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“For those interested in furthering their skills and knowledge in mentalism Air Writer is a must read and I feel is destined to become a classic in this aspect of our art.” - Neil Somerville

“It can be put to so many uses the mind boggles.” - Stephen Young

“The beauty of the technique...

• News & Reviews around the studio with Geoff
• Tanpari Touch Who's Joking'
• All Rhodes lead to enlightenment. Magic news culled from the media
• Patrick Page makes a welcome return to our page with a new routine and presentation for a Classic effect
• Basic Card Technique, part 18 - The...

• News and reviews with Geoff
• Henrique as only he can be
• Ian Adair presents Cartoon Capers for the children
• Eddie Dawes once more collects his thoughts
• Peter Duffie with a dark widow
• ChiKANEry - this month Peter is courting Jokers
• New Competition for year 2001 Your chance to win ...

• ... a recent radio programme about exposure and the Magic Circle
• Al Smith and his gobsmacked punters
• Jim Breedon: turns detective with a magical thumb print.
• Peter Duffie: shows four cards with backs but no faces, which suddenly become printed. No, there are no extra cards!
• Steve Jones: uses dice to locate the aces.
• Peter Kane: has a method of causing a card to pass from one pile to another, which is totally different to the one he describes in the last issue.
• Werner Miller: presents an ingenious effect with a standard ESP deck.
• Barrie Richardson: describes a finesse to use when produdng...

• ...Peter Kane describes some ingenious faro faradiddling.
• Werner Miller has a joker sandwiched between two face-up jacks on top of a packet. After a shuffle, a previously selected card is found sandwiched between the jacks, and the joker is on the bottom.
• Alan Ward goes every step
• Chris Wardle matches 3 cards
• Ali Cardabra gambles with cards and dice
• Ian Adair's Floppy Flower Show, a fun-filled Just Chance, angled towards the young.
• Ian Adair introduces a mystery involving a children's card game, he also offers a paddle trick aimed at the same age group and a floppy flower show!
• Tom Batchelor is into spinning coins and gives several methods...

Trinities is a two-phase mind-reading routine. In the first phase, the mentalist correctly divines attributes (colour, suit, value) of playing cards which the spectator has shuffled, dealt and covered with his hands while the mentalist has turned away. In the second phase, which can be performed alone,...

• ... ACES: The Aces are inserted in the middle of the deck which is shuffled with some cards face up and some face down. At the end, all the cards are face down except the Aces.
• DEAL AND DUCK POKER: Ten cards are used. The spectator picks five at random. You end up with a Royal Flush.
• CARDS AND DICE PREDICTION: Two dice and a deck of cards. A card is selected by throwing the dice and the same dice find it.
• ELIMINATION: A card is chosen and you show the entire deck card by card. The selection is gone! It will re-appear face up in the middle of the deck.
• THE FIFTH HOTEL MYSTERY: Queens and...

"Fantastic book. It will influence a new generation of artists." - Jeff McBride, Las Vegas Headliner

• ... 3
• Heart Beat (E. B. Surty)
• Chuan's Absconding Queen (Tan Hock Chuan)
• The Backyard (Sam Dalal)
  • By George
  • S.O.S.
  In Focus (Sam Dalal)

  Issue 4

• Card in Crystal (Roy Fromer)
• Knots Away (S. Alam)
• Ripoff: A Number Quickie (Roy Fromer)
• Touch and Take (Peter Warlock)

  Issue 5

• Dice::ceptions (Stiles, Tenkai)
• The Backyard (Sam Dalal)
• Tenkai via Stern
• Once Over (Kirk Stiles)
• The Nightmare Rope (Art Emerson)

  Issue 6

• Mind-Kaleido (Sam Dalal)
• The Backyard (Sam Dalal)
• Ghost in the Graveyard (Tom Fitzgerald)

  Issue 7

• The Twist (George Blake)
• The Absconding Queen...

Una recopilación llevada a cabo por Aldo Colombini, que reune 25 buenos efectos para hacer de forma impromtu y con una baraja normal.

"Una vez más, he reunido trucos y rutinas totalmente IMPROMTU y con una baraja normal. Estoy encantado de la respuesta que han tenido todos mis libros anteriores...

Easy to do magic tricks with everyday objects!

"I thought it was a joke. It isn’t! What unbelievable value for money. All the tricks are real easy to do, and for all ages. I cannot believe that Wolfgang is selling this E-Book for this price. Admittedly I took a chance when I bought it, really not expecting much. What a surprise. This is the best buy ever!”" - Brendan Trichardt

Easy to do with everyday items you can find around the home. Great for everyone, from children to business people. Tricks with coins, glasses, dice, eggs, paper clips, cards, rubber bands and bananas. Mind...

• ... place pairs of cards on the table. Only two pairs match with the single card (e.g. all Stars).
• ESP, MAGIC OR COINCIDENCE? (Paul Hallas): Eight cards are shown and shuffled. Three spectators pair the cards by using the words ESP or MAGIC.
• MAKING THE POINT (Karl Fulves): Using two regular dice, a spectator finds two matching pairs from a shuffled deck.
• ESPIAL (Aldo Colombini): A combination of ESP cards and a regular deck of playing cards with a strong prediction with two cards having a Square and a Circle cut-out in the middle. Novelty effect.
• EITHER/OR (Stephen Minch): Two spectators...

• ... two matching cards; all the other pairs do not match.
• FIVE-WAY COINCIDENCE: A spectator cuts a portion from the deck at random and when these cards are dealt the five Circles (or other symbols) appear.
• DIE-ABOLICAL PROPHECY: You place a prediction in view. A spectator, using three regular dice finds a symbol in the deck. It matches your prediction.
• ESP PREDICTION SUPREME: You place three cards on the table. Three numbers given by three spectators find three random cards. They match your three cards.
• OUIJA MIRACLE: Using two regular dice, a spectator finds two matching pairs from...

Así que, aquí estamos otra vez, mi amigo y compañero "cartomago" (otra palabra de nuestro extraño diccionario mágico), presentando una colección de efectos de cartas. Algunos aparecieron en mi columna AS ALWAYS ALDO de la revista The Linking Ring y muchos están...

• ... cheap slush powder?
• How can I quickly make a flash paper substitute?
• How to create a burning paste?
• How to create a fire flash?
• What is the cheapest appearing rod?
• How can I make my own sponge balls?
• How do I keep my cardboard props better looking and longer lasting?
• How can I make loaded dice?
• What is a good and simple soap bubble formula?
• How do I best clean my Aluminum apparatus?
• How do I best clean my Copper and Brass apparatus?
• How do I wipe marker stains from my hands?
• How do I remove a drawing from a balloon?
• How can I build illusions and other stage props on the cheap? ...

The performer says prior to the show, he jotted down some "Random Thoughts" and place them inside an envelope. He shows the audience this envelope and places it in full view before the effect begins. Any spectator is invited to help. No stooges or pre-show work.

The participant is then shown an ungimmicked sheet of newspaper. The performer then tears that newspaper sheet in half four times resulting in a stack of torn papers. This stack is placed on a table. The spectator then counts down into the packet, using a number that was arrived at by throwing a pair of ungimmicked dice. The number...

In addition to be being one of the greatest manipulator of playing cards and perhaps the greatest card mechanic of all time, Scarne was a gambling expert, and sleight of hand artist. He wrote many books on cards, dice, gambling, he invented board games, set up gambling houses, taught G.I.'s how to avoid being cheated when gambling, and more.

Ferri wanted to write a book about some great Italian card games he loves to play in the style of Scarne on Cards.

At the end of Giocate! you will find the author's...

To significantly improve on an effect by Max Maven is a hard thing to do for anybody. But David has achieved this feat here with his Coincidence and Fate. One could even say that he has "out-maxed Maven!" - Chris Wasshuber

A shuffled ESP deck is placed on the table. A spectator rolls a pair of dice until satisfied. Using the total on the dice, the spectator deals down into the deck, and places the card at that number off to the side unseen. The deck is reassembled, and a second spectator repeats the process. When the two randomly selected cards are turned over, they match. The performer explains...

This is a Craps Championship winning strategy.

This is an ebook about "how to win" at playing craps. It covers all of the basics of the game so you will have a working knowledge of the table layout and various bets. Many of the craps wagers that you see players make are sucker bets and don’t apply to this winning strategy. Yes, the house can be beaten on a regular basis!

Twenty five chapters of do's and dont's with full color examples including an explanation of why this winning strategy works. You will pay for this ebook with the first roll of the dice!

If you are a beginner or new...

• ... ones.
• STRANGER IN PARADISE: One card is selected from a blue-backed deck. A red-backed deck is shown. The cards are counted and they are only 51. The selected card from the blue deck is turned over and it is seen to be the missing RED-BACKED card.
• DESTINY DECK: Using a deck of cards and two dice, you reveal a couple of very strong coincidences and a stunning climax.
• STRAIGHT POKER DEAL: A spectator shuffles the deck and you deal poker hands and, of course, you will win with the best hand.
• INCREDIBLE!: You show a deck half blue and half red. One card is selected from each half and these...

1. ... – card effect – Phil Goldstein
69. more items at the shop
72. Hopscotch – effect – Phil Goldstein from Spell-Binder 23

4. Sorcerer – Fourth Issue – n.d. – 34 pages incl. covers
73. Editorial – Martin Breese
74. Street Entertainers – festival at Covent Garden
78. items at the shop
79. Chinka Dice – Chink-a-Chink routine – David Britland
83. more items at the shop
85. Scotch on the Hop – effect – Patrick Page
86. more items at the shop
89. Gremlins – effect – Stephen Tucker
96. more items at the shop

1. Sorcerer – Fifth Issue – October 1984 – 38 pages incl. covers
105. Editorial – Martin Breese ...

• ... you are able to find the matching symbols.
• TRIPLE PSYCHOMETRY: A beautiful routine involving several effects, where you reveal selected cards and these cards find the matching symbols. A must for every ESP lover.
• ULTRA-DIE PROPHECY: You place a prediction on the table. A spectator throws three dice and the total reach a card at random in the deck. This symbol matches your prediction.
• ESP 7-CARD DRAW: A prediction is left in full view. The deck is shuffled and a spectator draws seven cards. They match the symbols you wrote on the prediction.

INTUITO FEMMINILE
Gli effetti che hanno a che vedere con l’idea dell’intuito femminile vanno sempre bene e sono ricordati piacevolmente. Cinque uomini scrivono ognuno un messaggio segreto per le loro mogli, o le loro fidanzate. Dopo aver firmato...

The greatest ebook on dice work ever written for the magician. A complete manual of dice manipulation from the magic angle. Reputation making tricks. A wealth of content, including the Great Dice Stack in which four dice on the table are covered with a dice cup. Performer slides cup in a swinging motion, with its mouth against the table, then lifts it, and the dice are piled in a perfect upright stack! Featured by the famous John Paul, John Platt and many other close up men.

Also includes dice transposition, a dice and hat routine, holdout, They're Loaded, 3 dice and a coin, etc. Complete...