Magic & Mentalism

Effect: The spectator chooses cards based on their vacation preferences (Hawaii or The Alps - Red or White Wine - Tour or Show) and eliminates other cards until only one card remains, becoming the spectator's chosen card, aka their travel companion. A hidden prediction correctly identifies the selected card, which is the only blank card in the deck and the spectator's three vacation choices. This effect is achieved without psychological forces.

This effect has an emotional appeal to the spectator, as they make choices about their fantasy vacation. Strong enough to be your closure.

Now available as a video download. For the PDF version, see Card Trail.

Five effects and one in-the-hands false cut. Jaw-dropping card magic that's big on impact and easy on the knuckles. Fun plots and novel methods abound in this compilation of pasteboard chicanery.

IMPROBABLE VS. IMPOSSIBLE -- A prediction effect and four Ace production... sounds weird but it's really cool.

OUT OF POCKET -- An insanely visual card and bill transposition.

SAVING ACE -- A Triumph/Ace location effect that makes you look like a sleight of hand master, but is pretty easy to do.

PROVIDENCE -- A sandwich effect...

An introduction to some basic tools to make a magic performance outstanding and memorable.

In this book, the author gives an overview of various elements that influence the impact of a magic performance. There are short essays on a number of important topics such as meaning and clarity, the timing and interaction of action and patter, mimics and gestures, the performer's emotions, etc. Paying attention to these aspects will help to increase the impact of any performance.

• Introduction
• Setting the Stage
• Technique vs. Presentation
• Tricks vs. "Magic"
• Originality
• Puzzles vs. Magic Moments ...

Der Vorführende demonstriert, dass die Zuschauer nicht erkennen können, wie ein Kunststück funktioniert, selbst wenn er alles in Zeitlupe ausführt.

Das Faszinierende an der Zauberkunst ist, dass dabei scheinbar Dinge passieren, die eigentlich gar nicht möglich sind. Das, was die Zuschauer sehen, erklärt nicht, wie oder warum diese Dinge passieren.

Um dies zu illustrieren, lässt der Vorführende eine in die Mitte des Spiels gesteckte Karte durch dreimaliges Riffeln der vorderen Schmalseite des Spiels wieder nach oben zurückwandern.

Um auszuschliessen, dass ein Duplikat der...

After getting so much positive feedback from his first release, Perplexed, we now have the next step in Matt's creative journey, pushing things further into the unknown. The effects in this release are connected by the idea of energy. Energy in presentation, energy in methodology or both. This is some of the strongest material in Matt's repertoire, that will leave a lasting impression with your participants that they will not soon forget.

First up, we have a complete deep dive into Matt's Psychometry routine, including how to use it in any environment, one-on-one, close-up or stage. Completely...

This intro price will go up to $18 from June 2, 2025.

A new principle Step Jumble Force is introduced in this ebook. You can use this lovely principle to create your own routines on different themes.

Based on a presentation on the theme of Eye Patterns, a participant secretly thinks of several random digits from his date of birth or phone number and based on that arrives at a random word. Based on this word, he then mentally chooses either a personality trait or a color or playing card etc. And the performer is able to divine this final thought accurately.

There are no sleights, no...

Some time ago, a weird and bizarre deck, unlike any other, came on the market - the Dead Rebel, Angels and Demons deck. (Check your favorite dealer to purchase it. This download does not include the deck.)

Apparently, it did not sell as well as was expected. There may be two reasons for this. First, it's weird and not the sort of thing your average magician might want to use. Secondly, only one routine came with the deck, a version of "Out of This World" - not a routine to set any audience on fire.

However, when I got the deck, it inspired several more engaging routines. In the manuscript,...

Three cards are added to each of the four aces, but the aces magically get back together, besides other cards separating them.

As the name suggests, the ATFUS (Any Time Face-Up Switch) move has something to do with the method of this effect. No gaffs are needed. This is a sleight of hand routine.

1st edition 2025, video 2:55

One night at the Magic Castle, two young Germans showed this to Dai Vernon. Nine cards change to completely different cards with no hint of sleight of hand. A startling effect, it has the added plus of being in anybody's skill range, using only nine cards and no gaffs. You can customize this to illustrate whatever your imagination can devise.

The demo and tutorial videos will have you doing this in a matter of minutes.

1st edition 2025, video 2:02.

Also known as the "K" Book of Magic.

This material originally appeared in the booklet, Close Up Deceptions and in The New Tops magic magazine under the headings, Kardyro's Klose-up Konjuring and Klever Kardyro Kapers.

• T.K.'S Brain Dazzler Supreme
• The Ambitious Card
• T.K.'S Count Move
• Mentally Select One Card, Please
• T.K.'S Magapaddle
• T.K.'S Copper & Silver Routine Supreme
• T.K.'S Three Shell Game Supreme
• The Punch Ending Supreme
• Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring Rules
• Close Up Views
• T.K.'S Reverso-Nap Routine
• I'll Do It Again
• Deception With Sponges
• T.K.'S Magic Dust
• Keep Your Eye On My Hand ...

Tricks with magical accessories.

Edited by Roy Fromer and illustrated by "Doc" Tony Shiels. From the introduction by Roy Fromer:

• A Brief Biography Of Mercurio
• Introduction
• Acknowledgement
• Tricks With Magic Accessories ...

Tell people about themselves using their names. Or use it to add depth and structure to drawings people make and more.

A method for giving a character analysis or reading that can be combined with graphology or many other systems, though designed to stand alone. You can present this as psychologically driven, psychic, or something in between. You can also use this in various mentalism presentations, too, giving people reasons as to why they picked certain words.

You will be able to give a quick two-minute reading, or a more thorough one, depending on your circumstances. Released with...

Is this a completely new treatment of the hugely popular Ambitious Card theme?

Ian Baxter introduces this new, fast-paced routine that never fails to impress. A selected card starts jumping through the deck, unexpectedly turning up supposedly under control of the 5 of Diamonds. The selection is cut back into the deck and then it happens again - but this time, unexpectedly, with the 5 of Hearts!

Having dispensed with both red fives, the chosen card, already subject to 'lightning striking twice' is lost in the deck and then the performer ribbon spreads the cards across the table. Both...

Introducing my Second Chance Collection - a carefully selected set of six individual eBooks ready for rediscovery. While these gems didn't sell well when first appearing on Lybrary.com, I'm confident you will perform these effects if you give them a chance. I'm offering this complete collection at over 50% off the regular price.

And here's what makes this deal even better - I'm including my bestseller for Free: 103 Tips and Resources for Magicians. This eBook alone is worth the price. It will save you time and money.

Whether you believe in the concept of rebirth or not, you will surely enjoy performing this effect. It is quick, visual, self working and very impactful.

You can choose to perform this as a serious rebirth themed routine or you can choose to perform this in a humorous way, depending on the kind of audience you are performing this for. Your participant just needs to have a phone with google on it.

The performer shows a single envelope which he says contains the picture of a person who has taken a rebirth from a previous life. The...

Back in 2017, I released TNT Hypnosis - a deep dive into the Whats & Whys of hypnosis that most tutorials skip.

It had answers to questions like -

• Why can't kids be easily hypnotized?
• What's really happening in the conscious vs. subconscious mind?
• Why does speech pacing matter?
• Why dress sharp when it's all verbal?

Now, here's the Extended edition.

Hypnosis is more than a show or phenomenon - it's science, psychology, and skill. TNT Hypnosis: Extended breaks down the Why behind the Why.

• Why Hypnosis works
• What goes on in the brain during hypnosis?
• What are the different...

You can use the turn count to, for example, display several identical cards with one odd card. Upon turning over a card, the faces have all changed to the odd card, with only one left with the old face. You will need some double facers to use it in this way.

1st edition 2025, video 2:39

Un susseguirsi a catena di strabilianti effetti magici, con un semplice mazzo di carte, che vanno Ben Oltre il semplice ritrovamento di una carta scelta!

Un effetto di Magia con le Carte molto commerciale e di grande impatto, dove viene spiegato che, rispetto al classico trucco dove il mago fa scegliere una carta dal mazzo per poi riuscire a ritrovarla, qui si andrà BEN OLTRE, facendo seguire tutta una serie di rivelazioni a catena, una più sorprendente dell’altra!

Infatti, dopo la scelta di una carta subito dispersa, dapprima il prestigiatore farà in modo che sia il mazzo stesso...

Ever since Derek Lever toured Florida, he has fallen in love with crocodiles. This fascination with that creature was the point when the crocodile gags were born. Since then, people have sent him all kinds of crocodiles, from stuffed pyjama cases to crocodile biros and bubble baths. Ever since then, Colin Harmer has sent Christmas and Birthday cards in which he has composed drawings of magical crocodiles performing illusions. Simon Lovell and several others have also sent drawings specially composed for this book. These drawings and cartoons make up the bulk of this ebook, complemented by funny comments...

Elegance in card magic is not always found in easy-to-work, highly visual effects that can literally gob-smack audiences and leave a lasting impact. Honeycutter is one of those rare gems that easily meets the criteria. Originally published in Bruce Elliott's magazine The Phoenix, this revised version from Ian Baxter adds extra clarity and sparkle to Al Honeycutt's original.

Note if you will: Just eight cards from any deck are all that is required. No setup, no fakes, extras, or accessories are called for. This is totally impromptu, and the necessary skills are minimal. If you can shuffle a deck, you can...

This is a wonderful and very readable autobiography by Tony Kardyro, aka Senor Torino or Tony London. It is filled with lots of great routines, tips, and bits of business from a pro who was living and breathing magic. It includes interesting and educational stories and opinions to learn from. For example:

Number reading, numerology, and cartomancy.

For psychic entertainers and readers – a hybrid mix of thought-dial, numerology, and various other concepts that let you answer any question posed. A visual concept that requires you to remember 10 things and allow your imagination to do the rest. Tested by various experienced readers out in the field. Unique, interesting, and easy to use. It can also be combined with many other reading systems. Also includes a short discussion on cartomancy.

• History
• Credits, thanks, and inspirations
• So, where do we begin?
• Let us examine each of the digits...

The magician reveals thoughts that four spectators are only thinking of without anything being written down or asking any questions.

If you are not familiar with the General Card Principle, it will change the way you think about and perform magic. It is that strong. The General Card Principle is not an effect; it is a principle that, when fully understood, creates miracles that have no explanations. It is one of the most powerful principles in magic. Once you fully understand the General Card Principle, you will have an aha moment.

This eBook presents a mind-blowing effect utilizing the...

Five fantastic mentalism routines from Annemann's creative mind.

The Book Test: Use any book or magazine and do not touch it throughout the entire test.

The Mentalist's Card Staggerer: A pack of cards is shown and shuffled. The spectator deals a row of five cards face down. Any one of these he looks at while your back is turned. The five cards only are picked up by you and placed into an empty pocket. One at a time, the cards are drawn forth openly from your pocket until but one remains. This one the spectator removes himself from the pocket and finds it to be his own card. Everything...

Es geht weiter mit mehr semi-automatischen Kunststücken die auf mathematischen Prinzipien beruhen. Entdecken Sie Magische Quadrate, ESP Tests, und andere mathematische Sonderbarkeiten tricktechnisch umgesetzt.

• rES Parva 1
• rES Parva 2
• rES Parva 3
• rES Parva 4
• rES Parva 5
• Von 1 bis 4
• Vielleicht – nein – ja!
• entweder – oder – oder
• Was fürs Auge
• pair saldo
• pair-fect
• pair-fect+
• Beim Wort genommen
• Easy Sandwich Production
• Die Feuerprobe
• Monge/Slop Surprise
• Penta Match
• Ene, mene
• aufgESPürt
• ESP-Test
• At-10-tion, please!
• 1, 2, 3, 15!
• Co-op Magic Square
• recut

Erstausgabe...

This intro price will go up to $18 from May 19, 2025.

The performer explains that the famous neurologist and psychologist Sigmund Freud had demonstrated this experiment to the famous scientist Albert Einstein when they had first met in Berlin at the home of Freud's youngest son. Einstein was so impressed with it that later he started a correspondence by letters with Freud on critical world issues.

And the performer offers to demonstrate the same experiment to the participants where just by knowing a participant's color choices, the performer is able to accurately deduct a participant's...

Mammoths used to be animals immense in size and power - and Mammoth Tear delivers exactly that and more.

This is a two-step center tear where you have the 'option' to cleanly show both the front and back of the folded paper - with absolutely nothing suspicious to see. It's bold, deceptive, and incredibly fair.

Not ready to peek right away? No problem. Mammoth Tear features a clever design that lets you steal the center with ease. It also allows you to open it with a single hand, the right side up, always - giving you complete control over the timing.

The ability to access someone's...

You start by showing one joker and several blank cards, which are blank on both sides. Adding the joker to the blank cards makes them all become jokers on their faces. Then you do the same with the backs and end up with a pack of jokers. The blank cards have changed to jokers.

1st edition 2025, video 3:27.

This is by far the coolest and at the same time most approachable edition of the legendary book by S.W. Erdnase. If you have never been able to make sense of the book, this is your chance to study it entirely differently - with a graphic novel approach.

The Expert at the Card Table has been the most studied card manipulation book for almost 120 years. For the first time you can meet the author S.W. Erdnase, the man shrouded in mystery, and session one-on-one with him. Every page is full of rich illustrations, complete with the original illustrations being re-inked and incorporated into this seminal work. Adapted and...

Pendulums, colours, readings, switches, peeking.

Profeign – a book on mentalism. A peek, a switch, pendulum work. A few presentations that use a certain, singular move. A take on fourth-dimensional telepathy. An updated version and handling of a now-retired book test. This is now the hateful notepad. A few impromptu-looking devices and techniques to switch billets. As well as an interesting use for the imp devices made by John Riggs. So, if billets, pendulums, books, envelopes and other such delights are your thing.

Profeign will offer you something a little different. There is also...

Effect: The spectator secretly writes the first names of a family member on one business card, a friend on another card, a foe on the third card, and finally a person he has never met on the final card. The cards are mixed by the spectator. The magician identifies the name that corresponds to the correct category (Family, Friend, Foe, Fake). He does this two more times. For the kicker, the magician reveals the name written on the final card without ever seeing the name.

• Your New EDC: small, powerful, and easy to perform.
• Four Amazing Reveals: You deliver not one, but four distinct moments...

A digital approach to card location.

This powerful web app brings a timeless card magic classic into the modern age. Inspired by Charles Jordan's method, it allows you to identify a selected card after genuine shuffling and multiple cuts - even using overhand shuffles.

No sleights. No peeks. The spectator handles the deck from start to finish, while you never touch the cards - not even once.

Whether you're performing in person or remotely, this tool gives you full control with near-perfect accuracy. Built for working magicians, designed for real-world conditions. Repeatable. Reliable. Undetectable. ...

Practical numerology and mentalism for mystery performers.

Numb3rs is a new project from the underground author Carlos Emesqua. Numerology, mentalism and psychic entertainment with meaningful numbers and more.

In this ebook you will learn methods and techniques to reveal anyone's PIN code (both with simple props and propless approaches), birthdays, give simple and powerful numerological readings and most importantly, the subtle differences that transform your number trick into an event of meaningful implications.

Table of Content

• Emesqua Numerology: Carlos Emesqua simple approach...

Predict the outcome of a gambling game with 100% accuracy.

The magician offers to play a gambling game. He brings out two envelopes and removes three coins from one of them. Two spectators (S1 and S2) select one coin each. The magician gives the other envelope – which contains a prediction – to a third spectator (S3).

Then, from a packet of blue-backed and red-backed cards, S3 chooses a Secret Card that is put onto the prediction. The remainder is dealt to make up the board on which the coins will move along to select a card (one card equals one square).

The rules are simple: The...

Are you looking for a magic effect that will amaze and captivate your audience? Magico ACAAN is the perfect choice for you. This extraordinary card trick has been meticulously designed to leave everyone spellbound.

What makes Magico ACAAN so special?

• Amazing Effect: A spectator selects a card, which is then lost in the deck and sealed in its case. With a second deck of cards, you create a mysterious number that reveals the exact position of the chosen card. When you open the case and count the cards to the revealed number, the spectator's card magically appears.
• Easy to Perform: Although...

SCRIPSI, lat. = ich habe (es) geschrieben

Mehr semi-automatische Kunststücke die auf mathematischen Prinzipien beruhen. Und wer wissen will was er mit alten Tonkassettenhüllen machen kann findet einen tollen Tipp für Zauberkünstler.

• Klondyke Kleinigkeit
• Zweifaches Kartenfinden
• F B I
• -1, -2, -3
• Stripped Down
• Rochade
• Loyal
• pair favore
• Ex-pair-tise
• pair-fetto
• Match as match can
• Pilgerschritte
• F ? R B E
• Courtly 12
• Shortlist
• Upcycling-Tipp
• Familienausflug
• 13 + 2
• Zuerst den Wert
• Gerührt, nicht geschüttelt
• Eine kryptische Vorhersage
• Isola
• ... + ? = 15
• Out of this...

You show one card with a big hole cut from its center and four regular cards without any holes. When you remove one from the regular cards and add the hole card to the others, they all suddenly also have big holes. Then you reverse it back to no holes. It uses a sneaky combination of methods.

1st edition 2025, video 4:24

One of the finest and fastest card effects from the creative mind of Ed Marlo. It uses no special cards and requires only basic skills. Fast and clean. A reputation marker.

1st edition 2025, PDF + video 00:45.

Verlorene Ideen, Konzepte und Leckerbissen der Taschenspielerei.

• Editorial
• Der weltweite Kartentrick
• Die D-E-C-O-V-A Formel revisited
  • Verschiedene Formen der Zauberkunst
  • Clowneske Magie
  • Theatralische Zauberkunst
  • Virtuelle Zauberkunst
  • Zauberkunst ist eine Technologie!
  • Die fünf Schritte der Täuschung
  • Falsche Annahmen
  • Der Aufbau eines Programms
  • 1. Die Tricklisten zusammenstellen
  • 2. A-Material zusammenstellen
  • 3. Die Show festlegen
  • 4. Ordner anlegen
  • 5. Das Einüben der Tricks
  • 6. Ein Drehbuch erstellen
  • 7. Das Durchspielen der Routine
  • 8. Die Show straffen
  • 9. Neues Material...