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• ... effects released as single-effects between 2000 and 2005. This ebook takes a close look at deception with playing cards with the use of gaffs and gimmicks. Including Irreversible, Memento, 212215, Cut, Rip, E18HT2WO, The Devils Touch and Breach.

• Blood
  Blood teaches a unique and tested playing card marking system. The ebook teaches you how to apply the markings to your own deck within minutes and how to master the translation and deceptions possible with the deck. The Blood system teaches markings for the following decks: Bicycle Rider and League Back, Tally-Ho Fan and Circle Back, David...

"(Cheater's Sleeve is) so clean and very magical!" - John Carey

"Great book!" - John Guastaferro

Created in collaboration with Liam Montier and Cameron Francis, KaPOW features 10 killer tricks that punch harder than BATMAN.

These ten tricks are easy to do, use only regular cards, and mostly work from a shuffled deck in use. All this, and of course they are, what we call in the business, 'spectator busting AWESOMES!' (It's a technical term...)

So, bust out the cards and settle down for a session of learning commercial, practical and easy magic that will astonish everyone and make girls...

Jon Racherbaumer steps forward with a very keen Introduction to this Baxter treatment of the classic Three Jacks Deal. “…celebrate and perform Baxter’s latest, evolutionary entry.” It has been around since 1928, but this version guides it well into the 21st century.

Ian Baxter has accomplished...

A Thought Well Stolen combines two of magic's great card effects - Any Card At Any Number, and Paul Curry's Out Of This World - into a wicked hybrid; morphing them into a mind-blowing frenzy. Can you even imagine what this resultant offspring would look like?

As in Any Card At Any Number, the performer reveals the identity of a freely though-of card - and its position in a deck - without asking a single question. Seriously, this is solid and gripping mentalism; there is no force, the card is a free mental selection and no questions are asked. Having read his spectator's mind, discerning his card and its position in the deck, the performer...

Scott F. Guinn is back with another commercial card routine!

You explain that you have a sure-fire way to decide which person in a group enjoying a few drinks should be the designated driver. After a deck of cards is thoroughly shuffled, one person selects a card. Three different people look at this card and commit it to memory. When you ask them all to tell everyone which card they saw, you get three different answers--each person names a different card! The card is turned over and shown that it doesn't match any of the cards named. In fact, none of the named cards are even in the deck! ...

Performed by Randy Wakeman before random, live audiences . . . then explained and taught in full detail.

Over the 1950s, 1960's, and through the 1970's a brand of bold and direct close-up magic was developed in Chicago, Illinois. These effects were known for simplicity, clarity, and strength of...

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  • ... and Slates
  • Sun and Moon
  • Rabbit to Sausages
  • Eggs from Hat
  • The Vanishing Bird Cage
  • Bill in Lemon
• Section Six: THREE CLASSICS
  • The Egg Bag
  • Egg Bag Finish
  • Cups and Balls
  • The Linking Rings
  • The Chefalo Cross
• Section Seven: TIPS AND TRICKS
  • Tips and Tricks
  • Larry Grey's Pen and Pencil
  • Punch Line
  • Perfect Opener
  • Vanishing Coin Purse
  • Ring in Egg
  • Explanation Gag - Keating
  • Cigarette Switch - Vernon
  • Magazine Test - Vernon
  • Magicians Only - Vernon
  • Two Tumblers and a Coin - Horowitz
  • Vanishing Paper Balls
  • Miracle Ring on Stick
• Section Eight: FAUCETT ROSS REMEMBERS
  • Faucett...

From the remaining cards he selects any one and names out loud which one he has chosen. The invisible selection is dropped momentarily into an empty envelope. Moments later a real card is tipped from the same envelope and it turns out to be the one selected by the spectator!

Designed specifically for commercial walkabout performance, Imagination is simple to do and packs a strong magical punch. Instantly repeatable, this takes up virtually no room and so is practical for...

A collection of ten astonishing tricks, all done with a regular deck and basic card magic knowledge. Everything is nicely photo illustrated.

Hi-Jack! - A goofy prediction turns into a deadly one-two punch of visual changes.

Peach! - Check out this brand new take on the classic 'Princess Card Trick', that ends with you revealing the actual thought of card, and then changing all the others to Aces.

Chip-Shot! - A reworked multi-phase Daley's Last Transposition routine, routined as a 'follow the leader' and wrapped up in a gambling presentation, featuring a top-secret handling for the...

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   • ... the Little Theatre
   • Frakson at the Grand, Croydon
28. Moonbeams - proverbs by Wilfred Huggins
29. Confederacy - article by Victor Farelli
32. Handkerchief, Cords and Matchbox - Arnold De Brett
33. More Modern Magical Methods - Allan Peterson
    • Blackboard Bewilderment
    • P O P
    • A New and Startling Card Discovery
    • Flowers of Darkness
    • A "Sleight" Interlude
    • Another A.P. Ball Move
39. The Magical Miscellany - Contributed by the Readers
    • A Hat Loading Device - Howard Max
    • A Vanishing Bran or Confetti Cup - Tom Sellers
    • Noted Card Flies to Performer's Pocket - J. Whitehead
    • A Tape and Block of Wood Effect - Tom Sellers
42. Book Notes ...

On stage; a table, 5 chairs and a deck of cards. 5 players (spectators) come up to play a hand of blackjack. Cards are shuffled by a random player and re-cased to avoid any tampering by the performer as he explains about blackjack. No false shuffles. No Sleights. One player deals a face-down card to each player followed by a face-up card.

The Kicker:

All players are given the option to switch seats.

The Climax:

The performer tells about a vision he had that morning of a person playing blackjack and receiving the same hand, over and over again from the dealer. He then names out...

You punch a hole thru the corner of two signed playing cards. You clearly show both sides of the playing cards and instantly link them together! But that's not enough. You tear off one corner and make it vanish only to appear inside of the signed playing card while the spectator holds the cards in his hands! The corner matches perfectly. Give the cards away as a Souvenir. They will find nothing. Perform it close up and stand up. The gimmick is easy to build.

1st edition 2016, length 27 min

Mariano Palhinha, famous for his manipulative magic, here reveals his favorite effects--many of which rely on subtlety instead of difficult sleights. Primarily card miracles, one or more should easily find a place in your repertoire.

From the introduction by B. W. McCarron:

PARTIAL CONTENTS:

• The Radio Cards
• "Punch" Climax to Collins' Four Ace Routine
• The Dodging...

Penciltration

An interesting idea with a pencil, coin and playing cards. Show spectator all three random objects. Put a coin in a folded card and visually stab the pencil through the coin. Rub with the fingers and the hole in the coin will heal itself ... and now the best part ... after the effect you can give the spectator all the props to check. No threads. Coin can be borrowed. Normal pencil. Any playing cards. Just a coin, pencil...

Pool-Table
A bizarre packet trick that demonstrates your ability to cheat at pool...

Gaffed games, clever cons, sensational swindles - how to spot the bunco artist before he cheats you.

This may well be the greatest exposé of gambling methods, swindles, confidence games and carnival midway hustles ever published. No matter if you're a magician, gambler, carnival midway patron (or operator), law enforcement professional, or simply want to protect yourself, you're going to enjoy this book.

Especially valuable to those with an interest in carnival and gaming paraphernalia are the methods used to gaff the devices as sold back in the day by H. C. Evans, K. C. Card Co., and...

This new method of card shooting can be used to allow one card or multiple cards to be shot out of the deck with high speed and accuracy. The card even appears to be shot from the centre of the deck and can be shot in an arc in the air, be caught in the deck after shooting and many more applications, I’m sure, will be discovered by some of you.

In addition to the ebook you will get a video explanation of the shotgun move. The video is in wmv format.

Bonus “Deadly Weapons” Effect:
The magician starts out on your average pick a card trick but realises that the spectator has picked...

I, myself, have used the Tossed Out Deck effect to open many stand-up performances, and feel it is genuinely one of the best opening routines for a performance. It packs a punch, is self-contained, and establishes quickly the performer’s ability to read minds. Yet despite all the greatness of the Tossed Out Deck, after developing several versions utilizing the core principle, most notably my effect “Touching On Hoy,” first published in the Coral Fang and further...

• TRANS PHONE TEST: Mentalist asks anyone in the audience to use his cell phone to call home and ask anyone to choose a number (which is kept secret). Another person chooses a number secretly. These numbers combined secretly by the spectators to arrive at a page in a book. Mentalist reveals the passage in the book plus the two numbers thought of. You never approach the spectators.
• WEIRD PROPHESY: You write 6 digits on a card and give to anyone to hold. The digits are visible to the person holding them. Members of the audienc call out 4 digits while another person on the phone chooses 2 more....

Part II from Al Mann Sodiac Series. You will find here several card techniques and a special card trick: how to deal five Aces to any seat at the poker table with a shuffled and cut deck. From the introduction, by Al Mann: I have been told by magicians who should know, that Poker demonstrations and Mentalism should not mix. I disagree with the above 100%... I have seen the amazed look in the eyes of a person when the Mentalist reads his mind... And I have also seen the terrible look in the eyes of the spectator after the miracle man deals five aces (4 aces and the joker), to any seat at the...

There is no palming, no extra props, no sleights whatsoever and Mirabill is totally impromptu and can be done with any borrowed deck at any time. The entire effect takes place in your guest's hands and has been streamlined so it plays more quickly and with even more punch than the original!

In addition The Twist is taught, pitting two guests against one another in a unique way that drastically changes the appearance of the game while maintaining all of the advantages of Mirabill. Last but not least, an additional ebook, The Mirabill Supplement is included....

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Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2012; 72 pages

Cover: Teller

7. Welcome – editor's letter
8. Reader's Letters
11. In The News
12. Help! There's More Magic on the Telly! – "Help! My Supply Teacher is Magic", a BBC magazine show for kids
13. Hans Klok Competition – win tickets for his show
16. It Ain't All Magic - Final Part – Punch and Judy
20. How To Perform Magic! – interview with the author, Tony Middleton
21. Celebrity Magic – Chris Isaak, Steve Halliwell & Chris Chittell
22. Under the Hammer at Potter & Potter – interview with president Gabe Fajuri
24. Chris Rawlins, Half Mentalist, Half Man – interview...