Take a break from the new trick cycle
New tricks are hitting the market at a quicker rate than ever before. It can be overwhelming to keep track of what's coming out, if it will fit into your act, and where it's in stock.
We wanted to try something different. Our featured trick today isn't new or expensive. It's a reliable worker that has decades worth of magicians vouching for its quality. This is John Bannon's Twisted Sisters.
The sisters are packet trick perfection. It's easy-to-master, fun to perform, and visually impossible, and it accomplishes all that with just 8 cards. You are going to make 2 queens switch places without touching them.
One spectator is given a packet of 4 blue-backed queens. Another is given 4 red-backed queens. Each is asked to think of a queen. Spreading each pack, you show that one card in each is face up: the two thought-of queens! Now for the switch. Flipping each queen over, you show that the blue packet has a red-backed queen and the red packet's is blue-backed. Finally, you reveal that the remaining cards weren't queens at all and, in fact, were all jokers!
Twisted Sisters is available at any Murphy's Magic dealer, or you can check out with our featured dealer, J & B! |
