Behold! Michael Close’s “Not My Job” instantly downloaded! A mind-blowing card prediction where spectators choose the card! No skills? No problem! Get ready to amaze – it’s magic!
Product information
Description
Skill Level: Beginner
Prepare to amaze your audience with Michael Close’s Not My Job, an instant download magic trick that’s as easy as it is astonishing. Perfect for beginners, this trick requires no special skills—just a deck of cards and a bit of showmanship!
The Effect
Here’s what happens: A spectator shuffles the deck and a prediction is revealed—the Three of Clubs. They then choose a card to leave face down while dealing the rest face up. When the deck is spread out, only one card remains face down—the spectator’s chosen card. But wait! When flipped over, the only face-up card is another Three of Clubs. The result? Pure magic!
What’s Included
- Instant digital download
- Step-by-step instructions
- No special skills required
Note: Three common items are not included but are likely already in your magic drawer!
Why You’ll Love It
This trick is based on a clever handling by Stewart James, refined by Michael Close to ensure you start and end clean. You can even give the deck away at the end! The hardest part? Ribbon-spreading the deck. All you need is a surface like a close-up mat or tablecloth.
Not My Job is not just a trick; it’s a performance piece that’s funny, amazing, and sure to leave your audience in awe. And at just ten bucks, it’s a steal!
Description
Skill Level: Beginner
The Effect: The spectator shuffles the deck. A prediction is shown and opened – it is the Three of Clubs. The spectator decides on a card to leave face down, dealing the other cards face up. The deck is spread face up on the table; one card is face down – the card the spectator chose. The spectator turns over the spread; the only face-up card is another Three of Clubs!
No skill required.
Note: There are three items not included but they are common items that you most likely have in your magic drawer!
A little background: A suggestion I have offered over the years is: if you want to find something “new,” research the old books and magazines. Many wonderful routines, ideas, and presentational plots remain hidden because the layout of the publication isn’t “user friendly” (that is, packed text with few if any illustrations – and certainly no accompanying video) or the effects are not described with all the hype and bombast so familiar current magic products.
In doing research on another project, I found a clever handling of an effect that I read before but had overlooked. The method was ingenious, but it a flaw: you started dirty and you ended dirty. Two of the important questions my mentor, Harry Riser, asked were, “How do you get into it? How do you get out of it?” Because the material I create is designed for real people in the real world, I needed to find answers to those questions.
Another question I ask is, “What am I going to say while I perform this? Is there a presentational “hook” that will grab and hold the spectators’ attention?
I’m happy to say I solved all these problems. The result is Not My Job: An Open-and-Shut Prediction, based on a handling by Stewart James. You start clean and you end clean. In fact, you can give the deck away at the end if you desire. And here’s the really good news: it is easy to do. The hardest move is ribbon-spreading the deck. (The only performance requirement is you’ll need a surface – like a close-up mat or a tablecloth – on which to spread the cards.)
It’s funny, it’s amazing, and it’s yours for only ten bucks.
