Next Meeting: 15 March 2025 | Theme: Annual General Meeting | Location: NLB Drama Center

NEW OIL & WATER by TCC Magic

TCC Magic’s “New Oil & Water” implies that there was an older version of oil and water. TCC Magic did market an older version of an oil and water trick. It contained 4 oil cards and 4 water cards. The oil card was depicted by a large drop of oil in yellow colour. The water card was depicted by a large drop of water in blue colour. There was no gimmicked or specially printed cards such as double face or double back cards. The

routine had several phases and it depended on only one sleight used: the Elmsley Count.

TCC Magic’s “New Oil & Water” trick is a vast improvement over its older version. The oil cards are depicted by a yellow splash of oil and the water cards are depicted by a blue splash of water.
There is a climax where the water cards are magically transformed to pictures of an ice cube and the oil cards are transformed to pictures of a flame of fire. The cards come with some double faced cards and you will also need to be able to perform the Elmsley Count, a variation of the Olram Subtlety Move, the Buckle Move, the Hamman Count, the Ascanio Spread, and a kind of half pass. These seem to involve a lot of difficult moves with cards. In actuality, they are standard packet card trick moves and are executed at the right moments where the misdirection is the greatest.

Here is the effect. 4 water cards and then 4 oil cards are shown fronts and backs. The cards are interlaced and are shown to be mixed. The packet of 8 cards are turned face downwards. Oil and water will not mix. After waiting for the 2 liquids to settle down, the top 4 cards are now shown to be the oil cards (oil is lighter than water and floats to the top). These 4 oil cards are turned face downwards. A magical gesture is made and all these 4 oil cards are now depicted by a flame of fire. The 4 water cards are turned over and instead of a picture of a splash of water, the cards are each depicted by a cube of melting ice.

You receive the all the specially printed cards printed by USPCC in red rider bicycle backs. Included is a very nice padded pocket wallet to contain and transport the cards in 2 separate compartments in the wallet. You are given a link to a 20 minutes tutorial which provides quite clear instructions in the English language.

A meaningful and magical version of the oil and water trick. (Rated 5/5 stars)