strange travelers

[Oli]

how do u do strange travelers (david blaines favourite trick)?

pleese reveal!!!

[traumatised-magic]

one way to do it is use a psudo duplicate principle with double backed cards, for example u show 10 cards could be and have the duplicate of it on the back so a 7 diamonds will have the 7 hearts on its face, most people will look at just the suit of their card and remmeber it but only remember the colour of each other card if that, then just have the duplicates of the cards on ur side and then reveal the card the spectator was mearly thinkin of from their stack is now gone, spread thru the cards they were holdin makin sure to secretly flip them over to reveal the psuedo pair then spread thru ur cards to reveal it has indeed jumpedd into ur pile, i have never seen david blaine perform it so i dont actually know how he does it but i remember seein a video of someone else reveal it and it was this concept that was used, hope it helps a little bit at least

[nerflight]

personally I thought there was too much work to put into strange travelers for me to mess with it after learning it....some people love it though.

[Magic Orthodoxy]

Strange Travelers by Paul Harris

Let me just say that I do not own this effect, the first time I saw it performed was by David Blaine on his Dive of Death show, I have tivo, so really every card trick can be figured out by someone who has a vast knowledge of card effects.

Effect: David Blaine says this magic card trick is his favorite effect. There are two piles of 10 cards. The spectator thinks of one card from the first pile. It vanishes and appears in the second pile.

Gaffs Needed: 8 double faced cards and 1 double facer that has a normal card face on one side and 2 cards on the other.

Set Up: In A card fan have all 20 cards facing you [note: there should be no duplicate cards showing] The regular cards should be in the back [to your left] and the doubles should be towards the front [to your right]. Place all 20 cards on top of the deck; doubles first and the regular cards on top of them. [it does not matter where the gaff double actually “goes” but it would be better placed 1 or 2 cards from the bottom of the 20 card pile.]

Presentation: Count of 20 cards fairly to the table thus reversing their order. Now count off 10 cards facing you [these are the doubles] and the last [10th card] you deal down will be a regular card [let’s call it the 3D]

Now count off 10 normal cards, these will be the matches of the opposite sides of the doubles. Place this stack higher or above the first stack. Everything should look fair. At this point we are just counting, the spectator should not be memorizing cards, nor should you be “naming them” out loud. This is a counting effect, at no time should you ever stress the identities or the colors of the cards.

Scoop up the first set [the doubles] and catch a break on the top “real” 10th card [the 3D]

Now, scoop up the second set and place that stack on top adding it to card in your break [now the top stack is really a stack of 11]

Hand that stack of 11 to your spectator with an outstretched hand at the same time rolling your doubles over. The spectator places the real cards behind their back or in a pocket.

Fan your stack of now 9 cards, but now showing the “2 as one” card casually and ask the spectator to think of any 1 card. David Blaine had a AH on the top of the fan, this was his “call out card” that he called attention to, there was a double of the AH on both sides, this way each time the deck was rolled over, the same card was seen so the spectator always though it was the same stack. He instructed the spectator not to think of the AH so that – THAT card could always be in play.

Once the spectator has a card, it’s as simple as closing the fan. Making a distracting gesture as your roll your stack back over. Count your 9 cards to the table – show that their card is now gone and now to allow the spectator to bring their cards back into play to reveal not only 11 cards, but their thought of card is now in their pile.

Downsides: A smart person can memorize two cards, and notice that BOTH cards have jumped across, sometimes people even think they are going to memorize one card, but then settle on another just by accident, so pacing and finding the right person is definitely key.

[Street Freak]

i bought it at tannens store and it is nine double facers and 9 other cards that match one side then the other side of double facers are just random cards. And you add 2 normal cards 2 the double facers. pretty simple before he gives him the cards he steels off a card from the double facers