Self-Working & Sleightless
Self-working is not the best term but it is the one used most often to describe tricks which do not require any sleight-of-hand. The better description is be sleightless. Although these tricks are typically much easier to learn because they do not require any proficiency in moves, they still need practice in presentation, timing and spectator handling.
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The Cerebral Approach: Book Six: Lucky LocatorNick ConticelloNick Conticello wraps up his latest series with an effect which will amaze laypeople and fracture magicians!
Working with a shuffled, borrowed deck, the performer looks through it to find a "lucky locator card." After some shuffling a volunteer cuts the pack, counts off ten cards and thinks of one, then buries the counted cards in the deck and cuts it. The performer runs through the deck and takes out the lucky locator. He begins describing the locator to the person who selected the card. Sometimes he's lucky and the locator card is the selection. Sometimes he's not, so he spells out a phrase... | 2019 / 2 / 5 | $6.00 Au$8.60 Ca$8.17 €5.37 £4.66 ¥677.87 | to wish list |
The Whispering SpiritBob HummerAn entertaining mental feat with a borrowed deck of cards. From the brilliant mind of Bob Hummer comes a divination mystery that seems impossible, yet you do it every time. The performer takes the spectator on an adventure with a borrowed deck and a dead person's age (which is furnished by anyone in the room). In some uncanny manner, the "Whispering Spirit" aids the performer in solving the mystery. The performer does not need to touch the deck while they are in the spectator's hands. There are no setups, stacks or cyclical rotations. The cards may be borrowed. The cards are not marked.... | 2018 / 12 / 1 | $4.00 Au$5.74 Ca$5.45 €3.58 £3.10 ¥451.91 | to wish list |
9-2-1 PredictionFranz (Ronnay) RosensteinerA very easy to do prediction effect with a surprising ending.
The performer introduces ten cards and deals them into a face-down packet to prove it. He hands the packet to a spectator and asks him to think of any number between one and ten. The cards are then cut by the spectator and shuffled. Then they are laid out in a face-down line. The performer asks the spectator to, for the first time, announce the number he thought of, then counts along the line to that number and pushes out the card lying at that position. (Note that this is a real count that can be done from the spectator - absolutely... | 2018 / 8 / 10 | $4.00 Au$5.74 Ca$5.45 €3.58 £3.10 ¥451.91 | to wish list |
Calling the CardsRoberto GiobbiLive from the European Close-up Magic Symposium 2012. This is a wonderful sleight-less classic card routine that Giobbi has polished to a fine sheen with added psychological subtleties and a logical and meaningful presentation.
A brand new deck of cards, still wrapped in cellophane and sealed, is shuffled by different spectators. 10 cards are selected by a spectator. Roberto then divines each card without touching anything. The last card is revealed with a prediction and a duplicate of the last card is also found in the prediction envelope.
Performance duration: 9 minutes | 2018 / 7 / 12 | $9.95 Au$14.27 Ca$13.55 €8.91 £7.72 ¥1124.13 | to wish list MP4 (video) |
Auto-FindKen de CourcyBased on a Bob Hummer and Karl Fulves principle. A spectator is handed seven playing-cards. He shuffles them, then places one of them aside face-down without looking at it. Now squares of cardboard are shown with cut-out windows. Spectator follows the magician's instructions and, at the end, looking through the cut-out windows in the cards, an index of a card appears. The chosen card is turned over and has been correctly revealed.
You will have to make up the squares of cardboard for this. The trick itself is self-working, the real work having been put into the evolution of the effect, but they are useful for... | 2018 / 6 / 19 | $4.00 Au$5.74 Ca$5.45 €3.58 £3.10 ¥451.91 | to wish list |
Sub Rosa 14Werner MillerThe highlight in this collection of sleight-less magic, is the Point Reflections principle, which is a new mathematical principle Werner Miller has introduced to magic. So far nobody has made use of it, except Miller. This ebook will likely change that. This principle opens new doors for new ideas, a fertile ground for trick creators. Miller's point reflection routines come with beautiful print templates. You can go from printing to performing in literally seconds. You will also get some bonus ideas by Chris Wasshuber.
| 2018 / 6 / 11 | $12.00 Au$17.21 Ca$16.35 €10.75 £9.31 ¥1355.74 | to wish list |
The Cerebral Approach: Book Five: Twin KillingNick ConticelloProblem: To divine or locate two cards that are merely thought of by two persons.
This effect has intrigued me for many years. I've published several approaches in the past ("Think Stop" in Automatic Placements, "Talons of the Hawk" and "Talons of the Bat" in Potpourri 2, to cite a few) but these tricks smack openly of mathematics. They lack the directness of selection and revelation I would deem ideal. Two classic but widely divergent approaches are Ed Marlo's "Double Thought, Single Deck" and Simon Aronson's "Simon-Eyes." Recently, I combined Marlo's basic premise with a concept of Aronson's and a hitherto unpublished key card... | 2018 / 6 / 6 | $6.00 Au$8.60 Ca$8.17 €5.37 £4.66 ¥677.87 | to wish list |
CouplesMoonshadowUnfortunately, some of our magical effects have something of a "who cares?" stigma: pick a card, lose the card, find the card . . . and our audience is thinking, who cares? Couples gives spectators a "stake" on the effect, creating audience involvement and interest.
You're performing walk-around at a party and a couple, sitting at a small table, catches your attention. They ask to see some magic. You introduce yourself and they introduce themselves as Jim and Mary. They laugh and enjoy your magic, and are thrilled when you say, "I'm going to do something really special for you. This is a... | 2018 / 5 / 11 | $5.95 Au$8.53 Ca$8.11 €5.33 £4.62 ¥672.22 | to wish list |
Incredible 3-Way MatchDevin KnightEFFECT: The performer shows five playing cards that are cut in half width-wise, making a total of ten half cards. He shows that there is a matching card half within the small packet of cards. The performer invites two spectators to help. We’ll refer to as Spectator A and Spectator B. He gives the packet to Spectator A and has him shuffle the cards thoroughly so no one knows the order of the cards.
The performer turns his back and says to Spectator A, “While my back is turned, please deal to the other person; face down, as many or as few cards as you wish. What cards you get is unimportant.... | 2018 / 5 / 6 | $4.00 Au$5.74 Ca$5.45 €3.58 £3.10 ¥451.91 | to wish list |
Processean PrincessJon RacherbaumerHenry Hardin's plot has been around for 107 years and his initial three methods are explained in The Art of Magic (1909). Card tricks of this kind were atypical when Hardin devised his trick. During his time, spectators physically picked cards. They seldom, if ever, mentally selected them. Because only five cards are used in "The Princess Card Trick," Hardin strengthened the challenge by finding the mental selection by tactile means while the five "possibilities" were in his pocket.
This is how the his trick appeared to audiences: Five cards are shown to a spectator who is asked to think of one of them.... | 2018 / 3 / 25 | $12.00 Au$17.21 Ca$16.35 €10.75 £9.31 ¥1355.74 | to wish list |
Sub Rosa 13Werner MillerAmong other effects, Werner Miller explores the old age cards trick and stretches it into new and so far unexplored directions including versions where the spectator is allowed to lie.
1st edition 2018, 44 pages. | 2018 / 2 / 11 | $12.00 Au$17.21 Ca$16.35 €10.75 £9.31 ¥1355.74 | to wish list |
Improved Little StrangersDevin Knight & Bob HummerUsing your own deck or a borrowed deck, you turn your back to the spectator. The spectator can shuffle the deck while your back is turned. The spectator removes the top 15 cards from the pack just as they come. From those 15 cards he is to remove all the black cards and put them in his front left pants pocket. The remaining red cards, he counts and then places them in his right front pants pocket.
Next, he takes a few more cards from the remaining deck, the number to correspond the number of red cards in his right pants pocket. If he placed 7 cards there, he would remove from the deck face... | 2018 / 2 / 10 | $7.00 Au$10.04 Ca$9.54 €6.27 £5.43 ¥790.85 | to wish list |
Out NumberedDavid DevlinThree boxed decks of cards are displayed to three spectators. It is explained that in the first two decks, two specific cards have been placed in two psychologically strategic spots. In the third deck, is proof that the psychological experiment is successful. This third deck is kept by the performer, but is always in full view.
The two spectators take their decks out of the boxes, and use business cards to randomly arrive at two different playing cards. The two cards from the first spectator’s deck are used to create a card. Let’s say that the two cards are the Two of Diamonds and the... | 2018 / 1 / 10 | $8.00 Au$11.47 Ca$10.90 €7.17 £6.21 ¥903.82 | to wish list |
The Wandering QueensDevin KnightA card trick that is flashy and plays big, it is suitable for parlor or stage and requires no skill.
Four Queens are each seen in four glass tumblers facing outward. Each Queen is then turned back outward and returned to its glass. Three indifferent cards are placed in each glass with the first three Queens. The fourth Queen is left by herself in the fourth glass. The performer waves his hands and the magic happens. The cards are removed from the first glass. There are only three cards, the Queen has vanished. This is repeated with the next two glasses. Finally, the card is removed from... | 2017 / 12 / 25 | $3.00 Au$4.30 Ca$4.09 €2.69 £2.33 ¥338.93 | to wish list |
The Cerebral Approach: Book FourNick ConticelloTwo locations based on a unique method.
No Mean Card Trick Effect: From an unprepared pack he has just shuffled and cut, a spectator counts out ten cards and thinks of one. He buries the packet in the deck himself. The performer cuts the pack and deals out a 5x4 face-up array. He asks the spectator to think "yes" if his card is in the array. The performer confirms the card is on the table. Next the performer asks the spectator to concentrate on which horizontal row his card is in. After some effort, the performer discards the other three rows correctly. Finally, the spectator is asked... | 2017 / 11 / 20 | $7.00 Au$10.04 Ca$9.54 €6.27 £5.43 ¥790.85 | to wish list |
Accans FamilyRaphaël CzajaEFFECT: A spectator shuffles a packet of number cards as much as he wants and deals through it to create a random number. Then, he deals through a blue-backed deck of playing cards (in which the magician put a red-backed prediction) and stops at his number. Let's say his card is the 7 of Clubs. Unbelievably, the red-backed prediction is the 7 of Clubs!
NB: The deck is always dealt face-up. Self-working. Happens in the hands of the spectator. Examinable. Quick reset. No gaff. Uses one regular deck and one red-backed card only. Includes a handling to perform it anytime during your act with... | 2017 / 10 / 30 | $7.95 Au$11.40 Ca$10.83 €7.12 £6.17 ¥898.18 | to wish list |
EliminatorsUlysses Frederick GrantThis is a great little booklet where U.F. Grant teaches three non-sleight replacement methods for
1st edition 1943, 1st digital edition 2017, 4 pages. | 2017 / 9 / 6 | $5.00 Au$7.17 Ca$6.81 €4.48 £3.88 ¥564.89 | to wish list |
The Cerebral Approach: Book ThreeNick ConticelloNew Century Pairs Re-Paired
| 2017 / 7 / 24 | $10.00 Au$14.34 Ca$13.62 €8.96 £7.76 ¥1129.78 | to wish list |
Card Tricks without Sleight of Hand or ApparatusL. WiddopAn excellent collection of sleight-less card tricks. Some require a confederate but in all cases the author provides alternative methods and presentations to eliminate the need for a confederate. Each effect is taught with an effective presentation.
1st edition 1914, PDF 32 pages | 2017 / 7 / 23 | $5.00 Au$7.17 Ca$6.81 €4.48 £3.88 ¥564.89 | to wish list |
Improved Jumbo Pop Eyed Popper Forcing DeckDevin KnightNOTE: These are the instruction sheets that come with the trick. This PDF does not explain how to make up a deck.
The Jumbo Pop Eyed Popper Deck is one of the most used "trick decks" of professional magicians and mentalists from all over the world. This "secret weapon" is one of the cleanest ways to force a card without sleight of hand. This deck is drastically improved over older versions. No more fumbling to separate paired cards. This has been a problem for many magicians. These cards have been especially prepared so you only have to place your thumb on any of the four corners and the... | 2017 / 7 / 8 | $2.00 Au$2.87 Ca$2.72 €1.79 £1.55 ¥225.96 | to wish list |
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