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How'd Ja Do That?Julien J. ProskauerThis was a piracy of Hugh J. Johnston's and F. B. Sterling's book Modern Card Miracles. A treatise on card systems and setups, as well as effects that will fool laymen and magicians alike! Presentation, secrets, routine and patter are all included. Because most of the effects rely on subtlety instead of difficult sleights, even amateur performers can now fool with professional-caliber presentations. Included are card miracles for parlor, platform, club and stage, as well as effects that will garner free publicity if performed for newspaper editors and reporters. While advertisements say that no sleight of hand is required, one simple sleight... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Gamblers' Tricks With Cards Exposed and ExplainedJonathan H. GreenThis is an unusual mix of contents including magic card tricks, card games and how gamblers cheat at those games, other swindles and scams, a section on dice and cheating at dice games, as well as moralizing against the evils of gambling. Jonathan H. Green was a reformed gambler, who made a career exposing cheating via lectures, presentations and books. An earlier shorter edition of this book was published under the title Games and Tricks with Cards. If you are looking for an edited version and somewhat modernized rendition of this book you can find it here.
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Feke Card TricksHarry StanleyAll of these routines require gaffed cards of one or another kind: double backer, double facer, blank faces, blank backs, etc.
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Be DeceivedLouis LamIntended by the author as "Card magic that is different," here are a baker's dozen card effects that your audience will enjoy. Card discoveries, mental mysteries, and audience participation effects are all included in this gem of a book. The author, a recognized card expert, shares these effects that rely on subtlety instead of "knuckle-buster" sleights. The routines described in this ebook can be performed by most any magician of average ability. Here's what's included:
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Best Trick Of The Year, So FarTom PhoenixWe all see those emails telling us about "the best trick of 2016".... even though we've received 10 of those emails this year. And it's only July. Anyway, this effect amazes audiences, and fries the brains of spectators who try to figure it out. You will learn:
1st edition 2017, length 13 min | $8 to wish listPDF & MP4 | |
A Poker Deal and Exposé of TiltPaul A. LelekisIncluding the real deal on "The Trick That Fooled Houdini", and Jon Racherbaumer contributed a lengthy treatise on TILT. MALLEABLE POKER DEAL - An amazing 3-part routine with a Poker Deal that will dazzle everyone - including magicians. This routine can be performed by almost anyone. FIRST, a five-handed game of poker is dealt and the dealer displays that he can deal bottoms, seconds, and center deals at will. He deals himself the four Tens. SECOND, the dealer asks a spectator, at which hand is the shill supposedly sitting, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th hand...the 5th is the dealer's hand. When the spectator... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Out NumberedDavid DevlinThree boxed decks of cards are displayed to three spectators. It is explained that in the first two decks, two specific cards have been placed in two psychologically strategic spots. In the third deck, is proof that the psychological experiment is successful. This third deck is kept by the performer, but is always in full view. The two spectators take their decks out of the boxes, and use business cards to randomly arrive at two different playing cards. The two cards from the first spectator’s deck are used to create a card. Let’s say that the two cards are the Two of Diamonds and the... | $8 to wish list | |
FantastricBob HummerFrom the title, you'd guess that this is a fantastic trick. It's not. It's a true miracle of psychic entertainment! Here is an incredible mental miracle involving a deck of playing cards, which may be borrowed. A spectator shuffles the cards as much or as little as she desires. She deals a number of cards onto the table (a free choice). The performer does not need to touch the deck while they are in the spectator's hands. The performer now turns his back, or leaves the room entirely. The spectator removes any number of cards from the pile on the table and places them in the card box, out... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Robert Walker's Hyper TwistJon RacherbaumerEffect: Four blue-back cards are shown. One at a time each card - the Ace, Two, Three, and Four of Diamonds - turn face up. Their backs then change to red and then one at a time the backs change back to blue. Finally, the cards change to four Fours of Diamonds. 1st edition 1975 in Paul Diamond Presents Magical Masterpieces #2, updated 2018, PDF 15 pages. | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Futuristic FoursomeEddie Clever & J. G. Thompson Jr.Here are four mind-blowing card effects with a mental flavor. All are in keeping with the well-known ingenuity of these two artists. Every one of the effects is top notch. Magicians and mentalists everywhere raved about this collection when it was first released. Long out of print, this manuscript is now available to a new generation of performers. Hallucination, Jr. (Clever) - The adventures of the card everyone is thinking about provides a baffling mystery and leaves the spectators talking to themselves in amazement, as the chosen card somehow leaves the table and materializes in the spectator's... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Scripted #19: Sidewalk ShuffleLarry BrodahlFor all performing venues, the classic monte style trick, scripted in two different ways to allow the trick to be performed at any time in your parlor/stage routines. Note: The trick is not fully explained. You MUST own the trick to be able to perform this. For all performing venues. The classic monte style trick, scripted in two different ways to allow the trick to be performed at any time in your parlor/stage routines. The scripts also removes any "sting" for the spectators, simplifies the handling, and fools the spectators while giving the trick an understandable, clear, and amusing... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Double DukeMichael Kociolek"I LOVE the plot, Michał! A truly intriguing proposition, where the performer engages in a progressive game of "one-upmanship" that's easy for any audience to grasp; leaving no doubt as to the performer's consummate skill with a pack of playing cards." - Jack CarpenterMichał has spent several years mastering... | $8 to wish list | |
Tattoos on CardsNinhShow any design you want on the card by simply lightly burning it with a lighter. When you pick a card and burn it, it will usually leave black streaks on the cards, but with Tattoos on Cards, black streaks will transform into any design of your choice: an image of a chosen card, a heart or your signature, a short message, ... [Note that the explanation is purely visual (no sound) and a few lines of text inserted in the video.] 1st edition 2018, length 11 min 46 s | $8 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
The Gaming Table Volume 2Andrew SteinmetzThis second volume of The Gaming Table is from a magician's point of view much more interesting. It includes a history of dice and playing cards including a fairly detailed description of how playing cards were made. It has a chapter on fortune telling with cards. And it also features a surprisingly good chapter on card tricks with explanations for four sleights (false shuffle, false cut, glide, card change) and 18 very nice card tricks. Among them we find a version of the prearranged deck and two person codes. For people interested in Erdnase it is interesting to note that at the beginning of the... | $8 to wish list | |
Stuthard's Svengali SubtletiesJoe StuthardAn excellent work on the Svengali Deck, including drawings and photos.
1st edition 1948, 15 pages; PDF 13 pages. | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Psychic Card RevelationsDevin KnightEffect: Two people each select a card. The performer then shuffles the deck by giving it a riffle shuffle. The spectators take the deck and returned the cards with the deck in their own hands in such a manner that there can be no suspicion of trickery. The two cards are not forced. The performer now spreads the deck face up on the table so all the faces are in full view. The first card is found by contact mindreading (apparently). The first spectator holds the performer's wrist while he moves his fingers over the face up cards. Suddenly, the performer's finger drops down on a card and it... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
25 Methods For Switching DecksFloyd D. BrownEvery magician, at one time or another, needs a sure-fire method of switching decks. With this clever publication, you get 25 of them. Newly revised and updated, this must-have reference not only includes the mechanics of the switches themselves, but also offers a behind-the-scenes peek of how performers work their magic with cards. Included is the full handling of Herbert Brooks' sensational card-from-pocket mystery, just as he performed it for years on the vaudeville stage. Some of the methods involve no apparatus, others rely on props owned by most magicians. Paul Fleming wrote: Lovers of card... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Giant Size Clever AceKen de Courcy & Peter Pit & Edwin Hooper & Ian Adair & Ravelle and AndreeFour prize winning routines on the "find the ace" theme, performed with extra giant cards that you can print yourself. IN PERFORMANCE The performer shows three extra giant cards. The audience are asked to follow the movements of the Ace of Diamonds, The Ace is mixed up with the two other extra giant cards shown - the Two and Three of Clubs. The audience never are able to discover the whereabouts of the elusive Ace. The Ace transposes continuously in an incredible manner even while it is in the hands of a spectator or while it is marked by a clip. The spectator himself takes the ace in... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
The Pitchman's Svengali RoutineEddie St. JohnMake money at magic shows, fairs, carnivals, or simply entertain your audience with the Pitchman's Svengali Routine. Now you, too, can add extra income at your shows by demonstrating and selling Svengali Decks, using this carefully constructed routine. Built along the time-honored comedy sales pitch, as used by medicine men and carny hucksters, this routine includes full patter and presentation so not only is the audience entertained, but the spectators are also primed to buy. In this revised and updated version, you also get wholesale sources and other valuable information to help ensure... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Lost Pieces 1Ralf (Fairmagic) Rudolph | $8 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
A Lesson in Card MagicJack ShepherdYou apparently teach four card tricks to a member of the audience, but the explanation leave the spectators more and more bewildered ... with a strong climax. Here's a routine that has withstood the acid test of time. Jack Shepherd's great comedy routine performance to the paying public has been very valuable to the originator. It can be as valuable to you too! You get a member of the audience to help and offer to teach him how to do four card tricks. False explanations of the various effects as performed lead up to a brilliant climax where the spectator reaches into his own pocket and removes... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
10 Card FeatsJean HugardVintage gold. This was Hugard's first manuscript released to the profession; originally hand-typed and sold only through him. These entertaining card effects require no apparatus and no prepared cards, making them ready to present wherever you may be: at a party, backstage, or after dinner. While the title says 10, you actually get a full dozen card miracles, moves and subtleties presented with a standard deck. Fit for the program of the most fastidious performer, yet easily within the reach of the amateur. While the author claims that no complicated moves are involved, we should note that these... | $8 to wish list | |
Secrets of SanduPaul StadelmanTwo books in one, containing the secrets of a professional's act of club and mental magic, plus his favorite card effects. We love it when a working performer tips the actual methods from his act. And that's what you get in the first half of this enjoyable ebook, which was originally released as a limited edition. The second half contains Sandu's favorite card effects. While not all of the effects in this section are self-working, they rely on sleights that the average performer already knows. Inside you'll find described a pair of excellent livestock effects that you can make yourself;... | $8 to wish list | |
This Will Open Your Eyes: Al Baker's Exclusive Twenty-Five Dollar ManuscriptAl BakerAdd to your arsenal of outstanding mental and card effects with this hard to find manuscript from a recognized master of deception. These exclusive secrets will serve you in good stead throughout your performing career, no matter whether you're a professional, semi-pro, or hobbyist. Contains ten effects, plus as many as four methods for performing each one, all patiently and painstakingly explained. You may, in fact, chuckle to yourself as you read the practical, yet diabolical methods -- they're so darned clever. They all have the "Baker Twist", where gimmicks and ruses are used on the off... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list |