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"And the best stuff….Scatterbrain! I LOVE that effect. That is such a clever plot. People do multiple cards to multiple location plots all the time but seeing it done in a packet trick was just beautiful. If you like the sound of the Scatterbrain plot then buy this for that effect. If you are a packet trick lover who would like to see some clever thinking on the B-wave plot, then this is a worthy buy." - Erik Ostresh

John Gelasi presents an entire ebook dedicated entirely to one of his favorite card plots: the packet brainwave effect.

Included in this new ebook are eight baffling "B'wave"-style...

Welcome to issue 6 of CardShark, the highly anticipated monthly card magazine that contains exciting tricks from magicians around the world. This issue contains five great card tricks, which will feed your card magic needs, all for a tasty $2.80!

In this issue, we have a great new trick from John Carey, plus fantastic new tricks from upcoming creators Michael Cookman, Rob Gardner and a trick from card legend Stephen Tucker. Plus, a trick from me. So go grab a deck of cards, and enjoy working your way through five great card effects…

1. My Game is Poker by John Carey – A really nice trick that is very hands off,...

More great card magic from the late Nick Trost! All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards.

CONTENTS:

• EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE: Four indifferent cards change into four duplicates of a selection and revert back to indifferent cards.
• TROST ON HAMMAN'S "MAGIC CARDS": Three Jokers, when added to one of the three selections, change to the same value as the selection. Then the Jokers change to the same value of the second selection and then the third.
• SPECTATOR'S ROYAL FLUSH: A spectator locates a royal flush in a deck of cards.
• FOUR GRAND SLAMS: Two spectators each deal a half-deck...

All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards!

CONTENTS:

• DOUBLE PINOCHLE WITH AN ELEVATOR FINISH: Four cards, two JD’s and two QS’s change into four Aces. Then the Aces travel up and down through the deck.
• FOUR-ACE VANISH AND RECOVERY: The four Aces are seen to vanish in a deck of cards and then they reappear face up in the middle of the deck.
• INTUITION: A spectator reverses a card in a deck and you reverse a card in another deck. When the decks are dealt the two cards appear at the same time, but not only that, they match.
• BOTTOMS, SECONDS AND CENTERS DEMONSTRATION:...

The crazy card routines of one of the funniest magicians in the world. Very usable material including 23 hilarious card tricks, different from anything you ever tried before, totally unexpected, totally uninhibited in a very nice way, and totally entertaining. Illustrated by Roy Kissell.

1st edition 1960, 28 pages; digital edition 2012, 32 pages.

Table of Contents

9. "Hum-Bug" Prediction
11. Card In The Turban
12. Lost And Found
13. C-Thru Card
14. Spotz
15. Op-Trick-Al Illusion
16. Hocus-Focus
17. 2 Or 3 From 5 & 10
18. Cardician Blendo
20. Komical Cards
20. A "Marxed" Card
20. The "Blushing" King
21. It's A "Scorcher" ...

"I have discovered that you are my twin soul." - Arturo de Ascanio

"Most men have two dimensions, they are tall and wide, Davide has the third dimension, he is deep!" - Rene Lavand

"Davide Costi is a refined gentle performer. He prefers his puzzlements to be blown kisses rather than buffeting blows. There is something merciful in his manner and he truly wishes to share whatever mystery may occur, telling whichever stories ring most true. His climatic noble effect, where two cards matched, stunned even fastest company!" - Jon Racherbaumer

Davide Costi is a true artist. His routines are beautiful,...

Over a dozen strictly impromptu tricks you will enjoy using. Many have patter included. Please note that these invisible deck routines are FASIDU (from a shuffled deck in use) and not the same version popularized by Don Alan.

1st edition 1948, 24 pages; digital edition 2012, 21 pages.

Table of Contents

5. Preface
6. The Invisible Deck
7. The Invisible Deck (Effect 2)
7. The Invisible Deck (Effect 3)
9. The Invisible Deck (Effect 4)
9. Strike Three and Out!
10. Four Plus One
11. Surprise Rise
12. Quickie Reverse
13. Hypnotism and Cards
15. Two Black Aces
16. Poker Supreme
18. Where Are the Aces?
19. Ideal Count Down
20. Without a...

Performed and explained by Brian Barnes.

The explanation for the performance and method is in Al Koran's Legacy but as Brian Barnes has been performing this act for around 50 years he has taken bits of the routine out and has added some of his own subtle touches.

This is a brilliant act for any full time magical entertainer. It just requires the minimum of props including a blindfold, cards and a table. It can be worked absolutely surrounded and for audiences of virtually any size.

Brian Barnes not only performs the act in front of an audience of twelve but then explains how to perform it in detail....

Aldo Colombini and Cameron Francis, two friends with a common passion: Card Magic. This is the type of magic that can be worked anytime, anyplace.

Contents:

• YET (Aldo Colombini): A card is selected and it is seen to be the only different colored card. It disappears and reappears face up in the middle of the deck.
• SIMPLY AMAZING (Cameron Francis): This is a fun, off-beat four-Ace assembly.
• FOLLOWERS (Aldo Colombini): Follow the Leader theme but the entire packet follows each time.
• S.P.C.A. (Cameron Francis): An almost self-working small packet "card at number".
• NUMBERED (Aldo Colombini):...

Original Aces material, including the Fair Deal Aces, a new approach with no fake cards, Paging the Aces (the moves of which magicians won't follow), Four by Twelve Aces, a card trick in the Vernon tradition. This ebook is for card men who enjoy clever technical sleight of hand.

1st edition 1950, 2nd edition 1974, 12 pages; digital edition 2012, 12 pages.

Controlling a card to the top or to the bottom is the most fundamental technique in card magic. Every card magician should have at least one good method to do that. Consequently many authors use the phrase "control card to the top/bottom with your preferred method" and leave the rest to the reader assuming that everyone already has his or her preferred method. While you might have your favorite method, the search for better ones never stops.

In this ebook Jon Racherbaumer describers several - as he calls them 'finessed' methods - to control a card to the top or to the bottom. You should find...

LECTURE NOTES 2011 by Devin Knight

The lecture notes from Devin Knight's 2011 tour. Far more than just a set of lecture notes, this is a complete book in itself! Features mind-boggling effects, including both cards and mentalism. Effects that fooled the majority of magicians in attendance. These notes include directions for Devin's NO TOUCH Any Card At ANY Number. The performer need not touch the decks at any time, yet both decks can be examined by the spectators. No fakes, gimmicks or duplicate cards! One of Devin's biggest hits during this lecture tour. These notes also contain directions...

Fabulous collection of card magic culled from the pages of The Pentagram, including an excellent chapter by Graham Adams.

• Introduction
• George Blake's Super Speller
• The Nonsuch Card Prediction By Francis Haxton
• A Legacy From Jordan By Francis Haxton
• An Ace Change By Roy Walton
• Double Stop By Franklin V. Taylor
• R. J. Fisher On Double Stop
• Double-Stoppered By Ron Baillie
• Jack Potter On Double Stop
• Full Stop, Double Stop By Hugh A Carroll
• A Trick With A Purpose By Wilfred Jonson
• Turnover Change By Harry Hickson
• The Twenty-Seventh Card By C. Dudley Whitnall
• Improved Sure-Fire Force By C. Dudley Whitnall ...

Peter Duffie is one of the world's most creative cardmen and Subtle Miracles gathers together some of his most inventive work. Many of these effects were marketed as exclusive manuscripts (Solo, Duet, Trio, Quartet, Double Indemnity) and are now brought together for the first time, together with a selection of brand new routines using equally clever methods. David Britland contributed a routine called 'Red Alert' as well as added notes commenting on Peter's routines. An appendix teaches a couple of important sleights.

• Introduction
• Solo
  • Wildlife
  • Hamman Count Variation
• Duet
  • Point Blank Assembly
  • Impulse: Two cards transpose under...

Effect: The performer introduces a deck of cards that has swimsuit models on the cards. It is explained to a male spectator that he is going to go on a date with one of these 52 girls. All he has to do is psychically determine her phone number.

You bring out 5 cards, which are numbered 1 through 10. All of the odd numbers are on one side of the cards, and all of the even numbers are on the other side of the cards. In other words, the card marked with a 1 on one side is marked with a 2 on the other side. The others are, of course, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, and 9/10. You tell the spectator that you will...

Welcome to ISSUE 7 of CARDSHARK, the highly anticipated monthly card magazine that contains awesome tricks from magicians around the world. This issue contains five great tricks, which will feed your card magic needs!

I am very excited to say that we have an excellent new trick and a classic from John Guastaferro, a new trick from Andrew Murray plus two fantastic new tricks from Rob Gardner, all for only $2.80! Plus, thanks to a great John Guastaferro idea, the first three tricks form an awesome routine!

So go grab a deck of cards, hit buy and enjoy working your way through five great...

"Hold that Ghost and Thanks to Walton just slapped me in the face with the hand of awesome. I'm always looking for new ways to get the Aces into play, and Thanks to Walton is my new best friend." - CrestfallenLyric (review from the Magic Cafe)

"Great tricks!" - Dave Forrest

"(Thanks to Walton is) one of the best versions of Roy's effect I have ever seen! Great work!" - John Carey

"All strong routines!" - Peter Duffie

Get ready for 10 completely impromptu packet effects. No gaffs or gimmicks. Just pull a few cards out of a completely normal deck and start performing miracles. This is stuff you will use!

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All routines in this ebook are card effects and can be performed with a regular deck of cards. Only for one effect will you need an additional regular card. Five effects are totally impromptu and can be performed with a borrowed pack of cards.

"The name Michal Kociolek may be an unfamiliar one to you, but I have been aware of Michal's work for some time now and have been impressed with the clever and direct approach that he applies to his card magic. This book contains eight fully developed routines in which Michal takes some classic plots and principles and expands the possibilities. There...

An effect by Paul Gordon performed by Aldo Colombini. You show some Jokers. The backs of the cards are red. One Joker with a big X on its back is placed among the cards and now all the cards have a big X on their backs. One card with a big O on its back is placed among the cards and now all the cards have big O’s on their backs. Finally, the cards are all back to normal. The big surprise comes when five cards are turned over and a letter appears on each card spelling the word MAGIC (or any other message, a Royal Flush, etc).

You will need five blank-faced cards.

A deck is shuffled. While the performer's back is turned, one spectator selects and remembers a card, which he then loses into the deck. No one knows where this card is. Its identity is known only to the spectator. Now, a second spectator merely thinks of a number. The performer mixes the cards further, and spreads them face up to show the cards to be completely mixed. The second spectator now, for the 1st time, reveals her thought of number. The spectator is handed the deck. She deals the cards one at a time until she reaches her thought of number. The card arrived at is the card being thought...

EFFECT #1: The magician opens up a card wallet displaying some playing cards torn in four pieces, each of them held by a rubber band. He explains, "Those are a few of the wrong predictions I've made in the past. Since then, I've learnt to keep being positive. For example, this one was wrong at the time it was made, but what if it was just right today?" You move this one aside and pocket the rest.

A spectator selects any two-digit number up to 50. The deck is dealt accordingly to make up a card, selecting a value and a suit. Despite the huge range of possible outcomes, the prediction that...

"I haven't purchased magic for myself in years. Thunderbird was my first online purchase, and all I can say is WOW!" - Dan M.

Imagine if you had real magical powers. How would you make four aces appear at your fingertips? Picture bringing your hands together, in front of you, and an ace magically appears between them. Without hesitation, you take this newly-produced card, and effortlessly split it into two aces. The audience's gaze is riveted to your hands. Fearful of missing your next move, they don't even blink. The third ace materializes right out of thin air - at your fingertips....

In the late twenties Larsen & Wright (William Larsen, Sr. and T. Page Wright) were prominent names in magic. They produced a flood of contributions to magic magazines, over one hundred in The Sphinx alone in 1927-28 (so many in fact that The Sphinx felt compelled to publish much of it under a variety of pseudonyms). But in addition there were the Larsen & Wright publications, a large series of printed books and manuscripts offering a mass of original material not appearing in the periodicals.

When T. Page Wright died tragically in 1930, he left behind the finished manuscript for a mooted book. Incredibly,...

An uncanny demonstration of apparent thought-reading.

THREE SMASH HITS: You show a packet of cards (saying that it contains the four Queens) and leave it aside. You also show another packet of four cards and they are seen to be the four Queens. A spectator FREELY touches any card and this is revealed to be, say, the QC.

FIRST EFFECT: The QC is seen to be the only reversed card in the other packet.

SECOND EFFECT: This card has a red back, while the other three are blue-backed cards.

THIRD EFFECT: The three blue-backed cards are seen to have blank faces.

Easy to do. At the...