far too early. We were very luck to have him.
That is a very well-thought-out, fun, and entertaining trick. Thank you for sharing and teaching it!. I love Aldo Colombini's creative and colorful magic. I had the pleasure of meeting him and performing a couple tricks for him (and vice versa) at a magic convention about 25 years ago. Sad he's no longer with us. No sexism intended, but I particularly like it with the Jacks as the detectives.Could even give them names such as "Detective Jack Spade" and "Detective Jack O'Club from Ireland." Either that or using two aces (two "ace detectives").
Couldn't agree more! One of my favourite magicians. Aldo’s version was a little different. The detectives would catch a card, say a 7, then the spectator would could down 7 cards and find their selection. Such an awesome magician.
@@MattMcGurk This is a well constructed tutorial. Thanks for sharing it. Which of Aldo's trick is this based on? It sounds like "Sherlock Vs Moriarty". It also looks like you're using an Aaron Fisher principle from his trick "Search and Destroy", so Aaron should also be credited.
Great trick. Have used it to good effect. But I always ask myself: isn’t there a theoretical risk if the cut is exactly between the key card and the suspect?
I changed this to finding the Australian criminal - so i did the DOWN, UNDER, DOWN, UNDER at the end to justify the way i was laying out the deck. Awesome trick, thank you
I have about 4 or 5 of your tricks that I’ve performed for friends and family. I’ve noticed on a few when you do them you’ve left the jokers in. Is there a reason why you do this? Would be fun to use them as the detectives!
Would likely throw this one off, this one is partial sleight and mainly math based. Requires 52, if you incorporate Jokers you’d need to remove 2 other cards and it would work however(as long as a Joker wasn’t selected as the criminal)
Yeah, keycard wasn't surprising but rest of trick works for me, even I'm not this much beginner. Cool trick is cool, it doesn't matter which level your skills are. Thanks man.
@@MattMcGurk Right on. Some tricks are hard to perform and some are easy. 80% of spectators can't see difference in method, only outcome. So, if you can amaze people with easy but cool tricks, I can't tell why not use them. Thanks Matt
After the cut at the key card. their card will be on top of the deck. After that the down under shuffle positions it so that it ends up between the jokers. But you don’t need to know their card for this to work.Hope this helps 👍
Didn't explain how the card ended up between the detectives or how it ended up being the only card left. I'm thick headed though so can someone explain it in more detail?
What if the key card and their selected card are separated because of the two single cuts? 4:12 Also, how in the world do I keep coming up with 7 card every time I cut the deck? 6:32 It's aways 7 cards. Is it ever more?
A single cut will never separate the two cards unless the spectator manages to cut between the two cards, which will place the selection on top of the deck and the key card on the bottom - which is exactly the position you want them in. If this happens, you may need to remove the detectives as they have done the dirty work for you! There will always be 7 cards between the detectives because of the position you place them in when you insert them into the deck.
@@MattMcGurk OK, but if the spectator manages to cut between the two cards, then does another cut....isn't the trick ruined? I only ask this because as I was practicing I actually did cut between the two card.
@@lethalwolf7455 I'm sure overthinking is just one of my issues. This is literally the very first card trick I've tried to learn. I'm not a magic guy but believe I should know at least one cool card trick. Why? For the ladies.
Hey guys! Please let me know what you love about this trick, It will help me make more content like this that you guys will enjoy!
Love this one Matt, works like a charm and great story
It would help me more to see the cards flip over to see it happen! I will do myself because I have teach this trick to at less one or two kids I know!
@@ivansmith654 Agreed ! "Who Stole the Kishka"? was another name.
I like the story and the visuals of spreading the cards out, seeing the queens close in on the suspect. It builds nicely to the reveal.
I love the visuals and it's easy to do - I just need to find a way to not pick a detective that was their chosen card!
I knew Aldo Colombini and Rachel Wild-Colombini. Aldo was brilliant and just the funniest, sweetest gentleman you could hope to meet. Much of his stuff was easy to perform but also absolutely baffling for spectators. Very ‘smart’ magic without a lot of sleight work. I miss them both. So glad that you credited him here and that you’re keeping his memory and legacy alive by doing so and by sharing his magic.
Thanks so much, one of my favourite teachers. I regret I never had the pleasure to meet him in person. I love Aldo’s magic and thinking. One of the greats.
what if they by the odds cut between the key card and the picked card?
I wondered that too. Where's a reply, it'll bug me now.
Wondering the same thing! Is it just worth the risk?
Key card principle was clear. I didn't know the story and the resolution yet. Many thanks for that.
When I did this for my twins, I changed the story a little - asked one of them if they wanted to be kings or queens, then the other red or black. Then told them the two detectives were them, and the single card that was picked was Swiper who had swiped their snacks.
That's good. Might try that out with my two nieces..
Love this! What a great twist, I bet they loved it!
I told you that 80% don't know methods to card tricks. I must be worst magician in world. Thinking straight today, people who don't do magic basicly never knows method. In some keycard tricks they might guess right, but let's change that 80 to 99%.
Thanks man.
Great card trick and absolutely fantastic presentation/storyline. It’s a joy to watch your joy in sharing these videos. Thank you.
Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed it.
My favorite kind of card trick no knuckle busting sleights ( none) and great plot and super great effect! Thank you for sharing .
I loved the trick, Matt. You brought charm and you brought dynamic personality to enhance a most entertaining card story and trick combination. Bravo!
Thanks Tony, that’s very kind of you!
Absolutely love this no set up killer card trick, always the greatest tutorials . Thanks so much Matt.
Thanks mate for a great trick and a good storyline behind it. Cannot wait to do it.
Have fun buddy!
this is fun for a first trick to learn, learnabl in less than 30 mins and its pretty cool
This is awesome! I love all your tricks 😊
Very well done. Masterly woven bits of information that just hint at the possibilities.
After you put the court cards 5th from top and 4th from bottom and cut the deck, their chosen card is now in the 4th position between the court cards. That's why it works, one down, one under.... now they card is in the 2nd position ☺
I met Aldo and Rachel at th IBM Convention in 2007. He and his wife were wonderful. They gave a great lecture. Our hearts go out to them. Aldo passed away in 2012 and Rachel in 2018. I am sure their IBM Ring had a Broken Wand ceremony for each of them.
Such a legend. I wish I would had the chance to meet him. Even on this channel Aldo shines, this is now quickly becoming one of the most popular videos, and it’s because of his genius. He is still with us ❤️
I got this down in one evening. Your straightforward approach to showing the real trick timing, the explanation, and no wasted time are definitely going to have me coming back. This is the first ever trick I feel I've ever mastered. What a thrill!
Thanks once again, Mat. Fun to perform and great reactions. Your podcasts are inspirational.😊
Not quite hit the postcast market yet, but you’ve got me thinking now! Thanks so much!
@@MattMcGurkyou should definitely start you come across very well . I can only watch you and another three magicians. The rest all annoy me. 😂
Man, if you know any simple card controls to the top, this hits even harder.. this is absolutely gold
Absolutely buddy, go for it! 💪
Very very cool Cardtrick 😁👍. I like it 😊. Thank you for your great Performance and Tutorial 👌👍😎
Very nice! Never seen this before.
Nice trick lovely presented. As others have said, it's a joy to watch your presentations
Thanks so much Roman
Brilliant. Really well explained and presented. Great job
Glad you liked it!
This is one that the banter is really important. Great trick. I have no skills myself, so this is one I can learn and do for the grandkids.
I’m sure the grandkids will love it
Clever trick, thanks for sharing.
Wow!!! nice trick! Thank you for sharing 🙏😊
Card trick is awesome .. I haven’t met you but I can feel your are a lovely human being
Wow, thank you 🙏
I saw your show on the Celebrity Cruise ship last month and attended your master class the following morning. It was inspiring. I love your style and why you said you became interested in magic. I purchased the two cards you offered after the class. I’m not sure if cards need some sort of adapter to fit into a computer. The drives do not fit a computer or phone. Can you explain what I will need to access the drive of the training cards I purchased. Thank you!!!
Absolutely able to help you with this. Please ping me an email: hello@mymagiccourse.com
Bloody brilliant!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Many thanks for the great trick, and teaching! :) Wish you great week!
So nice of you, have an amazing week too!
Do you happen to have a tutorial on handling deck, basic overhand, riffle shuffle etc tutorials on your channel? Love the way you show and teach things!
There’s a riffle shuffle vid that is VERY old! I’ll update the channel with these very soon!
Hi Matt I enjoy watching your card tricks and amazing reaction from my family, it would be really cool to just watch you do a bunch of pro magic tricks in a video without teaching us to see our reactions but the videos are incredible.
Great idea Joshua, watch this space!
@@MattMcGurk OK
I'm sure I remember this trick, or one very similar back in the 80's! Great trick! Perfectly explained 👌🏻
Thanks so much Matty!
I love tricks that involve some kind of maths so I can teach kids that maths can be magic and fun. Many of your “Easy Tricks” involve counting or rely on the position of cards and this is another of those.
I add two more cards to the “suspects” pack so I have three rounds of “interrogation” but you have to remember which cards to discard and which to keep.
Sounds interesting Lenny. It’s great that you’re getting creative and putting your own spin on it.
This is beautiful!
Love all the tricks from you but this is mind blowing !
Awesome man! I love tricks like this, simple method and great progression. More to come buddy! Next weeks is a killer!!!!
Always learn your tricks. Keep em coming.
Thanks, will do!
I rewatched a video of me doing the same trick in a different way then this came up. I'm extremely amateur, though I'd like your take on my fort attempt. You did it so much more fluidly
Well I do this full time and have done for 39 years, so do feel bad, it’s a completely unfair comparison. The main thing is that you did it, just practice so it becomes smoother. The fluidity comes from familiarity. You got this man 👊
I met Aldo, Andie his first wife, and Rachel about a dozen times at conventions and lectures in or near California where he lived many years. I worked out a setup for Shenanigans that leaves a perfect rainbow and showed it to him. The idea has now been published in an unlicensed, but nice reprint called Leprechauns. To be fair, there is nobody left to collect royalties. He was a great guy, constantly telling self-deprecating jokes as he killed with his tricks. He told some of the best jokes! He specialized in card and rope tricks and created tons of them, in addition to demonstrating nearly every close-up trick that got published for decades - hundreds and hundreds of tricks. Aldo also loved coin tricks and he was great at those too. His premature demise was a real tragedy for magic.
Hey Marty! Yes Aldo is a true legend and one of the greats. A very beautiful soul in magic. I love hos magic and humour also. It's such a shame that he passed far too early. We were very luck to have him.
Killer trick! Great entertainment too. Thank you.
Thanks buddy
thank you soo much more no set'up trick ❤❤❤❤
Enjoy my friend!
Love this! Such a fun premise. Thanks
It really is! Have fun with it!
That is a very well-thought-out, fun, and entertaining trick. Thank you for sharing and teaching it!. I love Aldo Colombini's creative and colorful magic. I had the pleasure of meeting him and performing a couple tricks for him (and vice versa) at a magic convention about 25 years ago. Sad he's no longer with us. No sexism intended, but I particularly like it with the Jacks as the detectives.Could even give them names such as "Detective Jack Spade" and "Detective Jack O'Club from Ireland." Either that or using two aces (two "ace detectives").
Cool man for sure put your own presentation with it, make it your own. Aldo was a legend, such a happy and creative person.
Top j’adore ce genre de tout self working merci from Paris 👍
Merci!
Aldo Colombini was a great creator.
Thank you to bring this self-working effect to our attention.
Couldn't agree more! One of my favourite magicians. Aldo’s version was a little different. The detectives would catch a card, say a 7, then the spectator would could down 7 cards and find their selection. Such an awesome magician.
@@MattMcGurk This is a well constructed tutorial. Thanks for sharing it. Which of Aldo's trick is this based on? It sounds like "Sherlock Vs Moriarty". It also looks like you're using an Aaron Fisher principle from his trick "Search and Destroy", so Aaron should also be credited.
Thank you bro. Learnt this ont to take to a Xmas party tomorrow.
Smash it bro 👊
You teach SO well!
Thank you Steve!
Love the trick brother thank you 🤙
Any time!
This trick is a winner!
Agreed! 😂
Brilliantly done. I've subscribed.
Welcome aboard!
EPICCCC NO OTHER WORDS TO SAY LET'S GOOOO
Let’s go bro 👊
Excellent
I love this card trick ! ❤
Cheers for this.
Another hit!💯👍🙏🎅
That is a really cool trick and I really like the storyline
Thanks buddy! Glad you enjoyed it
Love it! Thank you!
Glad you like it Umar
Superb presentation
Cheers bro!
another crazy trick my man 🙏
🙌
Super Matt! Let's call them "Autralian detectives" to go with the "Down-Under" interrogation!
Gorgeous!
es un excelente truco, está genial, muchas gracias
My pleasure, so glad you enjoyed!
Wow awesome thanks for that!
Great trick. Have used it to good effect. But I always ask myself: isn’t there a theoretical risk if the cut is exactly between the key card and the suspect?
No you’re fine. Just means the key card will be on the bottom and the selected card is on top. It’s the best case scenario.
I changed this to finding the Australian criminal - so i did the DOWN, UNDER, DOWN, UNDER at the end to justify the way i was laying out the deck. Awesome trick, thank you
Aussie aussie aussie!
Nice trick. Thanks! 👌
Really really good man thanks
My pleasure, thanks for the support!
Thanks. !!❤
You're welcome 😊
Love it!!
Glad you like it!
u r a genious bro
bless !!!
aloha from switzerland
Land of the best chocolate ever! Hi from the UK 👋
Professor of card trick. Please teach me more.
What if they cut right at the key card?
I have about 4 or 5 of your tricks that I’ve performed for friends and family. I’ve noticed on a few when you do them you’ve left the jokers in. Is there a reason why you do this? Would be fun to use them as the detectives!
Would likely throw this one off, this one is partial sleight and mainly math based. Requires 52, if you incorporate Jokers you’d need to remove 2 other cards and it would work however(as long as a Joker wasn’t selected as the criminal)
Yeah you absolutely could. I always leave the jokers in unless the trick requires I take them out. Using them as detectives is a great idea 💡
Yeah, keycard wasn't surprising but rest of trick works for me, even I'm not this much beginner.
Cool trick is cool, it doesn't matter which level your skills are. Thanks man.
Absolutely agree buddy! Method is always secondary to effect. So glad you can see and appreciate that. My pleasure man.
@@MattMcGurk
Right on. Some tricks are hard to perform and some are easy. 80% of spectators can't see difference in method, only outcome.
So, if you can amaze people with easy but cool tricks, I can't tell why not use them. Thanks Matt
Brilliant trick, as easy as impressive.
Glad you liked it!
Great tips
Glad it was helpful!
Muchh. Luvvvv. Tyyyy🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍🤙🤙🤙
What happens if they cut on the key card and the “criminal” early on or on either of the detectives later on?
Criminal will end up on top of the deck, key card will be on bottom.
The first thing I thought of in the beginning, when you chose the 2 Queens as your detectives was Cagney and Lacey. 😁
Nice! 👌🏻
For me, Magic must be either fun or beautiful. If it is both, then winner winner FISM dinner!
😂 FISM dinner! 🍲
Thank you Gurk man
Brilliantly simple. Love it!
Glad you like it Martin!
When I took the spectator card in the beginning I got the ace of spades😮😮😮
But how we identify on that 7 cards which card is the chosen card
After the cut at the key card. their card will be on top of the deck. After that the down under shuffle positions it so that it ends up between the jokers. But you don’t need to know their card for this to work.Hope this helps 👍
that was good :)
What happens when you cut the deck splitting the marker and the criminal card?
Their card will then be on top. Makes it easier 👍
Does this trick come with the accent because that just makes it even better.
Bless you mate!
Do you know the name of this trick ?
Just great maid my day thanks 👏
What happens if the cards are cut precisely between the key card and selected card?
Hey buddy, no worries, their card is now on top, exactly where you need it. 👊
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If the person cuts the deck and happens to cut it between your key card, and their card, that would mess the trick up?
what if they cut between bottom and their card?
Then their card is on top 👍
Didn't explain how the card ended up between the detectives or how it ended up being the only card left. I'm thick headed though so can someone explain it in more detail?
What if the key card and their selected card are separated because of the two single cuts? 4:12
Also, how in the world do I keep coming up with 7 card every time I cut the deck? 6:32 It's aways 7 cards. Is it ever more?
A single cut will never separate the two cards unless the spectator manages to cut between the two cards, which will place the selection on top of the deck and the key card on the bottom - which is exactly the position you want them in. If this happens, you may need to remove the detectives as they have done the dirty work for you!
There will always be 7 cards between the detectives because of the position you place them in when you insert them into the deck.
@@MattMcGurk OK, but if the spectator manages to cut between the two cards, then does another cut....isn't the trick ruined? I only ask this because as I was practicing I actually did cut between the two card.
@@betterstepssingle cuts will never split the cards, as cutting doesn’t change the cyclical order of the cards. You’ll be fine.
Overthinking it, listen to Matt he’s a pro and he’s never mislead me. All his stuff works
@@lethalwolf7455 I'm sure overthinking is just one of my issues. This is literally the very first card trick I've tried to learn. I'm not a magic guy but believe I should know at least one cool card trick. Why? For the ladies.
Everytime i do the last cut i get 8 cards instead of 7 , it gets ruined and i never get the right card, can you please tell me what’s the problem
You are not putting the jacks in the correct position at the top and bottom of the deck. Double check this and you should be fine. 👍
When I perform this, I call them The Great Decktectives :D
I like that 👍
Something a bit different. Thanks to the clear tuition I was able to master it quickly. Ta.
Glad it helped!
love this one!
Glad you like it!
Nice trick, but what if they cut the cards at just the wrong place?
Hey! Check the comments for the answer. It actually makes it easier.
Please check the previous comments, you’ll find the answer there 🎉