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Eye SpyAbhinav Bothra
Convert a card box into a peek device. You can carry all the cards (52+2) inside. You can also casually show the card box front and back. It is easy enough that even a 10-year-old can make it in under 10 minutes. Activation takes less than a second and deactivation is just as quick. Welcome...to...Eye Spy.
- Making time: under 10 minutes
- Repair time (if ever needed): under 10 seconds.
- Peek size: Almost 90% of the size of a playing card.
1st edition 2022; PDF 7 pages; video 15 min. | $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
DIY Card Marking SystemsAbhinav Bothra
Learn six different marking systems for a Bicycle Rider Back design. There are both reader back and coder back marking systems shared here. Each marking system is unique and is suited for varying performing scenarios.
This is a compilation of all three volumes of Pigment and Pixel for the price of two individual ones.
[Reader Backs are marking systems where the value and suit are explicitly written on the back of the card (often hidden within the design). Coder Backs are marking systems where the back patterns/design is used to tell the value and suit of the card.]
There are no tricks with a marked deck taught in this ebook.
1st edition 2022, originally titled "Pigment & Pixel 1, 2, 3", PDF 35 pages.... | $9.95 to wish listPDF |
Pigment and Pixel 3Abhinav Bothra
Two DIY card-marking systems for the ones who like to take things into their own hands. Pigment & Pixel 3.0 has two marking systems designed for the standard Bicycle Rider back design. Information for both value and suits are marked on one square-centimeter area of the card making it easy to identify the card at one go. The marks are on the side border area for one of the systems while it is towards the center for the other.
Note: This download consists of only the marking systems and does not come with any tricks for a marked deck.
1st edition 2021, PDF 12 pages. | $5 to wish listPDF |
ESPerience RebornAbhinav Bothra A three phased routine that allows you to share the experience of what it feels to be a mentalist.
PHASE I – UNCONSCIOUS COGNITION
5 Cards with ESP symbols are laid face down in a row towards the participant. The performer introduces another set of 5, lays them face up in a row towards himself. With a little thought the performer points to a card from his row and the participant to point a card from their row and it matches.
PHASE II – THOUGHT IDENTIFICATION
The performer draws one of the symbols on a card and the spectator correctly guesses which one has been drawn.
PHASE III... | ★★★★★ $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
Child's PlayAbhinav Bothra Child's Play consists of a double prediction called 'Piece of Cake' and a tool called 'High Five', both for your online and offline performances.
PIECE OF CAKE
An envelope containing a prediction is introduced. 7 cards bearing 7 different numbers are introduced as well.
You tell them behind each of those cards there is something written but that’s for later use. Next the cards are placed in two different rows of 4 & 3 cards in each. A participant eliminates one of the rows and you turn over the cards to show the text behind, you had predicted which row they would eliminate. Next they... | $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
Legend's ACAANAbhinav Bothra An Any Card At Any Number perfect for your virtual shows or for the real world ones. Here is what happens:
A card gets named. You do a quick check for their card in the deck. Ensuring it's presence you hand the deck to the participant. The participant decides on a number (range forced) and deals down to that number, finds a card and deals the value of that card, and then finds their named card.
Features:
- 100% free choice of the card, except three which you have to steer the spectator away from should they choose it.
- 100% free choice of the number, but in some cases the number has to...
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Pocket PredictionsAbhinav Bothra We all have had situations where we perform something on a video that people asks us to replicate in real life. Pocket Predictions contains two easy-to-perform predictions that can be done via a video call or in person.
CONFABULISH : A boiled down version of the classic Confabulation plot. It is simple enough to support a video call with poor network yet strong to garner the same response as the full fledged one. Here you introduce an envelope and show that it has a piece of paper inside and place it aside in full view. You proceed to ask the audience a few random pieces of information (or... | $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
Ablest ExchangeAbhinav Bothra Two eye-popping 2 card transpositions using Ablest Change.
- Transposition #1 is for you to pump up your social media.
- Transposition #2 is simply an everyday miracle.
In here you'll get the detailed explanation of Ablest Change and you will learn to use it for the eye-popping transpositions as shown in the video.
1st edition 2020, length 5:30 | $5.95 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Dyad TrilogyAbhinav Bothra 3 gimmickless in-hand card tricks.
AMBIENCE // A multi utility card move that can be used both as a control to the top or as a reversal at the bottom.
DYAD // An in-hand Card At Any Number.
DYAD 2.0 // An in-hand two card transposition ending with a surreal ending.
DYAD 3.0 // An unusual card trick based on the idea of an in-hand triumph with a colour changing deck finale.
Honest Note :: Each of the 3 clips in the demo video was shot in one single take to let you see how it'll look in real time.
1st edition 2020, length 20 min | $9.95 to wish listMP4 (video) |
Dyad 2.0Abhinav Bothra An in-hand two card transposition with a surreal ending.
In the demo video I am simply using two cards, these can very well be selected (forced) cards, the explanation video has a couple of methods for it. In this download you'll also learn the Ambience Control. It is an essential move for the in-hand two card transposition.
1st edition 2020, length 13 min | $4.95 to wish listMP4 (video) |
AccurateAbhinav Bothra An impromptu version of the classic 'Free Will' combined with a short and simple reading that makes it unforgettable.
While the performer is looking away, three borrowed objects - 2 currency notes and a coin, are hidden one under each hand and one inside a card box or a match box. The performer turns back and deduces the location of each of those objects based on the vibe the participant emits and what a stranger (performer) would think of him/her.
- Easy to do
- Uses borrowed objects
- Allows you to hand out business cards
- It is the reading that hits the ball home
- A standard reading is...
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Pigment and Pixel 2Abhinav Bothra Pigment & Pixel 2.0 has two marking systems designed for the standard Bicycle Rider Back. Both the marking systems are based on something that you've been seeing since your childhood hence it is almost impossible to forget. One of the marking systems is small and while the other is big, so you're covered of either kind of eyesight.
Note : This download consists of only the marking systems and does not come with any tricks with a marked deck.
1st edition 2020, 9 pages. | $5 to wish listPDF |
Self-Working CAANAbhinav Bothra An effortless CAAN that the audience performs for themselves.
Features:
- You never touch the deck of cards.
- Can be done Close-up, Parlour or on Stage
A participant holds out the fingers of both their hands and drops down any number of fingers. The fingers left extended (say 2 and 1) forms the number (they get to choose 2 & 1 becomes 21 or 12)
The participant opens up the pack of playing cards, deals the cards down (face up or face down doesn't matter).
The card at their number matches the card you predicted (written on a paper before performance)
Honest Note: While you don't touch... | $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
Self-Working ACAANAbhinav Bothra An effortless ACAAN that the audience performs for themselves.
Features:
- Completely self-working
- Can be done Close-up, Parlour or On-Stage
- Uses a regular pack of cards
- No memorisation, mathematics or improvisation
A deck gets divided into 2 halves of 26 cards each. Spades and Hearts and Clubs and Diamonds. In short, both halves have ace to king of both red and black colours.
Participant 1 deals down one of the halves and stops anywhere he/she desires, the card gets turned over. To make things random, the participant again deals down to the value of the turned over card. Now that... | $14.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
Audacious ACAANAbhinav Bothra An ACAAN for stage and parlor performers.
In short: The performer asks 3 participants to name a suit, a number and a value. Next invites one of the participants to deal down the cards. And like it should be, the named card lies at the named number.
Here are the details:
1. The performer asks an audience member (1st participant) to name a suit. The participant does so.
2. Next, the performer moves towards the 2nd participant to name a number (value) between 1 and 10 he unboxes the deck. But then he suddenly remembers that he needs to give out a notepad and pen to record the choices... | $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
Immaculate PredictionAbhinav Bothra 21st century playing card prediction that doesn't use playing cards, but you will need a cell phone.
The performer caught without props picks up a piece of paper and writes his prediction. The prediction is given to an audience member to keep secure. The performer explains that he is prepared for moments like these. He further explains - A few weeks ago I shuffled up a deck of cards, once done I dropped them one by one a table and asked a friend to film it. Let me show you...
He then plays a video and demonstrates how the video can be paused and played. Next, the video gets played once... | $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
The Fortuitous ACAANAbhinav Bothra A virtually self-working ACAAN with plenty of audience involvement.
We all know whenever the audience tries to reverse engineer or recreate a trick and fail at it; they conclude with a common statement - He must have done something sneaky.
The Fortuitous ACAAN works to counter just that. It brings wonder out of the hands of the performer at the same time ensures that the control always rests with him. Here is how it goes:
A deck gets shuffled by 4 people while 3 other people decide on the Number, Value and Suit. The shuffled deck gets collected and the cards get dealt face-up and the... | $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
StratagemAbhinav Bothra Stratagem is a 3 phase modular routine using a regular pack of playing cards. It is easy enough for a month old beginner and at the same time delivers an impact of an expert. Each phase of Stratagem stands on its own and at the same time builds upon the previous one.
Phase I (CAAN on Steroids) :: A crossbreed of 'Do As I Do' and 'Card At Any Number'. CAAN not just once but twice - once in the hands of the performer and the other time in the hands of the participant with zero sleights involved. Each time all the decisions are made by the participant.
Phase II (Remote Viewing) :: With your... | ★★★★★ $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
CaantasticAbhinav Bothra For decades magicians are on a quest to perform Any Card At Any Number from a borrowed and shuffled deck; which isn't always possible so they often settle for Card At Any Number.
The problem is that Card At Any Number when presented as a one-time feat can be mistaken as a co-incidence or the skill of the performer which takes away the feeling of it being pure magic. Caantastic counters just that by creating a mother of all co-incidences moment for the audience. Card At Any Number not just once or twice but thrice and when it happens the third time it dilutes any skepticism and evokes the... | $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
TimelineAbhinav Bothra Timeline is a 3 minute short, scripted and theatrical close-up act using a borrowed deck of playing cards.
With only 2 basic sleights and your script you're able to make people feel that they're watching an expert at work.
You tell a short essay on time and magic happens almost by itself while the essay is being narrated.
Each action and revelation is perfectly supported by the script. Here are the opening lines - "If there is one thing no-one can escape from – it is time. In fact even if you go out into the space or deep under water, you’re still dominated by time because your oxygen... | $4.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
MendaciousAbhinav Bothra & Ajay Jhunjhunwala  1 download 2 deceptive card moves 3 routines 4 the real world workers.
THE MOVES // by AJ: Topsy is a single card force utilizing no breaks whatsoever and Turvy is a single / multiple card control to the bottom. They both are easy and fun to learn. You'll be doing these in no time.
THE ROUTINES // by Abhinav:
SATELLITE SIGNAL: 3 spectators stop at three random cards (no forces) and send their thoughts to the performer (all at once) the performer receives the thoughts and finds the cards and figures out which card belongs to which of the 3 spectators.
Mr. MIRACLE: A selection gets... | $5.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
CoalesceAbhinav Bothra Coalesce is a scripted 30 minute act of prediction, pseudo-hypnosis, mind reading (both by performer as well as the participant).
It only needs:
- A deck of cards, a marker and 2 extra jokers
- An envelope with 3 minutes of preparation (no arts and crafts)
- A close-up pad
- A table and 3 chairs
Back in 2016 I published 3 short e-books – A Thought Covertly Conveyed (ATCC), A Thought Stumbled Upon (ATSU) and A Thought Left Unsaid (ATLU). The similar names were intentional because they all were part of an act (note : part of an act) – Coalesce is that act.
ATCC :: A hybrid of a card trick and the plot spectator as mind reader dressed in the clothes of... | $14.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
The Empirical ACAANAbhinav Bothra Love it or hate it but most of the numerous versions of ACAAN out there end up in the same ball park -- look what I can do or I manipulated your choices without your knowledge or simply as a coincidence. The Empirical ACAAN drifts from all of that, here is an ACAAN that makes people connect to each other. An ACAAN that is not about you but about the audience with virtually no sleight involved.
What’s great is that 70% of the times you'll have a hands-off / clean ACAAN and for the rest 30% you have to do something logical which is covered by the presentation to make it look like a hands-off... | ★★★★★ $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
Nucleus: center tear made easyAbhinav Bothra Stealing someone's information without them knowing is a tool with limitless potential and being able to do it really cleanly and fairly right under the nose of your audience is a super power in itself. Nucleus gives you the ability to do just that.
Inspired from Millard Longman's Acidus Novus, Nucleus is a center tear that is simple to learn, easy to master and looks dead clean.
Features of Nucleus:
- Nucleus always opens to the correct side and in the correct orientation.
- It has a built in feature that tells you whether the paper is right side up or up side down, which is really helpful...
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Simple Sleightless ACAAN 2.0Abhinav Bothra One of the simplest methods to perform the holy grail of card magic - Any Card At Any Number (ACAAN) with a regular pack of playing cards without any sleights.
This is what happens: You introduce 3 cards with 3 simple questions:
- Q1. Name a number
- Q2. Name a suit
- Q3. Name a value
That get answered alternatively by the participant and the performer. You unbox the deck of cards and demonstrate to the participant to deal down the cards to their number, the participant does the same and it is his/her named card at the named number.
Features:
- no forces
- no pre-show
- no dual reality
...
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T.N.T. HypnosisAbhinav Bothra Things that nobody ever taught about hypnosis.
There are a lot of popular sources on stage/street hypnosis and all of them teach you what you need to know to be a successful hypnotist but miss out/under explore certain WHATs and WHYs like –
- What is the difference between conscious and sub-conscious mind?
- Why do hypnotists often change their pace of speech?
- Why is it difficult to hypnotise children?
- Why should we dress well when Hypnosis is all verbal?
- What effect does fractionation have on our mind?
- and many more..
There are no tricks or skits in here; this is just knowledge that... | $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
DyadAbhinav Bothra A deceiving card control + an intrepid card move = An audacious card at any number
AMBIENCE CONTROL : A single card control from the middle of the deck to the top. Originally put out in The Blind Faith Collection (2015). It can also be used as a phase in an Ambitious Card Routine.
SAY STOP : A Selected Card At Any Number where you don't really need to know the number before hand. Originally put out in Audacious (2013) and as a bonus in C.I.A (2015).
Notes and Credits: Do not confuse Ambience Control to be same as Bizau Christian's Blind Square. They both are different. Say Stop was inspired from Paul Wilson's Yamfacaan. However... | $4.95 to wish listMP4 (video) |
CrisisAbhinav Bothra
- To stay economical at those unpaid charity gigs we all do
- To be less dependent on the facilities offered at small venues everyone at some point of time performs at
- To tackle the unfortunate lost-luggage situations that can happen anytime
- To have a compact yet expandable show for unexpected impromptu gigs
And lots of such other circumstances are the reason behind the existence of Crisis.
Crisis is a 20-30 minutes of semi-scripted and field tested set of mentalism (predictions and mindreading) with nothing except a 3x3 inch post-it pad and a marker and 3 minutes of preparation (no arts... | ★★★★★ $14.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
Business CardsAbhinav Bothra 8 excuses to hand out business cards
Accurate - Based on Andrew Gerrad's Accuracy, it's different but impromptu. 3 objects are hidden one in each hand and one in a card box. And the performer deduces the location of each of those objects.
Brief But Accurate - Accurate made short but still effective
B4 Esperience - This is how Esperience used to look like before what it is now.
Dismantle - Spectator reads the thoughts of another spectator.
Haptic - A fun little piece that deals with unconscious cognition and utilizes your sense of touch
Pinned up Memory - Spectator stumbles... | $14.95 to wish listPDF |
Audacious 3: Bi-Fold MentalismAbhinav Bothra Four excuses to hand out business cards as well as reasons to carry a bi-fold wallet.
Aware: A participant draws/writes a free thought on a card and without ever coming in direct contact (that's what the audience thinks) you know exactly what has been drawn/written.
B4C: Confabulation made compact.
ConFab: Squeezed B4C, so that it becomes easy.
Drawing D: An impromptu Drawing Duplication.
FAQs:
Q: What is Bi-fold Mentalism?
A: It's a term I came up with for mentalism that can be performed with a Bi-fold Wallet.
Q: What is a Bi-fold Wallet?
A: Google 'Bi-fold wallet' and... | $9.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
A Thought Stumbled UponAbhinav Bothra A couple of people are invited to participate in a trick - any 4 of a kind gets chosen, one of the 4 cards is then given to Participant no. 1 by Participant no. 2. Participant 1 who has no knowledge of the card in his hand correctly deduces the suit and then the value of the card.
- Borrowed and Shuffled Deck.
- No Forces.
- Easy to do.
Honest Notes:
- This needs a table or a working surface.
- A fact (stated twice in the patter), a phrase and the casualness of the performer's is what makes this possible.
- Included in here is the script (fully customizable) and a short video (download from...
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A Thought Covertly ConveyedAbhinav Bothra A hybrid of a card trick and the plot spectator as mind reader dressed in the clothes of hypnosis.
Spectator 1 selects a card and places it back in the deck which is then put into the box. Spectator 2 is asked to close his/her eyes and is put through a simple process at the end of which he/she names the card.
Honest Notes:
The card is a force card (any card among the 52 will do) and it is conveyed through some physical factors supported by the script.
In here you'll find my script in English, which can easily be adapted to any language and is not bound by any particular word/s. And... | $5 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
A Thought Left UnsaidAbhinav Bothra A thought of card is conveyed to everyone (without writing down or uttering a single word) while the performer has his back towards the audience.
Once done, the performer turns back asks a couple of unrelated questions and hesitatingly pulls out a single card from a deck of playing cards. And that happens to be their thought of card.
- No stooges or confederates
- Borrowed deck
- Angle proof (can be done surrounded)
- Super easy to do
1st edition 2016, 6 pages. | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF |
ESPerienceAbhinav Bothra A three phased easy to do routine that gives your spectator an experience of what it feels to be a mentalist.
Phase 1: 5 business cards are shown, each having the ESP symbols and are laid face down towards them. The performer introduces another set of 5, with a little thought points to one of them and asks them to point a card in their pile which they think matches the performer's card. They do so, and it matches.
Phase 2: The performer draws one of the symbols on a business card and the spectator correctly guess which one has been drawn.
Phase 3: The spectator is asked if he remembers... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF |
Pigment and PixelAbhinav Bothra Two different methods to mark Bicycle Rider Back / Bicycle Standard playing cards. Nothing tough to memorize. You'll literally be doing it in minutes after reading this ebook.
1st edition 2015, 11 pages. | $5 to wish listPDF |
The Blind Faith CollectionAbhinav Bothra Four exquisite moves.
- Ambience Control + a two card transposition version
- Layer Change
- Topsy Force
- Turvy Control
1st edition 2015 | $5.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
Whimsical WalletAbhinav Bothra Introduce your business cards or credit cards in a fun new way.
EMERGE
Your Business Card / Credit Card or a Playing Card eerily emerges out of the inside compartment. [One time setup and you are good to go for hundreds of performances. The speed is completely under your control.
Resets Instantly.]
CARD DART
Your Business Card / Credit Card jumps out of wallet. [Even for the laziest person set-up will takes less than 10 seconds]
Works with any regular bi-fold wallet. You can keep all your stuff in there and still perform these.
Also included in the explanation is CARD DART II which is an impromptu take on it's earlier version.
(For the PDF please check your digital shelf.)
1st edition 2015, length 18 minutes.... | $4.95 to wish listPDF & MP4 |
C.I.A: Challenging and Intensive ACAANAbhinav Bothra A really clean and impeccable ACAAN.
What the audience sees and hears:
The Performer brings out a deck of cards and points to a person asking him to think of any card but not the Ace (as its common for people to go for it) and another person to think of a number between 1 and 48. He then proceeds to pull out the Aces meanwhile handing out small packets of cards to 4 different audience members and
asks them to shuffle the cards thoroughly. While they are busy shuffling, the two audience members are asked to name their thought of card and the number for the first time.
Once the shuffling... | ★★★★★ $9.95 to wish listPDF |
Ablest ChangeAbhinav Bothra Ablest Change is a bold and fast card color change that immediately establishes you as a skilled magician. This is a one handed color change which is fun to practice and perform. Here you end up without any face-up card and this change offers two easy clean-ups.
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Audacious 2Abhinav Bothra Stop your pulse, Plant thoughts, Influence Choices and Demonstrate the most impossible coincidence.
Asystole - A one of a kind Impromptu pulse stopping effect where your palm can be face-up all the time with nothing covering it.
Note: If you have never seen or known any pulse stopping effect, then kindly get yourself acquainted with one, because it is only after that you will be able to use ASYSTOLE.
Bonus: Your heart beat gets synchronized with a song someone sings/plays or even with a mobile ringtone.
Time Frame 2.0 - Force any time without the help of any prop or preparation.... | $9.95 to wish listPDF |
Behind My BackAbhinav Bothra Another version to the classic Card Calling Trick but this one is on steroids.
The spectator selects 4 cards while the performer is facing away. After selection, the performer turns his back toward the spectator. The spectator shuffles the 4 cards and holds 2 in each hand. With performer's back turned towards the spectator - he is able to call out the sum of the values of the card in each hand. He proceeds to identify the cards. And even calls out which card is in which hand.
- Uses no marked cards.
- Can be done with a borrowed deck.
- Do it for 1 person or a 100. Great reactions every time.
...
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ABhyaas ChangeAbhinav Bothra ABhyaas Change is a fast and stunning card color change that happens in a split second and a small shake. Often confused to be done using gimmicks, it is 100% IMPROMPTU and requires 100% SLEIGHT OF HAND. Taught here are four different ways of performing this color change and three clean-up options.
[Note: It was brought to my attention that ABhyaas Change looks similar to Cody Nottingham's SOLE Change taught in his release Changes. Later, I found out that both changes are different in terms of grip, secret move, end position etc. It's mere co-incidence that they look similar.
1st edition 2014, runtime 7 minutes.
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SharPenAbhinav Bothra Phase I - Bite off the pen nib and spit it back on. Immediately, open the refill compartment, let the spectator touch the nib.
Phase II - Make the refill rise out of the pen.
Bonus - A Russian Roulette with pens, where spectators select the pens to be smashed. The whole effect is totally under the performer's control.
The video will explain you how to gimmick a pen. No special pen is needed.
1st edition 2013, 12 minutes | ★★★★★ $0 to wish listMP4 (video) |
AudaciousAbhinav Bothra HAVOC
At a house event or a party or an occasion or a show, you walk up to a stranger and call out their name, their partner's name and their occupation, the school they studied in, their last vacation spot, hotel they stayed in, the room no. in which they stayed, their honeymoon destination, things bothering them and millions of other things and also the things that even their close friends are unaware of.
TIME FRAME
This is a forcing technique of a particular time on clock without a watch or any other prop whatsoever.
VISION
A card forcing method that plays with the concept of dual... | ★★★★★ $9.95 to wish listPDF |
