Self-Working or Sleightless in Cards: page 9

From the introduction:

More new math-based and self-working magic tricks from Werner Miller. Clever methods combined in interesting ways.

• Fold-Up Age Card(s)
• Winking Smileys
• Invisible Bonds
• Red + Blue = ?
• ESP Étude No. 1
• ESP Étude No. 2
• ESP Étude No. 3
• ESP Étude No. 4
• ESP Étude No. 5
• ESP Étude No. 6
• Be My Mirror Image!
• Ambidexter
• The Placebo Card
• Strange Business
• Leapfrog
• Even – Odd
• Le Signe de Jour
• At the Klondike River
• À Trois
• Ghost Rider II

1st edition 2015, 32 pages.

Learn how to exploit the ternary number system to your advantages. There is a new version of the old MUTUS DEDIT NOMEN COCIS or "The Pairs Repaired", as it was called in Prof. Hoffmann's Modern Magic. You will also find tricks with ESP cards and applications for the diminishing count...

• From Binary to Ternary
• Flexa-Nums
• Ups & Downs
• Ternary Cubes
• Royal Jungle Jam
• Atop
• I Knew It
• Every "Stop!" an Ace
• The "Anti-Card"
• Thai Hits
• 4tune
• Another Challenge
• À la Tantalizer
• A Matter of Logic
• ESP Simplicity I
• ESP Simplicity II
• ESP Simplicity III
• ESP Simplicity IV
• Surprise Match
• A String of Clusters

1st edition...

Author and collector Doug Edwards said:

"I know a good trick when I see one, and KNOW-ALL NEALE is a good trick! It's impromptu and direct. And I like A COUNT, A BILL as well. The divination of the three digits comes as a complete surprise. Two real winners."

Tarbell Course contributor Nick Conticello returns with a new selection of close-up magic designed to be performed for small groups of friends or acquaintances.

1. Know-All Neale: 3 coin divination with fourth coin kicker

2. A Count, A Bill: Based on "It's the Principle " (Bob Longe, Sept. 2001 Linking Ring) with bill used...

After seeing several effects from this ebook, author and collector Doug Edwards said:

"The stuff you do with a shuffled deck and one or two key cards borders on the miraculous!"

2. TALONS OF THE HAWK: Two volunteers each think of a card from a group of ten. The packets are lost in the deck by the volunteers themselves. The performer...

A Further Collection of Impromptu, Sleightless, Mathematical Tricks

Nick Conticello is proud to present the third and final installment of the Potpourri series. Herewith is another collection of impromptu, sleightless, mathematical effects with cards. Each book has a theme, and this one is no exception. The entire ebook is devoted to what Nick calls the Australian Shuffle. (You may refer to it as the Down/Under Deal.)

The present work is concerned with three placement concepts. George Sands devised one in the mid-Twentieth Century. Nick published the second in Tarbell 7, and he is releasing...

Based on a classic principle, the 4 routines explained in this ebook can become reputation makers for you. Right from a rank beginner to an experienced professional, any performer can adapt these routines to his/her stature and pull off these seemingly impossible card mentalism miracles.

There is no sleight of hand and all the routines are totally hands off. The principle is completely self-working and almost impromptu. Only ordinary decks of playing cards are used - no gaffs or gimmicks are needed. The bonus is an esp routine performed with an ordinary esp deck.

No preshow. No stooges....

More tricks based on the binary and ternary number system. Miller also exploits figures that cannot physically exist, subtly reinforcing the apparent impossibility of his trick creations.

• Binary Dice
• Ternary Dice
• Day Off
• Unreal Realities
• More Impossible Figures
• Zodiac Puzzle 1
• Zodiac Puzzle 2
• Zodiac Puzzle 3
• Crazy Laces
• Ariadne
• ESPectulator
• Dicey ESP
• Twin Assistance
• Multiple U/D Choice
• Progressive U/D Deals
• Semi-Progressive U/D Deals
• Marching Lock-Step
• Follow the Star!
• Get Me Out!
• The (Not So) Easy Task

1st edition 2017, 35 pages.

Novel Concepts with Key Cards. No sleight-of-hand is needed for any of these effects. Ideal for both magicians and mentalists.

Imagine taking a borrowed, shuffled, incomplete deck, mixing it a bit yourself, and offering it to a volunteer for a cut. The volunteer then cuts each half separately, chooses a card from one half, and buries it in the pack himself. Yet despite these difficult conditions, you are able to locate the selected card with absolute certainty. That is the premise of this ebook.

The Straddle Key concept is a breakthrough in key card theory. I have tested this material...

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.

• Leporello
• Ternary Number Compass
• Binary Number Compass
• Binary Card Compass
• Binary Card Cube
• Aside From Binary and Ternary
• Extensions
• OWLright
• Four Questions
• Seven Questions
• Four Ins, One Out
• Off-Form Psychic
• No Milk Today
• ESPiatnik
• Do You Play Cards?
• Lady First
• amBiguous
• Instant Sudoku
• Swindle Sudoku II
• 2ZZ

1st edition 2018, 44 pages.

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....

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.

• 5 Symbols, 1 Question
• Trias
• Twinnie Clue I
• Twinnie Clue II
• Pairade
• ESPadrilles ...

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.

• Knavery
• Ele-mental
• Bunny Magic
• occhi-doki
• Flippant & Floppy
• xii
• Maxed Out
• Less Is More
• How Many Loops?
• WYSIWYG
• Daughters of Zeus
• Triolet
• Quintolet
• Triumphant Spelling
• pingxing I
• pingxing II
• pingxing III
• RF Coda 5
• RF Coda 7
• Ap-pair-ance

1st edition 2019, 25 pages.

A mix of tricks based on math with cards, ESP cards, and various other designs. Included are print ready templates for several of the tricks explained. For lovers of magic squares you will find interesting ideas of how to use magic squares as predictions and forcing tools.

• Isn’t it?
• Quintilla
• Quinterino
• Q Combo
• Quadrille Royale
• Topper Hopper
• Planetary Playground
• Sixteen Letters
• Fusion
• 15D²
• Diamond Prediction
• Magic Torsi I
• Magic Torsi II
• Magic Torsi III
• Triplets Galore
• Chased Up
• Swapping Places
• Mado
• Janela
• Ventana

1st edition 2020, 34 pages.

You and the participant are on both ends of a voice call. Using an imaginary deck of playing cards, the participant 'churns her thoughts' multiple times and finally sends across a few cards from her mind to your mind. You 'receive' those cards perfectly and reveal them to her in a stunning manner. This, in essence, is the effect.

You can perform this over a video call or virtual show apart from face to face performances. And this works in any language. Two versions of the routine are explained.

PSYCHIC VERSION which is totally propless (except for a piece of paper used by the participant...

This is a fun card trick with multiple climaxes. It starts off as a 4-Ace production trick, then it goes wrong as 4 random cards are produced instead of the 4 Aces. Next, these random cards are shown to be predicted on the magician's Facebook page. Not to be outdone, the magician also produces the mates of the 4 random cards. At last, the magician produces the 4 Aces. Of course, the best part is that the deck is face-down almost the entire time and it is handled by the spectator.

1st edition 2020, PDF 8 pages.

Werner Miller is in particular known for his ESP tricks, to which he has dedicated a lot of thought and effort over the years. For example, the late Aldo Colombini was a big fan of Werner's ESP tricks. This ebook is almost exclusively dedicated to ESP tricks.

• To Aldo
• Auto-Psi
• Drill Formation
• quini
• kif-kif 1
• kif-kif 2
• kif-kif 3
• Scorta
• 2 x 5, Australian Style
• Invocation
• V for Five
• Stripped Down
• The Nonconformist
• Milky Way I
• Milky Way II
• Nada
• Metamorphoses 1
• Metamorphoses 2
• Parade of the Parrots I
• Parade of the Parrots II

1st edition 2021, 29 pages.

Small packet tricks, ESP tricks, spelling tricks, magic squares, and more ...

• Déjà-vu
• 4 times 4 for 4
• Bingo!
• Trinity
• Converging Point
• Spellinary I
• Spellinary II
• Penta rhei
• Semana
• Where's Gandalf?
• Pick Me!
• Attracting Butterflies I
• Attracting Butterflies II
• Clairvoyance Test
• Ro-Ma Spiral 1
• Ro-Ma Spiral 2
• Tessera
• Instant 4x4 Magic Square
• Instant 5x5 Magic Square
• Instant 7x7 Magic Square

1st edition 2021, 33 pages.

The effect as seen by the audience: The performer displays a red-backed deck and a blue-backed deck. Two participants each choose a deck freely. Then both participants mentally think of a different playing card each. They need not announce which card they are thinking of. Surprisingly, when each participant deals down their respective deck, they find their thought of card missing from that deck. As a kicker twist, each participant's thought of card is found in the other participant's deck.

Another effect as seen by the audience: The performer displays a red-backed deck and a blue-backed...

This collection of math-based tricks includes two effects suitable for virtual shows. One is a Triumph effect the other a spelling trick that works both in English and French. Again, Miller includes some nicely designed print templates which you can print out directly from the PDF to perform the tricks with appropriately themed cards.

• Star Day
• Doppio
• Left or Right?
• Talmi 1
• Talmi 2
• Separo 1
• Separo 2
• Gigl-Gogl 1
• Gigl-Gogl 2
• Verifying an Oddity
• Sweet and Luxurious
• Hands-off Triumph
• Buoyancy
• Boarding
• Chef’s Special
• Chiamato
• With Comp7ements I
• With Comp7ements II
• 25 cm
• Magic...

The effects of "remote" mentalism (with the performer blindfolded, in another room, or, even, on the phone, with only the audio connection) generally use mathematical principles. Often, with a little pack of cards (or billets) real miracles can be performed: if the cards are to be shuffled by the spectator, it is necessary that the shuffle appears as random as possible, even if it must necessarily be a mathematical one.

With this publication I have addressed some well-known moves, used in different ways, alone or in conjunction with other shuffles or other principles; once the principle...

Water and oil is an effect that has always fascinated me, but the principle is so simple that I think it is impossible to invent something more effective; moreover, the effect requires a secret manipulation that is impossible to replicate, if everything is expected to be done in the hands of the spectator, "on the other end of the line" (of the telephone).

I, therefore, followed a different path: to try to replicate, in the spectator, the amazement of finding the separated cards, when they were arranged alternately by his hands, in front of his eyes.

Also in this publication I propose,...

I saw the first spelling effects a long time ago, studying Aldo Colombini's DVDs; they were in English and I gave up almost immediately, due to the great difference in seed letters and numbers: from diamonds to diamonds there was an ocean. I saw, I appreciated them ... and then I gave up. Some time later, trying and trying again, a light bulb came on: I thought I had invented my spelling in Italian; beautiful exceptional. Later I discovered that I had not really invented anything, there were dozens and hundreds of similar and ... almost the same. Then, continuing to study the great masters, I began to collect...

THE ABBOTT'S TEN PRINCIPLE: The principle, generally called Abbott's Ten by the Americans, actually dates back to an Italian manuscript about five hundred years ago (Mariano Tomatis - Messmer in pills - La Lollins and the magic of the sixteenth century - Episode 206).

This publication first describes the standard 10-card routine; I then analyzed the possibility of doing it with a different number of cards, even with tarot cards, and I studied the possibility of doing it in all conditions: in close up, on stage (two versions, one with billets and the other with the Tarot) and even on the...