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Peter Pellikaan
You show four cards from their back. A magic word and two of them have turned face up, for example, two Jack of Hearts. You turn them back but suddenly two other cards, for example, two 10 of Spades. You turn these face-down and a moment later the four cards have changed into the four aces. A bewildering and fast paced change of cards.
1st edition 2025, video 2:19
Circels Noooo
Peter Pellikaan
You show four cards. They are blank on the front and have regular backs. Suddenly one of the four cards has a huge hole cut from its center. Then all the cards have holes cut from their centers. Then everything goes back to four regular blank cards.
1st edition 2025, video 6:04.
Triller
Peter Pellikaan
You show four queens of diamonds and perform a twisting the queens type of routine. You turn the packet face down and one by one the queens turn face up. But Peter goes further in his effect. Suddenly all the queens are double-faces and show a queen of diamonds on the front and back of each card.
1st edition 2025, video 3:47.
Aces Kings
Peter Pellikaan
Two packets, one with four blue-backed aces, and the other with four red-backed kings. Putting one of the aces in the kings pile and one of the kings in the aces pile makes the other cards follow their leaders.
1st edition 2025, video 8:22.
Verek
Peter Pellikaan
You show four jokers and place them individually on the table. Then you show four 5-of-hearts. By adding jokers to the fives the jokers change to fives. The fives change to jokers and finally, the fives change to the four kings.
1st edition 2024, video 6:53.
7 of Clubs
Peter Pellikaan
You display four 7 of Clubs from the front and from the back. Turning over one of the sevens, they all turn over from face-up to face-down. Suddenly they change into four different sevens, all four suits. It also turns out that they have changed their backs.
1st edition 2024, video 4:07.
Beffor Turn
Peter Pellikaan
You show four blank cards. They become the Jacks with red backs. Then they turn into four aces and finally all the backs have different colors.
1st edition 2024, video 2:44.
Bammo Buddha Time Machine
Bob Farmer
After the deck is shuffled, twelve cards (one for each month of the year) are shown to the spectator and he thinks of the one corresponding to his birth month.
The twelve cards are isolated in folded papers to prevent any sleight of hand. The spectator names his card and commands it to return to the deck. The folded papers are opened and there are only eleven cards and when shown the thought-of card is not among them. The deck is spread and the thought-of card is found face up back in the deck.
Practically self-working. Easy and fast reset. Can be a different card each time.
1st...
TKTC
Peter Pellikaan
You show four cards from the back. They all have blue backs. When you shake them, one turns up face. It is the king of diamonds. When you show the cards again, they now all have red backs. Another shake and another king turns face up. But now they all have green backs. You then display all four kings from the face. The climax is that all four kings link into one ribbon.
1st edition 2024, video 6:12.
Yes Twist
Peter Pellikaan
A twisting the aces type of effect. You show four cards from the back and state that they are the four aces. The aces, one by one, magically turn around showing their faces. Then they all change to the ace of clubs. And then they change their backs.
1st edition 2024, video 4:47.
Onmogelijk
Peter Pellikaan
Yes, this looks impossible. You show four cards. Turn over one and the rest also magically turns over. That is just the warming-up effect. The real stunner is when you turn over the cards and suddenly three of them have big circles cut from their center and the fourth has changed color.
1st edition 2024, video 4:45.
Square Hole
Peter Pellikaan
You show two cards from both sides. One is the Queen of Hearts and the other is the Jack of Spades. The Queen of Hearts has a big square hole cut from its center. You briefly put these two cards together, separate them again, and suddenly the Jack of Spades has a round hole cut from its center and the Queen of Hearts is restored without a hole. The hole moved from the Queen to the Jack and changed from a square hole to a round hole.
1st edition 2024, video 2:33.
Azen Joker
Peter Pellikaan
You show 8 cards. Four are the aces that you place on the table. And the other four cards are jokers. Three of the jokers you put face-down on the face-up ace of spades. But when everything is turned face up, the other three aces have joined the ace of spades, and the rest of the cards are kings rather than jokers.
1st edition 2024, video 5:42
Small Wild Cards
Peter Pellikaan
Several color changes of faces and backs combined. Watch the demo video for details.
1st edition 2024, video 3:52.
Royal Kings
Peter Pellikaan
This small packet trick combines several color changes. You start by showing five blank cards. Showing them again one of the blank cards has changed into a king with a blue back. You table this king. This process continues until you have all four kings with blue backs on the table and one blank card in the hand. The remaining blank card changes to one with a red back. Suddenly all five cards have red backs, and as the climax, you fan the five cards face-up and you now hold a royal flush.
1st edition 2024, video 2 min.
Chinca Blank
Peter Pellikaan
You start by showing four cards from the back, one of which is orange, while the others have red backs. The front of the orange-backed card is blank. You table that card. As you show the three remaining red-backed cards for the second time, one has changed to a blue back. The front is again blank. One more time around, and another card has changed its back to a different color.
You pick up the four cards and show their faces, but they now have all turned into four Jokers. Another magical gesture and they have changed into four Queen of Hearts. Then the four Queen of Hearts change to the...
Twisting
Peter Pellikaan
You start with 5 blank cards - blank on both sides. A magic word and one of the blank cards has turned into a regular card. Progressively, each blank card assumes a differently colored back until you can show a fan with all five cards showing backs.
1st edition 2024, video 3:32.
Snap
Peter Pellikaan
A printing effect. Five blank cards turn in an instant into a royal flush.
You show five blank cards. They are blank on both sides. In a snapping motion, you pull them apart and suddenly their faces show playing cards, a royal flush, and the backs are also printed.
1st edition 2024, video
Hole No No
Peter Pellikaan
You show four cards, one of which has a big round hole cut out. Suddenly all the cards have a big round hole cut out. In another blink of an eye, the round hole has transformed into a square hole and you are only holding a single card. This effect is best seen performed. Watch the demo video below.
1st edition 2024, video 2:39.
HHHH
Peter Pellikaan
Card tricks with big holes in some cards is one of Peter Pellikaan's unique themes. This is another visual effect using cards with holes.
You show four regular playing cards and a coin. When you count the cards again one card suddenly has a huge hole cut out of its center. You place this card aside and count the remaining three cards. Another card has a hole. You do this until all four cards have turned into cards with big holes cut from their center.
When you pick up these four cards with holes, they magically become whole (pun intended) again. They are restored without any holes just like...
The Reputation Maker
Dustin Marks
Are you looking for an effect that will make spectators exclaim, "That's impossible!"? Look no further. This is the perfect closer for your show or to impress a client.
Here's how it works: The magician cuts the deck and gives spectators cards to shuffle. After that, he never touches the cards again. Three spectators each choose any card from their shuffled packet. After viewing their cards, they replace and reshuffle them. Once the deck is reassembled, all three spectators select another card, each using a different method: cutting, dealing to any card, or picking from a spread. Amazingly,...
Follow the Cross
Peter Pellikaan
You show four Eight of Diamonds. On one you draw a large X and you ask the spectator to follow it. You turn the cards face-down, and after some mixing, you table the cards one after each other face-down. When you turn the cards face-up they have all changed to aces. The eights including the one with the cross on it have vanished.
1st edition 2024, video 3:30
Easy Color Cards
Peter Pellikaan
A stunning color change of blank cards into printed cards.
You show four cards which are blank on both sides. Suddenly an ace of spades appears. When you spread the four cards all formerly blank cards are now aces. Turning over the fan shows four different backs. The blank cards have changed to non-blank front and back.
1st edition 2024, video 3:16.
Magic Cards
Peter Pellikaan
Three cards are put face down on the table. Put three blank cards over the first card and the blank cards all change into the same card they were put on. Repeat this with the other two cards. The cards always magically change their faces. At the end, the faces change again and the entire deck is blank.
1st edition 2024, video 5:09.
Water and Oil Different
Peter Pellikaan
You show four cards with blue dots and another four cards with red dots. Then you stick a blue dot over a red dot card and a red dot over a blue dot card. After 5 seconds the dot color of the remaining three cards in each packet has changed, too.
You continue to mix the cards but they always separate into packs of the same color, like oil and water separate. In the final sequence, you remove the two dots you stuck on in the first phase and the colors change again magically.
1st edition 2024, video 5:46.
Techno Water and Oil
Peter Pellikaan
You show two packets of four cards each. One has red dots on the faces and red backs. The other one has blue dots on the faces and blue backs. You repeatedly interleave them but they always separate.
1st edition 2024, video 6:25.
Jumping Dots
Peter Pellikaan
You show two packs of four blank cards each. You stick a blue dot on the top card of one pile and suddenly all these four cards have blue dots. You do the same with the red dot and the other pile. Then you exchange the top cards of these two piles. The remaining cards follow their leaders because the pack that had blue dots before has now the red dots and vice versa. When you take off a red dot and a blue dot from one card each, the remaining cards return to blank cards.
1st edition 2024, video 5:16.
Mental Infiltration
Raphaël Czaja
The spectator cuts the deck as much as he wants. The magician picks up the deck and deals the cards singly from the top. When the spectator stops him, the magician tables the deck and turns away. The spectator remembers the value of one card and the suit of another card where he stopped at. He gathers the cards - he can even cut the deck - before the magician faces him again. Then, the magician asks the spectator to concentrate and makes two assertions, one about the color and one about the value. The spectator tells him if he is right or wrong both times. Whatever the outcome is, the magician...
Dots and Dots
Peter Pellikaan
You show four cards that are blank on both sides. You stick a red spot on one of the blank cards and they suddenly all show red spots. You do the same with a blue dot and they all show blue dots. Finally, the cards return to being blank on both sides.
1st edition 2024, video 5:06.
Colour Reset
Peter Pellikaan
You show four cards with red dots and four cards with yellow dots. When you touch the pack of red dots with the pack of yellow dots one of the red dot cards changes to a yellow dot card. You do this several times until all four cards you are holding have turned yellow. Suddenly they turn back to showing red dots. When you show the pack of yellow cards on the table they now all have blue dots.
1st edition 2024, video 6:21.
Blue Dots
Peter Pellikaan
You show five cards that have a blue dot on their faces. When you rotate the pack one dot changes to a red dot. You table the red dotted card. Another magical gesture and another red dot appears. You continue until four cards have changed to red dots. The final card with a blue dot changes to just a blue dot, no fifth card is visible anymore.
1st edition 2024, video 6:02.