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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LiarDevin Knight Challenge repeat lie detector test This is one of the most amazing self-working tricks you will ever see. It is so ingenious that you will fool yourself when you first perform it. Many magicians say that they can't fool their wives. Rest assured, this effect is so amazing that it will blow your wife away with no feasible solution; not only her, but most of your magic buddies as well. Read every word carefully and then ponder how such a thing is possible. This is done with a borrowed deck under challenge conditions. Borrow a deck or use your own. Have a spectator shuffle the deck and then... | 2020 / 1 / 6 | $6.00 £4.67 €5.49 C$7.98 AUD$8.86 ₹415.20 CN¥41.28 JP¥674.31 R$23.10 | to wish list |
Sub Rosa 15Werner Miller Ever prolific and creative Werner Miller mixes ideas, themes, strategies, to explore the possibilities of sleight-less and math based magic effects. All of his methods are well described and very well illustrated. Fool yourself or fool your friends with these unique creations.
1st edition 2019, 25 pages. | 2019 / 12 / 23 | $12.00 £9.35 €10.99 C$15.96 AUD$17.72 ₹830.40 CN¥82.56 JP¥1348.62 R$46.20 | to wish list |
Incredible PredictionDevin Knight This is an impressive prediction. It has fried the minds of lay people and fooled almost every magician or mentalist, I have shown this to. Many magician's say they can't fool their wives. I guarantee this is one effect she will be totally baffled by. This effect is so amazing, that you will fool yourself each time you do it wondering how such a thing is possible. Yet the effect is completely self-working with no skill or sleights.
EFFECT: Using a borrowed deck (if desired) the mentalist instructs a spectator to deal a poker hand consisting of a straight hand in a horizontal row. For example;... | 2019 / 12 / 6 | $7.00 £5.45 €6.41 C$9.31 AUD$10.34 ₹484.40 CN¥48.16 JP¥786.70 R$26.95 | to wish list |
DiceptionChris Congreave Showing that your deck is mixed and ordinary, you also show a card with a prediction written on the back. The spectator chooses a card completely at random, by rolling 1, 2 or 3 dice. You deal to their number (no force).
When you reveal the prediction you have not only predicted their chosen card, but also what number they rolled on the dice.
You will need a blue and a red deck (or any two decks with matching faces but different backs) to make this yourself. No arts and craft, just a sharpie and a bit of writing. The dice are optional. You can use real dice, you can use a dice app on your... | 2019 / 9 / 22 | $10.00 £7.79 €9.16 C$13.30 AUD$14.77 ₹692.00 CN¥68.80 JP¥1123.85 R$38.50 | to wish list MP4 (video) |
UnbelievableFrederick Michael Shields & Bascom Jones A billion-to-1 psychic miracle using a regular deck of cards. A reputation maker, yet easy to perform.
A deck of cards is legitimately riffle shuffled and cut. A spectator selects any two suits, say Spades and Diamonds. These two suits are removed from the pack and given to the spectator. The performer takes the other two suits not chosen. The spectator deals a card face down. The performer places a card face up on this card. This is repeated. Variety is added by the performer dealing a card face down and spectator covers this card with one of his cards face-up. When all cards are dealt... | 2019 / 7 / 15 | $6.00 £4.67 €5.49 C$7.98 AUD$8.86 ₹415.20 CN¥41.28 JP¥674.31 R$23.10 | to wish list |
Super UnnaturalDavid Davis An automatic routine in six phases with many surprises. Absolutely no skill required! A delightful sequence of clever-looking card magic performed without skill or sleights of any kind. Not one trick but a whole series of tricks blending one into the other and all depending upon one clever set-up. Work it at once! You have only to learn the routine to be able to present it. The working is completely automatic. You'll be amazed yourself as you do it. At the uncanny way everything has been thought so that the performance of one trick leaves you all ready to perform the next. A pack of cards... | 2019 / 6 / 10 | $5.00 £3.90 €4.58 C$6.65 AUD$7.38 ₹346.00 CN¥34.40 JP¥561.93 R$19.25 | to wish list |
Self-Working ACAANAbhinav Bothra An effortless ACAAN that the audience performs for themselves. Features:
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... | 2019 / 6 / 1 | $14.95 £11.65 €13.69 C$19.88 AUD$22.08 ₹1034.54 CN¥102.86 JP¥1680.16 R$57.56 | to wish list PDF & MP4 |
Poker DealsMichael Daniels Poker Deals includes two self-working card effects, ideally suited to performing for spectators who are familiar with the rules of poker. Both effects utilize the StayCard Principle and were first published in OCD and Other Effects: The StayCard Principle.
Ten Card Poker Deal Variation A procedural variation on Arthur Buckley's celebrated Ten Card Poker Deal. The magician and a spectator are each dealt five cards (either person can deal). The spectator decides whether to keep his cards, or whether the cards should be mixed by dealing again. No matter how many times the dealing is repeated before the cards are examined, the magician's hand wins.... | 2019 / 5 / 2 | $5.00 £3.90 €4.58 C$6.65 AUD$7.38 ₹346.00 CN¥34.40 JP¥561.93 R$19.25 | to wish list |
Mentelimination PlusKen de Courcy Find any card a spectator takes from a borrowed and shuffled pack. EFFECT: The magician tells his audience he has trained his mind to work like a computer. To demonstrate its computer-like capabilities, he asks a spectator to shuffle a pack of cards then, without looking at it, remove one card and place it in his pocket. Taking back the pack, the performer runs through it quickly, then goes through it again even more quickly and pulls out one card which he places face down on the table. The spectator removes his card from his pocket and places it face-up alongside the magician's card, then... | 2019 / 4 / 5 | $4.00 £3.12 €3.66 C$5.32 AUD$5.91 ₹276.80 CN¥27.52 JP¥449.54 R$15.40 | to wish list |
The Cerebral Approach: Book Six: Lucky LocatorNick Conticello Nick 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 £4.67 €5.49 C$7.98 AUD$8.86 ₹415.20 CN¥41.28 JP¥674.31 R$23.10 | to wish list |
The Whispering SpiritBob Hummer An 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 £3.12 €3.66 C$5.32 AUD$5.91 ₹276.80 CN¥27.52 JP¥449.54 R$15.40 | to wish list |
9-2-1 PredictionFranz (Ronnay) Rosensteiner A 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 £3.12 €3.66 C$5.32 AUD$5.91 ₹276.80 CN¥27.52 JP¥449.54 R$15.40 | to wish list |
Calling the CardsRoberto Giobbi Live 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 £7.75 €9.11 C$13.23 AUD$14.70 ₹688.54 CN¥68.46 JP¥1118.23 R$38.31 | to wish list MP4 (video) |
Auto-FindKen de Courcy Based 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 £3.12 €3.66 C$5.32 AUD$5.91 ₹276.80 CN¥27.52 JP¥449.54 R$15.40 | to wish list |
Sub Rosa 14Werner Miller The 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 £9.35 €10.99 C$15.96 AUD$17.72 ₹830.40 CN¥82.56 JP¥1348.62 R$46.20 | to wish list |
The Cerebral Approach: Book Five: Twin KillingNick Conticello Problem: 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 £4.67 €5.49 C$7.98 AUD$8.86 ₹415.20 CN¥41.28 JP¥674.31 R$23.10 | to wish list |
CouplesMoonshadow Unfortunately, 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 £4.64 €5.45 C$7.91 AUD$8.79 ₹411.74 CN¥40.94 JP¥668.69 R$22.91 | to wish list |
Incredible 3-Way MatchDevin Knight EFFECT: 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 £3.12 €3.66 C$5.32 AUD$5.91 ₹276.80 CN¥27.52 JP¥449.54 R$15.40 | to wish list |
Processean PrincessJon Racherbaumer Henry 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 £9.35 €10.99 C$15.96 AUD$17.72 ₹830.40 CN¥82.56 JP¥1348.62 R$46.20 | to wish list |
Sub Rosa 13Werner Miller Among 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 £9.35 €10.99 C$15.96 AUD$17.72 ₹830.40 CN¥82.56 JP¥1348.62 R$46.20 | to wish list |
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