From the Foreword:
Sometimes the most simple tricks are the most effective. The card tricks here described are all simple in principle. I trust you will find them entertaining and effective.
From the Foreword:
In presenting this booklet to the magical fraternity, my aim has been to only include tricks that are really practicable. Some of the effects are not entirely new, but the methods used have been evolved by myself. I have endeavoured to explain each trick in as simple a manner as possible, and to select tricks which really work.
"This is loaded with stuff that is both simple to do and deceptive (not to mention entertaining). Would I recommend this book? You betcha!" - Jim Canaday, The Magic Portal"There's way more here than simply 28 tricks between two covers. There's an assemblage of original thoughts and methods from a consummate professional you can buy for a trifle." - Rick Carruth, The Magic Roadshow.
"In addition to killer tricks, Paul also provides his innovations and handlings of useful sleights, including Pinky Ovette, Center Double Control, and Simple Double Card Control. His essay Thoughts on Multiple...
From the introduction:
It was that well-known West Country entertainer, Roy Van Dyke, who made me realise balloons can be used for more purposes than screwing into strange shapes sometimes resembling animals. He has a terrific opening trick that has colour, movement and noise that never fails to grab and hold the attention of today's show-saturated audiences.
Francis Carlyle and Faucett Ross get coverage in this latest manuscript from Ian Baxter. In a tribute to both of these giants from the past, Baxter examines Carlyle's 'The Card That Finds Itself' with a new and novel approach, while the Ross classic 'Twice Turned' gets a dusting off that adds value-plus to this popular effect from the Vernon Chronicles. The third entry is Baxter's technique for the Top Palm, unbelievably fast, straightforward and appreciably easier than most other methods in print.
1st edition 2020, PDF 9 pages.
A card is merely thought of by a spectator. The performer writes a prediction on a card and pockets it. The spectator is asked to remove his thought of card from the deck. When the performer's prediction is read aloud by another spectator it is found to match the spectator's card. At no time does the spectator state or reveal his card until after the spectator's thought of card has been read aloud.
This is based on a Harold Taylor idea. The clever method will put a big smile on your face.
1st edition 2020, PDF 4 pages, video 1 min 37 s.
This special little periodical, which only saw six issues, was sent to subscribers of Spell-Binder magazine, but could also be purchased on its own. It only saw a very limited distribution. As is common with Stephen Tucker publications, it features unusual items. Tucker included with most issues some gimmick (special cards, etc.). These gimmicks are not included in this digital reproduction, however you will see photos of the gimmicks, which will allow you to find or make your own.
Issue 1: May/June 1982
Issue 2: July/August 1982
More than just a simple prop, the Square Circle is a terrific way to magically produce an incredible array of items ... right before the very eyes of your audience. Yet, there's no need to go out and buy one, when you can build your own, folding model Square Circle, using the convenient plans that are included in this handy guide. Profusely illustrated.
Already have a Square Circle? Great! You can use this ebook to get new ideas for loads and production items. Includes complete routines with patter for special occasions, exactly as presented by the author in nightclubs throughout the country...
As entertainers we must use every tool available to delivery our magic to the audience. Body language, often not considered, enhances the connection, compliments the communication and directly impacts the entertainment factor. This ebook identifies body language. It is an attempt to bring the skills associated with theater into the hands of the magician. We have to play to those in the back row and balcony. The best approach is to entertain using your full body.
Grab Bag includes a grab bag of previously published items as well as a couple of new items. Methods vary from the over-complicated to the burdensome to the easy to the easy - as soon as you print a few props - to easy as soon as you learn the method. Included are the following:
WHAT IS PRECOGITIVE JEOPARDY?
Everybody's favorite game show with a few predictions. USA based effect. "Temporary Magic" as in there are limited uses and the method may expire at some point.
DIET WITCH CAN
A science experiment given a Witch Trial story line with a kicker magic ending.
MELTABLE MELT TABLE ...
This is Thomas Carlyle's long essay on Count Cagliostro, published in 1833 in Fraser's Magazine. He is examining the hero and his shadows - what was false about Cagliostro. Cagliostro was a Sicilian mountebank, whose lasting notoriety was a bit part in the Diamond Necklace Affair that rocked pre-Revolutionary France, and whose most enduring work was the confession extracted by the Roman Inquisition, a tome published in 1792, three years previous to Cagliostro's demise in an Inquisitional cell.
1st edition 1833, 61 pages; PDF 42 pages.
(We are carrying this ebook primarily because of the author, Henry Ridgeley Evans, who published several interesting books on conjuring.)
On its face the book is about the myth that Napoleon never existed. It was at one time a popular myth, hoax, or fake news as it would be called today. It also provides interesting lessons and insights on how myths can develop. Since there are a number of myths in the world of conjuring, this work can help one understand why and how some of the myths in magic may have developed.
Eine Variante von Paul Harris' Interlaced Vanish
Der Vorführende sucht die vier Könige und die vier Asse aus dem Spiel. Ein Ass wird auf das Spiel abgelegt, die drei anderen Asse werden bildunten zwischen die bildoben liegenden Könige gesteckt.
Das auf dem Spiel liegende Ass wird noch einmal vorgezeigt und dann unter das Kartenetui gelegt. Die vier Könige mit den dazwischenliegenden Assen werden noch einmal deutlich vorgezeigt. Daraufhin lösen sich die Asse vor den Augen der Zuschauer in Luft auf. Der Vorführende hält nur noch die vier Könige in der Hand, die er einzeln auf den Tisch fallenlässt....
Eine Variante von Geoff Latta's "Hanging Coins"-Routine, die im Stehen vorgeführt wird.
Der Vorführende behauptet, dass das Loch in einer chinesischen Münze die Eigenschaft eines schwarzen Loches hätte, d. h., dass alles, was dort hineingerate, verschwinde. Dies beweist er, indem er eine Silbermünze an der chinesischen Münze reibt, sie etwas knetet und dann in das Loch wirft, wo sie verschwindet.
Dies wird mit zwei weiteren Silbermünzen wiederholt. Pustet der Vorführende in das Loch der chinesischen Münze, fallen die drei Silbermünzen wieder aus dem Loch heraus.
Um zu zeigen,...
Remixing the Gardner-Marlo poker deal - its history and histrionics.
1st edition 2020, PDF 50 pages....
Contains some of the most closely-held secrets for apparently reading the minds of your spectators in a clear, convincing manner. Nearly $600 worth of valuable secrets (based on the catalog values in today's money).
Partial contents:
The Echo Force is a beautiful force but way under utilized. It is powerful, effective and highly deceptive. And it can be applied in a multitude of ways. In book tests, predictions, divinations, drawing duplications and even in propless effects. The only limit is your imagination.
This force is completely self-working and you can focus totally on your presentation. There are no sleights needed, no preshow, no stooges or instant stooges. No equivoque, no dual reality, no memorization. And this works in any language.
The following 7 routines are explained based on the Echo Force.
Can you really send matter through Zoom? Yes! With Teleport. Perhaps the most amazing virtual effect invented yet. This is an effect for premium shows only. Do not include this in your regular gig. "Want to see me send a coin to your CEO? That'll be x-amount of dollars extra!"
In this new eBook by Vince Wilson, you will learn how to perform it and what you will need to do to prevent them from figuring it out.
1st edition 2020, PDF 6 pages.
This third installment of the popular Moment's Notice Live series finds Cameron remixing, remastering, fixing, twisting, turning, and otherwise improving all of the effects from the original Moment's Notice 3 ebook. Featuring six super commercial, totally impromptu card routines that you'll want to add to your repertoire right away.
Effects:
Sympathy – The four Queens twist and collect in the cleanest manner possible.
Wilder – A highly visual two phase Wild Card routine.
Indie – Three incorrect predictions turn into three mates.
Toasted – A clean and extremely direct double sandwich routine. ...
Based on an idea by Nick Trost. You will be thrilled with the splendid effect which you achieve in such an easy manner.
You show a packet of five jumbo cards cut in half. Two spectators shuffle the cards and split the packet taking some cards each. For example, one spectator has 4 cards and one has six. You place an envelope on the table and then show the cards to each spectator in turn. They look and remember the one half-card (that corresponds to the number of cards they each had in hand). Then you ask them to remove from the packet the half-card they have seen. Incredibly they match! Not...
In I Miss Charlotte Ali Foroutan shares 5 routines, ideas, some new principles and techniques to divine your spectators thoughts with no props. Some of these will use a pen and paper but your spectator never writes anything down. What makes this release different to the rest? In this ebook you will learn new ways on how to know what letter someone is thinking of with no props whatsoever. You will learn how to divine thought of words with basically no process at all. And yes, most of these principles and routines are 100% sure fire.
"I just read the first effect, Charlotte's mind. This is...
A spectator signs a playing card which you link to the stem of a borrowed wine glass. The card can be moved while it is linked to the glass. Eventually it is unlinked. Both glass and card can be inspected by the spectator before and after the linking/unlinking sequence.
1st edition 2020, video 30 min.
This is the workers edition of Erdnase's The Expert at the Card Table. Produced as a letter sized three ring binder so that one can insert note pages anywhere one wishes to take notes, printed in large font (16pt) on heavy coated durable paper, so that it can be read from a distance.
David Malek, who came up with this specially designed format, explains in his introduction:
... I thought of an oversized edition, one that would lie flat on the table and be big enough to read from a foot or more away. The advantage of size would also facilitate working through the book with cards in hand, while having your eyes on the text and...