Magic Video - Steve Pellegrino - Conversus Clipboard
Description & Effect
Unleash Deception with the Conversus Clipboard
The Conversus Clipboard, taught by Steve Pellegrino, is a masterclass in subtle misdirection, disguised as an everyday office utility. Imagine performing impossible switches of envelopes, billets, coins, or playing cards right under your audience's nose, with them none the wiser. This isn't just a prop; it's a powerful secret weapon that looks and functions exactly like a standard clipboard, yet conceals the potential for truly devastating magical routines. Forget expensive, pre-made gimmicks; this digital download provides you with all the detailed instructions to construct your own Conversus Clipboard quickly and affordably, making powerful magic accessible to everyone.
Master Three Professional Routines
Included in this comprehensive guide are three exceptional effects, designed to showcase the full power and versatility of your new device:
1. Bank Night – The Ultimate Reveal
Experience a 'Bank Night' routine so clean and impossible, it will leave your audience stunned. Five envelopes are displayed, four holding blank papers, and one containing a significant bill. Four spectators freely choose envelopes, even having a chance to switch their minds. The true brilliance lies in the unique ending: a fifth spectator can independently hold and rip open the final envelope, unequivocally proving you held the bill all along. This is an ending unmatched by any other method.
2. Add-A-Number – A Faster Classic
Dive into a fresh take on the classic 16-digit 'Add-A-Number' effect. This version moves at an incredible pace, far outperforming traditional methods that rely on cumbersome gimmicked notepads. Best of all, there are absolutely no suspicious gimmicks for your spectators to discover, ensuring a clean and mind-boggling demonstration of numerical prediction.
3. The Intimate Thought Reader – Dunninger for Small Groups
Inspired by the legendary Dunninger, this thought-reading act is specifically tailored for smaller, more intimate audiences of 25 people or less. After collecting slips of paper from participants, they remain in full view, secured within a clear box across the room. Yet, with the Conversus Clipboard's secret, you gain effortless access to every piece of information shared, allowing you to reveal intimate thoughts with astonishing accuracy.
The routines provided are merely a starting point. Once you've constructed and mastered the Conversus Clipboard, you'll discover countless applications, integrating it seamlessly into your existing acts or developing entirely new, awe-inspiring illusions. It's a versatile utility you'll always want packed in your performance case, ready to elevate your magic.
Original Specs
The Conversus Clipboard is a versatile utility device that allows you to switch items such as envelopes, billets, coins, playing cards and more under the close scrutiny of your audience. The clipboard functions as a normal clipboard, yet will allow you to present devastating routines.
Included in this ebook are the details for making the clipboard. It's easy and inexpensive to put together. Three effects are also included:
1. Bank Night - This is the cleanest Bank Night you can do with an ending not possible with other methods!
Five envelopes are shown, four contain blank papers and the fifth a large denomination bill. Four spectators can pick any one of five envelopes. After all four have chosen their envelope, they can change their minds for the remaining envelope. With this method you can do something you cannot do with any other Bank Night method - to keep the game honest, a fifth spectator can hold the last envelope and rip it open to reveal you have the envelope with the bill.
2. Add-A-Number - This is a unique version of the classic 16-digit effect. It moves faster than other versions with gimmicked notepads. There are no gimmicks for the spectator to find.
3. The Intimate Thought Reader - Dunninger set the standard for the thought reading act which many have copied and marketed over the years. His method is possible to do with smaller groups, but is ultimately more effective with larger audiences. Here's a version developed for smaller audiences of 25 or less. After the slips of paper are collected, they remain in full view, locked in clear box on the other side of the room, yet you are able to access all of the information for everyone who has participated.
You're not limited by these routines. Once you put this together you will find many uses for the prop and always have it packed in your case.
1st edition 2014
