The Abracadabra Trick

Semi-Automatic Weapons Chapter 6:

Dani DaOrtiz shares with your an amazingly direct card location technique that is a real reputation maker. The spectator cuts a packet off the top of the pack, shuffles it, removes a card, and places the rest of the packet back on the deck. The card is remembered and goes back on top of the deck. A packet is taken off the bottom of the deck, shuffled, and put on top of the deck. The deck is cut again, and the card is hopelessly lost in the deck. The spectator thinks of any magic word they want and then spells their word, turning over a card for each letter in their magic word. Impossibly, the card they spell to is exactly their card. Dani is joined by some of his closest friends and students for a session on the incredible principles at play in this Semi-Automatic Miracle.

This lesson, just under an hour in length, will introduce you to new concepts using key cards in wild new ways. The principles involved will give you the ability to know where selected cards are under chaotic conditions. Key takeaways for the student include:

The Face Up Key Card
What looks like a mistake is actually a powerful tool that the magician can use to identify the location of a selected card secretly. Dani teaches you not only how to insert this card into your deck but also how to place it in the position you want it. In addition to the principle, you’ll learn some of Dani’s preferred ways to reverse a card in the deck.

The Key Card In The Distance
Dani shares with you the power of the floating key card. This principle is an old one in magic, but understanding precisely how to handle the deck and give the appearance of chaos will unlock its true power. Dani will share with you the way he uses this powerful weapon to make it appear as though the entire deck has been shuffled thoroughly by your audience.

Spectator Placement
The ability to put a card in the exact position you want is a powerful tool. Making your audience place the card where you want it without their knowledge? That’s the stuff miracles are made out of. Dani will teach you exactly how to use your audience to your advantage when performing semi-automatic miracles.

Lesson six of this comprehensive course continues to reveal more of the powerful semi-automatic principles and effects that Dani DaOrtiz has used to thrill audiences around the world. This effect has been a mainstay in Dani’s repertoire and now includes his most up-to-date thoughts and secrets to make The Abracadabra trick a reputation maker. You are about to become privy to the secrets that make the magic of Dani DaOrtiz so disarmingly devastating. It’s time to go to school with Dani DaOrtiz in the sixth lesson of The Semi-Automatic Weapons Project.