All Magic Knight Captains The Magic Knight Captains are the highest-ranking members of the Magic Knights in the anime and manga series "Black Clover." They are chosen based on their exceptional magical abilities and leadership skills. There are a total of nine Magic Knight Captains, each leading a squad of Magic Knights. 1. Julius Novachrono – Julius is the captain of the Grey Deer squad and the Magic Emperor of the Clover Kingdom. He possesses incredible time-based magic and is known for his kind and fair nature.
He possesses incredible time-based magic and is known for his kind and fair nature. Julius is also the oldest Magic Knight Captain. 2.
How to Use the Svengali Deck
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A Svengali deck is a common type of trick card deck with slightly shortened duplicate cards. With it, you gain the ability to do hundreds of different magic tricks. The key part of using a Svengali deck is setting it up before you go in front of an audience. Also, master a few basic techniques to keep the audience guessing while you efficiently pull off tricks. Once you know the secret of a Svengali deck, the tricks you can come up with are limited only by your imagination.
Steps Part 1 Part 1 of 4:Setting up the Deck
- The duplicate card in the deck is your trick card. It is the focus of all tricks done with a Svengali deck.
- Each Svengali deck has a different duplicate. For instance, one deck may use the 6 of hearts while another uses the ace of spades.
- Most tricks rely on this specific alternating pattern. This pattern puts the copies on top of the regular cards, which makes forcing someone to pick a trick card very easy. When you flip the deck over and fan the deck out, the copies stay hidden behind the regular cards.
- With this setup, the regular cards are on top while the deck is face down. Flipping the deck over and fanning it out exposes all of the copy cards. It’s a fun way to suggest that you transformed all of the cards in the deck into copies, for instance.
- Shuffling techniques like riffling also allow you to arrange the deck this way when you’re in the middle of your act.
Learning Shuffling Skills
- The copies are a little smaller than the regular cards in the deck. You can identify them by feeling for the space they leave between the bigger cards.
- Make sure you dribble the cards in the correct direction according to how you set up the deck. When the deck is set up normally, hold the cards face up and let them fall forward into your other hand.
- If you used the reverse configuration, hold the cards face up and let them fall backward into your other hand.
- You can cut a Svengali deck multiple times, always finding a duplicate card. Mix this with dribbling and shuffling techniques to fool your audience with more complicated tricks.
- Keep in mind that your cards may be out of order if someone sets up or riffles the deck incorrectly. If this happens, cut the deck yourself to ensure a duplicate card is next on the pile.
- The deck doesn’t actually get shuffled. When you master riffling, you can make the cards fall in pairs. Each pair consists of a regular card and a copy card.
- If you used the regular alternating set up for your deck, the copies are always on top of the bigger cards. Use the space left by the shorter cards to alternate releasing card pairs from both halves of the deck.
- Because of the alternating pattern you used to set up the deck, the copies are always on top of the bigger cards and easy to find. To find them without the audience noticing, dribble, riffle, or cut the cards to bring a regular card to the top. They are shorter than the regular cards, so they leave small gaps in the deck.
- As you get used to riffling, try doing it while arching the cards into a bridge. It’s very flashy, and if you do it fast enough, no one will notice the shorter cards in the deck.
Performing Basic Tricks
- The trick cards stay hidden behind the larger cards. You can easily reveal them if you aren’t careful, so don’t move too quickly.
- You can also fan out the cards while holding them. You may find this easier than spreading them out on the table.
- Another option is to show all of the trick cards, such as when you “transform” the deck into copies. Riffle the deck so the cards still alternate but the copies are under the regular cards. Fan the deck out as you normally would.
- After completing the prediction, try turning over the entire deck and spreading it out. If you do this carefully enough, you can pretend the deck is normal by hiding the shorter duplicate cards.
- A variation of this is the "blurt out" trick. Have the spectator put the card back in the deck, then dribble through to show them that all the cards are different. Say something like, “Sometimes people forget what card they chose, so remember that you picked the ten of clubs.”
- Make sure you keep the copies hidden behind the regular cards in the deck. If you aren’t careful when fanning out the deck, you may end up revealing the trick. Don’t let the audience inspect the deck.
- For an alternative version, tape the card to your back and pretend like you can’t find it in the deck.
- Advanced magicians may be able to plant a duplicate card on an audience member. Doing this involves distracting the audience’s attention, such as by talking and doing tricks, while you put the card in place.
- When you split the deck correctly, all of the piles will have a duplicate on top. It doesn’t matter how many times they divide the deck or which pile they choose.
- You can have the audience member tell you where to cut the deck or you can do it yourself. Either way works.
- Tell the audience that you have been training yourself as a human lie detector and are going to prove your talent. It’s a fun trick that engages the audience but doesn’t require anything beyond basic Svengali techniques.
Using Advanced Tricks
- Spread out the cards in the deck to show that you didn’t turn anything over or remove anything.
- Come up with other clever ways to reveal the card a spectator chooses. For example, put a card in a picture frame. If you’re really motivated, try putting an ad in the paper and showing it to the participant after they pick the duplicate.
- If the name has an odd number of letters, the last card you placed on the table is a duplicate. If it has an even number of letters, the next card in your hand is a duplicate.
- Expand this trick by using multiple objects and names. Also, try inventing an amusing story around them.
- This trick has the risk of revealing that your deck is rigged. Make the card pick look as random as possible and add some showmanship, such as by tapping the cards as if you’re changing them to be the same.
- When you finish the trick, flip the deck over and fan out the cards to show that there aren’t any other duplicates. Keep the actual duplicates hidden behind the regular cards.
- Be careful not to expose the face up duplicate at the top of your deck. Use it as a way to keep track of the deck and cut it evenly.
- Arrange your deck by placing the duplicate cards on top of the regular ones. The top, face up half of the deck will consist of normal cards while the bottom, face down portion will be all copies.
- This trick requires good deck cutting skills. After you combine the halves of the deck, feel for the shorter cards. Cut the deck a few times to pretend like you’re mixing the cards up.
- Perform the trick multiple times to keep bringing duplicate cards to the top of the deck. Once you know how to identify the shorter trick cards by touch alone, doing this is easy.
- Be careful when spreading or shuffling the cards. One mistake spoils the entire trick. Spreading out the cards can be dangerous if you aren’t good at hiding the copies behind the bigger cards.
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