Magic & Mentalism: page 430

Welcome to a magical experience that will leave you speechless. This incredible magic trick will immerse you in moments of pure wonder and amazement. Here's how it works:

Preparation: Four Aces are placed face up on the table. Small piles are formed underneath by dealing cards one by one under each Ace.

Audience Participation: The first spectator can say "stop" and decide on which Ace to place the next face-down card. This process is repeated by three other spectators, actively involving the audience and making the trick even more exciting.

The Magic: Once all the spectators have...

You show five seven of hearts. Splitting the package in half transforms them to 4 kings of clubs. Adding an ace turns them into a royal flash.

1st edition 2025, video 3:53.

"Believe in your dreams!"

"If you love magic history, you need this book. If you love card magic, you'll also get a big section of hardcore card methods from France. Christian Gambin, one of Paris' last remaining classic music-hall performers, has preserved the wild, bygone world of the Paris cabaret magic scene in his autobiography, an entire field of the art that disappeared as the modern era dawned. Gambin is a multitalented entertainer who's performed everywhere in Europe from the Paradis Latin to the Monaco Grand Prix of Magic. I saw him knock out audiences at many of those places. You'll...

• Jumpin Gemini - The most possible magic you can achieve using only four cards. Simply eye-popping.
• The Vegas Shuffle - Magic and gambling combine to showcase stacking and a separation of the reds and blacks.
• Darwin's 3-Card Monte - An all-time street swindle.
• The Pinky Count - A powerful tool for obtaining a break.
• Darwin's Wildcard - A group of cards change one by one to match another card. Very clean and magical.
• Hitchcock Aces - An ace assembly with a killer kicker.
• The Dream Card - The ultimate signed Card to Wallet.
• The Zarrow Shuffle - An invaluable false shuffle.

1st edition...

All 24 tricks are explained in detail.

1. Surprise Spell
2. Uppercut
3. Nice and Dicey
4. Lucky 13
5. Your Card Is...
6. Dis-Gardina
7. Under Milk Cup
8. Gemini Production
9. The Repeater
10. EZSP
11. Love-Craft(s)
12. Rovi-Over
13. Handy-Andy
14. Call to Arms
15. Best. Card. Trick. Ever
16. Undressed Rehearsal
17. The Xerox Effect (Stephen Tucker)
18. Uppers and Downers
19. Secret Service Subraction
20. Colours Will Tell
21. The Decoy Assembly
22. Three Four Letter Words
23. Irish Fortune Telling
24. If You Don't Like Luck

1st edition 2021, PDF 61 pages.

This is a very powerful two-spectator coincidence effect, where one spectator selects (and loses) a card under very fair conditions, and then a second spectator impossibly locates the card. I will teach two versions, one in which the second spectator can't look at the card they reverse under the table and one in which they can. (The effect description and conditions below are for the former version.)

Imagine:

The magician introduces a deck of cards - he spreads it face-up to display that all the cards are different. He then hands the deck over to one of the spectators and asks them...

Every magician is certain to encounter a stacked deck at some point, whether in the early stages of learning or as they expand their repertoire. Understanding stacks not only equips magicians with powerful tools for creating seemingly impossible effects but also sharpens their awareness of how others might use these techniques. Mastery of stacks enhances one's ability to perform complex tricks, analyze routines critically, and develop innovative methods to captivate an audience. Embracing this foundational skill ensures that magicians can perform with both confidence and creativity.

In...

Edward Marlo's "Further Flight" from 1972 was a response to Lynn Searles "Pre-Cannibal Cards". These are some routines around that topic.

• Prologue
• Pre-Cannibal Cards / Lin Searles: A selection is placed between two red Kings, disappears, and then reappears between two black Kings in the center of the deck.
• Flight For Three / Edward Marlo: Three selected cards are placed between four Aces and then suddenly disappear. These selections reappear between four face-up Queens in the middle of the deck.
• Further Flight / Edward Marlo: Four men (Kings), married to four women (Queens), live in different parts of the city....

Effect: The magician, demonstrating remarkable foresight and confidence in his abilities, cuts to the exact poker hand revealed by a secret prediction after the spectator shuffles the deck.

For those seeking a more realistic version of the classic 10-card poker demonstration, this presentation offers enhanced credibility and realism. The spectator thoroughly shuffles the deck both before and during the demonstration. The spectator cuts the deck taking the card he cuts to. Magician does the same. This is repeated until both have 5 cards that form a poker hand.

The demonstration concludes...

After shuffling the deck, you put a prediction card face down on the table. After some further shuffling you spread the deck and three cards appear face-up, three tens. You turn over your prediction but it is not the fourth ten but an ace. But don't worry, another fan of the cards and your prediction ace is now the missing ace in a royal flush.

1st edition 2025, video 3:55.

Allan Ackerman is one of the world's foremost experts at sleight-of-hand magic and gambling moves with playing cards. On this jam-packed download DVD you'll be treated to over 150 minutes of Allan's most cherished effects, routines and sleights - audience-tested foolers that have earned him a worldwide reputation as The Las Vegas Card Expert. Previously released on two separate videos, this fantastic download DVD contains all of the superlative material from both critically acclaimed titles, The Las Vegas Card Expert and Every Move A Move.

The Las Vegas Card Expert contains the following...

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This work contains a vivid description of the tricks and practices in vogue amongst gamblers of the sixteenth century. Written by a Puritan preacher, it is a scathing critique of the gambling culture during Elizabethan England and the moral outrage surrounding it. It has many curious allusions to the manners and customs of the period. Featuring firsthand accounts of dice games and their negative societal effects....

Bish is the collected Kaymar Magic Advent for 2020, gathering all 24 tricks into one place. Here are the tricks, carefully explained in Liam's casual style, and the ebook features all new tricks, revealed here for the first time.

• Blockade - A Whole Chunk d' Triumph
• DIY Harry - Do-As-I-Do, and Do This Trick.
• Going The Distance - Socially Distanced Card Trick
• Imposter - An 8 Card Brainwave is Among Us!
• Three Wise Men - Jim'll Force It
• Suits You Sir - The Even Money Proposition Times Four.
• Only Transmutation - A Joker Production with a KICKER!
• Phoning It In - And The Put Away Vanish! ...

Here is a trick from the great Aldo in the print & perform version. It doesn't require any skill. All you need to do is print the enclosed images and have a deck of cards at hand and you'll be ready to perform it.

EFFECT: An envelope with two predictions is given to a spectator to hold. A card is selected in a very fair manner, discovering at the same time, several cards which are left face up. You request the spectator to add the value of the face-up cards and note the total. You open the envelope and extract two Jumbo cards from it.

At this point, you ask the total that the spectator...

The timeless elegance of Max Londono's version of the Gypsy Thread.

A stark departure from the standard accepted concept, for the discerning performer who wants something special.

1st edition 2025, PDF 3 pages illustrated, video 49 seconds.

The performer either goes amongst the audience or invites six people on the stage. From a pack of playing cards, six cards are dealt to each of the six people. They are requested to select one card and to place same in their inside pocket. The remaining cards are gathered and thoroughly shuffled and the performer does not handle the cards anymore. At no time does the performer know which cards have been selected. A number of boards with cards on them are now exhibited and shown to spectators. They are to say "yes" when they see their own card, and the performer immediately announces correctly...

Excerpt from the introduction:

• Introduction
• A Convincing Colour-Change Wand
• The Vanishing Tube ...

Hummer's Word is a card magic effect based on a variant of the principle called CATO (Cut And Turn Over), developed by Bob Hummer. This version uses updated techniques to achieve even more surprising and unpredictable results.

For execution, the use of an alphabetical deck is recommended, in which each card represents a single letter of the alphabet. Alternatively, you can create a craft deck using business cards, blank cards or cut-out cardstock. You can also replace the alphabetical deck with classic poker cards, and perform the effect in a completely improvised way, even with a borrowed and incomplete...

Parola di Hummer è un effetto cartomagico basato su una variante del principio chiamato CATO (Cut And Turn Over), sviluppato da Bob Hummer. Questa versione utilizza tecniche aggiornate per ottenere risultati ancora più sorprendenti e imprevedibili.

Per l'esecuzione si consiglia l'uso di un mazzo alfabetico, in cui ogni carta rappresenta una singola lettera dell'alfabeto. In alternativa, è possibile creare un mazzo artigianale usando biglietti da visita, carte bianche o cartoncini ritagliati. Puoi anche sostituire il mazzo alfabetico con le classiche carte da poker, ed eseguire l'effetto...

Note: This effect necessarily requires learning the coding method explained here: My Secret Coding for a Thought-of Card

An amazing mind reading effect with a surprising "Any Card At Any Number" ending, using my new Secret Two Person Codes.

This is a mentalism effect that uses my recently published Secret Verbal Encoding to not only allow the medium to mentally identify a chosen card but to allow him (or her) a surprise final A.C.A.A.N. (Any Card At Any Number), in which he (or she) will announce the number that will cause the spectator himself to find a copy of his card, having been told which color of the deck to use,...

Attenzione: questo effetto richiede necessariamente l’apprendimento del metodo di codifica qui spiegato: La Mia Codifica Segreta per la Carta Pensata.

Un sorprendente effetto di lettura della mente con un sorprendente A.C.A.A.N. finale, con il mio nuovo metodo di Segreta Codifica a due!

Si tratta di un effetto di Mentalismo che utilizza la mia Segreta Codifica verbale, da poco pubblicata, per permettere non soltanto al medium di identificare mentalmente una CARTA scelta ma di consentirgli un A.C.A.A.N. (Any Card At Any Number) finale a sorpresa, nel quale annuncerà il NUMERO che farà sì che lo spettatore stesso ritrovi copia...

The common element in all three of those effects is the use of a scalloped short card (a special short card that was popularized by Dai Vernon). It is a gimmick that I rarely see used. A few people use a short card nowadays - even fewer use a scalloped short card.

If you're interested in learning three distinct applications of this tool (a pseudo-memory effect, a telepathy effect, and a prediction effect), then this e-book is for you.

Note: If you're only interested in one of the three effects, then you're just better off individually buying that one (as it would be cheaper). But if you're interested...

A classified list of United States patents relating to magic, illusions and allied subjects.

Finding patents related to magic is not so easy. Wobensmith wrote in the preface in 1928: "The Patent Office classification, while to some extent helpful, is by no means a satisfactory guide for the use of the magician in searching for available material, or for knowledge as to what has or has not been patented. Many of the patents comprised in the present list were discovered in sub-classes which in their designations contain no suggestion of pertinent material." Today the search is made easier through...

Step right up! Are you ready to astound your audience with a mind-boggling display of prediction and choice? Dive into the thrill of Duck Roulette, where you can predict the winner of your very own duck race, leaving your spectators in absolute awe.

Picture this: 7 colourful ducks, each uniquely numbered, are showcased before your audience. With the freedom to choose any 6 ducks, your spectators will be buzzing with excitement. Each choice is accompanied by a strip of paper with random numbers printed on it. These can be freely examined by the audience who can keep their strips as a memento....