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In this fantastic ebook, you'll find the truly impromptu tricks found in The Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, together with dozens of notes not found in the original. These notes add new and interesting tricks and fresh ideas for presentation and even patter in some instances. But that's not all. We have added many illustrations that help clarify the description of certain tricks. Another thing we have done is adding, in some cases, the original advertisements that were used to sell these tricks when they were put on sale way back then.

Truly impromptu means that you take a normal shuffled deck and immediately, with no preparation...

Excerpt from the foreword:

Excerpt from the introduction:

• Millard Longman shares Bitcoins from Cyberspace
• Patrik Kuffs teaches his routine, 2Kuda
• Adam Socha shares a method for Cards At Any Number
• Kyle Leon teaches his Clean Cut Aces
• Paul Hallas has a Three-Person Quickie
• Steven Palmer takes A Subtle Breather
• Dale Moore says, What the Actual Freak
• Landon Stark shows how to make a Face Change Gimmick
• Biz teaches the Metro Control
• Plus, Scott Baird shares some low-tech ideas for building a Lottery Simulator and other Mad Libs-based predictions over Zoom!

PDF 52 pages.

• ...
  • ... The Floating Ball
• Tricks with Birds, etc.
  • No. 193—The Chafing Dish
  • No. 713—Magical Shot and Enchanted Cage
  • No. 261—The Birds From Nowhere
  • No. 422—The Hong Kong Duck Vanish
  • No. 492—The Fishing Trick
  • No. 201—Welsh Rarebit Pan
• Tricks with Cards
  • No. 688—The “Siril” Card Target
  • No. 56. The Card Tower
  • No. 69—Card and Coin Easel
  • No. 47—The Rising Cards
  • No. 45—Presto Rising Cards
  • No. 46—Cards Through the Air
  • No. 52 Rising Cards Mysterious
  • No. 378 A Novel Card Problem
  • No. 628—Pychic Thought Waves
  • No. 39—Electric Pack of Cards
  • No. 38—The Wizard’s...

The ebook is very hands-on and written to encourage you to build some of the things explained. In fact, there isn't that much text...

• ... : 5
• Envelope Routines : 3

For example, in one of the ACAAN effects there are 4 different decks on view. The performer never touches any of them. 4 different participants freely choose any one of the decks each for themselves. And in that freely chosen deck, they will find their thought of card at their thought of number.

Another example, in one of the tossed-out effects you toss out an ungimmicked book to 4 participants in the audience one after the other and each will open a page to the number in their mind. And you can reveal accurately what each of them individually is thinking...

This is a collection of early Lybrary.com discs (CDROM, CD). Blackston Party Magic is an audio CD, the others are all CDROMs with HTML ebooks on it. The smaller ones were called mini-CDs or business-card-CDs because some used them as business cards to hand out their resume or other digital files and documents. We used them to deliver ebooks.

Included in this collection are:

• Party Magic
• Card College 1
• Angels May Shuffle But The Devil Still Deals
• Pocket Power
• Hoffmann's Trilogy - two different label design versions (Modern Magic, More Magic, Later Magic)
• Dreimal Karo
• Peter Duffie Collection 17 ebooks
• Buckley Trilogy (Card Control, Gems of Mental Magic, Principles and Deceptions)
• Tarbell Course
• Jamy Ian Swiss Book Reviews

Please note that since all of these discs are burned and not pressed they may or...

The dark side of gambling.

"Loaded with rare, inside information." - Darwin Ortiz

"Absolutely fascinating and enlightening! Ingenious methods that boggle the mind." - Daryl

"Inside techniques exposed for the first time in print." - George Joseph / Director of Surveillance, Bally Entertainment Co.

It may be shocking and it's certainly dangerous. Nevertheless, this unique ebook represents the definitive resource on how professional con men cheat at Blackjack and other card games. The author, a former high-stakes cheater, explains an amazing array of specific moves with clear, understandable text and...

"Must reading for all card magicians!" - Allan Ackerman

"Outstanding!" - Darwin Ortiz

"This book should be on your shelf alongside The Expert at the Card Table, The Man Who Was Erdnase, The Annotated Erdnase, and Loaded Dice." - William P. Miesel

His name is not "Marks," but when you buy this ebook you will learn why he had to write under an alias. The ebook covers advantage play, cheating, and the moves that get the money.

"Exceptional. Controversial. Highly recommended." - Michael Dalton / Blackjack Review

"WOW! The real world of cheating and the plays that get the money." - Bob Snyder / Gaming Consultants

• Introduction
• My Credentials
• Casino Organization ...

• ...
  • ... Off Thumb
  • Ring-A-String
  • Color Ring Penetration
  • String-A-Color
  • Ring Flight
• Chapter Three: Unusual Mysteries With Coins
  • Sawing A Dime In Half
  • Coin Folds
  • Passe Passe Coins
  • Three Coins In The Fountain
  • Follow The Leader Coins
• Chapter Four: Strange And Incredible Coincidences
  • Color Control
  • Quadruple Coincidence (Four Boxes)
  • Triple Coincidence With Cups And Balls
  • Color Spot Mystery
  • Color Spot Mystery No. 2.
  • Word Matching
  • Four Letter Word
• Chapter Five: ESP And Other Mental Demonstrations
  • Box And Tissue Divination
  • Extra Sensory Perception
  • Improved Symbols Of Satan ...

The previous version of this routine, Future Test 2021 was very well received. This routine can also be performed in almost all performing situations - one-on-one, close-up, parlor, street, virtual show or even on a basic video call.

Future Test is a 'packs small plays big' kind of effect. Actually packs very small in your wallet and plays very big to a full room or in a virtual show or even over a video call. This effect is done on the back of your business card which you can later leave with the participant as a souvenir or send over to the participant's phone as a virtual image as a 'digital souvenir'. ...

• One, two or three signed cards (your choice) can appear within the wallet's sealed compartment without any palming or sleight of hand.
• A signed card from a blue-backed deck appears in the wallet - but now with a red back.
• Predict one or two selected cards (your choice) before they are selected.
• Give the audience a chance to win your credit card under the fairest conditions possible but they fail (all under your control).
• After the spectator...

• Preface
• The Mentalist's Dream
• Premonition
• Transposing Cards
• The Teller Deck
• Six Cards, Six Envelopes
• Deck-Sterity
• Inevitability
• Clean Cut Match
• Thought Anticipated
• Dual Control
• The Glenn Gravatt Trick
• The Master Card
• Nu Mene Tekel
• Nu Card Eureka
• Xkwizit Reverse
• Brainwave With Any Deck
• Perfect Similarity
• Sympathetic Trio
• Three Card Puzzler
• Cards And Glasses
• Triple Riddle
• Automatic Revelation
• Criss Cross Cut
• Super Prediction
• No Questions Asked
• Royal...

Original ideas across the spectrum for magicians.

A collection of magical ideas, most of which have been tested on genuine living audiences. Pete Biro has been performing and lecturing, as well as dropping juggling props here and abroad since 1966 - plus a bunch of time in the early 50's. "Most original tricks and ideas" he says, "come from having a creative memory!"

• Greetings
• Philosophy Of Magic
• Simplicity
• Stealing Material
• Here 'Tis - The Jumping Cigarette
• Card Control & No-Palm To Pocket
• Invisible Hair
• Severn/Biro Impromptu Rising Cards
• Inspected By Number 27
• Sock Purse ...

This is a routine for those who want to elicit screams from their female spectators at the final revelation. They are thinking of a card, the only card in the deck with a secret message, a message so profound and emotionally connecting that a scream of disbelief is the only reaction possible. At least that's what road tests of the routine have shown.

Also included, is a bonus routine with magic eyeglasses, invisible writing made visible, and a kicker ending that will baffle all.

1st edition 2023, PDF 7 pages.

An envelope is shown and a single card removed from inside, but not shown. The envelope is otherwise empty. This card is a prediction and is replaced into the envelope and left in view. Six Jumbo cards are freely and openly displayed and various spectators are asked to choose any of the cards to eliminate until just one is left.

Despite the fact that there is genuinely no force or selection control, the prediction card exactly matches the randomly arrived at selection.

This direct effect is ideal for a close-up or parlor show.

video 7:12.

• Foreword
• For Artists Only
• Five Points
• Part One
  • Chapter I
    • "Culling"
    • Reversing The Bottom Card
    • The "Lindahl" Method
  • Chapter II
    • Do As I Do
    • An Alternative Conclusion
    • "Glimpsing"
  • Chapter III: Three Sevens
  • Chapter IV: Arithmetical Magic
  • Chapter V: El Naipe Y La Corbata ...

The Svengali deck of cards is a specially prepared deck of playing cards (Poker-sized or Bridge-sized) that can be used by magicians or entertainers to perform various tricks. The deck and the tricks performed with it are assisted by its unique design and require almost no skill. It is based on a very old principle of entertaining deception and confidence game manipulation.

The cards of the deck can be flipped or riffled to create the illusion that the deck is completely ordinary. It can even be apparently mixed and shuffled. The trick involves a spectator choosing a card from the deck and...

A collection of ten astonishing tricks, all done with a regular deck and basic card magic knowledge. Everything is nicely photo illustrated.

Hi-Jack! - A goofy prediction turns into a deadly one-two punch of visual changes.

Peach! - Check out this brand new take on the classic 'Princess Card Trick', that ends with you revealing the actual thought of card, and then changing all the others to Aces.

Chip-Shot! - A reworked multi-phase Daley's Last Transposition routine, routined as a 'follow the leader' and wrapped up in a gambling presentation, featuring a top-secret handling for the...

• THE GIRL ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE
• TWO PRICELESS GAGS
• IDEAS FOR MAGICIANS
• CLEAR-VU BILL VANISH
• METAPOUR
• TRICKITIES
• PERSONAL TOUCH TO THE PAPER HAT
• THIMBLE TRANSPOSED
• PORTFOLIO OF TRICKS BY ALLESSANDRO
  • The Demon Dollar
  • A Cigarette Routine
  • Number Divination
  • Lie Detector
  • Four Ace Control
  • Magic Sum
  • Transposition Cards
  • Allessandro's Gag Kit
• ONE AT A TIME COINS
• ACES IN HAND
• HALLOWEEN ADAPTATION FOR SQUARE CIRCLE
• PATTER FOR THE TOM BOWYER REPEAT BILL TRICK
• BUILD- IT- YOURSELF PRODUCTION ILLUSIONETTE
• RIGHT CARD - WRONG COLOR
• SATAN'S SATIN
• A GROUP OF IDEAS BY AL MURDY
  • The...

A card is chosen and lost in the deck. The deck is spread on the table. A pendulum is passed over the deck and begins to move over a group of cards. These small numbers of cards are then spread separately on the table. The pendulum is passed again over the cards and the pendulum begins to move clearly over one card. The card is revealed: it's the card of the spectator. This is a good magic trick right?

One day, I dreamed that this trick was done totally by the spectator, thanks to his intuition. I never touch the deck. I never touch the spectator. I never touch the pendulum. I never touch...

This two-hour lecture will teach you a heightened awareness of how Slydini thought, moved, constructed, and achieved his magic. You will learn many of the underlying principles and concepts Slydini used to misdirect and apply sleight of hand. Dennis Barlotta demonstrates and explains the various...

CHAPTER VIII:
Illusions And Disillusion - Disappearing Man - The Veiled Woman - An Escape In Mid-Air - The Caged Woman - The Girl And The Dominoes - Fire And Water - Illusions With Mirrors - The Country Girl - The Hammock - The Arbour

CHAPTER IX:
Card Tricks - Examples Of Thought-Reading - A Code - The Jumping Cards - Magnetic Aces - The Change Over - A Feat Of Strength - The Boomerang Card - Cutting The Cards - The Torn Card - Vanishing Cards By Pistol - The Four Aces - The Herschell Card-Stabbing Trick

1st edition 1931, 279 pages; PDF...