What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby Chas Nigh » November 3rd, 2014, 4:12 pm

Cervon'S WC Routine can be found in Hard Boiled Mysteries. Hope that helps.
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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby Jonathan Townsend » November 3rd, 2014, 4:15 pm

Bob Farmer wrote:This is a great routine. I tried to track it down for purchase without success. If you like this routine, you might like Hans Trixer's version that was marketed by Ken Brooke.


Is that "Wild Man Wild" ?

IIRC you were exploring that trick around 1980
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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby Chas Nigh » November 3rd, 2014, 4:20 pm

Cervons Wild Card can be found in Hard Boiled Mysteries

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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby Bob Farmer » November 3rd, 2014, 8:57 pm

Does anyone have JP's email address? I gotta learn that routine.

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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby Brad Jeffers » November 4th, 2014, 12:51 am

Bob Farmer wrote:Does anyone have JP's email address? I gotta learn that routine.

You can purchase the routine HERE for $22.46

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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby Jonathan Townsend » February 16th, 2016, 10:22 am

I've been wanting to do the trick regularly for... back when Ron Frost's Wildcard Outdone was put on the market.

Yes to using a wallet to carry the trick. But geeze - the reset and making that switch work...

I got as far as this question: How to motivate that moment where you put the cards back in the wallet within a plausible routine that bears watching a second time. Does it make sense to start with one of the pre-change cards selected and set aside into the wallet and you check it every now and then?

Any thoughts?
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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby Dustin Stinett » February 16th, 2016, 2:23 pm

It seems to me that Tommy Wonder justified the wallet calling the cards part of a collection (or something along those lines). I do the same thing with my version of Hamman's "Magic Cards." So, to "keep them safe," I replace them into the wallet.

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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby erdnasephile » February 16th, 2016, 2:26 pm

I think the "contagion" type plots can also justify the wallet. If the contagion can affect the other cards, simply by touching them, isolation in the wallet makes sense.

If there is something special about the cards (bridge size (Ortiz), gypsy cards (Kane), etc.) then I also think the wallet, parchment, etc. makes sense since these cards would not be in your regular deck.
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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby AJM » February 16th, 2016, 2:28 pm

The JPV 'Cartes Folies' is an excellent routine.

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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby Ryan Matney » February 16th, 2016, 3:20 pm

I think Jeff Sheridan's version from his L&L DVD set is underappreciated. It's an excellent handling with a logical presentation.

It uses a Svengali deck and that's probably why magicians don't seem to rate it.
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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby Tom Gilbert » February 26th, 2016, 8:20 am

Nice routine, but I'm in the camp of previous opinions that it's a little too long. Additionally, JPV seems to be rushing though it, so if someone's style is a little slower..

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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby Bill Duncan » February 26th, 2016, 10:18 pm

I guess i'm a dissenting opinion. I think he over uses a couple of overly discrepant moves.

I prefer Peter Samuelson's handling with or without his wonderful script...

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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby erdnasephile » February 27th, 2016, 12:05 am

Here is an interesting wild card variant by John Bannon (via Meir Yedid)



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Re: What Say You? JP Vallarino's Wild Card

Postby erdnasephile » February 27th, 2016, 12:14 am

Another one of the few wild card routines with a great ending is Michael Close's "We're all B*z*s on this Bus"


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