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Ten easy card routines.

Contents:

• SELECT A WILD CARD (Aldo Colombini): A different approach to the Wild Card Theme.
• DIE SPELL (Aldo Colombini): Four jumbo cards are shown. A spectator selects one card and it is the only one with a different colored back (or with the words PICK ME on its back).
• SIX-CARD STUNNER (Rachel Colombini): Six cards are shown on a holder. A spectator picks one and you predicted it.
• THIS GOES ON! (Aldo Colombini): An incredible funny version of Stewart James classic trick "Further Than That."
• ULTI-MATE-M (Aldo Colombini): A comedy prediction with a special...

Card routines for the working performer.

Contents:

• THE MAGICIAN (Sam Schwartz): A packet of double-backed cards is shown. The cards then each contain a letter that spells MAGICIAN (or any other message).
• DRAW A BLANK (Aldo Colombini): Perhaps my most famous trick. A card is freely selected and it is the only printed card in an otherwise blank deck. No rough and smooth. No difficult sleight of hand.
• HATS AND RABBIT (Rachel Colombini): You show a prediction. Five cards with rabbits and a hat are shown and shuffled by a spectator. The prediction shows the same order as the packet held by the spectator. ...

These two routines were created by Rachel Colombini. You can perform them separately or combine them together to obtain a very magical sequence.

First Effect: Three cards move from one packet to another. This is probably the easiest cards across ever!

Second Effect: You and the spectator find three matching pairs.

Requires three double-backed cards.

SELF WORKING - SELF CONTAINED - INSTANT RESET - WORKS EVERY TIME

(This is Dave's treatment of Cameron Francis' effect 18: A Powerhouse Prediction Effect.)

EFFECT: You display a deck of cards and begin by telling your spectator two pieces of information:

1. One of the cards in the deck has had its back altered.
2. The deck is in a completely random order but for three cards which you have specifically positioned for the experiment.

1920's film footage plus booklet revealing the closely-guarded secrets of the Indian Cups and Balls, the Mango Tree effect and much more. Together with attempts at the Indian Rope Trick plus bonus footage of Kuda Bux doing the Fire Walk.

Here is some amazing 1920's film footage capturing street magicians at work with some of the great Indian classics that are so rarely seen by Westerners. Much of the material on this download DVD (it is accompanied by an exciting musical track) is explained in the 40-page PDF (to download it see your digital shelf).

You will see great performances of the...

A fabulous download DVD featuring four of the best tricks from Spell-Binder magazine. Martin Breese asked Stephen Tucker the creator of the magazine to choose four of the best tricks that he created for the magazine and he has selected four wonderful effects. Each is performed and then clearly explained move by move.

Watch the performances of all four routines below.

[Note: If you prefer a physical DVD disc please go to Martin Breese International.]

You give the four Kings to a spectator. You cut the deck saying that you'll now cut to one of the Queens. The spectator's task is to try to pick the King that will be the perfect mate for the Queen you cut to. Remove the top card of the deck and the spectator picks ANY King. The two cards prove to be the King and Queen of Clubs! This is successfully repeated with the remaining Kings and Queens. Then a big surprise occurs: On the back of the four Queens four hearts appear!

Requires four double-backed cards and heart stickers.

Four amazing distinct changes: First, four cards of one value (say the four Fours) are shown. They have blue backs. One by one each of these blue-backed cards turns face down. Second, all the cards change to red backs. Third, the faces all change to red suits. Fourth, the backs are now marked, each has a large X printed on it! Instead of the X's any message can be revealed.

Requires three blank backed cards.

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You remove two packets of cards, one visible and one invisible. The visible packet contains four blank cards. "The invisible packet contains the instructions on how to perform the trick." You slip the first invisible card into the face-down packet and run it through, whereupon it turns visible. It reads, MAKE A MAGICAL GESTURE OVER THE PACKET. The spectator does this. Another instruction card appears and says, SNAP YOUR FINGERS OVER THE PACKET. The spectator does this as well. The final instruction card appears and it reads, SAY YOUR FAVORITE MAGIC WORDS. The spectator does this as well. "I...

An effect by Roy Walton. The most colorful packet trick ever. What a fantastic routine this is. A packet of four blue-backed cards (say all 8 of Clubs) changes to red-backed cards, then to green backs and then to yellow. Then the four cards are one of each color and, for a stunning finish, the four cards change into the four Aces (or blank cards or Jokers)!

Requires regular cards with different colored backs.

A stunning routine that you'll enjoy performing and your spectators will love to watch. The performer shuffles a blue-backed deck. A spectator selects a card (say the 8D) and signs it on the face. The card is then lost in the deck. Three blank-faced cards with red backs are shown and the performer says that he will print an exact duplicate of the selected card. A back of a red-backed card is erased so that now it is blank and a blue back is then printed on this card. A duplicate of the selected card is then magically printed on the face of this blue-backed card. Wait a moment! To have an EXACT...

Three packets of cards are introduced. Three spectators each select a card from the packets and these cards are seen to be the only cards with DIFFERENT COLORED BACKS!

Requires three blank-faced cards.

These are detailed explanations of sleights and subtleties with cards used in many tricks and routines. They come with tips, history, applications, etc.

CONTENTS:

• GEMINI COUNT (Bro. John Hamman)
• FLUSTERED (Eddy Taytelbaum)
• VARIATION ELMSLEY (Jonathan Townsend)
• ROLLING FLUSHTRATION (Keith Bloomfield)
• HABACK COUNT (Max Maven)
• SPIRIT COUNT (Gene Castillon)
• CUT FORCE (Robin Robertson)
• CATO (Bob Hummer)
• BLOW AWAY CHANGE (J.K. Hartman)
• FALSE CUT (Jean Pierre Vallarino)
• CROSS COUNT FORCE (J.K. Hartman)
• RIFFLE FORCE (Arthur Finley)

These are detailed explanations of sleights and subtleties with cards used in many tricks and routines. They come with tips, history, applications, etc.

CONTENTS:

• FULL DECK FALSE SHUFFLE (G. W. Hunter)
• MIRAGE COUNT (Larry West)
• CHARLIER SHUFFLE (Charlier)
• CUT-DEEPER FORCE (Ed Balducci)
• DIMINISHING COUNT (Daryl-Maddison-Biet)
• HAMMAN COUNT (Bro. John Hamman)
• THE LAUGHING COUNT (Aldo Colombini)
• CRISS-CROSS FORCE (Max Holden)
• BACK SPREAD (anon)
• BRAUE ADDITION (Fred Braue)
• SMALL-PACKET FALSE SHUFFLE (Bro. John Hamman)
• RUMBA COUNT (Jean-Pierre Vallarino)

These are detailed explanations of sleights and subtleties with cards used in many tricks and routines. They come with tips, history, applications, etc.

CONTENTS:

• ELMSLEY COUNT (Alex Elmsley)
• JORDAN COUNT (Charles T. Jordan)
• SIVA COUNT (Jack Avis)
• OLRAM SUBTLETY (Ed Marlo)
• DOUBLE UNDERCUT (L. L. Ireland)
• REVERSE DOUBLE UNDERCUT (Bob Haskell)
• BRAUE REVERSAL (Fred Braue)
• FLIP-FLOP FORCE AND CONTROL (Bro. John Hamman)
• PROPHECY FORCE (Bill Simon)
• FLUSHTRATION COUNT (Bro. John Hamman)
• OMEGA COUNT (Jeff Busby-Karl Fulves)
• ASCANIO SPREAD (Arturo de Ascanio)

These effects on this double-download-DVD are for serious finger-flingers. Intimately detailed instruction is unsurpassed. Every effect on this DVD features some original moves and thinking, addressing classic effects:

Cups and Balls - what would happen if they took on a life of their own? Steve's cup routine includes some new presentational ideas and strategies as well as some new wrinkles he is sure you will use. If you are a cup freak, this is for you!

Cards and Coins - a magician fooler. This routine accomplishes the same effect - with a backfire, using all new moves. Steve wanted...

Effect created by Raphael Czaja. A novel piece of magic which will bring you a new 'twist' on a classic theme! Four cards are selected and placed on the table. You show four face-down cards and one at a time one card turns over and it reveals one of the selected cards. At the end, each chosen card is revealed. Then you reveal that the four cards have backs on both sides!

Requires three double-backed cards and two double-faced cards.

This effect is straightforward and powerful. A most unusual routine. A gem of intimate close-up magic. A card is selected from a deck of cards, say it is the 5-of-Spades. A packet of three Jokers is introduced. The 5-of-Spades is placed among the Jokers whereupon it instantly turns face down. It is replaced and turns face up. You then draw an X on the back of the 5-of-Spades which is placed face down in the packet. The cards are counted and now the 5-of-Spades is face up with an X on its face. The X visibly disappears off the face of the 5-of-Spades and now all the Jokers have an X on their...

The magician shows a packet of four cards, say three blue-backed Three of Hearts and one red-backed Joker. The Joker is placed in the magician's pocket but keeps jumping back into the packet several times. For the final kicker, all of the cards turn blank. Totally examinable. Easy to do.

Requires four blank faced cards.

A great presentation for the standard Lie Detector theme where you reveal, using four cards, if the spectator tells the truth or lies and at the end the four cards change into four duplicates of the selections. You will love it! Can be done in any language.

Requires blank faced cards.

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock’s legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• NEWSTEAR TELEPATHY (Fred Lowe): You tear a piece of newspaper in 16 pieces and one is selected. You predicted that part of the newspaper. It is a clever way to do this classic.
• JUST ONE MORE CHANCE (Ian Adair): A new principle in this classic effect. Three envelopes, two spectators pick an envelope each (no force). The remaining envelope remains to you and it is the only one containing money.
• THE INCREDIBLE PREDICTION (Jack Avis): You predict a card chosen under the fairest possible conditions and after the deck has been shuffled. ...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock’s legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• ANOTHER CHANGE FOLD (Sid Lorraine): A cute and original way to reveal a selected card. A piece of paper with letters suddenly folds in a way to show the name of the selection.
• I’LL DIE FOR YOU (Tan Hock Chuan): One of the most direct and effective book tests ever.
• PLATFORM HOFZINSER REVISITED (Francis Haxton): Four Aces are placed into glasses. One card is selected and sealed in an envelope. The Ace of the same suit of the selection disappears and the selected card is in its place. The Ace is found in the envelope.
• THE INVISIBLE TRAVELLERS...

You show four blue-backed jokers. One after the other, the Jokers become red-backed. Finally, they change back to blue! An amazingly visual routine!

Requires a double backed card.

Ten more routines with two decks of cards.

Contents:

• TWO-DECK CARD TRICK (U.F. Grant): A spectator shuffles a deck and picks a card. You count to the value of this card in a second deck and find the matching card.
• MIRACLE REVERSE (Francis Haxton): A red card is placed in a blue deck. A blue card is placed in a red deck. These two cards reverse themselves and they are shown to be the cards removed from the opposite colored decks.
• PACKED BAGS (Aldo Colombini): A spectator touches a card which is reversed in the deck. You remove another deck and you reveal the same card in a spectacular way. ...