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The Linking Rings effect is a classic of magic and for good reason: a direct and simple method coupled with the visual aspect of the props have made this a strong hold in most magicians' working arsenals.

So what is wrong with the original that a new one needs to be brought forth? Well, here are a few small points to take into consideration:

• The old rings are too big for any real world worker
• They are too expensive in most cases
• Large rings simply look like a magic prop
• The routine rarely has any motivation
• People simply get bored of the routine

Allan describes how to avoid some of the most widely made errors with the bottom deal.

runtime: 3min 53s

The push-off-center deal is quite a bit harder to do than the strike-center deal, but it is also more versatile. Allan executes it flawlessly.

runtime: 2min 43s

These double lifts start out essentially like a push off second deal, but have an added square up motion to display two perfectly aligned cards. Allan teaches two push off varieties.

runtime: 1min 27s

This push off one-handed bottom deal achieves a perfect illusion.

runtime: 1min 32s

With a bit of neck-tieing the deck you can turn a push off second deal into a very effective card change.

runtime: 46s

Allan teaches the basic push off second deal. Very similar push off techniques are also used for double lifts or to get a break beneath the top two cards.

runtime: 1min 25s

This is a variation of the classic push off second deal where the thumb works from the top edge of the package rather than the long side edge of the deck.

runtime: 55s

[Note that this method is not the method Richard Osterlind uses for his trademark penny bend effect.]

Imagine being able to bend a borrowed and signed spectator's penny, in their own hand in a visual manner. Your audience sees the penny bending in their hand!

You'll learn a secret technique to get a penny to bend as well as make it bend visually for the spectator. This method was inspired by James T. Cheung and Mentalism Plus. (Another description of the same method can be found in Steve Pellegrino's The Underground Penny Bend PDF.)

Does not use:

• pre-bent coins
• any kind of bending gimmicks which need to be palmed or introduced and ditched secretly

"Just watched Q&A Evolution again. Man, is it packed with subtleties and insights from someone who has been doing Q&A for 20 years. Also made up a set of the Evolution cards and have been practicing the moves. It doesn't take long at all to get the moves down smoothly. Everything takes place in your hands, right in front of the audience. And in the case of a one-on-one reading, literally right under their noses. The combination of the Q&A Evolution System cards and the readings framework Scott teaches allows you to do unique, one-on-one readings for one person, or many. The more I work with...

An adaptation of a classic card routine - the Spades 1, 2, 3, and 4 travel between the top and bottom of the deck, finally gathering together on top. Just when you think it's over - no, the magic has only begun. The Spades 5, 6, 7, and 8 appear on top of the deck, the Spades 9, 10, J, and Q appear on the bottom, and the final Spade King rises to the very top of the deck. For full details, see the performance video.

1st edition 2025, video 8:00.

You show four Queens of heart with a red back. Suddenly the backs become blue and then all four backs change again into four completely different back designs.

You will need four Queens of Heart with four different back designs. One double backer (one back matching one of the Queen's back) and one blank face card where the back matches the other back of the double backer.

1st edition 2019, length 2min 50s

Allan applies the Double Deal to a quick 3-way sequence popular in color monte routines.

runtime: 1min 15s

This move displays one card three times such that it looks like you have three identical cards. It uses the Christ-Annemann alignment move.

runtime: 2min 20s

Physically impossible! Show a sealed tic tac box, show a ten pence coin, then spit blow the ten pence into the sealed tic tac box and hand it out to the spectator.

A superb in your face money change! Ask the spectator if they have seen your Real Counterfeit Money. Show them a copy of a bill then right in front of them ink the bill into REAL MONEY with your bare hands.

You show four cards that have a joker printed on the front and back. Their backs magically change to red backs, and then they change again to all different backs.

1st edition 2025, video 1:54.

You will receive four effects:

Flick

Show an empty bottle and a coin. Visually toss the coin in to the bottle and the coin will melt through it. The bottle is then handed to the spectator for an inspection and to keep. Spectator cannot find any holes or gimmicks. Also, you can do this effect with a bottle full of water or any drink. Upon learning the secret, you will immediately want to rush out and perform it.

Scam

Attention! The creator takes no responsibility for the actions of the owners of this effect. This video was released with the goal of surprising and entertaining people....

Swallowing the razor blades is a classic routine of magic. In this two video pack Ian shares everything about the routine that he has used on stage and on the streets all over the world for almost twenty years. Nothing is held back as you see clips from several different live performances to illustrate what is being taught. This is a full professional routine for a fraction of the price of other versions.

length 40 minutes.

This is an incredible card through window effect. The gimmick is easy to build and doesn't take that long to make, but it is a little project and will take some care to make well.

• Use cards, photos, banknotes and other objects
• The card is not behind the tape before the performance
• Setup only takes a few seconds
• Fits in your pocket
• Perform it on almost any window including car windows

1st edition 2014, length 32 minutes

You show four cards with blank faces and red back except one card has a blue back. Suddenly and magically the blue-backed blank card changes to a point card with a black back and a big hole right in the center of the card. How did that happen?

1st edition 2023, video 2:49.

Link any signed playing card with itself.

• Spectator selects any playing card (no force)
• You tear out two frames and link the frames together
• The card can be signed
• The spectator can keep the card as a souvenir after you unlink them
• No preparation on the playing card
• No slits in the playing card
• Make the gimmick in under 5 minutes with household items
• In this routine you start and end clean
• Instant reset

1st edition 2015, length 31 min.

Borrow a bill, borrow a pen, fold the bill in half and shove the pen right through the center of the bill and all the way through. Miraculously the bill, after folded open is completely unharmed. No hole can be found.

• No gimmicks of any kind
• Everything is borrowed and everything can be returned right after
• Completely impromptu
• Extremely visual

A Card Warp effect that ends with an 'impossible' signed card with half turned face-out and the other half back-out.

Effect: A playing card is folded and then signed by a spectator. This folded and signed card is inserted between another folded card, just like in the classic Card Warp effect. Then the inside card is pushed from left to right and from right to left. First the direction of the white border of the card's back switches position. Then one half of the card turns face outward. At this point the folded and signed card can be handed out as souvenir to the spectator. It will have one...