Magic & Mentalism: page 57

Stephen Tucker is probably one of the craziest people you will ever meet in magic. He may be crazy but he also happens to be highly talented and a very creative person. He has invented many magic effects and has supported himself over the years by performing magic, inventing magic tricks and editing and producing magic magazines. He was the editor and publisher of the amazing Spell-Binder Magazine.

Chicanery is a worthy successor to Spell-Binder and most of the effects within its pages are by Stephen. He gave himself pen names and a typical Tucker touch is that the names are Pen...

Allan Ackerman explains the Al Baker version of the classic force, the Hofzinser force and fine points of the Hofzinser force.

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The Tilt or Depth Illusion was developed by Dai Vernon. It is a great move, wonderfully deceptive and not at all difficult to do. Allan teaches a couple of ways to prepare for the tilt and a few fine points.

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This is a method by Paul Curry to change a tabled card during a turnover.

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The Ultra Move was created by Arthur Buckley and first published in Card Control. It was popularized by Harry Lorayne. It is a very deceptive card switch and can also be used as card vanish.

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You will learn the classic Allerton Move to switch out one card. Later Wesley James significantly improved on the basic idea and Allan Ackerman demonstrates and teaches these variations.

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Frank Pemper developed this wonderful deck switch. Being able to switch out a complete deck opens up endless possibilities.

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Combine a palm and a lap to switch out a card.

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A very deceptive technique developed by Carmen D'Amico and Ed Marlo to switch out cards using a laping technique.

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This is an easy shuffle reverse done during a riffle shuffle.

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You will learn two basic card reversals by Fred Braue.

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A clever idea by Bruce Cervon to reverse a card during a cut.

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A wonderful way to reverse one or several cards during a riffle shuffle, developed by Dai Vernon.

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Another beautiful switch attributed to Larry Jennings and Ken Krenzel.

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A nice switch by Ed Marlo. You switch out three cards from a set of four.

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This move allows you to show any number of cards as two in a deceptive way.

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This move displays one card three times such that it looks like you have three identical cards. It uses the Christ-Annemann alignment move.

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This is a very versatile switch allowing you to switch out one, two, three or four cards from a block of four. Allan got his inspiration from a 3 for 3 switch by Al Leech. One of the interesting parts of this video is that Allan shows the various transitions of his development going from Al Leech's move to Allan's final version.

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This move allows you to completely switch out a block for another set of cards, for example switch the four Kings for the four Aces.

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Another way to switch out cards by Hartman.

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A classic move developed by two great magicians, Jean Hugard and Fred Braue.

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Dai Vernon's version of the ATFUS achieves a much stronger illusion but is less versatile than Marlo's ATFUS.

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Fu-fu, or face-up face-up, is quite similar to the ATFUS and allows you to switch out a number of cards during a face-up display.

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The ATFUS or Any Time Face-Up Switch was one of Marlo's favorite moves. Literally, hundreds of routines have been created that use the ATFUS. It allows you to switch out one or several cards during a fair face-up display action.

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