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"Lance Richardson has developed a great series of effects, big ideas in small packages, and then described them beautifully. These inspiring books deserve the attention of magicians." - Jim Steinmeyer

Shattered Reality illustrates the psychology of magic where the magician uses sight, sound and even touch to create the illusion of a solid mirror being smashed to pieces, then restored. In this unique effect, a framed mirror is inspected and touched by an audience member moments before the magician inflicts a damaging blow, making the mirror shards spill onto the floor. When the damage...

Yet another superb ebook dealing with original tricks and routines from author Ian Adair. This ebook contains a superb selection - a real mixture of commercial ideas for the children's entertainer. Practical material suitable for all age groups, with suggested patter lines to accompany many of these original effects.

• Preface
• Jolly Lollies
• Crinoline Kate
• Chef's Hat 'Egg Bag'
• Bunny Clown
• Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard
• Kangaroo Kapers
• It's In The Bag!
• Zebra Crossing Paper Tear
• Circus Clown Paper Tear
• Four-Rings Routine
• Sweet-Toothed Bunny
• Hip -Hop- Rabbit
• Rocket Science
• Santa...

The spectator selects a card and replaces it in the deck. The magician has the spectator cut the deck into three piles and turn over the top card of each pile. None of them is the selection, but the values of the three top cards add up to the exact position of the selected card.

No Crimp - the position is found purely by adding the values of the three cards the spectator cuts to. There is no secret cut involved.

1st edition 2026, video 10:28.

A very simple way to cut to the desired cards, ideal as an opening effect. A detailed application of a classic principle, ending with an unexpected kicker.

1st edition 2026, video 4:10.

An impromptu location effect, incredibly self-working.

The title, which could also be read, thanks to a play on words, as "How to catch one card," indicates an easy but amazing effect, performable in any context and incredibly self-working, of finding a chosen card lost in the deck, thanks to two other cards that the magician himself will choose, inside two piles shuffled by the spectator, in order to capture it in a way that is as simple as it is unexpected...

Strengths:

• The effect is completely automatic and impromptu.
• The magician does not necessarily need to know any card manipulation...

Un Effetto Impromptu di Ritrovamento, incredibilmente Self-Working!

Il titolo, che in italiano potrebbe tradursi "Come 2 (carte) catturano 1 Carta" ma anche, grazie ad un gioco di parole, semplicemente "Come prendere una carta", indica un semplice ma stupefacente effetto, eseguibile in qualsiasi contesto ed incredibilmente Self-Working, di ritrovamento di una carta scelta e dispersa nel mazzo, grazie ad altre due carte che il mago stesso sceglierà, all'interno di due mazzetti mescolati dallo spettatore, per riuscire a catturarla in una maniera tanto semplice quanto inaspettata...

Punti...

Can you demonstrate your psychic powers with undeniable proof? Can you show your special mind skills in an absolutely convincing manner? With Credit Card Yantra, this is possible. Nowhere do these exquisite routines feel like tricks but feel like some mysterious phenomenon.

You do not need to have my earlier releases on this subject - Credit Kard Tantra and Credit Kard Mantra to perform these routines.

A Yantra is a geometric "machine" from occult traditions composed of patterns, symbols, lines, colors and numbers etc, often contained within a square. There is...

This bundle collects all five titles from the Audacious series, presenting a unified body of work focused on practical magic and mentalism. The material emphasizes clarity of effect, economical methods, and tools designed for real-world performance. Across the series, you will find card magic, mentalism routines, ACAAN work, wallet-based methods, and peek techniques, all intended to integrate smoothly into a working performer's repertoire.

Audacious
A collection of card and mentalism routines built around psychological forces, structured reveals, and audience interaction. The material...

There was a time when the Tilt, or Depth Illusion, was a top-secret technique known only to a few select insiders. The history of this move is somewhat murky, but most credit Dai Vernon with its invention. Marlo claimed he came up with it independently, which I find plausible. Regardless of who first had the idea, the Tilt is a wonderful deception. Over the years, refinements and subtleties have been added by several cardmen. Today, the Tilt is one of the core techniques most card magicians have in their arsenal.

The concept of the Tilt is the following: A card is apparently...

No quick tricks here - a super selection of tried and tested routines for the kids' show.

The author, Ian Adair, shares practical and commercial effects and routines using 'standard' props of all kinds, those which may well be gathering dust on the 'magic shelf.

Effects and Routines using: Dove Pan, Card Box, Drawer Box, Merry Switch Can, Change Bag, Evap Jug, Ghost Tube, Clatter Box, Sand Frame, Coin Wand and more, including silks, dye-tube, sponge balls, finger reel, rope, etc, etc.

• Preface
• Rabbits In Their Burrows
• Monkeying Around With Ropes
• Invisi-20th Century Silks
• Fun-Packed...

This tutorial teaches three of my palming techniques. Because my hands are relatively small, palming has always been challenging for me, which is why I developed several simpler palming methods.

Crescent Palm: a technique for palming a card quickly during the squaring of the deck.

Pinched Palm: a fast and simple bottom-card palm.

Stealing Palm: my take on the Diagonal Palm Shift, designed to move a center card directly into Classic Palm.

1st edition 2026, video 6:20.

Smushies is one of my pet routines and original to me in many ways. A simple sponge ball routine and a series of magic wands combine to create fun and surprises as an onstage volunteer tries to fulfill every kid's dream of being a magician. A natural progression of more 'smushies' and larger wands seems to hit a snag when an oversized wand fails to produce any magic. The issue is resolved when flying snakes erupt in the air, leading to an unexpected ending and a dream fulfilled. This is yet another example of practical entertainment that produces outstanding results for the Hometown Magician....

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...

Uno studio sul PK Touch, la suggestione e la percezione silenziosa

"When Silences Touch You" non è una raccolta di trucchi. È un'esplorazione mirata del "PK Touch come esperienza intima e suggestiva.

Questo PDF è interamente dedicato ai fenomeni di tipo PK Touch, affrontati attraverso "linguaggio, aspettativa e focalizzazione sensoriale", senza ricorrere a movimenti evidenti o a metodi meccanici.

COSA TROVERAI

• Una routine completa di "PK Touch", pensata per contesti raccolti
• Un metodo basato su "parole, attenzione e percezione"
• Grande cura per tempi, ritmo e vissuto del partecipante ...

Two cards are chosen and revealed by the deck itself in an amazing automatic effect.

This is an amazing self-working effect revealing a pair of cards chosen by two spectators, made possible thanks to a special arrangement of the deck: a variation, unknown to most, of one of the most famous mathematical stacks... After learning a practical method for easily sequencing the deck according to this secret stack, starting with a factory-new deck, here you will find an explanation of the effect, automatic and themed "Truth Machine," which can involve two spectators.

Each of them will choose...

Due carte scelte e rivelate dal mazzo stesso in un incredibile effetto automatico!

Qusto è un incredibile effetto Self-Working di Rivelazione di una coppia di carte scelte da due spettatori, reso possibile grazie ad uno speciale ordinamento del mazzo: una variante, sconosciuta ai più, di uno dei più famosi stack matematici... Dopo aver appreso un metodo pratico per sequenziare facilmente il mazzo secondo questo Stack segreto, partendo da un mazzo nuovo, troverete qui spiegato l'effetto, Automatico e a tema "Macchina della Verità", in grado di coinvolgere due spettatori.

Questi...

We have researched this popular effect from the 70's Page/Kaps versions right up to the present offerings. Finn Jon's method is far superior to all others, using the Z fold, X fold, suspicious, unnecessary turnovers, and thick hidden packets. Simple to construct, foolproof in execution.

1st edition 2026, video 37s.

This is a brief but neat introduction and explanation of two-person codes by a scientist. It goes beyond the classic word lists and includes inflection, pauses, and tone variations.

1st edition 1921, PDF 7 pages.

Excerpt from the foreword by William W. Larsen:

• The Page Pass
• The Visible Pass
• The Riffle-Slip
• False Shuffle
• The Riffle-Down
• The Glimpse
• Simple Glimpse
• One of Four Packets
• A Card with a Certain Number of Pips
• The New Transferred Cards
• Any Card To Any Number
• A Cut At Any Number
• An Original Spelling Card
• The Red and the Black
• A Pickpocket...

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...

Cedric Richardson was a full-time, professional children's entertainer of high standing. He was particularly gifted as a deviser of clever and entertaining routines using standard tricks, all of which included his well-planned patter presentations.

Leading children's entertainers Eric Sharp, Quentin Reynolds, Henry Smith, and Maurice Day featured Cedric's routines in their programmes, with great success.

Author, Ian Adair, a lifetime friend of Cedric Richardson, not only studied Cedric's routines but used them regularly in his children's shows.

Cedric's routines incorporate standard...

Effect: After shuffling the deck, the magician turns away, while the spectator cuts the deck and deals cards face down into two piles, stopping whenever they choose. The magician then reveals the bottom card of each pile. As a kicker, the spectator selects any numbered card, and the magician tells them which card is at that position in the remaining deck. After demonstrating the procedure, the magician never touches the cards again.

Description: If you have taken the time to memorize a stacked deck but rarely put it to use, that's about to change. This effect is powerful and simple to perform....

Step into the little-known world of early 20th-century German conjuring with this rare digital edition of F.W. Conradi's "Magical Mixtum Compositum II." Long overlooked in the English-speaking world, this volume offers a fascinating glimpse into a rich magical tradition, packed with ingenious card tricks, sophisticated parlor illusions, anti-spiritualist experiments, and stagecraft that remains strikingly clever and effective today. From the intricate "Mysterious Thought Photography" to the grand stage illusion "Creo," each page reveals ingenious methods and creative thinking, preserved here...

The spectator freely cuts the deck. The performer spreads the cards and claims to mentally influence the spectator to choose a specific card. The spectator then freely selects a card - no force. After the selection, the performer splits the deck at the point of selection and reveals that the cards are in suit-and-value order, except for the one card the performer named at the beginning. The finale reveals the spectator's selection, which turns out to be exactly the card predicted at the start.

• No force
• No gimmick
• Only a regular deck

1st edition 2026, video 5:52