Magic & Conjuring: page 20

Introducing Urban Legend ... straight from the working repetoire of Michael Paul.

You know the classic razor blade trick: The magician swallows a number of ultra-sharp razor blades, and regurgitates them tied together on a length of string. Now, check out Urban Legend ... do the classic razor blade routine without...

In this manuscript you will find a solution how you can achieve effects that use a thumper without a thumper. You don't have to buy expensive mentalism devices to make it possible. There are two handlings and four effects in this manuscript. Thought of card routine, Which Hand and Kurutsuke type of effects are all possible and included in the PDF. You don't need to buy anything because you probably already own the gimmick. This ebook will give you the power that a hundreds of dollars device can give you.

Routines included:

Thought of Card:
The performer asks the spectator to think of...

Phones are now very personal items. Long time ago in order to perform an effect with pictures; you would have to carry the pictures with you. But now people carry pictures with them all the time. Million of pictures! Using your spectator's phone and his Instagram account the effect goes like this:

Your spectator freely selects any category of pictures. He searches for this category himself; then your spectator selects any picture he wants. This picture could have been uploaded by anybody in the whole world. Yet you read your spectator's mind and accurately find the username that uploaded that...

Use the basic Biddle action to count more than the number of cards you have or less than the number of cards you hold in your hands.

runtime: 1min 54s

Utsukushii, the billet-less pin reveal, is a sure fire way to guess a single digit number someone is only thinking of, without anything having to be written down or props of any kind. It can then be used to work out other numbers such as pin codes, phone locks and entire phone numbers. If you would like to be able to reveal the pin numbers of strangers you meet or guess numbers which only exist as thoughts in a person's mind, using only words, then this method is for you. NO dual reality is used. NO stooges or instant stooges. It can be used close up or on stage with a 100% success rate. It's...

The ultimate ungaffed wild card - use any deck.

The original version of this routine was called Born to be Wild (from Inspirations). Peter has enjoyed performing the original over the years, for lay people AND magicians, but the fact that he couldn't show the last card always bothered him. You were left with a face-to-face double that had to be dropped onto the deck and a triple lift executed to finish. Going back to the deck for a finish is never good! But this has now changed ...

This new version changes that. You are now left with a single court card for a clean and powerful finish. There is also...

You borrow a coin from the audience, then tell them to sign the coin. Next you put the coin on the floor. You then step on the coin and immediately slide your foot from your shoe, revealing that the coin is totally inside the shoe.

• The gimmick is simple and easy to implement
• Use a borrowed coin from the audience

1st edition 2018, length 9 min 36 s

Another approach to the “Any Card At Any Number” effect.

Effect: Spectator one thinks of a card but he does not say it out loud. Spectator two thinks of a number and then deals to a card at that number. The card which she finds is Spectator one's selection.

[Note: Uses dual reality, and to prepare for this effect you will require a blank deck of cards.]

1st edition 2007; 10 pages.

Una stupefacente routine di tre effetti concatenati con carte tagliate a metà

Effetto

Un mazzo di carte tagliate in due è mescolato e distribuito in due porzioni. Una di queste è scelta da uno spettatore che la taglia e la lascia a parte. Dall'altro mazzo uno spettatore tocca una carta qualsiasi che viene lasciata a faccia in alto nella posizione originale tra le altre. I due mazzetti sono distribuiti prendendo nello stesso tempo le rispettive carte in cima distribuendole fino alla fine contemporaneamente. La carta che corrisponde alla rovesciata nell'altro mazzetto è lasciata...

Looking for the perfect romantic card trick? Then check out Valentine!

A card is selected and signed with a heart by your spectator. The card is lost in the deck. The Three of hearts is shown to the spectator and the magician asks her to watch the middle heart very closely. At that moment you visually pluck the middle heart from the three and throw it onto a stack of cards on the table. The Three has visablly turned into a two and the heart now lays on the table! You place the two on the table and turn over the card that the heart has landed on. Its the signed card! At that point you collect...

One of the very few magic acts designed for a woman, but this one is a honey. Based on the Charles Adams cartoons, the character of Vampira is indicated by the sketch. The magic she does is quite simple and mostly standard, but the presentation is wild and horrendous, and what you'd expect from a Vampire. Once the material is assimilated, the tricks could be changed to suit the individual. All patter and presentation is given, plus the details of the wonderful costume and make up, also music, lighting, etc. With a little work, the idea can be transferred to a male character. Great for Halloween,...

An impromptu effect of mentalism and vampire-themed bizarre magic that just makes use of six playing cards.

The title of this eBook suggests the vampire theme underlying this impromptu mentalism/bizarre magic effect. Simply by using six playing cards, it empowers the illusionist to be always ready to perform with eyes closed (while blindfolded, without any trickery whatsoever, or otherwise remaining turned to one side for the entire duration of the experiment), with no need whatsoever to see the cards.

A female spectator is chosen in the role of the first victim, the only one who survived...

Un effetto impromptu di mentalismo e bizarre magic a tema vampiresco che semplicemente fa uso di sei carte da gioco.

Il titolo di questo eBook suggerisce il tema vampiresco alla base di questo effetto impromptu di Mentalismo / Bizarre Magic.

Semplicemente utilizzando sei carte da gioco, mette in grado l’illusionista di essere sempre pronto ad eseguirlo ad occhi chiusi (da bendato, senza trucco alcuno, o comunque rimanendo voltato da una parte per l’intera durata dell’esperimento), senza necessità alcuna di vedere mai le carte!

Una spettatrice viene scelta nel ruolo di prima vittima,...

Performer borrows a white handkerchief in order to show them a trick with a 'needle and thread'. He then produces the needle and has a spectator thread it with a piece of rope. He then pushes the needle thru the center of the handkerchief and pulls the 'thread' thru after it. This leaves a jagged hole which he trims with a pair of scissors. Handkerchief is finally shown undamaged.

1st edition 1974; 1st digital edition 2015, 3 pages, 20 illustrations.

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Issue 7

• Bamboozlers by Diamond Jim Tyler - another bar stunt you can perform anytime anywhere
• Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants - why we should all respect magicians who have done it all before and what we can learn from them - the word is respect
• Weight A Second - an impossible estimation routine by Stefan Olschewiski
• Why Would You Want To Be David Copperfield - Bizzaro asks a valid question and his essay is sure to provoke
• Imaginary Circumstances by Joey Pipia - lessons learned from the theatre applied to magic
• Magician's Crossword Puzzle - print this off and have some fun ...

Issue 13

• From the Editor
• News
• Show Me The Funny
• A Professional Magician Can Seem So Uncharitable
• Misdirection is the Main Ingredient
• Ten Little Secrets
• Feature: Daryl - The magicians magician
• Interview: Jim Steinmeyer
• Married In Magic
• The Magicians Cabaret
• Ten Brushes With Greatness
• Mentalism: An Adventure in Mysticism
• Bello Nock Rocks Broadway
• Six Short Stories
• Tapping Your Own Creative Potential
• David Berglas Q&A
• Car Launch
• Ten New Rules For Magicians
• Testimonials, Reviews, & Comments
• Outerbridge - Who's That?
• Do You Have A Back Up Show?
• Child's Play - Giving back to...

Vanish small objects such as a coin, sponge ball, poker chip, card corner from your bare hand.

The construction of the gimmick requires some arts and crafts. The method produces a sound that you need to be able to mask with music or some other way. Also, you will have to watch your angles. This method works fine for a social media video or perhaps on stage but is otherwise not very practical.

1st edition 2022, video 9:49.

An incredible impromptu effect that uses all court cards in the deck to tell a story dense with mysteries.

This is a packet trick that tells the magical solution to a mystery. An impromptu card effect that, borrowing all the pictures from the deck, uses those to tell the story of a mysterious disappearance at a prestigious dance party reserved for these four aristocratic families.

The illusionist, after shuffling the twelve cards, gives them to cut and complete to a spectator who then, by rolling two dice (even if only imaginary ones) decides the precise moment when the mysterious vanishing...

A startling transformation. A cased deck is shown. The Jokers are removed and suddenly the entire case is gone and only the cards remain. The gimmick is very easy to make, and the performance couldn't be simpler.

1st edition 2019, length 14 minutes.

This is an extension to the Biddle Count allowing you to steal several cards from the cards shown.

runtime: 1min 17s

You take a cigarette with two fingers and with a smooth movement the cigarette disappears into thin air.

• Easy to perform and easy to make. Requires some arts and crafts to make the gimmick, but only takes a few minutes to construct.
• Visual and practical. Watch your angles. This is only invisible from a restricted viewing angle.

1st edition 2022, video 10:25.

Also known as "Ne Plus Ultra" and "Bonus Genus", this was a favorite pocket trick at the turn of the century. Even Houdini was known to have fashioned a crude version of this out of a scrap of wood. Modern day toy companies create small dolls that make handcrafted ones a thing of the past. We located an ideal version at a local 99¢ store, it's a small figurine of a cherub playing on a flute.

EFFECT: A small doll is covered with a cloth. The cloth has a hole in the center, out of it protrudes the doll's head. The head is allowed to drop into the folds of the cloth. Immediately the cloth is shaken...

An Easter magic trick.

A new design for an old geometric vanish. 11 bunnies change into 10 bunnies and an Easter egg by merely switching the order of two pieces of cardboard.

The PDF includes the design. Print on paper or cardboard and cut out the three pieces to perform this little miracle.

1st edition 2023, PDF 2 pages.