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Fascinating Gambling From the World of Imagination
Benedykt Krajdener
This routine is done from a shuffled deck, under fire, and on the spot. You will never have to remember more than five words at one time so you can talk and you can concentrate on your presentation. There is only one condition – you must know Benedykt's mnemonic system from Her Majesty the Magic of Cards.
- The deck is shuffled and can be borrowed.
- There is no sleight of hand, deck switches or prepared cards.
- You can be surrounded by spectators, there are no false moves.
- Seperate face up cards from face down cards with closed eyes
- Do very unusual poker deals...
The Gimmick MagiZette: Volume 2, Issue 6 (Jun - Aug 2013)
Solyl Kundu
This final issue of volume two of TGM is full of "meats" - please read the following and judge for yourself. It must have set a record by including articles from the pen of three past IBM Int'l Presidents - Don Wiberg, Jep Hostetler and Ray Mangle - simply a prestigious issue!
The contents are …
- Let's have a chat - here in this space TGM openly discuss its success, failures, good or bad and everything - even a scoop is here in this issue.
- Past Glory of India - SN Dey - the generous magician is the profile LK Roy sketched in this issue. ...
Master Mental System
George Marchese
From the introduction:
I like to read old magic books. Many times you can find real treasure within their pages. When I found the following old and anonymous manuscript I was simply stunned! It outlined a complete two people first class mental act. The "no words" code used is really easy and useful. It permits to transmit very detailed infos to the "medium", as you will see reading the manuscript. This manuscript was published about a century ago and I think that the mental routine that it contains should be known to modern generations of magic enthusiasts. So here it is...I hope you like...
Blindsight: the original
Devin Knight
One of the most talked about effects at the 2006 Mindvention. It virtually fooled anyone who saw it. Since then over 5000 copies of Blindsight have been sold world-wide. It has become a classic of mentalism and used by some of the biggest names in mentalism. In fact, one performer was able to book a $10,000 gig by performing this one trick alone for the decision maker! Yes, Blindsight is that good.
This routine is now available in a Do-It-Yourself PDF and can be easily made up in a few minutes.
Effect
Performer patters that Blindsight is the apparent ability to see colors and shapes...
Pasteboard Duet
Dee Christopher
The Gambler's Peek
This is a simple, impromptu utility move that allows you to know the value of a freely selected card while you square up the face down deck. This move is completely invisible, yet very powerful. This move is taught from multiple angles and an easy card control is also taught to get the selection into the correct position.
Chance
Chance is an effect in which you will show your powers of influence over a spectator's decision. This is the perfect opener for a card mentalism set at a table. The premise is very simple, you remove a black card and a red card from the deck...
Patently Obscure
Ken de Courcy
A complete 7-minute act or interlude of crazy inventions with easily obtainable props. Complete with patter and full presentation. Funny! Unusual! With a laugh in every line.
A special supplement is included with full details of a smashing attache-case vanish of all the props used. Easy to make, you can gimmick any case in 10 or 15 minutes.
1st digital edition 2013, 11 pages.
Assemblies and 4-Ace Tricks
Paul A. Lelekis
"Paul has a great eye for a good trick. He also has a knack for combining and varying existing ideas. His enthusiasm is infectious! His latest e-book, "Assemblies & 4-Ace Tricks" contains 13 great items, very well described and including Paul's humorous patter. This booklet is a winner! Press "BUY" now. You won't be disappointed!" - Mike Powers
"Assemblies and 4-Ace Tricks is an entertainers gem from a magician who has been in the real world for decades creating wonders for paying customers! Paul is offering his pet card effects -- one which he has kept underground for years. Here you...
Catch 33: Three Card Monte
Lee Asher
"Much more than a mere gambling expose, Catch 33 is almost an act in itself! Twenty-first Century magic needs more brains like yours." - Guy G.
3 cards. 2 of them lose. 1 wins.
"..simple! "... Or so your audience thinks.
Each time he plays the game with you, your spectator falls into subtle traps you've set. He receives an authentic lesson on the con game that is not a game at all. Using beautifully choreographed sequences, you continually manipulate your spectator into choosing the wrong card. He just can't help himself.
Perform this routine surrounded; at a restaurant, trade...
E-Z Square 6
Werner Miller
This will most likely be Werner Miller's last installment in his E-Z Square series. In this ebook he revisits several of the routines he published before, but finds ways to simplify them further or structure them in a cleaner and clearer way. He does that with a Birthday Square, a routine involving a measuring tape, and magic squares using cards.
As a bonus Werner includes several magic square puzzles.
1st edition 2013; 15 pages.
Simply Impromptu Volume 1
Aldo Colombini
The routines use subtle moves and principles rather than difficult sleight of hand to produce entertaining card effects that anyone can do. More important, no gimmicks, and no set-ups whatsoever. Grab an ordinary, even borrowed deck of cards and amaze your spectators with incredible card effects.
CONTENTS:
- THAT'S NEAT (Paul Gordon): You and a spectator each take half of the deck and then a card from each half. You both place these cards reversed in the middle of the two piles and the two cards magically change places.
- FULL SPEED ACE (Aldo Colombini): The Ace of the same suit of the selected...
Aldo on Trost Volume 14
Aldo Colombini
The Great Card Magic of Nick Trost continues.
CONTENTS:
- SELECTED GEMINI: Mates to two selected cards are located by the spectators themselves.
- ROYAL ASSEMBLY: A section of a deck is cut by a spectator and dealt into four piles. The top card of each pile is a King and the bottom card is a Queen.
- DISCOVERY BY ELIMINATION: One card is selected in a very fair manner. A spectator cuts a portion of the deck and these cards are eliminated until one remains: It is the selected card.
- ROYAL REVEALMENT: You find a selected card and on the way, a Royal Flush in Spades.
- EIGHT-CARD SPELLER: A thought-of card...
Fair Mysteries
Gerard Zitta
Short warm up mentalism effects. Anytime, anywhere, practical, easy, direct and impromptu.
Some of the simple ideas presented in this ebook can also be used as safety nets in your existing routines.
W(h)i(t)ch hand?
A classic: A spectator hides a coin in one of his fists and the performer shows which hand.
- Impromptu – no gimmicks, no electronics
- Versatile - presentation can vary
- Anytime, anywhere, anybody
- Simple and direct
Here is a nice little effect and method that can be used to give away your business card and will leave a good impression on your spectator....
Magigram: 10 effects from volume 4
Aldo Colombini
CONTENTS:
- DATED CARD AND COIN EFFECT (George Blake): A spectator gives you a coin and four cards are selected from a deck. These cards reveal the date of the borrowed coin.
- COLOR WAVES (Arthur Carter): A great mental routine where you divine two selected colors.
- ROPED RING (Lewis Ganson): A ring penetrates the rope.
- RING-OFF (Rink): Same as above, a ring penetrates the rope and it becomes free.
- COLOR IN MIND (Ken de Courcy): You show three paddles of different colors. A spectator selects a paddle and you prove you predicted the selected color.
- BALL IN THE MIDDLE (Ian Adair): A rather unusual close-up mystery with a...
Magigram: 10 effects from volume 3
Aldo Colombini
CONTENTS:
- DOMINATING DICE (Paul Marcus): A spectator thinks of a number and the card that falls at that number is taken. Using three dice, the spectator finds the selected card.
- STUCK (Joe Riding): A close up comedy coin routine with a very entertaining climax.
- DIS-COLOR (Ravelle and Andrée): Two discs of different colors are placed inside two envelopes and they change places. Everything can be examined.
- S.P.E.L.L.I.T (Francis Haxton): A card is selected and lost. You reveal three cards but none of them is the chosen one. You use one of these three cards, to get to the selected one. ...
Club 71: Budget Parody: The Bodge It
Geoff Maltby
This is a biting parody of the UK magic magazine Budget, the organ of the British Ring of the IBM. The parody was published by Geoff Maltby of Repro Magic. It was a supplement to one of the Club 71 issues in 1989. To understand all the fun they are poking at you will have to have read some of the Budget issues.
16 pages
Club 71: IBM Convention Program Parody
Geoff Maltby
This is a parody of an IBM convention program. The parody was published by Geoff Maltby of Repro Magic. It was a supplement to one of the Club 71 issues in 1991. If you have attended your fair share of conventions you will probably laugh a lot. I am not sure why this is in particular targeted at the IBM. Less than well organized conventions are not limited to any organization.
20 pages
Feen-X Magazine: Vol. 1, 2000
Gregg Webb
Why do the same tricks everyone else is doing?
FEEN-X Magazine was an underground newsletter read by some of the top names in magic. Now it can be yours!
This e-book is the complete compilation of the first volume of FEEN-X from the year 2000.
Gregg Webb’s unique approach to magic is simple: create tricks and routines that veer off in a different direction. The result is magic that is strong – and subtle at the same time – hitting the audience where it counts.
101 pages long, this e-book was personally illustrated by Gregg Webb. (A professional artist, Gregg created cover art...
How To Supercharge Your Entertainment Business With Facebook
Devin Knight
This is ebook #2 in Devin's "Marketing For Magicians Series".
Almost everyone is on Facebook nowadays and odds are you have a Facebook account. But are you using it to properly promote your entertainment business? Do you even know how? Sadly, most entertainers don't realize the full potential of Facebook. To them, it is a place to shoot the bull and play games, but did you know that the proper use of Facebook could double the amount of shows you do in a year? No, this isn't hype, this is a hard fact. The trouble is most performers aren't even aware of how this can be done! Just being on Facebook...
The R.B.M.T. - ridiculously ballsy magazine test
Christopher Bolter
What Happens:
The mentalist displays four or five current popular magazines. They are handed out and freely examined. One is chosen by an audience member and he or she is asked to peruse the magazine. Next they are asked to decide on a page with lots of text, they do so and proceed to remove the page from the magazine. This is repeated with the other magazines until there are four or five random pages from each magazine.
Next the audience member's with their respective pages are instructed to turn them landscape and tear them in half. Place the two pieces together and repeat, and repeat...
Mindful Mentalism Volume 2
Paul Hallas
This time Paul casts his net further afield with contributions from several countries.
- Introduction and Foreword
- Hunter's Birthday Billets
- Runes and Billet
- Stepping Stones
- Money Clip
- The HH Cabaret Card Divination
- Astral Journey
- Doing Time
- Ronaldo's SpecWriteR
- Back To The Future
- Happy and Sad
- Surprising Mail
- Your Choice, My Bet
- The 3-Phase Routine
- Colour In Mind
- Think Of Any Card Supplement
- Still Thinking Of A Gray Elephant
- Dot's Quite Good
- 52 Different Objects
- With Thanks To Vernon and Derman
- Dining Table Deception
- If
- Psychic Cafe
- Colour Sense
- Sunset
- Karmic Connection ...
Ian Adair Lecture Demonstration
Ian Adair
Adair has always been a prolific creator of magical effects. Several stage magic and card magic effects are explained with beautiful illustrations. Some of the effects you will find explained are:
SEE - THROUGH FOLDER
This is a quick appearance of four silks in a simple folder. The silks appear visibly and are seen through a window in the folder.
SILKEN BUTTERFLY
A pretty conceit with a plaque, showing a picture of a butterfly and with four cut-out holes on the butterfly wings. Coloured silks represent the colours on the butterfly, they are removed, placed into a beaker from which they...
Favolosi Trucchi Mentali
Ulysses Frederick Grant
più di 50 giochi sensazionali
F A V O L O S O è senza dubbio l'aggettivo giusto per descrivere questo libro!
U. F. Grant, che coloro che ci seguono da tempo conoscono, era veramente geniale, si dice inventasse almeno tre nuovi trucchi al giorno! Alcune delle sue straordinarie creazioni sono descritte in quest'opera insieme ad alcuni classici del mentalismo, tutti però con il tocco di Grant.
Troverete in esso molto materiale da poter utilizzare nei vostri spettacoli siano essi di close-up a da scena. Inoltre troverete molti principi poco conosciuti per ottenere straordinari effetti...

