Cards in Magic & Conjuring: page 68

The routines use subtle moves and principles rather than difficult sleight of hand to produce entertaining card effects that anyone can do. More important, no gimmicks, and no set-ups whatsoever. Grab an ordinary, even borrowed deck of cards and amaze your spectators with incredible card effects.

CONTENTS:

• PERSU-ACE-IVE (J.K. Hartman): The four Aces, placed face down in the middle of the deck, appear together and face up.
• A TRANSCENDANT TRANSPOSITION (Tom Daugherty): A transposition of two selected cards with a killer ending.
• AMBITIOUS 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton): An ambitious card routine...

For years magicians have wanted to make a signed card vanish from a deck of cards and appear elsewhere. The best way to do this is by stealing the selected card from the deck. But how? This is a question many magicians have tried to answer. There are various ways, and each have there pros and cons. Tractor is an outstanding solution to this age old dilemma that makes the 'steal' appear impossible. You will be stealing the card from a cased deck!

Tractor is a utility tool which is extremely easy and fast to make. (We are talking 1 minute, tops!) You just need 2 items to make the gimmick and...

An amazing completely impromptu 5-phased card cheating demonstration. Only basic skill required and it uses a regular deck of cards.

PHASE 1: STACKING: You remove a bunch of black spot cards from the deck and the four Kings. The Kings are cut into the packet and four hands are dealt. You then show that each hand contains one King and three black spot cards. You gather up the hands and deal again. Now the four Kings are in one hand, but you saved the best hand for yourself, the four Aces!

PHASE 2: FALSE DEALING: You get rid of the spot cards and place the Kings on top of the Aces. You...

John's card magic is full of new handling and creativity, that allows him to present very strong card routines which are relatively simple to perform. John will soon be a new star in the firmament of card magic.

CONTENTS:

• OFF-TEMPO ACES: Four blacks change places with the four aces, all leading up to a kicker ending that nobody will see coming.
• TOP BILLING: The magician produces the three mates to a selected card in three unique, spectacular ways. Easy to do, but a real crowd-pleaser.
• DEFECTIVE: A direct and simple transposition effect with a fun, unique presentation.
• NEAR-SIGHTED JACK...

CONTENTS:

• SCATTERBRAIN: "B'wave" meets "King Thing"! A selected ace appears in a packet of jokers, and the other three aces "scatter" to various locations (the card case, etc.).
• THE GHOST TALKS: A mentalism-style spirit slate routine, but using playing cards. A neat change of pace that fits nicely into any card set.
• J.G. MONTE: John's impromptu 3 card monte routine; lots of magic and surprises in multiple phases in this classic con where you just can't win.
• HOF WITH A TWIST, AGAIN: Four kings and a selected card. The king of the same suit as the selection reverses multiple times, then switches...

The routines use subtle moves and principles rather than difficult sleight of hand to produce entertaining card effects that anyone can do. More important, no gimmicks, and no set-ups whatsoever. Grab an ordinary, even borrowed deck of cards and amaze your spectators with incredible card effects.

CONTENTS:

• KLONDIKE SEPARATION (Werner Miller): Using only the face cards (Kings, Queens and Jacks) you magically separate them into three groups (all Kings, all Queens, all Jacks).
• DOUBLE TALK (Richard Vollmer): Two spectators each select a card. Both cards are lost. The spectators find them without the...

The routines use subtle moves and principles rather than difficult sleight of hand to produce entertaining card effects that anyone can do. More important, no gimmicks, and no set-ups whatsoever. Grab an ordinary, even borrowed deck of cards and amaze your spectators with incredible card effects.

CONTENTS:

• VALIDATION (Aldo Colombini): You place a face-down card between two face-up Jacks. A card is selected and it turns out to be the prediction you placed between the two Jacks.
• TAKEAWAY (Karl Fulves): An original idea that will fool laymen and magicians badly. Three cards disappear from a packet...

The routines use subtle moves and principles rather than difficult sleight of hand to produce entertaining card effects that anyone can do. More important, no gimmicks, and no set-ups whatsoever. Grab an ordinary, even borrowed deck of cards and amaze your spectators with incredible card effects.

CONTENTS:

• FAST FINDING (André Robert): A spectator cuts half of the deck and finds a card, which in turn finds a previously selected card.
• COINCI-FACE (Aldo Colombini): From a shuffled packet a spectator selects two cards. After a special shuffle (?) two cards appear reversed in the middle:...

Probably the best of the series. Great packet tricks that use easy to find special cards.

CONTENTS:

• THEY ARE WHAT THEY EAT: A fun and very commercial Cannibal Cards effect with a twist.
• MAGIC IMAGE: A card is selected and lost in the deck, say the Seven of Hearts. A packet of blank cards with letters that spell out the word MAGIC is introduced. The letters then transform into the Word IMAGE. They transform once again to reveal the word CARD. Finally, the Seven of Hearts appears among the letter cards.
• SPACE SHUTTLE (unpublished): A hole vanishes from a blank card and reappears on a selected...

An unbelievable routine in three phases with a regular deck of cards and totally impromptu. You have in your possession a great effect by the late George Blake. The routine, in three phases, starts by having you dealing four 'hands' of five cards each. A spectator selects a packet and thinks of a card and you reveal it. The card is placed back in the deck and again, with a different method, you reveal it. Once again, the card is replaced and revealed with a third way to conclude a very exciting routine. All three phases involve spelling. The effect needs no set-up, can be done with a borrowed deck of cards,...

This is the follow up publication to Stand-Up Card Magic. Colin continues with great routines, great moves and variations of moves:

• Bold Bottom Control
• Band-Out!
• Swivel Force
• Hip Pocket Wallet
• Wiper Change
• The Salmon Leap
• Clip Colour Change
• Invisible Fred
• Poorman's Ultra Move
• Untouched by Human Hands
• Drop Out
• Clockwork Computer

1st edition 1986; 1st digital edition 2013, 63 pages.

The Great Card Magic of Nick Trost continues.

CONTENTS:

• THREE-WAY GEMINI: Mates to three selected cards are located by the spectators themselves. The routine is totally impromptu.
• THE SPECTATOR'S ROYAL MARRIAGES I: A spectator cuts to four cards. He then cuts the deck into four piles.. His four cards and the top card of each pile reveal four Royal Marriages (Queens and Kings).
• DOUBLE DUKE: A stunning poker demonstration from a deck shuffled by a spectator where at the end you reveal a straight flush.
• NO-CLUE ELIMINATOR: Two principles combine to reveal a selected card. Another great impromptu...

It is a long time since Simon Aronson rocked the magic world with "Shuffle-Bored". Variations by Harry Lorayne "Equaliser", Aldo Colombini "Pre-Deck-Ability", Ali Bongo, John Bannon "Wait Until Dark" followed.

At first glance, Carbon Footprints may seem the same as some the above-mentioned concepts. It isn't! And, to make sure - Paul checked with Simon Aronson himself. He agreed.

With contributions by Joe Rindfleisch and Jon Racherbaumer.

1st edition 2008, 38 pages.

Table of Contents

4. Introduction
6. The Basic Concept (Gordon)
11. A Very Royal Flush (Gordon)
13. Impromptu Startler (Gordon)
14. Impromptu Startler II (Gordon)
15. Impromptu Startler With Selection...

This ebook explores three mathematical principles of card magic.

The Gordon Principle which was inspired by the Eddie Joseph/Ed Marlo Automatic Placement.

STuDFuTS is an idea, inspired by Henry Christ's thinking.

The Free-Cut Principle is an idea by Gene Finnell.

• Foreword (Peter Duffie)
• Introduction
• The Gordon Principle
  • Master Effect
  • Manila Cards
  • Creepie Jeepers
  • Trade Secrets (Peter Duffie)
  • GP Going Bizarre (Peter Duffie)
• STuDFuTS
  • Master Idea and Routine
  • A Favoured Routine
  • STuDFuTS Set-up
  • Another Favourite STuDFuTS
• More Effects
  • Psychic Math (Peter Duffie)
  • Range Rover (Peter Duffie)

• A WHIM-WHAM WARM-UP: Warmed Over Rhetoric
• KINDS OF PERMUTATIONS
• FIRST PERMUTATION: HUMMA-HUMMA-HUMMER
• SECOND PERMUTATION
• PERMUTATION THREE: VALUE-SUIT, SUIT-VALUE (Jon Racherbaumer)
• PERMUTATION FOUR: WHY IS THIS ODD CARD SO QUEER? (Jon Racherbaumer)
• PEMUTATION FIVE: THE LAST GAME (David Britland)
• PERMUTATION SIX: BILE AND BLOOD (Jon Racherbaumer)
• PERMUTATION SEVEN: PURIST CARD PUZZLE (Edward Marlo)
• PERMUTATION EIGHT: MR. FOGG TRACKED DOWN (Steve Reynolds)

1st edition 2013, 49 pages.

This is a wonderfully visual climax to any ambitious card routine. The gimmick is easy to make and easy to hide. Watch the demo video below.

Version 2 includes everything from the original version plus new ways to change the card and deck into the signed selection, new single routine and new transposition routine.

A deck is borrowed from a spectator. The deck is shuffled by the spectator. They select a card and commit it to memory. Nothing is forced, no card is mentioned out loud.

A second spectator is thinking of any number between 1 and 52, the card is replaced and the deck is further mixed. Nothing is forced, no number is mentioned out loud.

Only after both spectators are satisfied with the random state of the deck are the freely chosen card and number named out loud (only if they want! This information can stay unknown to the performer the whole time.)

The performer does not touch the deck,...

Marlo in the United Kingdom complements Marlo In New Tops and Marlo in Linking Ring. It includes his contributions to The Gen, Pabular and The Pentagram.

• Predicted Mental Spell
• Extended Mental Spell
• Sympathetic Coincidence
• Impromptu Stranger
• Follow My Leader
• Royal Transposition
• The Marlo Slip Cut
• Marlo's Slip Cut Force
• A Flexible Move
• The Roughed Stripper
• The Centre Card Transfer
• Spectator Cuts To Locate The Aces
• Dribble Coincidence
• Dribble Concept Continued

1st edition 2005, 79 pages.

These are detailed explanations of sleights and subtleties with cards used in many tricks and routines. They come with tips, history, applications, etc.

CONTENTS:

• U-CUT FORCE (J. K. Hartman)
• TOP CONTROL (Aldo Colombini)
• RED AND BLACK SHUFFLE (L.L. Ireland)
• AN EASY PASS (Patrick Page)
• THE KOSKY SWITCH (Gerald Kosky)
• R.S. BLUFF CONTROL (J. K. Hartman)
• THE TILT ILLUSION (Vernon - Marlo)
• STRIP-OUT ADDITION (Dai Vernon)
• BOTTOM PLACEMENT (Joe Ovette-Frank Kelly)
• ROTARY FORCE (J. K. Hartman)
• SELECT SWITCH (J.K. Hartman)
• GOLDIN FORCE (Horace Goldin).

Comprising Eye-Openers and More Eye-Openers plus R. W. Hull's Supreme Mental Discernment.

Paul Fleming wrote about More Eye-Openers:

There is a lot of magic crammed into this routine. Everything from a prediction, the finding of two selected and signed cards, and the transposition of the card's backs.

Here is the effect:

Phase 1: A single red backed card is placed off to one side, but is kept in full view throughout the proceedings. The performer states that there is one red card and one red card only. The spectator then selects any card and signs it (there is no force whatsoever). The card is returned to the center of the deck. The top card is shown, but it is not the signed card. The red backed card is turned over...

Stanley Collins was one of the finest card magic creators ever, and Collins's Card Conceits was his finest hour.

• The "T-Square" Colour Change
• The Comedy of Errors
• "Jumbo" Comedy of Errors
• All Fours
• A.J.A.X. 2
• A.J.A.X. 3
• Red and Blue
• Pictures and Pips
• A Card Comedy
• The Homing Aces
• Cards and Cords
• Card, Crayon and Cross-words

1st edition 1925, reprint 2007, 1st digital edition 2014, 50 pages.

The Great Card Magic of Nick Trost continues.

CONTENTS:

• THE SEVENS: A spectator finds the four Sevens. Of course it can be done with any four-of-a-kind.
• LOVE HAS GREAT POWER: Four Kings and four Queens are paired by a couple of Cupids (Jacks).
• BABY HAMMER: A spectator takes four cards, he shuffles them and turns them over at random. At the end, only one card is reversed and you did predict it. Can be done with ESP cards. Two versions are explained.
• RED-FACED GEMINI I: A spectator selects two cards from half of the deck. He then drops these two cards in the other half at any point. He finds, for...

There is something incurably viral about this curious card problem. Does anyone know? What's so irresistible about displacing, displaying, counting, spreading, mixing, re-mixing, un-mixing red and black cards? What's the allure? What's the incentive? Yet, despite all cease-and-desist entreaties, methods keep popping up, including the ones in this compact manuscript.

The Ten Phase routine described in this ebook combines ideas and handlings by Hideo Kato, Dave Solomon, and Edward Marlo. You can figuratively use the Oil and Water patter theme, referring to red cards as "water" and black cards as "oil," but some...