Gaffed in Cards

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

8 cards and a bewildering number of changing faces and backs. Watch the demo video below.

1st edition 2026, video 5:32

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.

Four cards are shown and counted repeatedly. Every time through the count, one card suddenly has a big hole through its center. These are real holes you can put your finger through. This goes on until all four cards have holes.

1st edition 2026, video 2:13.

This is not just a card trick. It's an experiment in the fallibility of human memory and perception. With one card you create a miracle!

A single card is placed on the table by the spectator. Both spectators look at the card, and yet they see different cards. The magician never touches this single card. In the spectator's mind this is a hands-off miracle.

This effect creates a moment where the spectators question their own perception and memory!

Two variations: One variation is simple with no preparation; the other version requires a two-way forcing deck, but this leads to an impossible...

In this PDF, I am publishing a very strong variant of my effect The Gift. I call this variant The Gift 3 - I've already published another effect called The Gift 2, hence this is the third effect in the series.

If you first watch the performance video of The Gift (using the aforementioned link) and then you watch the performance video of The Gift 3 (below), you will notice a crucial difference that makes this variant more impossible-looking. Thus, this variant is a good performance piece for those magicians who are aware of the workings behind the original The Gift...

Effect: Four spectators shuffle the deck, and each of them freely selects a card. The selected cards are the four different tens: 10 of Clubs, 10 of Hearts, 10 of Spades, and 10 of Diamonds. The magician seemingly never touches the cards.

Description: I wanted to create an effect where four spectators shuffle the cards and have a free choice of any card. Each spectator's card is of the same value. Ex: the 4 Tens: Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs, and Spades. In the spectator's mind, all the cards are different by using a very deceiving ruse.

My other requirements are that the magician never...

A small packet trick with several color changes. First, you have four blank cards. Then slowly, one by one, they turn all into the 5 of Spades. Then they all get red backs, and finally they all get blue backs.

1st edition 2025, video 2:46

Four blank cards, shown from both sides, suddenly have big holes cut through their centers.

1st edition 2025, video 4:25.

Five lovely small packet routines involving apples from Stephen Tucker, Per Clausen, and Shiv Duggal.

The last routine plays off the 'Apple' computer angle. With Apple Inc. having made such a meteoric rise, with many having Apple computers or phones, this routine would probably play even better today than it did during the 1980s. Some changes in the patter will be necessary, but the general idea has merit.

The booklet came originally with six custom cards showing apples and an apple core, some with blank backs, some with regular backs. These cards are not included with this download, but...

In the art of magic, the ultimate goal is to create a moment of pure, unadulterated astonishment - an experience so clean and impossible that it transcends mere trickery and feels like real magic. For the spectator, this requires an effect built on a foundation of total fairness. The challenge is to guide them to a place where the only remaining explanation is: your spectator has just experienced the impossible.

Effect: Imagine this from your spectator's perspective. You are handed a deck of cards. You inspect it and shuffle the deck. When you are satisfied, the magician turns his back....

Effect: The spectator shuffles the deck and cuts it, looking at the card he cut to (4D). The magician does the same showing his card to the spectator (KS). He places that card (KS) face down on the table. The magician spreads the deck face up, revealing one face-down card. It is the magician's card. The card on the table is the spectator's card.

Description:

Are you looking for an easy-to-do card effect that delivers an astonishing transposition while convincing the spectator they are in full control? This is the card transposition the spectator does not see coming.

Maximum deception...

We have all heard of double-facers. They seem odd and dangerous. This eBook provides an in-depth analysis of double-facers (DF) and how they can enhance the success and deception of your routines.

This eBook is a comprehensive guide explaining DF principles, how to safely handle DFs, strategies, and 7 specific magical effects. This is the secret weapon that hides in plain sight. Double-facers are not known to the public. Discover how double-facers combine with double-backers to create miracles.

7 Effects:

• A Monte Effect
• A Mysterious Open Prediction
• A Great Indicator Card
• A Wild...

The Spectator thinks of a card. Only he knows its identity. Cards are mixed together face-up and face-down. Now - in rapid succession - there are three shocking climaxes:

• Instantly, all of the cards turn face-up - with the exception of the thought card. It is the only card still face-down!
• Suddenly, the thought card vanishes and turns into the Hand O' Doom.
• The Spectator reaches into his pocket and finds among some other cards he placed there previously - the missing thought card.

FEATURES

• Entirely mechanical and self-working: requires no skill, no memorization, no sleights. ...

We have all heard of double backers. They seem odd and not very useful. This eBook offers a comprehensive perspective on the power of double backers (DB), and how they can elevate the impact and deception of your routines.

• This secret weapon hides in plain sight
• Double backers are generally not known by the public
• Simplify complex effects using a double backer
• Double lifts are more deceptive and look more natural
• Hands off Forces – The magician never touches the deck! And you can force more than one card
• Seamless Transitions: Utilize the DB to create the illusion that a spectator's...

"Fantastic force, the combination of methods is very fooling." - Kevin Aust

"The best card force I have ever seen." - Alexander Javier

"Beyond perfect, not just perfect." - Tony Bianco

There are many card forces out there. Too many, actually. But, in my opinion, none of them are 'perfect' from an effect standpoint. Some come close - however, I have yet to see one that fully gets there.

From an effect standpoint, what ingredients must a force have in order for it to be considered 'perfect'? I think these 6 ingredients are the answer:

• The magician must never touch the cards...

You show four cards. When you separate three of them, they suddenly have big holes cut out in their center. The fourth card has no hole.

An alternative routine using the same gimmick is shown below. This routine is not taught in the download. However, once you have learned the first routine and understand the gimmick, you should be able to understand how the routine below works. You show one regular card and three cards with a hole in the center. The three cards with a hole are blank. But once you combine them with the regular card, the holes vanish, and the faces are not blank anymore. ...

A stunning color change. Four cards showing several pips, what Peter calls 'compressed cards', change into the four aces.

1st edition 2025, video 3:03.

Effect: Two decks are examined and shuffled by spectators. A card is freely chosen from a third deck The Queen of Hearts (QH) and turned face up. The (QH), mysteriously appears at the same position in the two independently shuffled decks. The magician seemingly never touched the cards.

Imagine: Two spectators each shuffle a deck. From a third deck, a card - the Queen of Hearts (QH) - is freely chosen and turned face up. With seemingly no involvement from the magician, both spectators are instructed to count down to the same specific number of cards in their shuffled decks. The unbelievable...

Effect: A written prediction that the spectator has their finger on changes places with the card the spectator saw in the deck. A vanish, transposition, and a prediction all in less than 60 seconds.

Imagine this: Your spectator places their finger on a card they believe contains a written prediction. They then select a card from the deck. When the dust settles, the card they selected has vanished from the deck, and the very card under their finger, the one they thought was the prediction, is revealed to be their selected card. Meanwhile, the prediction card appears in the deck, proving...

This is a "Twisting the Aces" routine, here performed with the Jacks, that includes two color changes of the backs. First, they change from blue to red, and then the Jacks all have different backs.

1st edition 2025, video 3:32.

The magician repeatedly influences the spectator to correctly guess the color (red or black) of a hidden playing card.

Imagine carrying just two cards and engaging your spectator in an effect based on persuasion and influence. With just two cards, you can make the spectator believe you have the power to influence his decisions at will.

The effect provides an understanding of persuasion for the spectator and, at the same time, aims to create rapport with them. Once rapport is established, the spectator may be interested in seeing your additional effects.

If you are looking for something...

Four cards with backs on both sides turn into four queens, then back to backs, and then again to four queens.

1st edition 2025, video 2:09.

This is the third (and probably last) open prediction effect that I'm publishing. The other two that I've already published are called Open Prediction: A New Approach to a Classic Plot and Open Prediction: The Simplest Approach. I call this one Open Prediction: The Best Approach because, of the three, it is the strongest one (at least in my opinion).

Imagine:

The magician introduces a deck of cards - he spreads it to show that all the cards are different, and then hands it to the spectator. At this point, the magician openly predicts a card by naming it out loud.

The spectator is invited to cut off any number of cards and to flip them face-up on top of the rest of...