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"The construction of the card is ingenious..." - Michael Close (Magic Magazine)

The famous and easy animated card that mysteriously moves away from your fingers—zooming across the table.

Examinable, before, during and after. This is one of the most devious uses of Elastic Thread ever created. Prior to releasing the idea to critical acclaim in 1999, Ben had been sitting on this for over ten years, using it privately for the most important occasions only. It is the perfect effect for Street Magic performances as it can be performed under the most stringent conditions—ANYWHERE!

As you and...

This is the most deceptive false shuffle available today. It was invented by Herb Zarrow and worth while the work you will need to put into it to make it flawless.

runtime: 3min 8s

In fact, the best part of the method is that the performer can totally control the final outcome as per his choice and that too working totally hands-free.

SUITABLE VENUES : Close-up, Parlour, Street, and Virtual shows (with just a bit of audience management)

This is a stunning routine that is fun to perform and you and your participant will both enjoy it.

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These are the second four volumes of the Wizard Magazine as a PDF which you can download. It includes a hyperlinked index.

1st edition July 1951 - July 1956; 1733 pages.

• No. 49
  • George Armstrong / Charles Cole
  • Geomental Rayond / Two Person Mentalism
  • Dennis Barnes / Opening to a 4 Ace Routine
  • O.H. Patterson / My Rings on Rope
  • Len Belcher / My Card Stab
  • Tom Sellers / Simplex Card Prediction
  • John K. Bays / Famous Magicians
  • A.C. Newitt / Why Use the Pass
  • Harry Thomas, Max Linden / The Tomlin Coin Box
  • Jack Lamonte / Opening for the Egg Bag Routine
  • Philcardo / Bouquet for...

This is a collection of three card effects with a Mentalist's presentation. Because of this, there are no knuckle-busting sleights or use of anything but a standard deck of cards (although one of the effects works better with a single double-backer).

Not only do you get three audience-tested, astounding effect, but you also get a video explaining the author's improved method for the cascade control and many extra tips, tricks and alternate endings. The video is in wmv format. You are taught everything you need to perform all the effects to know except the humble double lift.

You will learn...

This is an application of a double lift and achieves a color change.

runtime: 48s

• ... Through a Ribbon
• Ward's Miracle Production Hat
• Eyeless Vision - Seeing Colors with the Fingertips
• One Man Floating Ball
• Watch Time Fly!
• Dr. Rhine Outdone
• Diminishing Dollar
• A Trip to the Moon
• Controlled Choice
• Vest Pocket Mentalist
• Instant Mindreading
• Mental Vision of a Serial Number
• Card in Flame
• Two-Person Act with Spectators
• Ward's Original Spirit Photo
• New Two-Person Mental Code
• Comedy Mindreading
• Amazo Telepathy Test
• Educated Goldfish
• Kling Klang Up-to-Date
• Graphometry - A New Science!
• Quadruple Coincidence
• Levitation of a Wand
• An Impossible Card Trick
• Magic Lie...

Introduce your business cards or credit cards in a fun new way.

EMERGE
Your Business Card / Credit Card or a Playing Card eerily emerges out of the inside compartment. [One time setup and you are good to go for hundreds of performances. The speed is completely under your control. Resets Instantly.]

CARD DART
Your Business Card / Credit Card jumps out of wallet. [Even for the laziest person set-up will takes less than 10 seconds]

Works with any regular bi-fold wallet. You can keep all your stuff in there and still perform these. Also included in the explanation is CARD DART II which is an impromptu take on it's earlier version.

(For the PDF please check your digital shelf.)

1st edition 2015, length 18 minutes....

A notebook on card magic with more than 50 routines including wide range of different themes. All moves are being taught. A self-contained work with practical, effective and easy-to-do card magic.

"He has that brilliant mind that enables him to invent tricks which are easy to do and entertaining at the same time." - Obie O'Brien

"This new book will, I think, be welcome by all sleight-of-hand artists. Aldo has set out to describe several major improvements, and the items he has included in this book have been chosen from his collection of material that is the outcome of a wide experience...

From the Foreword:

This ebook features a variety of strong and easy to perform tricks. Of course, as the author of Modern Coin Magic Bobo includes a solid section on coin tricks, but he also teaches routines with cards, thimbles, rope, and there is also a detailed section on sleeving. Bobo was a master of it.

• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter I: New Card Technique
  • Multiple Card Control
  • Bottom Up
  • Bottom Peek
  • Top Peek
  • U Peek, I Peek
  • Color Change
  • The Ebling Crimp
• Chapter II: Keys And Tricks Therewith
  • A New Key Card
  • The Isolated Key
  • Stop Card Trick
  • Found
  • Bobo Locatrix
  • In His Hands
  • Telepathic Miracle
  • Two Backward...

Portal: This is the perfect playing card and business card transposition. A spectator selects a card and the card is then lost back in the deck. You show your business card which vanishes and appears protruding from your wallet on the table. When you open your wallet the business card transforms into the selected card and your business...

Devin also shows you mistakes not to make that can kill the illusion of a local presence.

Are you doing a fundraising show in another state? Devin teaches you how to have a virtual office and number to take orders for tickets. You are in complete control of the sales, even though you are hundreds of miles away. People think they are calling the local group.

This by far the most complete book ever written on the subject of virtual numbers. Devin shows you how to use them on websites, business cards and advertising to create a local presence...

Virtual Color Separation is an unusual and incredible effect of hands-off card magic, manageable even remotely, through a video chat, such as Zoom, Skype or Google Meet, but especially possible to perform by phone, with a spectator who has a common deck of 52 playing cards, that the magician will never have the opportunity to see but will still be able to control inexplicably, coming at the end to separate the red-suited cards from the black ones, without the spectator any wiser.

A lady chosen as a spectator, after having separated the red-suited cards from the black ones, will choose the...

This is a diabolic idea by Dai Vernon to improve on the Zarrow Shuffle. By doing the Zarrow twice he was able to eliminate the initial center block cut.

runtime: 1min 58s

This is an all time classic routine first published in Stars of Magic developed by Dai Vernon. A card is selected, lost in the deck, and then cards are shuffled together face-up and face-down mixing them into a big mess. Magically all cards turn back face-down except the one chosen by the spectator which is found to be face-up in the center of the deck.

runtime: 5min 5s

Dai Vernon's version of the ATFUS achieves a much stronger illusion but is less versatile than Marlo's ATFUS.

runtime: 2min 43s

This is a technique, developed by the Professor, how to move the top card into a magician's palm while maintaining a high arch in your palming hand.

runtime: 57s

Replace cards from Tenkai palm back on a partial deck while pushing it toward the spectator.

runtime: 32s

A wonderful way to reverse one or several cards during a riffle shuffle, developed by Dai Vernon.

runtime: 1min 11s

You will learn two more push off double lifts, one by Dai Vernon which is probably the most naturally looking one.

runtime: 1min 13s

This is a turnover pass developed by Dai Vernon.

runtime: 1min 20s

This is a sneaky way to get your key card in the fairest possible manner on top of a selected card.

runtime: 1min 20s

This move allows you to completely switch out a block for another set of cards, for example switch the four Kings for the four Aces.

runtime: 2min 5s