Magic & Mentalism: page 452

A very direct ACAAN-style effect. The magician places a single card on the table. The spectator freely rolls two dice and chooses how to combine the numbers. A deck is brought out and shown to be all different, with no duplicates. The cards are dealt to the chosen number, and it exactly matches the prediction on the table.

• No force
• No gimmicks - a completely ordinary deck

1st edition 2026, video 13 min.

You start out showing four blue cards. One by one, they turn red, and they have a big hole cut in the middle. This hole is not a fake. You can put your finger through it.

1st edition 2026, video 2:07

An impressive (self-working) effect in which the illusionist will manage to find an incredible series of twin pairs starting from a card chosen by the spectator.

You will learn an astonishing automatic card magic effect based on the theme of couples and, in particular, twin pairs, consisting of any card and the one other card that shares both its color and its value.

A spectator receives the deck shuffled by the magician, cuts it at any point and, once completed, begins to turn the cards over from the top until they find the first card of even value (therefore composed of the sum of...

Un impressionante effetto (Self-Working) in cui l'illusionista riuscirà a trovare una serie incredibile di Coppie Gemelle a partire da una carta scelta dallo spettatore!

Imparerete come eseguire uno stupefacente effetto Automatico di Cartomagia costruito sul tema delle COPPIE e, in particolare, delle COPPIE GEMELLE, formate cioè da una carta qualsiasi e da quell'unica altra che ne condivide sia il COLORE che il VALORE.

Uno spettatore, ricevuto il mazzo mescolato dal mago, lo taglia in un punto qualsiasi e, una volta ricomposto, inizia a voltarne le carte dalla cima, fino ad incontrare...

Real magic, for real people.

First, in a live performance for lay people, close up and personal, you will see full-time pro Cody Fisher perform the powerful magic that has won him awards worldwide, including the very prestigious Texas Association of Magicians award for best close-up magic.

Each of these effects has been honed over countless performances into the strong magic pieces they are now. Cody tips everything, including all of the gags and bits of business, that make these outstanding tricks into the strong pieces of magical entertainment that they are.

If you have read Cody's...

Grand Slam is the ultimate closing routine for your card magic act. It's a hard-to-beat routine that will allow you to end your act with a bang!

Read what Aldo himself says in the preface:

Punchy, powerful tricks for magicians

From one of the most prolific and battle-tested creators in modern magic comes an ebook that does not mess around. Astonishers is not theory. It's not pipe dreams. And it's definitely not magic that only works in the comfort of your living room. This is real-world, audience-tested, reputation-building magic - created, refined, and performed by Wolfgang Riebe, a full-time professional entertainer with over four decades of global performance experience.

Every routine in this ebook has earned its place in front of live, paying audiences. No filler. No...

My Jazz Aces routine differs from the classic handling in both procedure and display, and it finishes with my own handling for a different ending.

1st edition 2026, video 9:22.

Effect: After the spectator shuffles the deck, he looks at a card in the fairest conditions and buries that card in the deck. He then freely selects a helper card (QD) and cuts the deck again. Unbelievably, the Helper card finds the spectator's card without the magician touching the cards.

Description:

Imagine a routine where the spectator does everything. They shuffle the deck, they look at any card - no force required - and they bury the card into the deck. You don't touch a thing while they "fairly" lose their card in the pack.

Why it's a must-have:

• Total Freedom: The spectator...

Sold today as Magic Coloring Book, for centuries these have been known as Blow Books. Senior Antonio Blitz worked from the 1830's through the 1860's. He possessed a rare hand-illustrated version. Kept constantly wrapped in heavy paper, he only unwrapped it while performing. This suggests he considered it to be of great value. We offer a few suggestions so that you can get the most response from this 200-plus-year-old marvel.

Note: This download video does not explain how the blow book is gimmicked or how to make one yourself. It is a common dealer item. The video provides a...

This bundle contains five different approaches to the Holy Grail of card magic.

1. Worker's ACAAN
2. Performer's ACAAN
3. Designer's ACAAN
4. Master's ACAAN
5. Avant Garde ACAAN

1st edition 2026

Two sets of 7 cards are shown. One pile has pictures of the logos of 7 of the most common social media platforms. The other set has the names of these platforms written in words on the cards.

Two spectators who do not know each other are invited to see whether they can connect via the same social media platform. The pile of cards with names on them are shuffled and spread face down. Spectator 1 can touch the back of any one of the cards – it is a genuinely free choice. The selection is placed aside unseen but in view.

The pile of logo cards is shuffled and spectator 2 names any number...

Six cards, three have a large red dot on their face, and the other three are jokers. The red dot cards change their backs multiple times.

1st edition 2026, video 2:35

An incredibly automatic mentalism effect in which the illusionist will be able to discover both the card chosen by the spectator and the role of knight or villain that he has secretly assumed!

A mentalism effect in which a spectator freely chooses any card from a deck shuffled by the audience and places it among a dozen or so other cards that he has taken himself, turning them randomly face up and face down, and shuffling them together. After a further series of shuffles and a few questions, which the spectator is free to answer either truthfully or untruthfully, the mentalist discovers...

Un effetto incredibilmente automatico di mentalismo in cui l'illusionista riuscirà a scoprire sia la carta scelta dallo spettatore che il ruolo di cavaliere o furfante che egli avrà segretamente assunto!

Un effetto di Mentalismo in cui uno spettatore sceglie liberamente, da un mazzo mescolato dal pubblico, una carta qualsiasi e la disperde in mezzo ad un'altra dozzina circa di carte da lui stesso prelevate, voltandole a caso un po' di faccia e un po' di dorso, e mescolandole tra loro. Dopo una serie ulteriore di miscugli e poche domande, a cui lo spettatore sarà libero di scegliere...

A simple, multifaceted routine you can carry in your wallet. Four blank cards, eight words, multiple revelations and much more. Names, places, emotions, objects, lies, truth and more.

"I've just bought and read both Moniker and DDT - Fantastic stuff." - Timon Krause

"It is clever, and I like it a lot! Especially as it uses something which I really like and use in different and various routines of my own." - Jan Forster

Basic Moniker
A spectator mixes four cards. Each card has two common names written on it. She thinks of one of the names while the performer's...

New comedy routines for magic.

"This guy's f***ing funny!" - George Carlin

Greg is a full-time pro whose performances have taken him to over 60 countries on five continents. George Carlin said about Greg, "This guy's f****ng funny!" Some testimony. In a moment of weakness, Martin Lewis convinced him to share his "Comedy & Magic" act with us, all of it - not just the effects - all of the gags, jokes, and bits of business that make those effects memorable. A couple of bits have immediately gone into Martin's own show.

This is Greg Otto's "packs very small, plays big, can...

"Gerald shares his favorite coin routines using an expanded shell. You will be able to fry your audiences with any one of them! My favorite is Traveling Silver, definitely worth the price of admission! Very highly recommended!" - Lonnie Chevrie

"Whether you are a master coin manipulator or only familiar with basic sleights, Gerald's routines can add an extra layer of mystery to your performance. The explanations are clear, accessible, and thoroughly teach every move. Each piece works beautifully as a standalone effect, or you may combine any of the included pieces to create a seamless,...

A deck is shuffled and placed squared face down on the table. A spectator is invited to cut off a block of cards from the pack and to look at and remember the face card of the cut-away section.

The helper is now asked to cut his block of cards to lose the selection in the centre of the pile, and then he is requested to slip his pile somewhere into the middle of the cards still on the table, squaring the pack at the finish.

The magician has had no opportunity to catch even a glimpse of the chosen card, and in fact, the deck itself is put away in the box to preclude that possibility. Despite...

If you're a student of the Corner Short Card (CSC), this new discovery is going to captivate you. The ability to locate a CSC can transform your card magic - making your handling appear completely natural.

Say goodbye to holding breaks and using crimps. A CSC remains permanently hidden in plain sight, and this method lets you find it without suspicion.

You'll discover the most deceptive CSC discovery technique ever devised - so subtle it's practically invisible, even to seasoned eyes. This is a sleight-of-hand method; no external devices are used. Over a dozen crystal-clear instructional...

The spectator selects a card and returns it to the deck. The spectator cuts off a packet, then the performer deals left and right. Four consecutive times the dealt cards are not the selection, yet each one precisely names an attribute of the chosen card, and after the elimination, the final remaining card is the original selection. Even more, when the four piles are turned face up, together with the selection they form a Royal Flush.

During the spectator's cut, there is no crimp and no extra handling, yet the selection and the key cards can still be located with precision.

1st edition...

After the four Aces are lost in the deck, the spectator cuts to each one.

Obviously, this is not a new effect and can be accomplished in a myriad of different ways.

Why explain it yet again here?

The answer is in the methods used. The combination of methods to be described are virtually unknown and have never before been used together in this context.

Hidden for many decades in the vast literature of card magic, the secrets are finally revealed here for a new generation.

It's $7, about the price of a Starbucks Frappuccino Delight, and unlike coffee, this routine will elicit gasps...

An A.C.A.A.N. in which everything was already planned!

An amazing prediction trick in which a spectator freely chooses a card from which an experiment will begin, guided by the deck itself to lead to a predetermined outcome. Based on the "A.C.A.A.N." theme, made self-working thanks to a new stack: "Tricolor".

After introducing a deck of cards and shuffling it, the illusionist hands it to a spectator to cut and complete as he wishes. Meanwhile, he places a blank card on the table and announces that the back of the card contains a Prediction of what will happen shortly.

The spectator...

Un A.C.A.A.N. in cui tutto era già previsto!

Uno stupefacente trucco Automatico di Predizione in cui uno spettatore sceglie liberamente una Carta da cui partirà un esperimento per il quale sarà il mazzo stesso a fare da guida per condurre ad un traguardo già previsto! Uno strabiliante effetto di Predizione a tema “Carta al Numero”, reso Self-Working grazie ad un nuovo stack: “Tricolor”.

Dopo aver introdotto un mazzo di carte e averlo mescolato, l’illusionista lo consegna ad uno spettatore perché lo tagli e ricomponga a piacere. Intanto dispone sul tavolo un cartoncino...