ACAAN
The 'Any Card At Any Number' plot is one of the most fascinating plots in card magic. Sometimes it is referred to as 'The Berglas Effect', because David Berglas was the one who popularized it, and who is probably this effect's most skilled performer.
The basic effect goes like this. Have a spectator choose any number from 1-52 (the number of cards in a regular deck). Let's assume the spectator chooses 16. Then have him or her select any card. Say the spectator chooses the Three-of-Hearts. Now the spectator counts to the 16th card in the deck and finds the Three-of-Hearts there. Impossible! But that is the effect. How you can achieve this and similar effects you will learn from the products in this category.
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CompendiaDaniel Young This is a compilation of The Mixed Mind, The Sharp Mind and The Thinking Mind, plus the unreleased The Cerebral Mind (includes three effects for Cerebro, although the routines can be performed without the gimmick, it's only there as an enhancer. Definitely something for the seance worker).
The Thinking Mind
The Sharp Mind | 2006 / 12 / 21 | $38.00 to wish list |
ConvergenceCameron Francis An incredibly direct Card At Number effect!
"Convergence is the best card to number I have ever seen. Its so easy to do yet so deceptive. Great job, Cameron." - Bob Tucker "Love it! It totally lives up to the description on your site." - Tim Eden Cameron Francis brings you an amazing card at number effect that plays huge and is extremely practical. Effect: The magician proposes an experiment in fate as he introduces two decks of cards; one red and one blue. The blue deck is placed in front of a spectator and the magician never touches it again. The red deck is removed from its... | 2010 / 3 / 13 | $10.00 to wish list |
Crystal ClearTom Phoenix Turn your card box into a devilishly sneaky peek device!
It takes 3 minutes and 42 seconds to make, and requires no special materials. Two applications are taught in detail:
1st edition 2015, 9 pages. | 2015 / 12 / 6 | $10.00 to wish list |
Cut Cat CanRaphaël Czaja A self-working and examinable ACAAN effect with two decks. EFFECT: The magician thoroughly shuffles a deck of cards. Then, the spectator cuts the deck to split it into two piles. Only now is he asked to create a random number in his mind. After a very quick and simple procedure, he writes his number down on a Post-it note - let's say, "13". He sticks it onto the card he cut to - let's say, the King of Diamonds. From a second deck - on the table from the start - he deals the cards one by one. Amazingly, the 13th card is the King of Diamonds! Self-working. No gimmick. No extra card. Both... | 2020 / 9 / 3 | $5.00 to wish list |
Dark Thief and EntanglementTommaso Guglielmi Dark Thief
Two spectators think of a number between 1 and 10. With their numbers, a card is mentally selected. With the first spectator, the magician performs a mind reading effect guessing his thought of card. With the two spectators together, the magician introduces a deck of playing cards and explains that he wants to try an ACAAN effect. In order to do this, the magician asks the first spectator to think of his card and to the second one to create a random number between 1 and 52. (This number is created using the two spectator's numbers: The second spectator tells his number to the first... | 2011 / 1 / 19 | $15.00 to wish list |
Deckless ACAANUnknown Mentalist "Thank you for your kind hearted support. The royalties share received on this sale by me has been sent to Tim Rose to support him with his fight against cancer. I have never known Tim Rose. Came to know about his illness only through Lybrary newsletter. I feel that irrespective of whether performers are well known or unknown, they deserve our community's support equally." - Unknown Mentalist.A collection of 16 stunning routines based on the ACAAN theme. The best part is that several of these routines do not use a physical deck at all. Some of these routines do use a physical deck... | 2017 / 3 / 23 | $30.00 to wish list |
Destiny 2Tommaso Guglielmi Destiny 2.0 is an easier and more spectacular version of its predecessor. Now, people with no big experience in magic will be able to astonish their audience with an even more entertaining effect. Besides, if you are just an amateur and have no abilities in magic, you will find enclosed a document that contains instructions to build yourself the "Destiny Deck", a way to perform with no skills at all!
You will also find a copy of Destiny Evolution 2; a trick that merges the original Destiny effect with an imaginary poker hand. Obviously everything will be done with a single deck of cards coupled... | 2010 / 3 / 28 | $32.00 to wish list |
DIYCAANRaphaël Czaja From the creator of SCAMP, ACOCAVAN and 2D-ACAIN comes a fresh, original and effortless take on the Any Card At Any Number plot. It uses ordinary cards and can be performed hands-off (anyone can deal the cards at the end instead of the magician). Best of all, an impromptu version is also explained.
The magician introduces his performance by claiming: "The secret for this effect to be a success is for you to be both instinctive and lucky. I will guide you but just keep in mind that one card more or one card less will make all the difference." The spectator cuts off the deck and silently counts his cards to... | 2017 / 4 / 24 | $7.95 to wish list |
Double Decker TwoAldo Colombini 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:
| 2010 / 8 / 13 | $10.00 to wish list |
Double ScamMichael Daniels "A lovely card effect. Highly recommended!" - Andrew LohDouble Scam is a two-phase ACAAN effect (Any Card At Any Number). A full deck of cards is freely shuffled by the spectator. Both spectator and mentalist choose a two-digit number. Each then secretly selects and remembers a card. The two cards are lost in the... | 2011 / 3 / 28 | $10.00 to wish list |
DumbfoundedDevin Knight An amazing coincidence that goes beyond ACAAN.
Effect: The performer shows a blue deck of cards and shuffles it until he feels psychically inclined to stop. He really does not know the order of the cards. The deck is returned to its case and given to a participant to hold. The performer never touches the blue deck again. A red deck is now shown and shuffled by the performer. He has a second participant freely select a card from the red deck. The participant may change his mind, as there is no force. Next, a number is obtained by chance. No mathematics are involved and there is no force of... | 2012 / 12 / 4 | $9.00 to wish list |
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... | 2017 / 2 / 7 | $4.95 to wish list MP4 (video) |
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Faro Shuffle: but were afraid to askS. Brent Morris PhD Dr. Brent Morris covers the faro shuffle in minute detail from a mathematical analysis, to the history, applications, tricks with the faro shuffle and variations of the faro. If you want to become an expert on the faro shuffle this is a must have. Any card expert will cherish these notes because they are authoritative and exhaustive.
All ACAAN fans rejoice. You will find in this ebook the first ever published solution to this effect with faros. The effect is as follows: The magician commits to doing exactly six perfect shuffles—no more, no less, and all perfect. The spectator names a... | 2011 / 3 / 2 | $20.00 to wish list |
Eyes of DarknessTommaso Guglielmi This is an ACAAN effect using two decks.
The performer shows two decks closed within their boxes. A spectator selects one of them and puts it aside (This deck will be used later). The perfomer asks the spectator to remove the second deck from his box and to check if the deck is a regular deck. At this point the performer instructs the spectator to select a number and a playing card using a very clean procedure with this deck. The spectator for example chooses 31 and Ace of Spades. Now, without the performer touching the decks, the second spector removes the first deck from its box and counts... | 2010 / 6 / 13 | $12.00 to wish list |
FourDaniel Madison CounteractA shuffled deck of cards is cut in half. The performer and participant each select a half and shuffle. The performer tells the participant a number between 1 and 26 and invites them to count to that card in their half. The participant is invited to do the same; to name a number for the performer to count to. This is repeated until both the performer and participant have three cards each. One by one the cards are turned over to reveal three perfect matching pairs.
Blinded | 2010 / 9 / 20 | $15.00 to wish list |
HorusLuca Volpe Horus contains some of Luca Volpe's best kept secrets from his professional repertoire. Mixing a blend of clever thinking and easy to do methods, which creates stunning effects. Each routine is audience tested and contains everything you need to perform the effects, from the script to plenty of bonus tips.
No complicated props to build or expensive items to buy, but just pure mentalism that is suitable for stage and intimate performances. Also included is a special graphic design which allows you to perform one of the effects that Luca Volpe has never revealed... until now!
| 2009 / 2 / 8 | $25.00 to wish list |
Insight: another clever ACAANDevin Knight [This effect previously appeared in the Mindvention 2009 lecture notes. If
you have these notes you don't need to buy this.
You invite two spectators to help in this experiment. You remove a deck of cards casually show them face up while you remove the joker. They are placed face down on the table. You ask one of the spectators to cut off a block and look at a card. Not to remove it, just THINK of it. You really don't know what card the person is thinking about! The selection is made in the spectator's hands. The magician isn't touching the cards. The person doesn't write the card down, he merely thinks of it. The deck is then picked up by you and mixed... | 2012 / 10 / 3 | $5.00 to wish list |
Ionic Force(Benny) Ben Harris A COMPELLING FORCING PROCEDURE & APPLICATIONS THEREOF
Ionic is a ranging force, applied with the fingers, in order to arrive at an apparently random (or unknown number). Such forces—performed on the fingers—have been used for decades. Karrel Fox and Max Maven are both famous for their applications of the approach. For the record, Ray Hyman is credited with FIRST applying the idea to the use of the fingers. (See The Linking Ring, October, 1953). Ray’s application was for a book test called “It’s In The Book.” Here’s how it usually works: Imagine asking a spectator to hold... | 2011 / 6 / 29 | $15.00 to wish list |
Just Cards Volume 1John Gelasi Young magician John Gelasi presents the first in a new ebook series full of fun, commercial card magic, all done with a regular deck of cards. This may be his best collection of pasteboard prestidigitation yet.
In Just Cards: Volume 1 are 5 new card effects, covering a wide variety of plots. All of the routines are effective and hard-hitting, yet relatively easy to do. You're sure to find something that you'll love performing. Routines included: Fine Feathered Finks: A no-palm "homing-card"-type routine where a selected card jumps between a packet of jacks and the deck. Yes We CAAN:... | 2012 / 1 / 4 | $9.00 to wish list |
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:
| 2020 / 7 / 19 | $14.95 to wish list PDF & MP4 |
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