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When Aldo published his book Double Decker (routines with two decks of cards) little did he know what he was getting into. He really enjoyed studying the routines and consequently he went into a frenzied quest for more. It is amazing how many he found! Here’s a new collection of routines using two (or three) decks of cards. Have fun studying the routines and, above all, performing them all for your audiences.

CONTENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS:

• COLORS CAN’T MIX (Karl Fulves)
• THOT CARD TO POCKET (Martin Gardner)
• CRISS-CROSS COINCIDENCE (Ian Adair)
• PACKED BAGS (Aldo Colombini)
• TURN BLUE (Ken Krenzel)
• DOUBLE CLOCK DECEPTION (John Yeager) ...

To my knowledge, this is the best collection of tricks and routines with two decks ever put together in a book or ebook. Twenty effects by the most renowned names in magic: Coincidences, change of color, transpositions, etc.

The contributors are: Alex Elmsley, Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta, Edmund Balducci, Ken Krenzel, Aldo Colombini, Roy Walton, J.K. Hartman, Roy Scott, Stanley Jaks, Nick Trost, Arthur Setterington, Francis Haxton, U.F. Grant, Gus Southall and Martin Gardner. A great book with lots of photographs.

• THE RED AND THE BLUE (Alex Elmsley)
• MENTAL MATES (Karl Fulves)
• SYNCHRONISM (Tony Bartolotta)
• THE ALL-FAIR COINCIDENCE (Edmund...

Ten more routines with two decks of cards.

CONTENTS:

• DOUBLE S'ENTENDRE (Ken Krenzel): Two decks and two spectators. Every action is performed with the decks in their hands. They pick a card and each spectator finds the other spectator card.
• INFLUENTIAL PAIRS (Karl Fulves & Roy Walton): A deck is shuffled and a spectator sorts the cards face up according to colors. You follow the moves of the spectator and at the end the colors have separated.
• UNSURPASSED (Aldo Colombini): A blue-backed card is placed in a red-backed deck. Three cards are removed from the red deck. The blue card vanishes from...

Ten more routines with two decks of cards.

Contents:

• TWO-DECK CARD TRICK (U.F. Grant): A spectator shuffles a deck and picks a card. You count to the value of this card in a second deck and find the matching card.
• MIRACLE REVERSE (Francis Haxton): A red card is placed in a blue deck. A blue card is placed in a red deck. These two cards reverse themselves and they are shown to be the cards removed from the opposite colored decks.
• PACKED BAGS (Aldo Colombini): A spectator touches a card which is reversed in the deck. You remove another deck and you reveal the same card in a spectacular way. ...

Routines with two decks of cards.

CONTENTS:

• COINCIDENTAL CUT (Arthur Setterington): You place three blue-backed cards into three glasses. A spectator cuts a red-backed deck and takes three cards. They match your cards in the glasses.
• PARITY COINCIDENCE (Aldo Colombini): A spectator says stop while you deal cards in pairs. During this process one card is face up in the middle of both decks. The two cards on each side of the reversed cards are matching.
• BRAIN SELL (Peter Duffie): A spectator THINKS of one card from a blue-backed deck. From a red-backed deck the same card is removed and it has in...

A ma connaissance, c'est la meilleure collection de tours et de routines avec deux jeux de cartes jamais rassemblés dans un livre ou un Ebook. Vingt effets par les plus grands noms de la magie : coïncidences, changement de couleur, transpositions, etc.

Les contributeurs sont: Alex Elmsley, Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta, Edmund Balducci, Ken Krenzel, Aldo Colombini, Roy Walton, JK Hartman, Roy Scott, Stanley Jaks, Nick Trost, Arthur Setterington, Francis Haxton, UF Grant, Gus Southall et Martin Gardner. Un grand livre avec beaucoup de photos.

[Traduction et adaptation en langue française par Patrice Bernard.]...

20 routines with two (or three) decks of cards.

From the Introduction:

Werner Miller is one of the most prolific creators with regards to ESP cards. All these routines are self-working with no sleight-of-hand whatsoever.

CONTENTS:

• ESP TWIZZLER: A symbol is selected and you find a duplicate in a packet of cards.
• MEETING ONE’S MATCH: A card is selected. Two packets of cards are dealt at the same time and only two symbols match and they also match the selection.
• QUAD-CUT VARIATIONS: A beautiful routine (totally impromptu) where you and the spectator find five matching symbols from a shuffled deck.
• AEOLIS PRELUDE: Using a compass you find five different symbols in...

Volume 2, Number 5 - Volume 3 Number 4
January 1993 - December 1993
Stan Allen & Associates
Stan Allen, Editor

834 pages (10 double pages)

1. Magic - Volume 2, Number 5 - January 1993 - 64 pages
1. Cover - magic kits
5. Contents - mislabeled as Volume Two - Number Four
7. From the Editor - Stan Allen
   • Bigger Can O' Worms
9. Letters
15. Word Up - Max Maven
17. Hi-Lights - Hiawatha
    • S.N.A.P. ... Out Of It!
18. Questions - Paul Gertner
    • Once I Not Enough
20. Parallax - Max Maven
    • Thereby Angst A Tale
      • Theory Of Relativity
      • Camera Obscura
      • What Becomes A...

Back in 1982, Tom Craven wrote a charming little booklet entitled The 16th Card Book. This ebook is a reproduction of this booklet and additionally a collection of contributions by a list of eclectic performers who contributed their routines on the same topic.

Tom Craven's original 16th Card Book - 1982

• What's In A Name
• Preface
• Top Ten (Craven)
• Suite Sixteen (Goldstein)
• Suite Sixteen Variant (Goldstein)
• A Perfect Mis-Match (Craven)
• Cut N' Count Double (Craven)
• My Card Is (Craven)
• Conjuring With Cards (Trost)
• Siamese Suite (Goldstein)
• Which Card's Company? (Craven)
• Three's Company...