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Watch Larry Beckerʼs reputation making, edge-of-your-seat performance of this acknowledged classic, recording live at a real world, after-dinner performance.

Next, sit in on a private round table discussion covering a full explanation of this death defying presentation, including the uncut and unrehearsed crucial preshow interview and participant instruction.

Nothing is omitted. Every aspect from weapon selection to safety precautions is covered in complete detail. There is even a special selection of hilarious out-takes!

Even if you have no intention of performing this spine-tingling presentation,...

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,...

The spectator freely selects a card and returns it to the deck. The magician inserts two Jokers, and the spectator table-riffle shuffles and cuts the cards. The Jokers progressively close in and finally sandwich the selection. On top of that, during the shuffles the spectator also separates the deck into three piles and locates the other three cards of the same value!

1st edition 2026, video 9:15.

Sandwich and Collectors are two of my favorite card effects and the ones I've studied the most. This is my original routine combining both effects.

The spectator selects a card, returns it to the deck, and the deck is shuffled. The magician cuts the two Jokers and four Aces into the center. When the deck is spread again, the two Jokers are found sandwiching the spectator's selection, while the four Aces have collected the other three cards of the same value. A pure sleight-of-hand routine with no difficult moves.

1st edition 2025, video 6:59.

Howie Schwarzman further improved Marlo's Throw Double into a remarkable long toss that sends a double slithering over the table.

runtime: 32s

"The new peek you put out is wonderful! Isn't it amazing when choreography and context allow us to simplify the manner in which we can peek and reveal information! I'm excited to practice this and use it, soon!" - Christopher Parrish

Scintilla is a new idea that you will add to your toolkit of ungimmicked telepathic possibilities. An impromptu system that allows you to have a full peek without any strange or obvious moves.

• Only two pieces of paper are needed
• No preparation
• Direct and simple handling
• No tears, no folds

You can use Scintilla for drawing duplications, words, questions,...

While scooping up a deck from the table replace palmed cards on the top. Allan gives an important tip how to make this look even better.

runtime: 47s

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

Under the disguise of counting a few cards off the top of the deck you can perform a second deal and displace cards.

runtime: 38s

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

This project introduces three of my secret single-card reversal techniques. You can present them as a sleight demonstration or apply them within other card routines to achieve greater impact and utility. These three techniques have not been named yet.

1st edition 2026, video 7:43

Another way to switch out cards by Hartman.

runtime: 1min 42s

A card is genuinely freely selected (and can be signed if required) and is shuffled into the deck, which is placed back into the box. A half dollar, which is marked with a sticker bearing a spectator's initials, is taken into the performer's hand from where it instantly vanishes.

With empty hands, the deck is slid from the box and is cut to reveal the marked coin resting on the back of one particular card in the centre of the pack. This card is turned over to reveal that it is the selection.

1st edition 2026, video 15:36.

A cover for the Herrmann Pass. (Also part of Move Mastery 2.)

runtime: 4min 23s

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:

• They have a free selection of card; no force or psy-forces.
• You never touch their card, not before, during, or after they pick it. You never...

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.

The performer shows the back of a playing card. Suddenly the card has transformed into a foam heart. This is based on a black art principle and thus requires a black background. Arts and crafts are necessary to construct the gimmick.

1st edition 2022, video 24:34

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