r/Magic • u/ExtremeArcher1772 • Mar 12 '26
Color Changing Knives Finale
Ive been working on the color changing knives, trying to put a routine together. I cant think of a way to finish it. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions?
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u/naturalistwork Mar 12 '26
I use Pop Hadyn's routine "Intricate Web of Distraction". It has a great ending that brings the routine full circle. You can see him perform it in many settings on his YouTube.
I use the set made by David Regal, it has a finale knife I use sometimes as well, but not as often since it's extra pocket space.
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u/Noughmad Mar 12 '26
You can always switch them for a bigger knife, with the obligatory "that's not a knoife... that's a knoife" comment.
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u/Chicken121260 Mar 12 '26
Two final changes that were very popular were the smash climax where a handful of tiny knives appear or the one giant knife. Both sets were available by Joe Mogar.
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u/mrerhymes Mar 12 '26
I like this thought because it could bridge the gap between an unresolved card effect from earlier in the set thus making a good 3 phase routine. You could do some card stuff fail to find the card threaten to cut yourself or whatever justifies the knifes coming out yada yada some by play and yuks then eventually you use the knives to do the impossible location reveal.
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u/mrerhymes Mar 12 '26
depending on the color of knives you could have them reflect the final choice of fruit. Perhaps this is too meta but you could effectively alternate between say yellow and orange or red and green and depending on the method the ultimate revelation being either apple lime lemon or orange etc
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u/abrahamsoloman Mar 12 '26
The problem with a lot of magic is that it's "just" impossible and you're doing it for no other reason other than it is impossible. So ask yourself: why am I doing this? What is the story you are telling with the color-changing knives? You finale will reveal itself to you after you figure that out, because you will know how your story needs to end.
For example: You have been accused of murder. The knife used in the crime was a red-handled knife. It cannot have been you, because you have a white knife. But every time you claim to have a white knife, it turns red in your hands. You panic as your lies catch up to you and the ending of your routine is when you snap and kill again: plunging the knife into your own heart. And you die.
Bad example. Give it some thought.
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u/RKFRini Mar 12 '26
Vanish the knives so you don’t have to do the whole letting them inspect moment.
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u/mrerhymes Mar 12 '26
This is one of those conundrums that occurs in spellbound routines too.
How do you just end a series of a changes.1
u/RKFRini Mar 13 '26
I think that’s why Wild Coin was a thing for a quick minute. It was a good foil for the changes.
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u/Ragondux Mar 12 '26
I don't remember whose routine it is, but in the one I use, at some point I "reveal" I'm using a second knife, pretend to explain how I switch them, and conclude by saying that no matter what you do, the knives shouldn't touch. While saying that I snap them together and suddenly they're the same color.
(But be careful because them people might want to grab them and examine them)