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All routines in this ebook are card effects and can be performed with a regular deck of cards. Only for one effect will you need an additional regular card. Five effects are totally impromptu and can be performed with a borrowed pack of cards.

"The name Michal Kociolek may be an unfamiliar one to you, but I have been aware of Michal's work for some time now and have been impressed with the clever and direct approach that he applies to his card magic. This book contains eight fully developed routines in which Michal takes some classic plots and principles and expands the possibilities. There...

"Hold that Ghost and Thanks to Walton just slapped me in the face with the hand of awesome. I'm always looking for new ways to get the Aces into play, and Thanks to Walton is my new best friend." - CrestfallenLyric (review from the Magic Cafe)

"Great tricks!" - Dave Forrest

"(Thanks to Walton is) one of the best versions of Roy's effect I have ever seen! Great work!" - John Carey

"All strong routines!" - Peter Duffie

Get ready for 10 completely impromptu packet effects. No gaffs or gimmicks. Just pull a few cards out of a completely normal deck and start performing miracles. This is stuff you will use!

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Welcome to ISSUE 7 of CARDSHARK, the highly anticipated monthly card magazine that contains awesome tricks from magicians around the world. This issue contains five great tricks, which will feed your card magic needs!

I am very excited to say that we have an excellent new trick and a classic from John Guastaferro, a new trick from Andrew Murray plus two fantastic new tricks from Rob Gardner, all for only $2.80! Plus, thanks to a great John Guastaferro idea, the first three tricks form an awesome routine!

So go grab a deck of cards, hit buy and enjoy working your way through five great...

Effect: The performer introduces a deck of cards that has swimsuit models on the cards. It is explained to a male spectator that he is going to go on a date with one of these 52 girls. All he has to do is psychically determine her phone number.

You bring out 5 cards, which are numbered 1 through 10. All of the odd numbers are on one side of the cards, and all of the even numbers are on the other side of the cards. In other words, the card marked with a 1 on one side is marked with a 2 on the other side. The others are, of course, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, and 9/10. You tell the spectator that you will...

Peter Duffie is one of the world's most creative cardmen and Subtle Miracles gathers together some of his most inventive work. Many of these effects were marketed as exclusive manuscripts (Solo, Duet, Trio, Quartet, Double Indemnity) and are now brought together for the first time, together with a selection of brand new routines using equally clever methods. David Britland contributed a routine called 'Red Alert' as well as added notes commenting on Peter's routines. An appendix teaches a couple of important sleights.

• Introduction
• Solo
  • Wildlife
  • Hamman Count Variation
• Duet
  • Point Blank Assembly
  • Impulse: Two cards transpose under...

Fabulous collection of card magic culled from the pages of The Pentagram, including an excellent chapter by Graham Adams.

• Introduction
• George Blake's Super Speller
• The Nonsuch Card Prediction By Francis Haxton
• A Legacy From Jordan By Francis Haxton
• An Ace Change By Roy Walton
• Double Stop By Franklin V. Taylor
• R. J. Fisher On Double Stop
• Double-Stoppered By Ron Baillie
• Jack Potter On Double Stop
• Full Stop, Double Stop By Hugh A Carroll
• A Trick With A Purpose By Wilfred Jonson
• Turnover Change By Harry Hickson
• The Twenty-Seventh Card By C. Dudley Whitnall
• Improved Sure-Fire Force By C. Dudley Whitnall ...

LECTURE NOTES 2011 by Devin Knight

The lecture notes from Devin Knight's 2011 tour. Far more than just a set of lecture notes, this is a complete book in itself! Features mind-boggling effects, including both cards and mentalism. Effects that fooled the majority of magicians in attendance. These notes include directions for Devin's NO TOUCH Any Card At ANY Number. The performer need not touch the decks at any time, yet both decks can be examined by the spectators. No fakes, gimmicks or duplicate cards! One of Devin's biggest hits during this lecture tour. These notes also contain directions...

Controlling a card to the top or to the bottom is the most fundamental technique in card magic. Every card magician should have at least one good method to do that. Consequently many authors use the phrase "control card to the top/bottom with your preferred method" and leave the rest to the reader assuming that everyone already has his or her preferred method. While you might have your favorite method, the search for better ones never stops.

In this ebook Jon Racherbaumer describers several - as he calls them 'finessed' methods - to control a card to the top or to the bottom. You should find...

Original Aces material, including the Fair Deal Aces, a new approach with no fake cards, Paging the Aces (the moves of which magicians won't follow), Four by Twelve Aces, a card trick in the Vernon tradition. This ebook is for card men who enjoy clever technical sleight of hand.

1st edition 1950, 2nd edition 1974, 12 pages; digital edition 2012, 12 pages.

Aldo Colombini and Cameron Francis, two friends with a common passion: Card Magic. This is the type of magic that can be worked anytime, anyplace.

Contents:

• YET (Aldo Colombini): A card is selected and it is seen to be the only different colored card. It disappears and reappears face up in the middle of the deck.
• SIMPLY AMAZING (Cameron Francis): This is a fun, off-beat four-Ace assembly.
• FOLLOWERS (Aldo Colombini): Follow the Leader theme but the entire packet follows each time.
• S.P.C.A. (Cameron Francis): An almost self-working small packet "card at number".
• NUMBERED (Aldo Colombini):...

Performed and explained by Brian Barnes.

The explanation for the performance and method is in Al Koran's Legacy but as Brian Barnes has been performing this act for around 50 years he has taken bits of the routine out and has added some of his own subtle touches.

This is a brilliant act for any full time magical entertainer. It just requires the minimum of props including a blindfold, cards and a table. It can be worked absolutely surrounded and for audiences of virtually any size.

Brian Barnes not only performs the act in front of an audience of twelve but then explains how to perform it in detail....

Over a dozen strictly impromptu tricks you will enjoy using. Many have patter included. Please note that these invisible deck routines are FASIDU (from a shuffled deck in use) and not the same version popularized by Don Alan.

1st edition 1948, 24 pages; digital edition 2012, 21 pages.

Table of Contents

5. Preface
6. The Invisible Deck
7. The Invisible Deck (Effect 2)
7. The Invisible Deck (Effect 3)
9. The Invisible Deck (Effect 4)
9. Strike Three and Out!
10. Four Plus One
11. Surprise Rise
12. Quickie Reverse
13. Hypnotism and Cards
15. Two Black Aces
16. Poker Supreme
18. Where Are the Aces?
19. Ideal Count Down
20. Without a...

"I have discovered that you are my twin soul." - Arturo de Ascanio

"Most men have two dimensions, they are tall and wide, Davide has the third dimension, he is deep!" - Rene Lavand

"Davide Costi is a refined gentle performer. He prefers his puzzlements to be blown kisses rather than buffeting blows. There is something merciful in his manner and he truly wishes to share whatever mystery may occur, telling whichever stories ring most true. His climatic noble effect, where two cards matched, stunned even fastest company!" - Jon Racherbaumer

Davide Costi is a true artist. His routines are beautiful,...

The crazy card routines of one of the funniest magicians in the world. Very usable material including 23 hilarious card tricks, different from anything you ever tried before, totally unexpected, totally uninhibited in a very nice way, and totally entertaining. Illustrated by Roy Kissell.

1st edition 1960, 28 pages; digital edition 2012, 32 pages.

Table of Contents

9. "Hum-Bug" Prediction
11. Card In The Turban
12. Lost And Found
13. C-Thru Card
14. Spotz
15. Op-Trick-Al Illusion
16. Hocus-Focus
17. 2 Or 3 From 5 & 10
18. Cardician Blendo
20. Komical Cards
20. A "Marxed" Card
20. The "Blushing" King
21. It's A "Scorcher" ...

All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards!

CONTENTS:

• DOUBLE PINOCHLE WITH AN ELEVATOR FINISH: Four cards, two JD’s and two QS’s change into four Aces. Then the Aces travel up and down through the deck.
• FOUR-ACE VANISH AND RECOVERY: The four Aces are seen to vanish in a deck of cards and then they reappear face up in the middle of the deck.
• INTUITION: A spectator reverses a card in a deck and you reverse a card in another deck. When the decks are dealt the two cards appear at the same time, but not only that, they match.
• BOTTOMS, SECONDS AND CENTERS DEMONSTRATION:...

More great card magic from the late Nick Trost! All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards.

CONTENTS:

• EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE: Four indifferent cards change into four duplicates of a selection and revert back to indifferent cards.
• TROST ON HAMMAN'S "MAGIC CARDS": Three Jokers, when added to one of the three selections, change to the same value as the selection. Then the Jokers change to the same value of the second selection and then the third.
• SPECTATOR'S ROYAL FLUSH: A spectator locates a royal flush in a deck of cards.
• FOUR GRAND SLAMS: Two spectators each deal a half-deck...

Welcome to issue 6 of CardShark, the highly anticipated monthly card magazine that contains exciting tricks from magicians around the world. This issue contains five great card tricks, which will feed your card magic needs, all for a tasty $2.80!

In this issue, we have a great new trick from John Carey, plus fantastic new tricks from upcoming creators Michael Cookman, Rob Gardner and a trick from card legend Stephen Tucker. Plus, a trick from me. So go grab a deck of cards, and enjoy working your way through five great card effects…

1. My Game is Poker by John Carey – A really nice trick that is very hands off,...

"And the best stuff….Scatterbrain! I LOVE that effect. That is such a clever plot. People do multiple cards to multiple location plots all the time but seeing it done in a packet trick was just beautiful. If you like the sound of the Scatterbrain plot then buy this for that effect. If you are a packet trick lover who would like to see some clever thinking on the B-wave plot, then this is a worthy buy." - Erik Ostresh

John Gelasi presents an entire ebook dedicated entirely to one of his favorite card plots: the packet brainwave effect.

Included in this new ebook are eight baffling "B'wave"-style...

All the routines are performed with a regular deck of cards.

CONTENTS:

• FOUR TIMES NINE: Using only the spot cards, a spectator selects four pairs and they are laid on four selected cards. These cards are seen to be the Nines. Each pair totals 9.
• DUCK OR DEAL BLACKJACK: A spectator shuffles eight cards and then separates them in four pairs. At all time the cards are in the spectator's hands. He has formed four blackjack hands: Each pair consists of a Jack and an Ace.
• FOLLOWING SUIT: One card of each suit is placed on the table for 'targets.' A spectator freely selects cards from small...

This is the best vanishing deck gimmick created to this date.

A spectator picks a card, remembers it, and even signs it. The magician cleanly inserts the card into the front of the pack. He then spreads the deck showing that the card is lost somewhere in the pack. With no funny moves he squeezes the deck and it literally "melts" in his hand, leaving only one card, the spectator's signed selection!

The meLt ebook not only teaches you how to make the gimmick.......it is a full 110 page book that includes two routines, instructions on how to make three different versions of the gimmick, and...

Edward Marlo needs no introduction. He was one of the most prolific and influential creators of card magic. This is one of his most ambitious undertakings - a big book that runs the gamut of Marlo card magic. Unusual sleights, miraculous tricks, incomparable routines, material for the student, gems for the expert. Plus an interesting chapter showing how card tricks evolve and giving full credit to all inspirational sources for the entire book.

1st edition 1953, 199 pages; 1st digital edition 2012, 184 pages.

Table of Contents

7. A Few Words............

   Chapter One

8. Sense Of Touch ...

Ten packet tricks performed with regular cards. Cameron and Aldo joined forces again to produce powerful routines you can and will use.

Contents:

• THANKS, MEESTER (Cameron Francis): A transposition between Kings and Jokers with a kicker ending.
• EXIT (Aldo Colombini): A packet of red cards changes places with a packet of black cards.
• EUPHORIA 2 (Cameron Francis): An amazing prediction effect that ends with a big surprise.
• GRAVE (Aldo Colombini): The Jacks turn face down one at a time, then they change into the four Aces and the Jacks reappear in the middle of the deck.
• DISTINGUISHED...

Ten very strong routines with cards, from various authors.

CONTENTS:

• ITALIAN HEART (Aldo Colombini): A spectator finds a selected card after the deck has been shuffled with a further final climax.
• FOUR-CARD REPEAT POKER (Paul Gordon): You show four cards and you eliminate one, but you still have four cards. The same thing is repeated and at the end you end up with the four Aces.
• RAINBOW MYSTERY (Aldo Colombini): You and the spectator select two cards each and they match front and back. What’s so strange? The backs of the other cards are all different (Rainbow).
• DOUBLE-OVERCUT (Max...

a cannibal cards routine + three bonus effects

"Very, very good!" - Gary Jones

From the sleightly demented minds of Kyle MacNeill and Cameron Francis comes a cool cavalcade of carnivorous card creations: Four tricks inspired by the Lin Searles' "Cannibal Cards" plot.

The main event is "They Are What They Eat", a super direct cannibal cards routine with a powerhouse kicker ending!

Effect:

Three "Vampire" Jokers are introduced. Three cards are then selected and placed on the table. One at a time, the selections are run through the Joker packet whereupon they lose their ink, turning...