with Demo Video in Magic & Mentalism

Now available as a video download. For the PDF version, see Card Trail.

Five effects and one in-the-hands false cut. Jaw-dropping card magic that's big on impact and easy on the knuckles. Fun plots and novel methods abound in this compilation of pasteboard chicanery.

IMPROBABLE VS. IMPOSSIBLE -- A prediction effect and four Ace production... sounds weird but it's really cool.

OUT OF POCKET -- An insanely visual card and bill transposition.

SAVING ACE -- A Triumph/Ace location effect that makes you look like a sleight of hand master, but is pretty easy to do.

PROVIDENCE -- A sandwich effect...

Three cards are added to each of the four aces, but the aces magically get back together, besides other cards separating them.

As the name suggests, the ATFUS (Any Time Face-Up Switch) move has something to do with the method of this effect. No gaffs are needed. This is a sleight of hand routine.

1st edition 2025, video 2:55

One night at the Magic Castle, two young Germans showed this to Dai Vernon. Nine cards change to completely different cards with no hint of sleight of hand. A startling effect, it has the added plus of being in anybody's skill range, using only nine cards and no gaffs. You can customize this to illustrate whatever your imagination can devise.

The demo and tutorial videos will have you doing this in a matter of minutes.

1st edition 2025, video 2:02.

You can use the turn count to, for example, display several identical cards with one odd card. Upon turning over a card, the faces have all changed to the odd card, with only one left with the old face. You will need some double facers to use it in this way.

1st edition 2025, video 2:39

Mammoths used to be animals immense in size and power - and Mammoth Tear delivers exactly that and more.

This is a two-step center tear where you have the 'option' to cleanly show both the front and back of the folded paper - with absolutely nothing suspicious to see. It's bold, deceptive, and incredibly fair.

Not ready to peek right away? No problem. Mammoth Tear features a clever design that lets you steal the center with ease. It also allows you to open it with a single hand, the right side up, always - giving you complete control over the timing.

The ability to access someone's...

You start by showing one joker and several blank cards, which are blank on both sides. Adding the joker to the blank cards makes them all become jokers on their faces. Then you do the same with the backs and end up with a pack of jokers. The blank cards have changed to jokers.

1st edition 2025, video 3:27.

You show one card with a big hole cut from its center and four regular cards without any holes. When you remove one from the regular cards and add the hole card to the others, they all suddenly also have big holes. Then you reverse it back to no holes. It uses a sneaky combination of methods.

1st edition 2025, video 4:24

One of the finest and fastest card effects from the creative mind of Ed Marlo. It uses no special cards and requires only basic skills. Fast and clean. A reputation marker.

1st edition 2025, PDF + video 00:45.

I have already published a few behind-the-back location effects, such as Behind the Back Location and The Gift. In this ebook, I am publishing another behind-the-back location effect, except this one is, in my opinion, the strongest one. I think it’s more fooling than the aforementioned two. Hence why I decided to call it The Ultimate Behind the Back Location.

There is a full performance video by my friend attached below, but before you watch it, here are some important conditions to keep in mind:

• The deck in play is completely regular. It doesn’t contain any gaffs or gimmicks. It doesn’t even contain any crimped...

You show four cards from the backs. Turning one face up, say the seven of hearts, will magically turn all cards face-up - they are all sevens. You turn them all back face-down. Suddenly they change to the four jacks.

1st edition 2025, video 5:02

I have already published an open prediction effect called Open Prediction: A New Approach to a Classic Plot. Here I am publishing a different open prediction method of mine. I call this one Open Prediction: The Simplest Approach because the method is extremely simple, yet, despite that, it produces the ideal effect from a lay person's point of view. Also, despite the simplicity of the method, it is previously unpublished as far as I'm aware.

Below you can see a full performance video by my friend:

1st edition 2025, PDF 7 pages.

You start out with eight cards consisting of two packets of four identical cards each. The two designs are different. Peter uses two differently colored spots. This display move allows you to show eight identical cards with one design, and then eight identical cards with the other design. The spectator will think you have eight identical cards, and then suddenly they change to eight different cards.

1st edition 2025, video 2:44

A twisting routine that ends with a climax where all four cards have different backs, when before they all had the same backs.

1st edition 2025, video 2:32

"Well it fooled me! I had no idea how you got the information to your assistant. I tried to solve the puzzle, but gave up and read the PDF! I would never have thought of that method!" - Marc Paul

"This is absolutely unbelievable! This is the most out-of-the-box method for this type of trick that I have ever seen!!! I have no idea how the Unnamed Magician managed to think of this method." - Tony Bianco

"If you watch the demo video while keeping all the conditions in mind, you will understand the true impossibility behind this. This looks like real telepathy." - Josh Wilson

"The Unnamed Magician...

You show seven Aces of Hearts and one odd card, the 10 of Clubs. After mixing these eight cards, you spread the packet face-up on the table, and they are now eight 10 of Clubs. A stunning and very visual immediate change.

1st edition 2025, video 3:16

You show four regular playing cards. Progressively, they change into four cards with a hole cut from the center.

1st edition 2025, video 4:35

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.

The performer shows four cards, two with regular backs and the other two with a square printed on the back. Suddenly, one card that had a square printed on its back now has a big round hole cut from its center. A moment later, two cards have a big round hole cut from their centers.

1st edition 2025, video 2:20.

You show the ace of hearts and diamonds and place them face down on the table. Then you show another set of ace of hearts and diamonds. Then these two cards transform into three cards, for a total of five cards, and they have now changed to a royal flush.

1st edition 2025, video 2:27

A visual two-phase oil and water routine. Show four red cards and four black cards. Interleave them black-red-black-red ... exchange the top two cards and you can show the cards have unmixed into four black cards and four red cards. Mix them again, and they will again separate.

1st edition 2025, video 2:14

You show five seven of hearts. Splitting the package in half transforms them to 4 kings of clubs. Adding an ace turns them into a royal flash.

1st edition 2025, video 3:53.

After shuffling the deck, you put a prediction card face down on the table. After some further shuffling you spread the deck and three cards appear face-up, three tens. You turn over your prediction but it is not the fourth ten but an ace. But don't worry, another fan of the cards and your prediction ace is now the missing ace in a royal flush.

1st edition 2025, video 3:55.

Step right up! Are you ready to astound your audience with a mind-boggling display of prediction and choice? Dive into the thrill of Duck Roulette, where you can predict the winner of your very own duck race, leaving your spectators in absolute awe.

Picture this: 7 colourful ducks, each uniquely numbered, are showcased before your audience. With the freedom to choose any 6 ducks, your spectators will be buzzing with excitement. Each choice is accompanied by a strip of paper with random numbers printed on it. These can be freely examined by the audience who can keep their strips as a memento....

A visual mystery with a Sharpie pen.

Imagine this: you casually place the cap of a Sharpie pen on its back end, and with a simple gesture, it vanishes before their eyes.

The twist? In a flash, the cap reappears perfectly recapped on the pen's tip, right where it belongs!

• Easy to perform: Perfect for beginners or seasoned magicians.
• Instant reset: Always ready for your next jaw-dropping moment.
• Everyday object: No suspicious props, just an ordinary Sharpie.