Rising Card

Type: Close-up, Walk-around, Parlor

Skill Level:

Retail Price: $15

Effect: A card(s) is chosen and returned to the deck when placed into a goblet or back in the box the chosen card(s) rises from the deck.

Performance Time: About a minute

Reset Time: None

Angles:

Quality: There are many versions of this trick, we reviewed the Galdini version. It uses Bicycle cards. The mechanism that makes the card rise is extremely small and the adhesive can be used many times before it must be replaced.

Mike Maione: I was never big on this trick, probably because it was spoiled for me many years ago, before I was interested in magic and as a result I kinda let it sit in my drawer. Too bad for me because it seems to play pretty well to the lay audience. If you saw the May '97 David Blaine special you know what I mean. Of course, he was working with the most gullible spectator on earth. His presentation was pretty much the usual except when he replaced the cards into the box he handed the box to the spectator to hold. The card rose from the deck while she held it...that was a nice touch.

David and this fellow I saw present it at Magic Masters in Chicago (he did it with two selected cards and used a wine glass which looked pretty cool) handled the deck beautifully. Unless you knew that the gaff occupied a block of about a dozen cards...you would swear they were ordinary cards. That's the trick with this deck, what makes it look good and probably the real reason why I don't use it much. You must handle the cards in a very natural way. You should have a good deck switch in your arsenal too, because you can't hand the cards out afterward. I would plan on doing a few tricks with the matching deck, first. Then put the cards away, do the switch and say something like, "Oh! Let me show you one more." Then, do the rising card and put the deck away.

Dr. Mitch: Ok...on this one I get a little critical. There are a number of versions of this effect on the market. Some are excellent...some are crap. You get what you pay for. If you intend on performing this effect, spend the extra few dollars and look like a professional. This is not an effect to skimp on. There is one version of Rising Cards...by Marshall Brodein that is a great effect for the novice, but a joke for anyone above that level (as the $4 price tag should hint to you). Nice presentations of this have the card rising from the deck while in a goblet...or even nicer while the spectator holds the card box.

NOTE--this needs a little extra care in the handling so as not to break the gimmick. Handled well it will last for years.

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