Cards in Magic & Mentalism: page 48

A quick, convincing, smart version of this classic. No heavy lifting here. The vanish is clean, the action deliberate, few if any angle concerns, little skill required. Can you afford not to invest the minimal effort required to include this startling vanish/production among your surprises? You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

1st edition 2026, video 38s.

The performer predicts the color matches among randomly assembled pairs and the identity of the spectator's remaining card.

A prediction envelope has been placed in full view on the table.

The spectator cuts into a regular deck and deals a small packet of cards to the performer. After a genuine riffle shuffle and a couple of cuts, he deals a small packet of cards to himself as well.

Without looking at the faces, the performer removes two cards from different positions in his packet and tables them face down. The spectator takes the top two cards from his own packet and freely places...

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...

Do as I Do under impossible conditions.

An impossible coincidence, a powerful mental effect. Two regular and shuffled decks. Really simple and fun to do. The spectator takes any card from one deck, and the magician does the same from the other deck. The amazing thing is that the magician and the spectator surprisingly took the same card. A variation, "Do as I do," with an interesting and fascinating technique.

• Two normal decks
• No gimmick; no double-sided card
• No sticky stuff; no wax; no rough and smooth; no tape or double-sided tape

1st edition 2022, video 17:55.

Steal a card from the deck during a card selection process. (Also part of Move Mastery 1.)

runtime: 2min 25s

Steal a card from the deck during a card selection process. (Also part of Move Mastery 1.)

runtime: 1min 7s

Steal a card from the deck during a card selection process. (Also part of Move Mastery 1.)

runtime: 3min 47s

This download DVD contains an amazing collection of routines for close-up and walk-around using just a regular deck of cards and with minimal sleight of hand (some of them are self-working).

Contents:

• ACES-ANDWICH (Aldo Colombini): The Aces find three selected cards!
• SIMPLE AND FAST (Aldo Colombini): The spectator cuts the deck and finds the four Kings!
• THREE-SIDED CARD DISCOVERY (Ken de Courcy): After showing that a card has three sides (!) you reveal a selection!
• CARD-IOSITIES (Reinhard Müller): Four cards are freely selected and they are seen to be the only different colored cards in four...

You show four red-backed aces clearly and individually from both sides. A turn of the packet and suddenly you hold the four kings with blue backs.

1st edition 2021, video 3:12.

This routine is done from a shuffled deck, under fire, and on the spot. You will never have to remember more than five words at one time so you can talk and you can concentrate on your presentation. There is only one condition – you must know Benedykt's mnemonic system from Her Majesty the Magic of Cards.

• The deck is shuffled and can be borrowed.
• There is no sleight of hand, deck switches or prepared cards.
• You can be surrounded by spectators, there are no false moves.

• Seperate face up cards from face down cards with closed eyes
• Do very unusual poker deals...

Learn the In-The-Hands Faro Shuffle

Many magicians consider the faro shuffle to be one of the toughest moves in card magic. The thought of performing consistant, perfect faros seems an impossible dream - until you read this ebook.

The ability to do perfect faro shuffles is a powerful weapon in the card magician’s arsenal of sleights. It is a genuine shuffle; the cards are truly being mixed. But it is also a controlled shuffle, meaning that the resulting order of the cards is not random. For this reason, it is an excellent adjunct to memorized deck work. Michael likes to start with a memdeck...

Over 30 effects and ideas using Faro Shuffle. It contains Marlo's analysis of the Faro Shuffle, the In Shuffle, the Out Shuffle, and other faro techniques. He details a lot about what happens to the deck in the various shuffles, and adds card effects that you can do with these shuffles.

• Less Than 52
• With Two Cards
• For 2 Cards At Undetermined Positions
• The Faro Calculator
• The Chain Calculator
• The Left Over Faro Shuffle
• Shuffling The Aces
• Placement Shuffle
• Control Of The Aces
• An Out Shuffle Effect
• Progressive Miracle
• New Deck P.M.
• 76-76-67-67
• The Memorized Stack
• Fingertip Miracle ...

This effect is a masterpiece of mathematical engineering with a sophisticated and devilish method. If you are a fan of the Faro shuffle, you will not regret having acquired this gem. This effect is an exception because it requires skill and sleight of hand compared to tricks published by Joseph B. in the past. Despite this, if you are familiar with the Faro shuffle, this is the effect for you.

Effect: The magician places a prediction card on the table indicating his lucky number. The spectator thinks of a number from one to ten, cuts the deck in two, and takes a number of cards equal to...

This is a 'princess' style mental effect. Spectator receives a few cards, remembers one of them and then these cards are shuffled back into the rest of the deck. The performer shows groups of cards to the spectator until a group is identified that holds the spectator thought of card. The card magically travels from one packet to another packet exactly to the position that a second spectator cut to.

runtime: 5min 21s

This is a neat technique to split a deck into four packets of exactly 13 cards each without counting.

runtime: 1min 18s

This is primarily a mathematical treatment of the faro shuffle. It explores the principles and properties underlying the faro shuffle for decks with different numbers of cards. You will find some effects and routines as well. Foreword by Karl Fulves.

1. Novel Faro Relationships
   • Basic Terminology and Operations
   • For A 52 Card Deck Only
   • For A 51 Card Deck Only
2. Faro Functions
   • Even Numbers Of Cards
   • Up And Down Faro System
   • Unit Shuffles
   • Multiples Of Four
   • Odd Numbers Of Cards
   • Unit Restorations
3. The 32-Card Deck: An Analysis
4. The Principle of Internal Shuffling
   • Controlling...

You will learn how to quickly check if a card is missing from your deck, or if a certain card is exactly at the 26th position from the top.

runtime: 1min 38s

This is an amazingly easy but equally deceptive card revelation that can be done over and over to reveal a sequence of cards.

runtime: 1min 20s

Four Aces that are spread throughout the deck are being 'culled' to the top by two faro shuffles.

runtime: 1min 18s

Unavailable for 70 years - not anymore

A practical treatise on little-known card sleights, including numerous new card problems.

"You already know it, of course, but I would be amiss if I did not state for the record that putting Farelli parts I & II into standard format, transforming it, in the process, from 50 pages into 140, much improves it as a reference and it now looks really great. Thanks for a job well done." - 'M'

This is an exceptional book on card moves and tricks. A publication that has been long forgotten. It is filled with notes and advice by Victor Farelli - a professional...

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.

A card and a number, generated by a spectator's imagination, find a perfect match in reality, in a deck of cards that was in plain sight, on the table, from the beginning.

An incredible mentalism effect with playing cards, in which the illusionist tells of an ancestral magical ritual in which all the cards participate, gathering at a sacred mountain ... There, in the grip of visions caused by alcohol and drug abuse, each will discover its assigned "place in life". A kind woman imagines their "return to their village," still tipsy and staggering enough that she easily succeeds in blocking...

From the title, you'd guess that this is a fantastic trick. It's not. It's a true miracle of psychic entertainment! Here is an incredible mental miracle involving a deck of playing cards, which may be borrowed.

A spectator shuffles the cards as much or as little as she desires. She deals a number of cards onto the table (a free choice). The performer does not need to touch the deck while they are in the spectator's hands. The performer now turns his back, or leaves the room entirely. The spectator removes any number of cards from the pile on the table and places them in the card box, out...

Part 2 in the ‘Fandango’ series continues with yet more innovative close up magic with the focus firmly fixed on practicality and real world performance.

Six more, never before published effects fresh from the mind of Dave Forrest. The material contained within has been carefully selected to ensure that the ‘Fandango’ ethos remains true. This is not a 'read it once' release. These are effects that you will actually use in the real world for real people.

Contents:

• Four Found Fast - An extremely visual yet relatively easy production of four of a kind. While it looks very flashy...