Magic & Mentalism: page 456

An everyday calling card, shown to be blank on both sides, suddenly develops printing details, caused by the magician's fingertips!

Here is an up-to-date revision of a classic idea from that remarkable 20th-century magician Francis Carlyle. It was none other than Bruce Elliott who first raved about this in his magazine The Phoenix, where this gem was first published.

No innovative developments have appeared in print since, until now. Ian Baxter has come up with this clever extension of Carlyle's original - totally impromptu, easy to perform and even more eye-popping than the...

A Surprise Gift worth $18 is included inside. It's like immediately getting back double the return for what you have invested in.

The One is a single poker size card which is a powerhouse of killer routines. With just this one card in your wallet or pocket, you are always ready to perform upto 30 minutes anywhere, anytime to anyone.

Of course, you can print this card in any size comfortable for you. The size can be business card, poker card, index card, post card, A5, A4 or A3 depending on your performing situation and readability factor.

The best thing about The One is that it represents...

A magical prediction that will not only turn out to be correct but will also hold a final surprise!

Predictable and Unpredictable Poker is a new card magic effect in which the magician, after showing and shuffling a deck of cards, hands it to a spectator who, after cutting it into three sections, keeps the last pack for himself and, once the rest of the deck has been reassembled, returns it to the magician. The magician then takes the cards behind his back and divides them again into three piles, placing them face down on the table.

Latter takes his cards behind his back and divides...

Una Predizione Magica che non solo si rivelerà corretta ma nasconderà anche un'inaspettata sorpresa finale!

Poker Previsto e Poker Imprevedibile è un nuovo effetto di Cartomagia dove l'illusionista, dopo aver mostrato e mescolato un mazzo di carte, lo consegna ad uno spettatore che, dopo averlo tagliato in tre parti, trattiene per sé l'ultimo mazzetto e, una volta ricomposto il resto del mazzo, lo riconsegna al mago. Quest'ultimo porta le proprie carte dietro la schiena e le divide nuovamente in tre mazzetti, disponendoli di dorso sul tavolo.

Lo spettatore, dapprima conta le carte...

Six stand-up effects from Martin Lewis. This is strong audience-tested material from his cabaret act. Martin shows you, in a step-by-step hands-on guide, how to make the "props" on your kitchen table quickly and easily with only basic tools and materials, and needing no special skills. Then, in live performance, see how the apparatus is used to really make magic

Includes artwork in PDF files and bill-of-goods files listing the materials and tools needed for each routine.

Big Switch: A great MC bit. Attempting to right a wrong, the performer shows the audience how to switch a card... literally! ...

A spectator selects at random a card from an invisible pack - let's imagine the spectator says it is the 5H. This invisible card is apparently placed onto the spectator's hand.

Next a blank faced deck is freely displayed and shuffled before one card is selected. This blank faced card to placed momentarily onto the invisible card, and then when it is turned over, the blank face is now printed with the 5H card face.

video 14:08.

In the hands of a seemingly uninformed magician, a simple picture book becomes a truly enchanting adventure of imagination. Through a playful exchange that features plenty of surprises and lots of laughter, Daryl's fully developed routine for the iconic coloring book trick is based on three key concepts. The first is the inherently funny premise that a grown-up doesn't realize that what he has is a coloring book or even what to do with it. This set-up gives this magic routine a natural beginning, middle, and end. The second is that the prop is made from a real coloring book with the 'colored'...

A spectator freely selects a card, and it is returned to the deck and shuffled. The spectator then cuts a small packet, and the deck is dealt into three piles. From each pile, a number of cards - freely chosen by the spectator - is cut from the top. The three resulting cards are not the selection. However, the total of their values locates the selection, and the bottom cards of the three piles turn out to be the other three cards of the same value.

1st edition 2026, video 6:02.

or, how to face an audience.

Excerpt from the introduction:

• Introduction
• Stage Elocution
• Manner
• Showmanship
• The Choice and Arrangement of a Programme

1st edition 1908, 9 pages; PDF 7 pages.

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This is an unconventional and innovative marriage between the diary effect and the Acaan effect. An impossible and unbelievable showpiece. Do not be fooled by the low intro price.

Routine One as seen by the audience: A pocket diary is given to a participant and he is asked to check out the lucky playing card on his birthday. A deck of playing cards which was lying in full view on the table right from the beginning is ribbon spread and only one card is seen with Happy Birthday written on its back. When that card is turned over, it is...

Bend reality, blur perception, and make them question everything - straight from your phone.

Here is everything that the demo video does not say:

1. Works seamlessly on both iOS and Android.
2. No apps to install. No memberships needed.
3. Goes beyond ESP symbols - includes multiple alternative ideas.
4. Comes with a complete presentation, plus several additional ideas to perform it.
5. Lives quietly on your phone, ready anytime without interfering with your daily use.

Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate

1st edition 2026, video 24:33.

A brand-new effect, using two decks of cards, one of which will be chosen by the spectator to represent the prediction.

This is a card an "Any Card At Any Number" magic trick that uses two decks of cards. The magician places both decks on the table, they are identical except for their backs: one has red backs and the other has blue ones. He lets a female spectator freely choose which one to use first and explains that, while one will serve as the prediction deck, the other will be used - after being shuffled - to allow her to freely focus on a card, from which the experiment will begin. ...

Un inedito effetto "Any Card At Any Number" con due mazzi di carte, dei quali uno verrà scelto dallo spettatore a rappresentare la Predizione!

Predizione di Carta al Numero con Due Mazzi è di un effetto di Cartomagia dove l'illusionista dispone entrambi i mazzi sul tavolo, sono identici tranne che per i dorsi: uno li ha Rossi e l'altro Blu. Lascia che una spettatrice indichi liberamente di quale servirsi per primo e spiega che, mentre uno servirà come Mazzo della Predizione, l'altro verrà utilizzato per permetterle, dopo che sarà stato mescolato, di soffermarsi liberamente su di una...

Wonderful card routines by one of the finest creators of magic entertainment. For example, he won the Academy of Magical Arts "Parlor Magician of the Year" for 2000. None of the routines requires particularly difficult sleight-of-hand. With an emphasis on offbeat effects, Martin delivers his original ideas with clear and insightful explanations. And, there's a non-card effect included, too, Martin's Chop-Cup Routine. It will teach you how you can make your own chop cup from items you likely have thrown away in the past.

This is material designed for the working magician, with each effect...

Even a folksy stand-up magic show needs a feature routine that delves into the theme of bodily endangerment reminiscent of the iconic Sawing in Half trick. Disecto and Sword Thru Neck are relatively interchangeable illusionettes that are suitable for both stage presentations and intimate venues. In addition to being compact and portable, they provide ample opportunity for clever patter and hilarious hijinks with the hapless volunteer and bemused audience. Full treatments of Daryl's unique treatment for both routines are provided.

Both Disecto and Sword Thru Neck are highly practical. They...

• Preface
• Comedy Opening Remarks
• Burlesque Mind Reading Act
• Burlesque Fortune Telling Cards
• Fire Eating Act
• Flowers From Paper Cone
• Patriotic Billiard Balls
• Silk Handkerchief Combination
• Rising Cards With Variation
• Diminishing And Enlarging Cards
• The Color Changing Balls
• The Bewitched Umbrella
• Torn And Restored Paper
• Spirit Seance In Lighted Room
• Ring In The Egg
• Floating Magnetic Wand
• Cards Passing Into Pocket
• The Spirit Paintings
• Chinese Linking Rings
• Wine And Water Passe Passe Effect
• Devil's Message Card Trick
• Wonderful Floating Ball
• Restored Card In The Lemon
• Aerial...

• Preface
• Introduction Patter
• Chinese Rice Bowls
• Twentieth Century Flag Trick
• Passe Passe Bottles And Glasses
• Egg Bag And Egg Trick
• Hydrometer Tube And Flying Handkerchiefs
• Wine And Water
• Dyeing Handkerchief Through Hand
• The Miser's Dream
• Pigeon Or Dove Pan
• Mail Sack Escape
• Enchanted Cage And Canaries
• Welsh Rabbit Pan
• Recipe
• Welsh Rabbit Pan
• Hot Coffee Vase
• Cups And Balls
• Cups And Balls

1st edition 1916, PDF 21 pages.

You begin with a challenge: can the spectator remember just four cards? You clearly display the Two of Hearts, Three of Diamonds, Four of Spades, and Five of Clubs. They're simple, random, and unforgettable. Or so they think.

Phase 1: The Transformation - Without a moment's hesitation, the four random cards are turned over to reveal they have transformed into the four Aces. The spectator's memory hasn't just failed; it has been completely rewritten.

Phase 2: The Callback - The spectator gathers the deck. To prove your control over their "fake memories," you instantly cut to the original...

There are many versions of Danson's 'Diary Trick' and I like to think that my version has much to recommend it. A spectator is handed a diary and on looking through it will soon see that every date has a playing card written next to it. The spectator looks up her own birthday date and remembers the card written against it.

A blue deck of cards is shown and there is seen to be one red backed card in it. This is the card that is in the diary next to the magician's birthday date. This odd backed card is left in the deck which is shuffled. Using the spectator's birthday date, cards are dealt...

Adapted from a classic routine by Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser. The spectator deals the cards into three piles on the table. In the end, the magician is left holding ten cards, while the tabled piles reveal four Tens. Finally, the bottom card is turned over to reveal four Kings.

1st edition 2026, video