Description

Imagine a spectator freely selecting a card from a normal shuffled deck and signing its face. The performer then shuffles the signed card back into the deck and returns the deck to its box. Then the performer slides two face-up jokers halfway into the card box on top of the face-down deck (the jokers can even be paper-clipped together). The two out-jogged jokers visibly penetrate down through the encased cards to the bottom of the deck and then visibly rise back up through the cards to the top of the deck. The performer dumps out the deck and spreads the cards. A single face-down card is sandwiched between the two jokers; it’s the spectator’s signed card! The magician then slides a small pay envelope halfway into the card box on top of the face-down deck. The envelope takes the same down and back journey through the deck as the two jokers. The performer dumps the deck and the envelope out of the card box, the spectator’s signed card is inside the envelope!The magician then performs The Ultimate Ambitious Card Finale by inserting the signed, face-up, ambitious card halfway into the card box at the bottom of the encased deck. The card visibly rises up through every card in the deck until it reaches the top. The performer dumps out the deck again and the spectator’s signed card is face-up on the top of the deck!!Gaetan Bloom is one of the most creative magicians on the planet. He has a knack for creating entertaining effects made possible by devilishly clever methods that not only fool laypeople but destroy magicians. Whether inventing close up or stage effects, ingenuity is never far away.As a professional magician he has been a featured entertainer at the prestigious Crazy Horse in Paris for many years, starred in numerous television shows and acted as a consultant to events, theatre and film.Noted French magician Dominque Webb describes Gaetan as a magic superstar. Recollecting the day they met he says: “I gave him his first lessons in magic when, as a childe, he came to see me at the magic shop saying that he wanted to become a magician. It is a joy to see that he has surpassed the master.”Christophe Henriot, Director of Varieties at the French television channel TF1 sums up Gaetan’s qualities: He is a tireless creator; He has mastered the art of stage and theatre; He excels at comedy; He has the technical expertise in film and television; He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the world of magic and entertainment; He knows how to create clever and original presentations.For magicians he has released a number of lecture notes and novel effects including Intercessor, a remarkable torn corner effect and Escalator, a startlingly visible ambitious card.