Magic & Conjuring: page 428

This is a compilation of two booklets that gambling house supply companies sold. The first part, Master Key, describes various ways playing cards can be marked. Illustrations of many marking methods and systems are included. Some of these methods go under the names of shade, glaze, block-out, line, build-up, trim, sorts, etch, swell natural or edge work, and others. The author of this section is unknown. It appears to be culled from various gambling house supply catalogs.

The second part, Run-Up Systems, was culled without credit from S. W. Erdnase's famous book The Expert at the Card Table. It explains several methods of stacking...

This ebook is packed with amazing card magic. Intended for advanced card workers, this is expert material for the person who wants top-notch, subtle work. It contains 45 great tricks.

• Author's Remarks
• Barnhart's Fan Steal
• Johnson's False Cut
• Gusias' Fancy Lift
• Marlo's Two Card Throw
• The "S" Shaped Turn Over
• Push-In Ace Control
• Imperfection Force
• Best Two Card Pushoff
• Marlo's Gambling Routine
• The Sucker Hand
• Bridge Honors
• Marlo's Miracle Routine
• Cards By Weight
• Miracle Location
• The Prediction
• A Straight Flush
• Perfect Bridge Hand
• The Rummy Game
• Faro Aces
• Just Imagine
• The Punch Deal
• Marlo's...

This is my go-to effect. Once you have done this effect, the spectator will believe you can read their facial expressions and more.

If you are looking to: build rapport with spectator(s), learn a memorized deck, and perform jazz-type magic this effect is your incentive.

I have gotten more incredible responses from this effect than any other. The method looks extremely fair. The only sleight, if you call this a sleight, is riffling cards off of your index finger. Learning this effect will make your magic better.

Note: You will need to know any memorized deck perfectly.

1st edition...

Excerpt from the foreword:

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Digital Book Test is an ebook in PDF format that you can easily carry on your mobile phone. It takes up very little space on your phone. With a physical book, a participant riffles through the pages. But here on an ebook, a participant will scroll through the pages up and down.

The core method is a word divination. A participant chooses a random word based on his birthday (he never reveals his birthday at any point) and you will reveal the word with zero fishing. You will be able to first reveal the first letter of the word,...

I have been enamored with this principle for the past 50 years, and some of my earliest "commercial " creations were devised on the Parity Principle.

This manuscript attempts to explain and exploit the principle for "across-the-table" use to even a large stage demonstration, with an abundance of practical examples that you can just "print and perform".

There are also many ideas and suggestions to enable you to customize the effects for your needs and performing preferences. While it would not be practical to perform more than one of these effects in a single show, once you understand...

A spectator, very inexplicably, leads the performer to produce a four-of-kind poker hand in a very casual manner. The second is my version of an effect by John Mendoza also published in the book I dedicated to him, called 1-2-3-4 & 5 Ambitious.

1st edition 2024, PDF 4 pages.

A novel semi-automatic effect in which a spectator rolls a pair of dice and freely chooses any card, to arrive at a random spot in the deck where two more cards will determine both a random card and a number where it will be magically found.

A new semi-automatic card magic effect, where the magician, once introduced to an ordinary deck of poker cards, proceeds with a quick shuffle and finally hands it to a spectator, asking her to cut it into three parts. She shuffles the last one and chooses from it any card. Before turning it over, the magician announces that its value, added to that...

Un inedito effetto Semi-AUTOMATICO di Carta al Numero, in cui uno spettatore lancia una coppia di dadi e sceglie liberamente una carta, per giungere ad un punto a caso nel mazzo dove altre due carte determineranno sia una CARTA casuale che un NUMERO al quale verrà magicamente ritrovata!

Un effetto inedito di Cartomagia, praticamente Self-Working, dove il prestigiatore, una volta introdotto un comunissimo mazzo di carte da poker, procede con un veloce miscuglio ed infine lo consegna ad una spettatrice, chiedendole di tagliarlo in tre parti. Mescola l’ultima e sceglie da essa una carta...

Vorgestellt wird eine neuartige Konstruktionsmethode eines 4x4 magischen Quadrates, bei der sieben Werte frei vorgegeben werden. Die oberste Zeile wird mit dem Geburtstag eines Zuschauers befüllt. Drei weitere Zellen werden mit einem zweiten Datum gefüllt. Trotz dieser umfangreichen Vorgaben konstruiert der Rechenkünstler daraus ein magisches Quadrat mit identischen Zeilen-, Spalten- und Diagonalsummen.

Erstausgabe 2024, PDF 23 Seiten.

A printing effect. Five blank cards turn in an instant into a royal flush.

You show five blank cards. They are blank on both sides. In a snapping motion, you pull them apart and suddenly their faces show playing cards, a royal flush, and the backs are also printed.

1st edition 2024, video

This is one of the earliest works describing card artifice. It describes how unsuspecting folks, and even those who are careful, are being lured into playing cards. Once they play, they are easy prey for card advantage players.

For example, a simple card trick is used and then explained to get the trust of the mark. The trick exposed is "The Three Knaves", where three knaves magically gather together after a cut even though one was returned to the top of the deck, the second to the middle, and the third to the bottom.

The subtitle reads:

This is the authoritative reference for false counts and displays. It is the only encyclopedia of its kind. If you read somewhere a reference to the Copdiddle Count or the Biddyro Count and you have no idea what they are and how they are done, Racherbaumer's Counthesaurus will provide the answer. More than 70 counts and displays are explained. False counts are particularly useful for small packet tricks. If you want to create your own small packet tricks and you need a false count with particular characteristics and features you will likely find it here.

Includes Robert Walker's trick "Hyper...

I have learned a dozen false shuffles and the Rosetta shuffle was the clear winner. The Rosetta shuffle is one of the most convincing false shuffles of all the false shuffles. It looks so innocent and impossible to manipulate.

Key points:

• Learn step by step how to perform this amazingly deceptive shuffle.
• Practice tips
• Psychology approach
• 9 crystal clear photos to help you learn how to perform this amazing shuffle.
• Demo video provided so you can see for yourself how deceptive this shuffle is.
• This is the shuffle to use when you absolutely want your audience to believe the deck is...

Seit rund einhundert Jahren wird in der Zauberkunst für die Vorführung des magischen Quadrats auf das einfache Prinzip des 4x4 "Instant Magic Square (IMS)" - auch "Automatic Magic Square" genannt - zurückgegriffen. IMS besitzen Nachteile, so wird die Wahl der magischen Summe eingeschränkt, wenn man doppelte oder auffällige Werte vermeiden möchte. Abhilfe bieten 4x4 und 5x5 Sequential IMS, Flexible IMS und Balanced IMS mit harmonischeren Werten. Erläutert werden auch ein 30er IMS mit Rösselsprung, das Nostradamus Square für Jahre ab 1908 ohne Dubletten sowie 8x8 magische Quadrate. ...

Excerpt from the foreword:

This is part two in the Studies Series. ...

You show four cards, one of which has a big round hole cut out. Suddenly all the cards have a big round hole cut out. In another blink of an eye, the round hole has transformed into a square hole and you are only holding a single card. This effect is best seen performed. Watch the demo video below.

1st edition 2024, video 2:39.

Let's get real. We all have too many tricks and not enough time to learn all of them. Instead of acquiring more tricks, how about learning simple methods to make our tricks better? You know that trick you like, but it is just not getting the reaction you want. The tips in this ebook can help you make your tricks better and get the reactions you want.

You will learn:

• Best way to force a card
• Best methods to create false memories: the secret weapon magicians use
• Discover the superpower of convincers
• How to make a spectator think: What if?
• Advice on how to give clear instructions to...

Ever had an audience member ask, "How did you do that?" and found yourself at a loss for words? Say goodbye to awkward moments and hello to effortless responses with How Did You Do That? by Regardt Laubscher.

This essential ebook is packed with 50 clever and entertaining answers designed specifically for magicians. Whether you're performing on stage or up close, these responses will keep your audience intrigued and your secrets safe.

Why you'll love this ebook:

• Instant answers: quick, ready-to-use replies for any curious inquiry
• Engaging content: answers crafted to entertain while...

Want a knife that won't cut anything? (Including your expensive Chinese Sticks.) Have you ever struggled to steal a bill or billet from your pocket? Here's help. Do you want a cute trick for kids – especially in STEM/STEAM classes? You are covered.

In this free ebook, Larry Brodahl – the author of the Scripted Series gives you:

• an easy way to get a double lift ready in a packet trick
• a way to quit ruining cards when you're trimming them
• an easier way to palm spring bills
• a method to carry sticky tape with the sticky side out
• and more

...and for free!

1st edition 2024,...

A semi-automatic and completely impromptu Any-Card-At-Any-Number effect, in which a spectator rolls a pair of (imaginary) dice to draw a number, and randomly chooses a card, only to incredibly succeed in finding it, after the stop decided by the magician at the turning of the cards, at the very number he indicated.

An almost self-working "Any Card At Any Numer" effect, always improvisable, where the magician, once introduced to an ordinary 52-card poker deck (minus the Jokers), even possibly borrowed, hands it to a spectator to shuffle freely. Having got the cards back, he hands the first...

Un nuovo effetto semi-automatico di Carta al Numero, SEMPRE IMPROVVISABILE, in cui uno spettatore lancia una coppia di dadi (immaginari) per trarne un NUMERO, e sceglie a caso una CARTA per poi incredibilmente riuscire a ritrovarla dopo lo STOP deciso dal mago allo scorrere delle carte, proprio al numero da lui indicato!

Un nuovo effetto di Cartomagia IMPROMPTU, dove il prestigiatore, una volta introdotto un comunissimo mazzo da poker di 52 carte (tolti i Jolly), anche eventualmente preso a prestito, lo consegna ad uno spettatore da mescolare liberamente. Riavute indietro le carte,...

The routine is built on different principles learned from different authors who have dedicated themselves to the exploration of this path.

Effect: A spectator chooses a pair of cards and another a second pair of cards. A third spectator will choose one of the two pairs and put them in his pocket without seeing their faces. At this point, 27 cards are shown and the third spectator will always have to think of one of those he sees and then indicate 3 times where it went to be placed but always without ever saying its name. Once this is done, the deck is shuffled and only at this point the...

Effetto: Uno spettatore sceglie una coppia di carte e un altro una seconda coppia di carte. Un terzo spettatore sceglierà una delle due coppie e se le metterà in tasca senza vederne la faccia. A questo punto vengono mostrate 27 carte e il terzo spettatore dovrà sempre pensare a una di quelle che vede e poi indicare 3 volte dove è andata a finire ma sempre senza mai dirne il nome. Fatto questo, si mescola il mazzo e solo a questo punto lo spettatore prende le due carte in tasca e ne somma il valore, poi prende il mazzo di carte in mano e conta tante carte quanto indicato dalla somma creata...