Daniel Madison - BURN
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Burn is a 44 page book that explores ideas of the performer physically affecting playing cards in many different ways through the medium of heat/fire/voodoo... for example， the magician causes an image of a spectators chosen card to appear burnt onto another playing card at his will and command...
The book is packed with 22 different concepts that will guide you through the methods for creating your own unique tools and gaffs and teach you step-by-step the techniques and mechanics for achieving the impossible voodooesque card magic that has become BURN...
44 pages， 22 effects， endless possibilities...  Cards.Will.Burn
Checkout the trailer and effects list below...
IN THE SMOKE 1
A card is selected and lost in the deck
The performer takes a random card from the deck - not the selection - and holds it over an open flame
Slowly， burns appear on the face of the card taking the shape of the spectators selected card
(a variation of this is performed in the trailer below)
IN THE SMOKE 2
A card is selected and lost in the deck
The performer takes a random card from the deck – not the selection and holds it over an open flame
As the card begins to sear， the spectator is asked to hold onto it
The performer blows out the flame and the burns are revealed to have taken the shape of a playing card…
The spectators selected card
SNAP AND BURN
A card is selected and lost in the deck
The performer takes a random card from the deck – not the selection and waves it over an open flame
A final wave extinguishes the flame and burns in the shape of the spectators selected cardinstantlyappear on the back of the held card
BURNING LINK
A card is selected - The Queen of Hearts - and lost in the deck
The performer applies pressure to the deck claiming that he can affect certainfocusedcards
The performer claims to have focused on the wrong card… the 7 of Diamonds
The performer searches the deck to reveal a card with the 7 of Diamonds burnt onto the back of it
The burnt card is then revealed to be the spectators’ initial selection…  The Queen of Hearts
BURNING HAND
A card is selected - The 7 of Diamonds - and lost in the deck
The performer takes the Queen of Hearts and places it face up in the spectators open palm
The spectator is asked to focus on their card
The Queen in their hand heats up
Their card is revealed in the shape of burn marks on the back of the Queen
REMAINS
A card is selected and lost in the deck and two Aces are produced
The Aces are waved over the deck where the selected card instantly appears between them
The performer then shakes the aces， with the selected card sandwiched between them over an open flame
The selected card is seen to vanish from between the aces leaving nothing but a burnt shadow on one of the Aces of where the selected card was
The vanished card is then revealed ANYWHERE the performer desires covered in burns
SPREAD VANISH
A card is selected and lost in the deck
The performer claims that he can transfer the pain from burning his hand into the deck
The performer holds his hand over an open flame allowing it to burn
When the performer can bare no more pain， he pulls his hand away and holds it above the deck
He then slowly spreads the cards to show that the selected card is nothing more than a burnt shadow of where it once was in the deck
(Optional extra) Theselected card is then found ANYWHERE the performer desires covered in burns
CORNER SHADOW
An index corner is torn from a freely selected card and placed on the deck
The performer waves his hand over the corner causing it to vanish from the deck leaving behind a burnt shadow of where the corner was
The vanished corner is then found ANYWHERE the performer desires