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Legacy Bonus
Legacy
Bonus IDEAS
Written by
Jamie Badman and Colin Miller
Designed by
Andi Gladwin
www.vanishingincmagic.com
Vanishing Inc. Magic, June 2011
All rights Reserved. This material is protected and no portion may be reproduced without express written permission by
the publishers.
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Introduction
First, we want to thank you for purchasing Legacy, and what better way to say thanks than to make a great trick
even greater! We believe Legacy is an ideal pocket effect, and we were flattered that the effect was released to
universal praise and acclaim. Along the way, we picked up some terrific new subtletiesfour or five ideas that
collectively make the trick even stronger. We hope you enjoy them.
Legacy was officially released at The Session, the Vanishing Inc magic convention in the U.K. We were sat in
the bar with two great magical thinkers: Joshua Jay and Luke Jermay both of whom wed like to thank for their
input to this routine. Their creative output and their insightful thought process is inspirational.
The discussion veered toward the best way to perform and present Legacy, and a brainstorm session
spontaneously took place that sparked this latest and we believe definitive version of the routine. As youll
see, there are features in this approach that really do a lot to reinforce the effect and to optimise the chance of
the best possible result. So let us describe this new approach to you and then you can try it for yourselves
you dont need to take everything here and perform it this way but you may like some of the thinking.
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New Presentation
As before, introduce the wallet, show the face of the photograph and then remove the note and hand it to the
spectator:
Another thing in the wallet was this old bank note its only ten pounds not much now but back in the day,
this was a weeks wages for most men. My Uncle kept this in his wallet for gambling emergencies which between
you and me usually meant bribing a friendly dealer he used to slip a card inside the note and pass it quietly at an
opportune moment to the guy dealing the cards.
Take the note back, re-fold, and place back into position.
Remove the five cards and then close the wallet as you explain that he also left you these five cards and these
were his real Legacy to you and it is with these that you will demonstrate something quite peculiar...
Casually re-open the wallet the other way round and place it, opened, on to the table.
Hand the five cards face up to the spectator and ask him to spread them out like a hand of cards but in such a
way so that everyone can see them (i.e. nice and flat).
So lets take a quick moment to describe the thinking about this:
The wallet is open, which looks very innocent. The reason is that theres only one outcome now that would
require the wallet to be opened on the other side (the Nine of Clubs). You have an 80% chance of not needing
to close the wallet to conclude the routine now! The cards are in the spectators hands so if he chooses the
Two then this is far stronger than if you revealed it in your own hands.
So now the only things we need to cover is what happens for the Double Facer reveal and for the Nine of Clubs:
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Double Facer:
I showed you three things in the wallet earlier the photo, the cards and the money... well as I said, this was for
bribes he would pass the note to the dealer with a card inside and strangely enough, if we take a closer look at the
money again... it looks like my Uncle knew youd choose that card! withdraw the note, orient it so that the correct
face is face-up and open the note to reveal... the exact same card the spectator chose!
Nine of Clubs:
Immediately close the wallet and ask the spectator to describe what they saw in the wallet... when they mention
the photograph, have them describe every detail of it... and when they mention the card, ask them to name
what the card was. They will say it was face down:
Sometimes the mind can behave in strange ways... it sometimes makes assumptions about what it sees and fills in
the gaps to make the reality approach the expectation. In this case, your mind expected to see a face down card so
that is what it chose to see... but take another look... you chose the Four of Spades is it any wonder? That was the
card in the photograph all along...
Conclusion
So thats the new presentation individually not massive changes but from the Spectators perspective there
are some subtleties here that provide some real smokescreens the cards in the hand, the introduction of the
bank note which is an interesting (and examinable) object. The wallet being laid open throughout the routine
is something we really like 80% of the time the wallet will not need to be closed again which really takes the
heat (if there was any at all) away from it (and also itll fry any magician unfamiliar with the routine!).
This is the way we are now performing this routine and the results are even more satisfying than before! We
hope you continue to enjoy Legacy and we will, of course, continue to let you know about any other ideas we
have... talking of which, heres a hidden gem for you:
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Performance
When you have concluded the performance of Legacy, continue in one of three ways depending on how you
ended Legacy:
1. If the spectator chose the Nine or the Four then leave the photo out and tell them that theres something
else peculiar about this photograph... and youll reveal what it is in a moment...
2. If the spectator chose a card inside the bank note, place the card back in the wallet and leave the bank note
on the table, date-side down.
3. If the spectator chose any other card, close the wallet as if to conclude and then open again as an
afterthought and say Ah let me show you one more thing Open the wallet again and remove the bank note
(this is the one without the double face inside it!). Place it on the table, date-side down.
Close the wallet and place it directly on top of the photograph (or bank note) so that it cannot be seen.
Remove your deck of cards from wherever you keep them. Place them on the table and ask two spectators
to help. Have the first cut about 1/3 of the deck and remember the face card they cut to. While theyre
remembering this card, have a second spectator cut half of the remainder and do the same. While the second
spectator is doing this, have the first spectator return his packet on to the remaining stock and finally the
second spectator replaces his cards to complete the deck.
Now state youll cause two cards to turn face up. Snap your fingers then spread the deck from left to right. Two
face up Jokers will show. Split the deck either side of each joker, to remove them and in doing so, to split the
deck in to three packets. Square these packets and pick up the left and right hand packets, placing the left hand
packet on top of the original middle packet and then the right hand packet on top of all.
Tell the spectators that the Jokers revealed themselves for a reason they have information on the whereabouts
of the selections pretend to listen to the first Joker then say, He says one of the cards is 19 cards down
Count to the 19th card and set it aside.
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Pick up the second Joker and do the same, this time declaring the 46th card. Count to this and set it aside.
Turn over the two located cards to reveal the two selections.
Continue: Youre probably thinking I made it up about the Jokers revealing your cards but no, look they really did
tell me Turn them over to show 19 and 46 on the backs.
Youre wondering how this happened how your cards ended up in positions 19 and 46 even though you had
completely free choices. How the Jokers had the right numbers written on their backs even though you could have cut
anywhere. Well cast your minds back to that photograph I told you there was something peculiar on the back... well
the strange thing is the date the photograph was taken (or alternatively the date on the bank note)... here, take a look
(remove the wallet from on top of the photo/note) 1946...
Final Words
You may want to not write the 19 and 46 on the back of the Jokers since the 1946 date is revealed in any case,
this is a legitimate option. We suggest you try both approaches and see what you like best.
Additionally, dont forget, 5th October is the most common birthdate in America so weve tried to increase the
chances of a hit in this respect when this happens, youll have an extra little something to work with. You may
want to perform a Diary trick before Legacy and then if they hit 5th October you really have a miracle on your
hands.
Anyway, thats everything said now! We hope you like this Bonus presentationally it ties really nicely in with
Legacy. Its certainly worth having it in your arsenal for those occasions the opportunity presents itself!
Again, the mechanics for the routine described is essentially Simon Aronsons Prior Commitment from his book
Trying the Impossible using the amazing Undo Influence Procedure.
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Oh by the way - what version of Out of this World? Well in the absence of Andi Gladwin publishing his amazing
version that stunned both of us at Blackpool, we recommend Jon Allens approach as found in Experience: The
Magic of Jon Allen. Take a look - its called Executive Decision and is a really nice handling. You will just need to
secretly crimp the corner of the card above the lower face up selection at the end of the Undo Principle routine
to do this... Should be obvious once you read the routine.
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Effect
The performer tells a story about his grandfather, someone he never met but the story of whom had been
passed down to him. A man who despite being a working class factory supervisor was highly superstitious. He
would visit card readers and use numerology and something called the I-Ching a Chinese divination system
he discovered when in the army in his daily life to make choices and decisions. He always did things in groups
of five or on the 5th of the month since this was his lucky number. In his wallet he even kept a little write up of
what the number five represents in numerology. The performer removes a wallet inside of which is a photo of
his grandfather, a blank card with something written on the face which remains unseen, a stack of five playing
cards which he places on the table and finally a sheet of paper with handwritten details of the numerology
meanings of the number 5. The performer continues:
He was not so much convinced of these things predicting his future more than using them cleared his own
perspective on things and allowed him to look at situations in his life in ways that without he might not have thought
of. The interesting thing to realize about him was that despite the little, basic education he had, he was rather
philosophical in this area of his life which when contrasted to his daily routine of a 1940s factory worker is somewhat
radical. He loved seeing fortune tellers but the story goes he preferred the idea of fortune creators. People who worked
at changing their situations through positive thinking. Its very weird to imagine someone working in a factory in
post war London using skills that now find themselves into Hollywood self help phenomenas like The Secret with
his positive affirmations. One way he did this was by placing the perfect card spread out in front of him, focusing
his attention on it and imagining his life as what the cards told translated too in a reading system. He would use the
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I-Ching by creating the perfect lay out of coins on front of him in the same way and always relied on the power of
the number 5 as his lucky number. Not what you would expect from someone in his position or indeed of in his daily
lifestyle.
The performer deals the five cards onto the table and explains that these cards in this order would present any
tarot reader or card reading with a positive outlook. Good omens for things to come continuing:
He believed that in focusing on this outcome, he could control his future rather than react to the events that came
along blindly. I think this was probably to do with the whole post war mindset. Everything seemed more romantic
with people having been pushed to the brink a sense of nothing being impossible after what was thought to be an
almost impossible victory was infectious in the years that followed. One of these cards is much more important than
any of the others, in fact this card if it is removed changes the meaning totally and would change this blissful layout
into one that would be much more dark and dangerous.
He has the spectator without thinking pick one of the five cards to remove from the spread. He then continues:
Great. The most interesting thing I discovered about him was his love of something called the I- Ching. Its a complex
form of fortune telling from China. At its most simple you just throw three lucky coins onto a surface and depending
on how many fall heads and how many falls tails you can predict the future. I suspect that he found out about this
when he was in the army however its not something I really know much about, it seems he might have been so
superstitious in the hope of covering up his cheating on his wife when he was stating in Asia. In those days things like
that were kept very secretly, and because of this I do not know any more about it than that, as my mother who told
me about this knew nothing about it either anyway according to the story he did the same thing with his three lucky
coins as with the cards, laying them out in the perfect lucky combination I dont have his lucky coins so I want you to
imagine you have three lucky coins and you are throwing them onto the table. How many of them fall heads up and
how many of them fall tails up?
The spectator responds that two of the coins have fallen heads up and one has fallen tails side up. The
performer responds:
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Great. Of all the combinations that are possible this is the one that presented itself to your imagination at this
moment. It could be said that in itself is an omen of your future. The last thing he enjoyed was something called
numerology.
The performer then removes his phone from his pocket opening the calculator application. He has the spectator
multiply the date of their birth, by the numerical position of the month which is then finally multiplied by the
year of their birth forming a number he could not possibly know. At this point the performer recaps the three
selections; a playing card, a combination of the orientation of three imaginary coins and finally a large personal
number created using the unique date of birth of the spectator. All of which were beyond his control.
Explaining; Maybe the really amazing thing here is not in trying to predict the future, but rather in how with the right
intent and the right circumstances it is possible to create it as we wish it to be.
Amazingly the performer turns the photo over showing that written on it, is the selected card. Turning the
prediction card over written on it is the very combination of the imaginary coins decided by the spectator and
beneath that a long number is seen, perfectly matching the total of the unique date of birth from the spectator.
As an afterthought, and a kicker ending the performer continues by explaining in numerology a long number
is reduced to a single digit by adding each number together dropping tens until a single number is reached
the long number is added. Reminding the spectator that his grandfathers lucky number was 5, he hands the
handwritten note to the spectator as a gift. When added the long random number totals 5, forming the final
and fourth amazing coincidence of the demonstration and wrapping things up nicely.
Method
This sequence reads very long and rather complex but in performance and in the right setting it can be played
at a pace and providing the performer makes the premise interesting the impact of the predictions is rather
disproportionate the effort in creating them. The card prediction is as in the known version of Legacy trusting in
the correct out to cover each of the cards.
The coin combination prediction is something I played with years ago and never put to use in anything. It is
not strong enough to be a stand alone prediction effect however when added into another sequence it plays
stronger than it should. This is true of all prediction effects, things that otherwise would not register as an
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amazing prediction alone when in combination with others take on a cumulative effect in the final impact
generate from their combination.
The coin prediction itself is very, very simple. Using a clever wording you will reduce the possible combinations
down to only two. Conveniently the provided Himber wallet allows the performer to remove the correct
prediction card. You will create two prediction cards one reading;
Only 1 coin will fall heads up leaving the other two tails up. A good omen for your future!
The other will read:
Two coins will fall heads up leaving only one tails up. A good omen for your future!
In asking the spectator to imagine three invisible coins thrown to the table falling either heads or tails up you
will ask them:
How many coins have fallen heads up?
This question eliminates the possibly of none of the coins or indeed all of the coins having fallen heads up
leaving only the two options already covered.
To further reenforce the notion that only one card is present in predicting the combination of the coins on both
of these cards are the total of the calculations made by the spectator using the performers phone.
This number prediction is achieved using an old scientific calculator property in which you enter the desired
total, following by the plus, zero, multiplication, open parenthesis, cancel buttons. The next time the equals
button is pressed the desired entered force number will present itself regardless of the true sum of the
calculations. I use my iPhone and simply make the preparation before with the calculator still open lock the
phone. When the phone is next unlocked ready and waiting will be the calculator in its prepared state. The
force number is 193434 this when added using based numerology will total 5:
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1+9=10 (drop the 10 leaving 1)
1+3=4
4+3=7
7+3=10 (drop the 10 leaving 1)
1+4=5
To conclude the routine I add the single digits of the longer number to reveal they total five, the lucky number
mentioned at the outset and the meanings of which appear on the handwritten now in the wallet removed at
the outset. This forms a nice complete feeling with everything coming full circle.
The goal with this presentation is to present the audience with an interesting perspective on the idea of
divination that they might not have thought about before, rather than lay on the story telling skills, and
therefore overcome the issue of the story not feeling real. By occupying the spectators mind with the concept
of creating their future and the manner in which we apply fortune telling tools to this we overcome the issue.
One of the stronger points is the combination of both psychical props (the playing cards) totally imagined
choices (the coins) and seemingly never ending possible outcomes of something personal (the calculations of
the date of birth) each canceling the notion of control or multiple outcomes in the minds of the spectator.
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