Game Changer

More Extraordinary Card Magic

2018
Written by Jason Ladanye
Work of Jason Ladanye
350 pages (Hardcover), published by Vanishing Inc.
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
50 entries
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Michael Vincent Foreword
7
Jason Ladanye Introduction
11
Jason Ladanye The Pinky Count explanation
 		15
Jason Ladanye Standing Out handling without table
Inspired by 23
Simon Aronson Under-the-Spread Force Handling
25
Frederick Braue Braue Addition and Switch
30
Ken Krenzel Pressure Hideout Fan
33
Jason Ladanye Game Changer fusion with spectator and performer signed cards, presented as "whose card hits the table first during the deal wins" bet
Inspired byRelated to 37
Case as Holdeout under cellophane
 		37
Michael Close MC Spread Double Lift
39
Larry Jennings LJ Move
45
Jason Ladanye Catch Me if You Can three sucker game phases (spectator has to catch falling card, spectator has to cover card faster than performer), ending with spectator's card to wallet
 		57
Jason Ladanye Nick of Time performer locates four selection one by one, they change into Aces, timed bet presentation, faro
 		69
Neal Elias, Darwin Ortiz Neal Elias Multiple Shift Handling
70
Step Glimpse pointing wrist turn cover
 		70
Thumb Drag-Out Production
81
Marc DeSouza Shapeshifter Change brief
 		82
Jason Ladanye Lucky Charms die, coin and odd-backed folded card in box, card chosen and signed, die and coin fail to find it but folded card turns out to be signed selection
Inspired by 89
John Scarne Mercury Card Fold into fourth under deck
 		106
Jason Ladanye The Wire four signed cards under the spectator's palm transpose with a card that's on the face of the deck, duplicate
Inspired by 113
Erdnase First Transformation
123
Jason Ladanye Ladanye's Ultimate Triumph handling of Marlo's faro triumph, four selections, no credits
Related to 131
Jason Ladanye Elaborated Triumph Cutting Display
Inspired by 137
Jason Ladanye Liar Liar card chosen, performer claims that deck is put in new deck order so he can see the missing card, but it is not shown the first few times, then it is shown after all, faros
 		147
Jason Ladanye Royal Exchange spectator's poker hand transposes with performer's, Royal Flush ending, faro
Inspired by 163
Jason Ladanye Dead Center multiple phase center deal demonstration with an Ace, then a signed named card, has ambitious card feeling to it, matching values produced as finale
 		169
Edward Marlo Convincing Control
173
Howard Schwarzman Tilt Poke Finesse
177
Wesley James, Tom Ellis Loading Move
183
Gambler's Cop table edge cover during hold-out
 		185
Jason Ladanye A Numbers Game (Ladanye's ACAAN) shuffle tracking demonstration, then ACAAN all in the hands of the performer as skill demo
Related to 191
Jason Ladanye Hold 'em Hustle two cards shuffled to named player, performer wins with four Aces, pairs of pseudo duplicates, faro
 		203
Darwin Ortiz Corner Crimp bottom left
Related to 207
Corner Crimp Removal
221
Jason Ladanye Cheaters Aces are apparently marked, special glasses presentation, Aces stacked and during deal change back color, then change back, red/blue double backers, faros
 		223
Jason Ladanye Fast Track shuffle tracking demonstration with selection, other cards of that value show up as climax, faros
Inspired by 245
Jason Ladanye Aces Anonymous Aces removed and put in envelope in Himber wallet, performer still receives those Aces in poker game, duplicates, faros
Inspired by 251
Jason Ladanye High-Card Hustle multi-phase cutting the high card, set-up reachable via faros from new deck order, faros
 		263
Jason Ladanye, Edward Marlo Strip-Out with Block Transfer Handling building four packets
Inspired by 277
Tony Kardyro, Edward Marlo KM Move
281
Jason Ladanye Power Play two effects, from shuffled deck, first sets up second
  • card divined by apparently reading tells, many cards removed and selection found from those
  • demonstration of different false deals (bottom, second, greek, center), culminating in five four-of-a-kinds
Inspired by
  • "The Ultimate False Deal" (Jack Carpenter, All In, DVD)
  • "Johnny Mnemonic" (Andrew Wimhurst, The Card Artistry of Andrew Wimhurst, 2001, video)
Related to 		287
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse of Top Card
289
Dribbling with Jog onto table
 		293
Juan Tamariz, Jason Ladanye Openly Arranging Cards as demonstration what spectator should do with his packet, "it should only take about twenty seconds to rearrange these cards (...) No one will care what you're doing"
Related to 295
Bubble Peek see also p. 323
 		300
Three as Ace Display
313
Howard Albright Howard Albright Crimp bridging deck one-handed
 		315
Jason Ladanye The Art of War spectator and performer each turn over cards, higher card wins, spectator loses throughout whole deck, faros
 		325
Dr. Jacob Daley, Jason Ladanye Daley's Delight Handling back-to-front handling
 		333
Jason Ladanye Acknowledgements
349
Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2019.