There are 6 bullets in a gun, 6 cans on the table. Can you guess which is going to fire? Do you feel lucky?
A funny Russian Roulette performance by Titanas. This time your risk is not your life but if you get wet or not.
Titanas' method is novel and has nothing to do with a similar Paul Harris idea.
1st edition 2008.
A utility move that allows you to control a card to the top, to the second, or a few cards down from the top.
I have created this move back in 2010 to control a card to the top of the deck. Over the years I have refined it to this point, now I am confident enough to share it with the magic community. With this move, you can not only control a card to the top but also to the second position or a few cards down from the top. This move is easy to perform without any knuckle-busting exercises.
1st edition 2022, video 22:20.
For the first time in this 15 min video (yep 15 mins it's that easy) Scott reveals the business card peek he has been using in his close up mentalism performances for many years. No manufacturing or craft skills required, no peek wallets, no business card cases, no envelopes, no special pens or any other paraphernalia, just your business cards and a pen.
One totally impromptu method, one requiring a one off 30 second set up and three variations to suit all styles.
Drop half a dozen of your business cards in your pocket along with a pen and you are all set to perform drawing duplications,...
Howie Schwarzman further improved Marlo's Throw Double into a remarkable long toss that sends a double slithering over the table.
runtime: 32s
This move works with a single card or a packet of cards and is fairly easy to do. (Also part of Move Mastery 2.)
runtime: 3min 47s
Have two cards selected, remove them from the deck and change them into two other cards. You end clean, because in the process of showing the two cards removed you change and lap them at the same time. (Also part of Move Mastery 3.)
runtime: 3min 37s
A beautiful compact routine wherein three coins vanish and then magically reappear, one coin at a time. An instant classic.
Recorded live at the Convention at the Capital 1998.
runtime: 8min 2s
A thread that penetrates stuff, your hand, your thumb, a playing card ...
The performer shows a piece of thread that hangs down from his hand. A playing card is held with the other hand behind the thread. With one smooth motion, the thread penetrates the card and is suddenly behind the playing card. It is hard to believe your eyes.
The gimmick is easy to make and there are no bad angles. This looks as good from the back as it does from the front.
1st edition 2022, video 8:51.
You put your finger through a large square cut out of a blue-backed playing card. Instantly the card turns red and the hole you just saw fingers go through somehow no longer exists. The black hole is now just a piece of black tape that is peeled off of the card. A real visual puzzle!
To make the gimmick you will need the usual card-gaffing supplies and some arts and crafts to construct it.
1st edition 2022, video 22:47.
Look into a deck without looking.
While your back is turned, spectator deals cards off a deck that they shuffled while you wait for them to reach a card that you 'sense' might be near their card. Then they are to deal a few cards from that spot onto the table side by side and they are to hover their hand over each one - your back still turned - while you tell them to slam their hand on a certain one. It is their card.
A few points to consider:
A magician holds a card and then changes it to a poker chip, paper money, a coin, or any small flat object. The method is based on a black-art principle and thus best suited for a stage or video performance where lighting and angles can be controlled well. Making the gimmick involves arts and crafts.
1st edition 2022, video 23:04.
This is a false shuffle by Frank Shank and similar to the Zarrow Shuffle but not quite as deceptive.
runtime: 1min 1s
Phase I - Bite off the pen nib and spit it back on. Immediately, open the refill compartment, let the spectator touch the nib.
Phase II - Make the refill rise out of the pen.
Bonus - A Russian Roulette with pens, where spectators select the pens to be smashed. The whole effect is totally under the performer's control.
The video will explain you how to gimmick a pen. No special pen is needed.
1st edition 2013, 12 minutes
You show, one by one, red and black cards perfectly mixed. That is, you show a red card, then a black card, then a red card, a black card, and so on, until you have shown 8 cards. But when you are done with showing the interleaved cards they are already separated.
This count is perfect for an oil and water routine or any other situation where you need to show cards mixed, but in the process of showing them mixed, they are being separated.
1st edition 2024, video 3:00.
The power to provoke motion with one's mind is something that has fascinated man since the existence of such a concept. Imagine a perfectly simplistic demonstration of mind over matter.
In this video download, you will learn how to make a borrowed soda can move freely across the table at a moments notice.
Dee Christopher teaches with the utmost precision this underground miracle, with all the tips, tricks and subtleties added in so that you can go out and perform this effect and blow peoples minds.
You will learn two versions, one an impromptu version without any gimmicks, and another...
You steal or palm one or more cards into the left hand during an overhand shuffle. (Also part of Move Mastery 3.)
runtime: 4min 17s
This is a well thought out Dai Vernon version of the Glide. Every finger position and movement has its reason. The Glide is not necessarily the most deceptive move, but it is easy to do. This version is very deceptive. As is so often the case, Vernon elevates a simple move to a masterpiece of deception.
runtime: 1min 8s