Queen City Transpo by Luke Dancy

Penguin magic is proud to announce the latest addition to its ever growing collection of popular downloads, Queen City Transpo. In this effect, the spectators watch as cards change places right before their eyes. At the end of the performance they will believe that they have watched a brilliant demonstration of expert card magic. In truth, thanks to a couple of very clever gaffs, a high amount of skill is not required to master this bewildering card trick.

Here is a summary of the action:

The spectator takes any card from a deck of Bicycle cards and signs it with a Sharpie pen. The performer then removes the four queens from the deck and displays them. (Actually any four court cards of the same denomination will work just as well.) The rest of the deck is then put aside.

The performer proceeds to take the spectator’s signed card and turn it face down. He then places two of the four queens in his shirt pocket and shows that the cards remaining in his hand are the two red queens.

Here comes the amazing finale. The following revelations are made sequentially without any fancy moves on the part of the performer:

1. The two red queens are turned over in the performer’s hand. The performer merely waves them over his shirt pocket and they are then shown to be the two black queens that were previously placed in his shirt pocket.

2. The spectator’s signed card is pushed through the performer’s bare hand and visibly becomes the two red queens.

3. The performer reaches into his shirt pocket and proceeds to pull out the spectator’s signed card.

At that point the spectators are blinking their eyes in disbelief!

Be sure to check out the demo video to watch this impressive routine being performed. Then you can go on to purchase this winner by clicking the “Add to Cart” button located at the top and bottom of the page.

Once you have bought this terrific effect, it will take you no more than 15 minutes to set it up for many future performances. A good while later, another 15 minutes of handiwork will prepare you for a new cycle of showings. Note that this prep work is so simple that it could easily be done by a nine year old child.

Although this effect is not for beginners, it requires no more than a skill level of “6” on a scale of 1 to 10 to master it, even though it appears to be far more difficult.

The instruction video provided by Penguin Magic is extremely clear, but it should be viewed at least two or three times for the purchaser to make sure that he/she fully understands the workings of the effect.

Like any good piece of magic, this one requires a certain amount of practice to be performed smoothly and convincingly. However, this writer, who is not an experienced card handler, found that this effect was fairly easy to master. You too will see that after several practice runs, the quality of your presentation will start to improve very rapidly.

This trick will make a very welcome addition to your magic arsenal and it can be yours for less than $ 10.

Try it. You’ll like it!