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Brainstorming with B'WaveCristian VidrascuCristian takes on the classic B'wave plot, and comes up with creative ideas for making it a highlight in any magic show or mentalism act. He touches on close-up and stage performances, and adds unique twists designed to stun modern audiences. Hidden among the unique presentations are ways to turn an entire, previously examined deck of cards into a blank deck (no deck switch), or how to predict a number simply thought of by a spectator (nothing written down, no pre-show work or verbal forces) - all in the context of the B'wave plot. As seen in his previous work on the Invisible Deck, his presentations... | $8 to wish list | |
Plan 9David DevlinDavid Devlin loves gambling demonstrations. He is particularly partial to the routines that give the spectators the impression that the performer is an expert in card control and cheating. Very seldom does one find a gambling-type of effect that has the following characteristics:
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Criss-Crossings: Unleashing the X-ForceJon RacherbaumerThis is an interesting study of the X-Force and variations thereof only the way Jon Racherbaumer can do it. The X-Force is the simplest force that every magician has learned to do at one point in their life. Jon dissects the X-Force or Criss-Cross Force and then puts it back together in different and new ways. This is fodder for those that want to go into the fine and nuanced details of performing this force.
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ReveriesNick ConticelloHere we offer three new approaches to Bob Hummer's classic Mindreader's Dream effect. A spectator merely thinks of a card and out of the performer's view deals some cards to impress the card on the subject's unconscious mind. The dealt cards are lost in the pack. The performer asks the spectator some questions, studies the subject's nonverbal responses, and slowly but surely names the thought-of card. One method requires a small stack, the other two are impromptu. All use ordinary cards and no sleights. The deck need not be complete. This item will be of interest to mentalists and card... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Cutting Deeper: an exploration of coercive cuttingJon RacherbaumerThis manuscript is ancestrally related to Criss-Crossings: Unleashing the X-Force insofar as it also deals with cutting cards. In this case, it deals with "cuts" and "turnovers." This type of combinatorial maneuver began with Henry Christ's forcing technique that he developed in the early 1920s. He originally developed six variations but he only published the fifth one in Ted Annemann's book, Sh-h-h It's a Secret, calling it "The 203rd Force." It subsequently has been referred to as the Christ Force and it spawned many versions and applications. Because of the cut-?turnover-?and-?replacement mechanics, the Christ Force is often confused with Ed Balducci's... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Zombies Eat BrainsMark PiazzaAn effect about famous highly intelligent human beings and a hunger for brains. Billy McComb's classic McCombical Deck updated for the Zombie Apocalypse. Artwork included. If you're a zombie, why eat just average brains? Wouldn't you want to eat the most intelligent brains available? That's the premise for this version of this classic effect! Included is the artwork for 7 special cards. 1st edition 2015, 10 pages. | $8 to wish list | |
The NTE PrincipleRonald Levy & Devin KnightA card feat that can be done over the radio. The magician shows the audience how to program their deck into a smart deck and proceeds to locate everyone's chosen card over the radio. A great publicity stunt that will get you booked on radio shows.
"Very deceptive, very nice!" - Tom CravenThe NTE Principle is a self-working hands-off effect that can be done over a cell phone, in a room full of people or even over the radio for thousands of people at the same time. It's an amazing effect where people select a playing card, lose it into the deck and then the magician is able to locate the card without... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Wildcard MiraclesFrank GarciaThe first and most exceptional definitive study ever written on the Wild Card. The classic miracle of the century and forerunner of all packet tricks is the Wild Card. Many of the routines have been closely guarded and found print for the very first time in this publication. Within the confines of these covers you will find revolutionary new routines, ideas and show stopping effects which are diabolically different, superbly written and magnificently illustrated. When Frank Garcia speaks, all magicians listen. When Frank Garcia writes, everyone reads his books. When they see Frank Garcia... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Pocket Riser 2.0: Borrowed and SignedRalf (Fairmagic) RudolphNo slits! No thread! Take a borrowed Pad! Borrow a paper pad (Post-it) and let the spectator sign the front page. After you draw the wrong card you add a few lines to make a box. Then the chosen card rises out of the drawn box. After that you rip of the signed paper and fold it (if you wish) and heat up with a lighter (you don't have to do this). When the spectator opens the paper, the card is gone. He could check the pad and keep all items as a souvenir! No threads, no slits! (like the first Version). If you follow the routine you end up clean. You can build the gimmick in a few minutes.... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
MultiplicityTom PhoenixThis is a fun, interesting effect, in which a free selection multiplies itself, leaving you with 3 of the same selection. It ends with a 3 card change, followed by a surprising transposition! This is entirely clean, requires no forces, and is sure to astonish and amaze your audience. Includes:
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Playing CanastaJon RacherbaumerThe presentations in this manuscript are homage to the nonmanipulative, off-the-cuff approach taken by Chan Canasta. The material is stuff Jon has published elsewhere, mostly piecemeal. The thrust of the ebook, though, is how these effects are PRESENTED in a CANASTA WAY. This then is its organizing principle. It is basically designed to demonstrate Canasta's approach. The material is easy and commercial.
1st edition 2016, 25 pages. | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Four Ace IntrosKen de CourcyFrom the introduction: The Four Ace Trick is deservedly popular. There are many versions, from the semi-automatic to the almost impossible finger-flinging variety, so it's within the scope of every performer. It starts, necessarily, with the abstraction of the four Aces. One can simply run through the pack, locate them and toss them out. Or, if you want considerably more impact, you can produce them magically. That's what this is all about ... producing the Aces in an interesting way as a lead-in to whatever Four Ace Trick you normally do. Here, you'll find both easy and more complicated... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Deck in Hand: Magic of the MagyarLaszlo RothbartFrom the introduction by Caryl S. Fleming: Written, tested, performed and compiled by my good friend, Dr. Laszlo Rothbart, of Budapest, Hungary — a Doctor of Medicine — Secretary of the Circle of Hungarian Magicians — an outstanding Magician among Magicians with an ever increasing interest in all things Magic and an highly constructive mental capacity for invention, adaptation and presentation.
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The Next Best Trick of the YearTom PhoenixDo a color change, while the card is on fire! This is a really nice color change, with the added touch of changing a burning card into a different burning card. Included is a method to make the first card travel from the deck, into the box. The change will take some practice, as it uses some un-orthodox moves, but is well within the skill of the average card handler. 1st edition 2016, length 10 minutes. | $8 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
49 Easy To Do Card TricksPercy AbbottFrom the introduction: Included in the 49 effects are some that are new and some that have been favorites of professional Magicians for years, but all of them have been tested on their merits as entertaining and mystifying tricks. All of these tricks can be performed with any deck of playing cards, with little or no preparation beforehand, and in compiling them, it has been the aim to include only such tricks as may be performed simply with a pack of playing cards, without the necessity of any extra paraphernalia. These tricks are easy to do, and may be performed once you have the directions... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
UF Grant's Lost Card SecretsDevin Knight & Ulysses Frederick GrantThis new e-book contains five of U. F. Grant's forgotten and almost lost card miracles. The first four effects are from a booklet released in 1931 that contained what Grant considered to be his four best card effects. The release was called: Counterfeit Card Miracles. It is very rare and almost impossible to find today. Devin has taken the four effects and updated them and expanded the directions. These are real magician foolers! #1- A spectator shuffles his own deck of cards and looks at one, remembering what number from the top that card is. For example, he may choose to remember the card... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Gamblers' Tricks with CardsJonathan H. GreenScores of street scams, swindles, and card table ruses are explained in this 163 page ebook, guaranteed to separate a sucker from his money just as quickly today as when this tome was first written in the mid-1800s. Don't read this book to cheat -- instead, get it for protection so you don't become a victim. This a fascinating study, filled with accounts of colorful, larger-than-life characters. Some were victims, others turned the tables and made suckers out of the swindlers. The author, "a reformed gambler," goes beyond playing cards to detail the inside work on thimbles (the precursor... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Expert Card MysteriesAlton C. SharpeFrom the introduction by Robert Parrish: Although much of the material in this book comes from advanced current contributors to card magic, Al has included some fascinating lore from the past. There is, for example, the first printed information on Eddie Fay's glimmer technique. I recall that the late Rufus Steele, an informed man of gamblers' dodges, simply refused to believe that Fay was using a reflector. He thought it was a put-on and that Fay was probably using a stack or a pack of marked cards. Then there is Paul LePaul's wonderful transportation of cards into a sealed envelope. Although he explained the trick... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Expert Card ConjuringAlton C. SharpeFrom the introduction by Robert Parrish: This book contains a remarkably select collection of sophisticated means for increasing and deepening the potential for "pleasant illusion" that resides in a pack of cards. These contributions range from presentation ideas such as Fred Lowe's "Second Deal Sam" to the technical refinement of standard effects, as, for example, in Ed Marlo’s "Approach to the ‘Stop’ Trick."
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Expert Card ChicaneryAlton C. SharpeFrom the Preface: This booklet, like our other Expert Series, is not designed to be either a reference or an authority in the ordinary sense. Perhaps, at best, it might be called a tickler, a reminder, or a check list, although none of these terms would be exact. It was written and compiled to stimulate one's "thought processes" and to instill creative activity within those who have a fondness for the pasteboards.
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Scripted #9: Serendipity DeckLarry BrodahlImagine being able to control coincidence. Where the time and location of two events determines the outcome of the events. This script and full instructions explains how. Imagine being able to control coincidence. Where the time and location of two events determines the outcome of the events. Now you can! The magician removes a BLUE backed card from his pocket as he talks about coincidence, and how coincidence is decided by two factors: physical proximity and time. He has someone sit on the card. He then removes a RED backed deck from his pocket, and spreads the cards out front and back... | $8 to wish list | |
Cut The CardsMartin GardnerThe 17 effects contained in this collection can be performed with an unprepared deck. Never again be caught without a trick. The audience-tested effects range from no-skill puzzlers to outstanding mysteries that require rudimentary sleights. Nelson Hahne's clear illustrations help make everything clear. Here's what's included: A Close Fit - Some of you will win bar bets with this impossible-appearing optical illusion. The Unconfused Joker - The Joker helps locate the spectator's card, though the audience thinks its impossible. Double Vanish and Recovery - A beautiful effect by Ed Marlo where... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Scripted #11: Rising CardLarry BrodahlA script and method for the Rising card trick where the spectator goes through the deck and selects the card to rise. Can be done within inches of the audience with no sleight of hand. One of the more difficult tasks facing magicians is coming up with scripts - of any sort. A script that highlights the magic while still being relatable to the audience. The effect is that the magician shuffles and then hands the spectator the deck of cards, while explaining that he's going to do a trick onehanded. The spectator HIMSELF removes one card and puts it face down on the table, and then gives... | $8 to wish list | |
How'd Ja Do That?Julien J. ProskauerThis was a piracy of Hugh J. Johnston's and F. B. Sterling's book Modern Card Miracles. A treatise on card systems and setups, as well as effects that will fool laymen and magicians alike! Presentation, secrets, routine and patter are all included. Because most of the effects rely on subtlety instead of difficult sleights, even amateur performers can now fool with professional-caliber presentations. Included are card miracles for parlor, platform, club and stage, as well as effects that will garner free publicity if performed for newspaper editors and reporters. While advertisements say that no sleight of hand is required, one simple sleight... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list |