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Miraculous Card Magic Made Easy with Secretly Stacked Decks

reviewed by Duncan Miller (confirmed purchase)
Rating: ★★★★★ (Date Added: Sunday 06 September, 2026)

Great book. Excellent illustrations. The original is in Italian, but the English translation is quite good, except that a couple of paragraphs and chapter headings didn't get translated. Hopefully an update will clean this up. I like their variations on the Si Stebbins stack, which most magicians (and no muggles) will recognize. Only the simplest sleights are required for any of their effects, and sometimes none at all. For my taste, however, some of the effects are overly elaborate. I like my audience to be able to remember clearly what I did, but conclude that it was impossible. I want them to be mystified, but not confused.