Ebook - Five Roads to Vegas By Michael Breggar (Digital Download)
Description & Effect
Step into the world of truly captivating magic with 'Five Roads to Vegas' by Michael Breggar, a comprehensive ebook designed to elevate your performance without the need for complex sleight of hand. Michael Breggar, celebrated author of 'Auto-Magic' in 'The Linking Ring' magazine, brings his unique philosophy to life: that great magic is about cleverness, layering, deception, and above all, entertainment. Forget the old cliches about 'self-working magic' being less impressive; Breggar demonstrates that when the method is clean, the magician is free to immerse themselves fully in the art of performance, creating truly miraculous moments.
Mastering Performance Through Sleight-Free Magic
This digital download is a treasure trove of professional, practical effects. Many routines in 'Five Roads to Vegas' are refined, re-edited versions of the most popular and requested tricks from Breggar's acclaimed column. Complementing these fan favorites are an array of entirely new, never-before-published effects, ensuring you'll find fresh material to astonish your audiences. While some methods might incorporate subtle moves, the emphasis always remains on maximizing impact and audience engagement. Breggar's detailed descriptions and well-crafted patter are provided, but designed to be easily adapted, empowering you to infuse each effect with your personal style and charisma.
Journey to Vegas: Featured Routines
The star attraction, 'The Five Roads to Vegas,' is a dynamic opener proven successful in professional acts, even gracing the pages of 'Genii Magazine.' Imagine this: you, the croupier, dealing cards to five spectators, a 'poker team.' Each player shouts 'STOP' at will. Impossibly, the cards they stop on form a perfect royal flush! But the astonishment doesn't end there—you've predicted which player would stop on which specific royal flush card. For a final, jaw-dropping reveal, the remaining 47 cards of the deck are entirely blank. This routine alone offers immense value, promising audience participation, multiple layers of deception, and an unforgettable climax.
Beyond the Cards: Diverse & Engaging Effects
Delve deeper into a diverse collection of routines. Explore 'Three Numbers and a Lady,' a triple prediction with a truly unexpected twist that eliminates the common weakness of a third reveal. 'Coin-Seyan Economics' cleverly blends a humorous lecture on global economics with a multi-phase prediction, ideal for stand-up and stage. Michael's personal parlor and stage routine, 'Drawing on Emotions,' offers a direct, clear, and seemingly organic drawing duplication adaptable for close-up. From the fun mentalism of 'Monopoly-S-P' to the spectator-performed wonder of 'Self-Fulfilling Prophecy,' there's something for every performer. You'll also find 'Three Spies and the Extraction,' a dramatic story piece, and 'A Principle in Search of an Effect,' which shares a powerful, underutilized principle.
Elevate Your Craft: Bonuses & Insights
As a bonus, Michael Breggar includes 'Absolutely ACAANY,' a self-working 'Any Card at Any Number' effect that garnered immense praise in his 'Auto-Magic' column. He generously provides three additional, previously unpublished sleight-free ACAAN variations. The ebook is bookended with two insightful essays reflecting on the 'Zen of sleight-free magic' and its crucial role in the magical repertoire, offering invaluable perspectives. With 47 photo-illustrated pages, 'Five Roads to Vegas' isn't just a collection of tricks; it's a masterclass in performance-driven magic.
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Five Roads to Vegas By Michael Breggar
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Michael Breggar has written the "Auto-Magic" column in The Linking Ring for several years. The purpose of the column is to provide professional and practical magic that is sleight-free (or very close). The cliches about "self-working magic" pronounce that this allows the magician to concentrate on the performance, but Michael contends that since the performance is the effect, the tricks need to be clever, layered, deceptive, and most of all, entertaining. While some methods require sleights, performance is always more important. Several of the tricks in The Five Roads to Vegas are re-edited versions of the most commented upon and most requested tricks from The Linking Ring column. The title effect was published in Genii Magazine and has been used successfully as an opener in many professional acts. The rest are all new and published here for the first time. While Michael takes you through each effect with careful descriptions and well-crafted patter, you will soon fit each effect to your own style. What’s In the Book? The Five Roads to Vegas. A great opener with lots of audience participation. You play the role of a Vegas croupier dealing cards to a "poker team" of five spectators. As you deal down cards from a shuffled deck, the five "players" yell STOP at any time. The cards they stopped at randomly comprise a royal flush. But wait… you have predicted which of the five players would stop at which of the five royal flush cards! And as an extra surprise, the other 47 cards in the deck are blank! |
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CONTENTS CONTINUED Coin-Seyan Economics. "Miraskill" meets Steinmeyer meets John Maynard Keynes. What starts as a funny lecture in Global Economics (yeah, really!), turns into a stunningly, multi-phase prediction effect. Great for stand-up and stage. Drawing on Emotions. The drawing duplication effect that Michael uses in his parlor and stage acts. Can easily be adapted for close-up and walk-around. It is direct, clear and limitless. Above all, it is organic and doesn’t feel like "a trick." A Principle in Search of an Effect. A bare-bones prediction effect is used here to illustrate a little-used principle that has Gilbreath DNA. Readers are invited to turn their imagination spigots on high to make this a miracle. Monopoly-S-P. "The cure for the common bored game." A fun mentalism routine right off your game shelf. Self-Fulfilling Prophesy. Takes Bill Simon’s wonderful "Prophesy" move to a new level. Not only is it sleight-free, but it is performed in the spectator’s hands! Three Spies and the Extraction. A performance piece that puts the "Self-Fulling Prophesy" in motion with a cool story about spies and international intrigue. Le Carre would appreciate the ending! Absolutely ACAANY. A self-working "Any Card at Any Number" effect that received more highly favorable emails and comment that any other effect in the "Auto-Magic" column. As a bonus, Michael details THREE additional sleight-free ACAAN versions never before published.Plus, two short essays reflecting on the Zen of sleight-free magic and Michael’s opinions on why it is so important in the magic oeuvre, provide must-read bookends. |
