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No, you don't have to sin after reading this. SIN here stands for Shadow Invisible Numerology.
This is a uniquely powerful and unconventional routine. Firstly you need zero knowledge of numerology to perform this, as numerology is only used as a theme here and not as a method. The "top layer" of the routine is completely "invisible" or "blank". And the "middle layers" of this routine are like "fleeting shadows" - partly visible and partly invisible. And hence the name Shadow...

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Once you start performing this effect, you will get so addicted to this routine that you will never stop performing it. It is that strong and powerful and gets you absolutely great reactions.
There is no physical deck of cards involved. You just carry a single folded preprinted card in your pocket or wallet. A participant secretly thinks of a set of 4 random playing cards. And he tells you a sequence of 3 lies about the cards in his mind.
And yet, in an absolutely impossible...

A compendium of mysteries from 20th century experts.
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A card selected and then lost in a shuffled deck will inexplicably be found by the magician, following a precise path traced by the cards themselves.
The Path Leading to the Choice is a unique card magic trick in which the magician, after showing and shuffling a deck of cards, hands it to a spectator to cut and complete. At that point, he divides the deck in two and asks the spectator to choose one of the two halves, shuffling it as he pleases, while he does the same with his own half of the deck. The spectator then chooses any card from his half and lost it into his own bunch, placing...

Una Carta Selezionata e poi Dispersa in un Mazzo Mescolato, verrà inspiegabilmente Ritrovata dal Mago, seguendo un Preciso Percorso tracciato dalle Carte Stesse!
Il Percorso che Conduce alla Scelta è Un effetto inedito di Cartomagia dove il mago, dopo aver mostrato e mescolato un mazzo di carte, lo consegna ad uno spettatore perché lo tagli e ricomponga. A quel punto divide in due il mazzo e fa scegliere una delle due parti allo spettatore perché lo mescoli a piacere mentre lui farà lo stesso con la propria parte del mazzo. Lo spettatore sceglierà una carta qualsiasi tra le sue e...

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I do not know how to pronounce 'Equivoque'. But I know how to perform it, like most magicians and mentalists. Equivoque is an age old technique which can be very powerful when performed right. There are many notable works on equivoque in magic literature.
But this ebook is not exactly about equivoque. This ebook is about a few unconventional techniques which when added to equivoque make it way more powerful and way more easy. And way more elegant. You are expected to know the...

Principles and stories from cheating at the blackjack table.
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Step into the world of 1980s Las Vegas, where the casinos were iconic and the stakes were a matter of life and death. In his gripping memoir, Dustin Marks reveals how he executed over 500 cheating plays and retired without ever being caught.
Discover the "Double Down from a New Deck" and the high-tech "Computer Cooler," a masterpiece of deception that netted $151,000 in a single night. This is more than just a story of crime; it is a master class in psychological manipulation...

A magical prediction that will not only turn out to be correct but will also hold a final surprise!
Predictable and Unpredictable Poker is a new card magic effect in which the magician, after showing and shuffling a deck of cards, hands it to a spectator who, after cutting it into three sections, keeps the last pack for himself and, once the rest of the deck has been reassembled, returns it to the magician. The magician then takes the cards behind his back and divides them again into three piles, placing them face down on the table.
Latter takes his cards behind his back and divides...

Una Predizione Magica che non solo si rivelerà corretta ma nasconderà anche un'inaspettata sorpresa finale!
Poker Previsto e Poker Imprevedibile è un nuovo effetto di Cartomagia dove l'illusionista, dopo aver mostrato e mescolato un mazzo di carte, lo consegna ad uno spettatore che, dopo averlo tagliato in tre parti, trattiene per sé l'ultimo mazzetto e, una volta ricomposto il resto del mazzo, lo riconsegna al mago. Quest'ultimo porta le proprie carte dietro la schiena e le divide nuovamente in tre mazzetti, disponendoli di dorso sul tavolo.
Lo spettatore, dapprima conta le carte...

A brand-new impromptu card magic effect in which two cards, chosen at random by the audience, are inexplicably captured!
This is an automatic card magic trick that can be improvised in any situation, even if you simply borrow a deck of cards (it could be also an incomplete one) and let the audience inspect it first.
The magician hands the deck to a pair of spectators so they can shuffle it as they please. Then the first spectator begins stacking a few cards face down on the table; he stops at one of them, discreetly notes it, and memorizes its value. He places it, face down, on top of...

Un inedito effetto Impromptu di Magia con le Carte in cui vengono inspiegabilmente catturate due carte scelte a caso dagli spettatori!
Il Mistero dei Tre Mazzetti è un nuovo effetto Automatico di Magia con le Carte che è IMPROVVISABILE in qualsiasi situazione, anche semplicemente prendendo un mazzo di carte in prestito (magari pure incompleto) e dandolo prima da controllare agli spettatori.
Il prestigiatore consegna il mazzo ad una coppia di spettatori perché lo mescolino a loro piacimento. Poi il primo inizia ad impilare di dorso qualche carta sul tavolo: si ferma su una di esse,...

An unusual and inexplicable version of "ACAAN" using a borrowed deck shuffled by any spectator.
Impromptu "Any random Card At Any Number" Mystery is an ACAAN themed effect that can always be performed impromptu, also if you borrow a deck of cards (perhaps even an incomplete one) and let any spectator shuffles it freely! The magician asks the spectator to rise a small pack of cards, count them in secret, and remember that number. Before losing those cards into the rest of the deck, he asks the spectator to shuffle them and then choose one. He puts everything back into the deck, which he...

Una insolita ed inspiegabile versione di Carta al Numero con un mazzo preso a prestito e mescolato dallo spettatore!
Il Mistero dell' Impromptu "Any random Card At Any Number" è un effetto di Carta al Numero che è SEMPRE IMPROVVISABILE, persino prendendo un mazzo di carte in prestito (magari pure incompleto) e dandolo da mescolare liberamente ad uno o più spettatori!
Il prestigiatore chiede di alzare un mazzettino di carte e contarle in segreto, ricordandosene il numero. Prima di disperdere quelle carte tra il resto del mazzo, gli chiede di mescolarle tra loro e ne fa scegliere una....

A new mentalism effect in which the spectator thinks of just one card, which will then be the only one not found in the deck, and the magician will prove to be the only one who knows its location, right from the start.
A.C.C.A.A.N." (Arbitrarily Chosen Card At No Number) is an amazing mentalism effect, in which the magician, after producing a deck of cards, asks a randomly selected spectator just to think of one card, creating it in his mind piece by piece: first he imagines its color, then its suit, and finally its value.
He will then invite the spectator, after revealing for the first...

Un effetto inedito di Cartomagia Self-Working in cui il Mago riuscirà per ben due volte a catturare una CARTA liberamente scelta e dispersa nel mazzo!
"C.A.S.I.N.O." (Carta Arbitrariamente Scelta In Nessun Ordine) è uno strabiliante nuovo effetto di MENTALISMO, dove l'illusionista, estratto un mazzo di carte, chiederà ad uno spettatore scelto a caso di pensare solamente ad una carta, costruendola nella sua mente un pezzo alla volta: ne immaginerà dapprima il colore, poi il seme ed infine il suo valore. Inviterà quindi lo spettatore stesso, rivelata per la prima volta la carta a cui...

Imaginary Card At Number Not Only Thought
A brand new and incredible (automatic) mentalism effect where the illusionist will manage to get a spectator to find a card that he has only thought of at the same own number!
After showing a deck of cards to the audience, he shuffles and cuts and completes. He then hands it to a spectator, who sits on the opposite side of the table, asking him to take it under the table so that no one can see it, and to cut it again, at any point, and complete. After that, once he has the deck back from under the table, the magician does the same thing, without...

Carta Immaginaria Al Numero Solamente Pensato
Un inedito effetto (Automatico) di Mentalismo in cui lo spettatore troverà la CARTA SOLAMENTE PENSATA al proprio NUMERO!
Dopo averlo mostrato al pubblico, mescola e taglia un mazzo di carte. Poi lo consegna ad uno spettatore, che fa sedere al lato opposto del tavolo, chiedendogli di portarlo sotto, in modo che non risulti visibile a nessuno, e di tagliarlo ancora una volta in un punto qualsiasi. Dopodiché, riavuto indietro il mazzo da sotto al tavolo, il mago fa la stessa cosa, senza poter vedere le carte. Lo riporta poi sul tavolo e chiede...

A fascinating automatic effect in which the illusionist manages to accurately predict the two cards on which the spectator will end his imaginary journey through time.
A brand new amazing (self-working) card magic effect where the mentalist will be able to predict the outcome of an imaginary journey through time, between the past and the future, which he will undertake with a spectator, using a simple deck of cards.
After showing it to the audience, he shuffles and has the deck cut, then extracts a first and a second prediction cards and, after cutting it himself, hands it to the spectator...

Un affascinante effetto Automatico in cui l'illusionista riesce a predire con esattezza le due carte su cui lo spettatore finirà un suo immaginario Viaggio nel Tempo!
Un nuovissimo effetto (Self-Working) di Cartomagia dove il mentalista predice l'esito di un immaginario viaggio nel tempo, tra passato e futuro, che intraprenderà con uno spettatore, servendosi di un semplice mazzo di carte.
Dopo averlo mostrato al pubblico, mescola e fa tagliare il mazzo, poi estrae una prima ed una seconda carta PREDIZIONE e, dopo averlo tagliato a sua volta, lo consegna allo spettatore perché volti...

An impressive (self-working) effect in which the illusionist will manage to find an incredible series of twin pairs starting from a card chosen by the spectator.
You will learn an astonishing automatic card magic effect based on the theme of couples and, in particular, twin pairs, consisting of any card and the one other card that shares both its color and its value.
A spectator receives the deck shuffled by the magician, cuts it at any point and, once completed, begins to turn the cards over from the top until they find the first card of even value (therefore composed of the sum of...

Un impressionante effetto (Self-Working) in cui l'illusionista riuscirà a trovare una serie incredibile di Coppie Gemelle a partire da una carta scelta dallo spettatore!
Imparerete come eseguire uno stupefacente effetto Automatico di Cartomagia costruito sul tema delle COPPIE e, in particolare, delle COPPIE GEMELLE, formate cioè da una carta qualsiasi e da quell'unica altra che ne condivide sia il COLORE che il VALORE.
Uno spettatore, ricevuto il mazzo mescolato dal mago, lo taglia in un punto qualsiasi e, una volta ricomposto, inizia a voltarne le carte dalla cima, fino ad incontrare...

An incredibly automatic mentalism effect in which the illusionist will be able to discover both the card chosen by the spectator and the role of knight or villain that he has secretly assumed!
A mentalism effect in which a spectator freely chooses any card from a deck shuffled by the audience and places it among a dozen or so other cards that he has taken himself, turning them randomly face up and face down, and shuffling them together. After a further series of shuffles and a few questions, which the spectator is free to answer either truthfully or untruthfully, the mentalist discovers...

Un effetto incredibilmente automatico di mentalismo in cui l'illusionista riuscirà a scoprire sia la carta scelta dallo spettatore che il ruolo di cavaliere o furfante che egli avrà segretamente assunto!
Un effetto di Mentalismo in cui uno spettatore sceglie liberamente, da un mazzo mescolato dal pubblico, una carta qualsiasi e la disperde in mezzo ad un'altra dozzina circa di carte da lui stesso prelevate, voltandole a caso un po' di faccia e un po' di dorso, e mescolandole tra loro. Dopo una serie ulteriore di miscugli e poche domande, a cui lo spettatore sarà libero di scegliere...

An A.C.A.A.N. in which everything was already planned!
An amazing prediction trick in which a spectator freely chooses a card from which an experiment will begin, guided by the deck itself to lead to a predetermined outcome. Based on the "A.C.A.A.N." theme, made self-working thanks to a new stack: "Tricolor".
After introducing a deck of cards and shuffling it, the illusionist hands it to a spectator to cut and complete as he wishes. Meanwhile, he places a blank card on the table and announces that the back of the card contains a Prediction of what will happen shortly.
The spectator...

Un A.C.A.A.N. in cui tutto era già previsto!
Uno stupefacente trucco Automatico di Predizione in cui uno spettatore sceglie liberamente una Carta da cui partirà un esperimento per il quale sarà il mazzo stesso a fare da guida per condurre ad un traguardo già previsto! Uno strabiliante effetto di Predizione a tema “Carta al Numero”, reso Self-Working grazie ad un nuovo stack: “Tricolor”.
Dopo aver introdotto un mazzo di carte e averlo mescolato, l’illusionista lo consegna ad uno spettatore perché lo tagli e ricomponga a piacere. Intanto dispone sul tavolo un cartoncino...

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...

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...

The Society of American Magicians was founded in 1902. Their first society journal was published in October 1911 on the suggestion of Charles Roltare. The currently serving president was the editor. Its content is a mix of meeting notes, news, opinions, and articles on historical matters, a good portion of which has been contributed by Harry Houdini.
1st edition 1911, PDF 821 pages.

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This series of Suit Ordering Systems is probably the world's first 'super store' for ordering suits. The main purpose of these various Suit Ordering Systems is to create a random sequence of suits while retaining a secret pattern visible only to the performer. The applicability of these SOS methods is for various stacks like memorized, algorithmic, mnemonic or any other type of stacked decks.
In this SOS Volume 5, a new innovative concept of Position Pair Suits is used to create a random suit sequence instead of the obvious red/black...

A legendary periodical now for the first time available in digital form. The digital edition is a Lybrary.com exclusive. If you see it offered anywhere else, you know it is a pirated edition, most likely far inferior in quality and completeness.
Magick started on July 17th, 1970, and ceased publication on November 12th, 1993. It spans 23 years, 496 issues in 19 volumes. More than 1400 effects from several hundred of the best minds in mentalism, on more than 2400 pages. The list of contributors is staggering. Below is just a small sampling from the several hundred contributors. You will find...

Compelling evidence of other-worldly existence as demonstrated with pasteboards.
I never believed in flying saucers ... that is, not until that fateful night in 2003. You may remember it. That's the night the power went out from the northeast to the midwest, and even left parts of Canada in the dark. Sunspots? Tree branches? Human error? You might think you know the cause, but I know. Because I was there when it all went down.
And so begins this extraordinary card miracle that'll have your spectators believing in UFOs and extra-terrestrials.
A borrowed deck is shuffled and a spectator...

An experiment of thought - powered by statistics, imagination, and impossibility.
This new effect offers a seamless experience between two spectators using only their own phones. No apps to install. No magician intervention. Just a static website that appears to display nothing more than card statistics.
Each participant thinks of a card, submits it, and follows a set of seemingly harmless instructions. Everything happens in their imagination: a card is exchanged, inserted into a virtual deck at a specific position. And yet, when the real deck is counted, the cards are found exactly where...

An impossible prediction.
Your spectator uses their own phone to fill a 3x3 grid with numbers 1-9 in completely random positions. They calculate the mathematical total themselves using their own choices, their own device, their own numbers. (Note: The input method is handwriting. To give you an idea, this is the app the spectator will use to manually fill out the 3x3 grid.)
Yet you've already predicted their exact result.
No apps to download. No gimmicked props. Pure mathematical impossibility.
Why this destroys audiences:

When Ed Marlo expressed his wish that his material be kept available "For the Guys," it was not his intent that the cost be prohibitive. That was not Ed's way. Ed didn't publish his material for the small amount of money they produced. He never received payment for most of the material he contributed. In keeping with the spirit of Ed's pricing, Wesley has decided to offer special pricing for those who purchase the full set of Marlo In New Tops.
In the month of October 2024, in recognition of the passing of the self-proclaimed "King of Cards," Harry Houdini, and the birth of the true, modern "King of...

Face a deadly challenge.
In front of you lies a high bridge made of eight pairs of cards, reminiscent of the perilous glass bridge from the popular TV show "The Squid Game". Each pair has one red card (safe, tempered glass) and one black card (dangerous, regular glass). A misstep onto a black card means instant failure. No second chance. The odds of crossing the bridge safely are slim—less than 0.4% chance of success. But you’re not going to let chance decide your fate!
During the preparation, the participant checked each pair to ensure it included one red card and one black card....

Experience the fascinating blend of artificial intelligence and card magic with this intriguing routine. Watch as seemingly random guesses transform into astonishingly accurate predictions of card suits.
Imagine a spectator freely selects ten cards for an experiment. In the training phase, you boldly attempt to predict the suits of these cards using mere chance or intuition - your model's default policy. Initially, your guesses mostly miss the mark, but each miss serves as crucial data for refining your approach.
Next, armed with insights gained from the training, you meticulously adjust...

This periodical ran for 5 volumes and 60 numbers, from September 1905 to August 1910. With volume 1 number 9, it became the official organ of the Magic Circle. For the last two numbers in 1910, P. T. Selbit handed the editorship to George Munro. It was succeeded by the Magic Wand.

Can you recognize a wine just by its smell? Can you do it blindfolded? Can you do it without wine?
You write on three billets the name of your favorite wines (let's say for example "Gevrey-Chambertin", "Pommard", "Saint-Emilion") and display them in front of your participant. As you turn your back, you ask the participant to switch two of the "wines". And two more. It can be any two. And again, and again and again...When the participant is convinced that the wines are properly mixed, you face him, blindfolded, and ask him to hand you the "wines" one by one. You're then able to recognize...

EFFECT
One bullet. Six chambers. One Ace of Spades. Six positions among five red cards. You give the cards to the participant for examination. The participant secretly inserts the "bullet" into one of the six chambers and hands you back the "gun".
The cards lie on your wide-open hand, you don't even look at them. You look at the participant. He knows where the bullet is. As you deal the first card face up, you say: "clic". The card is red. Empty chamber.
You keep looking at your participant. How does he feel about the next one? You deal the next one face up. Red card, empty chamber....