Magic & Mentalism: page 433

You show four blank cards. They become the Jacks with red backs. Then they turn into four aces and finally all the backs have different colors.

1st edition 2024, video 2:44.

Ten things to do when spurred by the moment.

• Rules Of The Game
• Further Impact
• Snap-Slap Transpo
• Houdini Breaks Out
• Between Elmsley, Brown, and Himber
• Pushing Past Failure
• Why Is This Odd Card So Queer?
• Stranger Succession Aces
• Simple-Simon Copper-Silver
• Marlo's Pellet Classic

1st edition 2002, PDF 31 pages.

This is an excellent but often overlooked primer on magic.

Excerpt from the introduction:

Paul Fleming wrote:

Inspired by the Sagrada Familia magic square, Dr. Hans-Christian Solka created his diptych, The Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, in 2017. The diptych consists of the magic squares The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ and The Resurrection of Jesus Christ. By combining Christian symbolism and mathematics, Solka created them with the symbolic sum of 33 without using duplicate numbers. Not only do the sums of each row, column, and diagonal add up to 33, but also the sum of the numbers of the cross. In the center of the cross is the number 9, commemorating the hour of Jesus Christ's...

Easily one of the most remarkable mentalism card routines you will ever perform!

Two participants select two cards from a shuffled deck. The deck is again shuffled and mixed. It is clear it is not marked (it could even be a borrowed deck) and not stacked in any way. The cards are placed face-down in front of each participant. Using telepathy, the mentalist proceeds to read their minds and discern the cards that each possesses. The mentalist then removes what he or she believes to be the "mates" of each participant's freely selected card and places them unambiguously on the table face-down...

After the deck is shuffled, twelve cards (one for each month of the year) are shown to the spectator and he thinks of the one corresponding to his birth month.

The twelve cards are isolated in folded papers to prevent any sleight of hand. The spectator names his card and commands it to return to the deck. The folded papers are opened and there are only eleven cards and when shown the thought-of card is not among them. The deck is spread and the thought-of card is found face up back in the deck.

Practically self-working. Easy and fast reset. Can be a different card each time.

1st...

"Thomas Baxter would be proud." - Brian Draven

"If you're a fan of the open prediction plot as I am, this is worth checking out. It's a very original approach, which combines existing methods in a unique and clever way." - Michael Gustav

"A very nice idea. I can see myself using this. Super easy to perform too." - Kevin Schneider

In this e-book, I want to share with you my own solution for the classic open prediction plot. The one major advantage of this version is that there is proper shuffling by the spectator just before the final deal - and the magician never touches the deck...

This is without a doubt the most powerful effect in my repertoire. The reactions it consistently generates from audiences are nothing short of astounding, and what makes it even more remarkable is it's easy to do. The psychological principles throughout this effect are truly fascinating - from the way it plays with expectations to how it builds and releases tension. Each of these psychological elements has been carefully crafted to create maximum impact, and these same principles can be effectively applied to enhance numerous other effects in your performances.

Effect: In this compelling...

A well-known principle in the 'relevant circles' but used in a mentalism routine for the first time. This is a nice and quick effect to always have with you. This can easily fit into any close-up or parlor set. You can also adapt this to stage if you want.

Personally, I carry this on my phone and am ready to perform this anytime, anywhere to anyone at a moment's notice. Of course, you can choose to do the same or you can print or write on both sides of a card (the size of the card is your choice - it can be poker size, index card, postcard, A5 or A4 size, etc) and carry the card with you. ...

A numerology experiment involving two predictions with only two packets of cards.

The magician introduces a set of playing cards for a numerology experiment. They all have a different value/number. Some have a red back and some have a blue back. The spectator deals the cards in two piles and puts any pile onto the other one. He does that as much as he wants. For the first phase, the magician needs to evaluate the level of synchronicity between him and the spectator. He removes a set of double blank cards from an envelope (on the table from the start). On one side of each card, he wrote the...

You show four cards from the back. They all have blue backs. When you shake them, one turns up face. It is the king of diamonds. When you show the cards again, they now all have red backs. Another shake and another king turns face up. But now they all have green backs. You then display all four kings from the face. The climax is that all four kings link into one ribbon.

1st edition 2024, video 6:12.

Here's the latest ebook Undercover from Graham Hey, one of the UK's top comedy writers who has also performed around the world on cruise ships with his comedy magic and mentalism act. This ebook contains over 70 pages of easy, cool visual gags - many brand-new ones, and lots of bonus ones from previous releases. But it's not just visual gags, there are brand new tricks - and he's also included a few golden oldies from his back catalogue as an extra festive treat.

There's JUST ONE MORE THING a very simple but effective card trick where a freely selected (criminal) card is replaced anywhere...

My Favorite Card Magic explains tricks with straight-forward plots, classic methods and direct handlings. Gerald prefers uncomplicated tricks and routines which can be performed under the most demanding conditions. The tricks do require practice and skillful handling. But you'll not find "knuckle busting" sleights or complex procedures.

Gerald divides the PDF into two sections. Part One is for "in-the-hands" tricks. These routines work well for strolling situations or any time you have no tabletop available. At times, it becomes awkward or not possible for the spectators to take or sign...

"This is one of the most important card magic manuscripts published in the last 25 years. The 'principle' is truly a lost gem and I'm shocked that it's completely out of use today. As the decades passed, it appears magicians forgot about it. Do not pass this up. If you are a serious student of card magic, this principle is something you should know about. Study this manuscript, learn the principle, and, most importantly, learn the history surrounding it.

I've been studying card magic for over 20 years and I never heard of this principle until the Unnamed Magician brought it to my attention....

The contents of this series, for the most part, emphasize the history of effects and ideas. There are effects and methods in some of them, though.

• Proem
• A Double Take on "Double Trouble"
• Double Trouble, Marlo Miracle No. 2 / Edward Marlo
• Lalapaloopa / Deane Moore
• Never Touch the Pack! / Gerald L. Kaufman
• The Loop and I
• Joseph K. Schmidt's Letter to Marlo
• Treble Trouble / Roy Walton
• Redouble Trouble / Jon Racherbaumer
• Andrus False Slop Shuffle

1st edition 2014, PDF 25 pages.

This is a large collection of small experiments and magic tricks to educate and entertain.

Excerpt from the Preface:

Discover the timeless secrets of stage magic with The Doc Nixon Manuscript, a captivating ebook that brings to life the brilliance of magic as it was performed a century ago. Originally published in 1920, this treasure trove of stage magic and illusions reveals an array of mesmerizing tricks that blend creativity with theatrical flair. From awe-inspiring productions and vanishes of doves, ducks, and even fishbowls, to the dazzling penetrations and color transformations of silks, this manuscript captures the essence of classic stage performance. Perfect for magicians looking to enrich their...

The previous versions of this routine, Future Test 2019 to Future Test 2024 were very well received. This routine can also be performed in almost all performing situations - one-on-one, close-up, parlor, street, virtual show, or even on a video call.

Future Test is a 'packs small plays big' kind of effect. Actually, it packs very small in your wallet and plays very big to a full room or in a virtual show or even over a video call. This effect is done on the back of your business card which you can later leave with the participant as a souvenir or send over to the participant's phone as a virtual image...

A true masterpiece of precision and impossibility: Mr. Diseau ACAAN. If you're looking for an effect that combines the charm of Card at Any Number with a fully interactive experience for your audience, this routine is perfect for you.

Imagine this: a spectator freely cuts a deck and selects two cards, leaving them face down on the table without looking. Next, they choose a card from several packets, memorize it, and reassemble the deck. Only then are the initial two cards revealed, their values added together, and the resulting number used to count down in the deck. The card found at that...

Take your audience on a surprising magical journey with Sandwich Reverse. Imagine starting with a classic in card magic: the two Jokers capture a card chosen by the spectator in a simple and straightforward effect. But just when the audience thinks they know what's going to happen, you completely flip their expectations. In the end, it's the chosen cards that capture the Joker, leaving everyone speechless.

This routine combines the beauty of simplicity with an unexpected twist that will delight both beginners and experienced card magicians. Easy to learn, highly impactful, and incredibly...

A twisting the aces type of effect. You show four cards from the back and state that they are the four aces. The aces, one by one, magically turn around showing their faces. Then they all change to the ace of clubs. And then they change their backs.

1st edition 2024, video 4:47.

The Think Ace effect is a hybrid, reduced to a packet trick. It was inspired by an effect described to Marlo by Bill Simon in 1955.

• Introduction
• Beginnings
  • Touch Turn
  • Named Reverse
  • Think Ace
  • Gaffed Think Ace
• Tributaries
  • Swindle Think Ace
  • Technicolor Think Ace
  • Four-Card Technicolor Thought Number One
  • Four-Card Think Ace Number Two
  • More Four-Card Technicolor Thoughts
  • Cased-In Technicolor Thought
  • Tabled Think Ace
  • Spread Think Ace
  • Contingency Aces
  • Bold B'wave
• Unanswered Letters

1st edition 1993, PDF 35 pages.

Here's another psychic miracle from the professional mentalist who brought you Forecast and other top-flight miracles. Perfected Sealed Message Reading is an entirely new method and routine for reading sealed cards and envelopes.

As you know, the Q&A act is the highlight of the psychic entertainer's act. It involves audience participation, mystery and suspense. Plus, the spectators get a huge thrill out of hearing the mentalist's answers to actual thoughts on the mind of fellow audience members.

This presentation will baffle the best in the business, as each card and envelope is returned, as...

Many magicians I know are as interested in both tricks and puzzles and integrate the two.

While elaborate mathematical, logical, or chess puzzles or crosswords have little "performance value", there are many optical puzzles, geometric paradoxes, illusions, ambigrams, after-image generators, and the like, that make for an excellent lead to a magic effect, or for performance as an effect by itself, or as a memorable keepsake printed on the back of your calling card or publicity folder or even your admission tickets. They can also be used as memorable "give-aways" for your assisting spectators,...