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This is a cheeky trick to perform when there is a request for "one more". The magician starts by telling a story. The spectator gets involved in the action and turns "matchmaker". This trick is free of any sleights. The spectator invariably cuts to the four queens in an impossible way.

The performer removes the four Kings openly and lays them face down next to each other. The deck is shuffled and a card is dealt face down in front of each King. The performer continues to deal cards into four piles. When the spectator stops him, the performer places the face up King on the pile stopped at...

• PREFACE
• SIMPLE CARD TRICKS
  • An Easy Method Of Finding A Selected Card
  • To Bring A Chosen Card From The Bottom Of The Pack At Any Number Requested
  • A Chosen Card Shaken Through A Handkerchief
  • A Selected Card Found In A Lighted Cigarette
  • A Sticking Card
  • Two Selected Cards Caught In The Air
  • An Easy But Puzzling Trick
  • Travelling Cards
  • To Name All The Cards In The Pack
  • The Sense Of Touch
  • Where Is The Ace?
  • To Make A Person Name A Card Which You Have Yourself Selected
  • The Clock
  • How To Guess Cards Thought Of
  • An Ingenious Card Trick
  • To Name A Card Which Some...

The effect on the phone has always intrigued me: you cannot arrange the cards, nor do you see them, the deck is that of the spectator, you cannot touch it or see it. Then there is an insurmountable difficulty: you have to explain each operation in a simple, step-by-step way and, not being able to visually check, you are forced to prepare, in the presentation, control "stakes"; all this, however, provided that your description is perfect and, at the same time, flawless, without danger of misunderstanding.

And then there is the "revelation" mode: it can only be presented as an effect of mentalism,...

A deck of cards becomes a stable of 52 horses. The horses are shuffled by a spectator and the deck is placed down. The performer then writes down the name of one of the horses on a pad and places it sight unseen in view on the table. This is a prediction of a horse that he believes will win an imaginary race in a few moments time.

Spreading the deck, a spectator is invited to touch one at a time completely at random seven horses. These are removed and held in a pile. He then selects any number from one to seven. Using the chosen number, horses are eliminated in the pile one by one until...

You, a spectator, a deck of cards, a miracle!

A spectator shuffles a deck of cards, you instruct them to hold the cards face up, under the table, so that only they can see them. Despite these test conditions, you apparently display a genuine feat of 'remote viewing' by attempting to name each card in turn, as if you are somehow able to 'see through the table'. With an accuracy way beyond the odds you are able to prove to your audience that they are witnessing a real demonstration of 'psychic' ability and what you claim to be true, must be possible.

This effect will completely 'blow away'...

After explaining his effect 3H in his ebook More Plots and Methods (2021, p.25), Michal Kociołek writes:

This ebook contains my solutions to his challenge. The routines range from impromptu to stacked, though the majority of the effects can be done with a borrowed deck of cards and no preparation. Those...

Over the years, many have (incorrectly) assumed that the "Power of Thought" effect that Scarne enjoyed performing uses the same method as the version described in the Scarne On Card Tricks book. This is not the case, as you'll be pleased to discover if you buy this ebook. This is the version Scarne himself used and (unlike the version in the mass market book), this method doesn't rely on swapping cards in your pocket. Indeed, you need not wear a jacket at all; you can perform this effect in your swim trunks if you're so inclined.

This method was originally offered by Scarne to magicians in a 1950 pre-publication...

Here are the contents:

Scatter Shot -- A multi-phased ace production specifically designed for an opener. The aces literally seem to come from everywhere, right up to the...

Imagine:

The magician introduces a deck of cards. He invites a spectator to thoroughly shuffle the deck. Once the spectator is done shuffling, the magician spreads the deck face up as he asks them to verify that all the cards are in fact different. With this done, he closes the spread and turns the deck back face down. He then instructs the spectator to cut the deck into 3 piles. Furthermore, he promises never to touch the deck again until the end.

The spectator takes the deck and cuts it into 3 more or less equal piles: top pile, middle pile and bottom pile respectively. The magician...

A prediction Jumbo card is placed sight unseen in full view. A deck of cards is displayed and shuffled and a spectator freely selects a number of cards to use from the deck. These cards are eliminated one by one until only one remains. Despite the freedom of handling and choices, the selected card matches the Jumbo prediction. Very easy to do, suitable for a close-up show or a stand-up performance.

1st edition 2017, PDF 2 pages.

1. ...A Rule Of The Thumb
11. A Handkerchief Is Selected
12. A Card Is Found Once More
13. Odd or Even, Which?
14. The Alternate Detection
15. A New Kink
16. Annemann's Eight-in-a-Row Location
17. Red or Black
18. The Challenge Of The Year
19. The Mind In Retrospect
20. The Five Thought Effect
21. The Guessing Contest
23. The Two Person Location
23. A Couple of Cards Get Together
24. The New Deal Card Code
25. The Perfect Club Slate Routine
27. Fair and Square
28. Dual Sympathy
29. Another Sympathetic Mystery
30. Triplets By Chance
31. The Last of The Think Stop Tricks
33. Your Card!
34. The Tune Detective
35. The Mindreader's Dream
37. Music In The Air
39. A Quaint Happening
40. The Prophecy...

More of this letter can be found in our ebook version of this great book. [The contents of this letter was generously contributed by Jan Janson.]

Paul Fleming wrote:

The Amazing World of John Scarne holds revelations and experiences in gambling, magic, carnival and show business; together with startling disclosures about hypnotism, extra-sensory perception and other mental effects.

The once world's number one expert on gambling tells in this no-punches-pulled, startlingly frank book the whole inside story of gambling, and reveals all the dodges, gimmicks and tricks used by cheaters at dice, cards, roulette and other games of chance. His sensational revelations extend also to magic and escape tricks, to the chicaneries of carnivals and even to the blasting...

MonuMental is a new multiple prediction effect that packs a punch. The routine is fully explained in a 40 minute video presentation that you can download to your computer. Includes two versions.

Also included on this video is Beyond. A spirit writing effect where a spectator initials all six sides of three blank business cards. Despite this, a message or prediction magically appears on one of the sides while he is holding the cards. And he can keep this as a memento. See demo on your left.

Video format is WMV and requires Media Player, Media Player Classic, or any other program that will...

1. ... Flowers - Edward Schoell
388. Random Notes - William J. Hilliar
388. An Improvement in Lighting Hat Lanterns - Fred C. Figueroa
389. From Our Correspondents - news
     • South Africa - T. Hayes
     • England - F. Edward Cook
     • Ireland - George Joyce
     • Berlin - M. Hermann
390. Notes and Queries - news
390. Rising Cards
390. Rapid Transit - Ben Hoffman
390. A New Vanishing Coin - Ellis Stanyon

393. Mahatma - Volume IV, Number III - September 1900 - 12 pages
393. Frank Ducrot - photo
394. Frank Ducrot - cover story
394. Red, White and Blue - P.T. Tibbies
395. The Magicians Art - poem by Albert Bigelow Paine
396. Directions for Working...

1. ... IX, Number 5 - November 1905 - 12 pages
1087. Robert Henry Elroy - photo & biography
1088. London Notes - news - Neil Weaver
1088. Philadelphia Items - news - Sylvester
1088. New York News
1088. St. Louis, Mo. Items - news
1089. Continuous Front and Back Palm - Its Use and Abuse - L. Cohen - continued
1089. How to Tear a Pack of Cards in Two
1089. S.A.M. Official Column - Oscar S. Teale
1090. San Francisco Notes - Geo. H. Stipp
1090. Many Women are Deft in Magic
      • Take to the Black Art
      • Gave Her popularity in England
      • Queen Was an Expert
1091. The Magic Circle of Great Britain - Neil Weaver
      • Rules and Regulations

1097. Mahatma...

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     • 1. The 'Whole' Idea
     • 2. Fancy That!
     • 3. Candle Capers
206. Mental and Spirit Magic
     • The Taste Tells! - Charles W. Cameron
207. Fan-Tum-Pipe - Frederica
210. Lewis Ganson's Fotomagic - series
     • Card Moves - Tom Sellers
       • Through a Quarter Inch Hole
       • Three Cards Pass
       • Melt Away Cards
       • A Useful Card Move
212. Silk to Lemon - Plus - Tom Johnson
215. Es'court Card - Campbell McRae
217. Card Magic
     • The Performing Aces - Dave Campbell
222. Review - comments from Harry Stanley
     • Happy Christmas
     • The Coming Year
     • Eddie Joseph
     • Sameness
     • Saturday Sessions in...

In the spring of 2005 Jay Sankey sent out a world-wide request for audition videos featuring original material from unknown magicians. In response, performers from more than a dozen countries submitted more than 200 tapes and dvds! From this mountain of submissions Jay and his team unanimously selected Joe Diamond, Eric Leclerc and Jeff Stone.

A few months later, Jay, Joe, Eric and Jeff met up in Toronto and over a couple of days taped an outstanding collection of close-up magic and mentalism including 20 effects with matchbooks, coins, playing cards, keys, film canisters, wrist watches, chewing gum,...

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  • ... - Perry
  • NOVELTY CIGARETTE SLEIGHTS - Berland
  • DUPLEX SLATE ROUTINE - Massey
  • BIRD CAGE VANISH - Simms
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  • SPEAKING OF PICTURES: J. Elder Blackledge, CAPTAIN HARRY BAKER
  • FATHER GILLESPIE. S. J. - Dell O'Dell
  • DELAND'S FLOATING SKELETON - Gibson
  • REVELRY IN HAUNTED HOUSE - Joy
  • MONEY IN CARDS - Schroeter
  • SUCKER SILKS - Count Lionel
  • GROWING WAND - Dore
  • RABBIT TAG - Christopher
  • SOLDIERS IN GREASE PAINT - J. J. Proskauer
  • EDUCATED RABBIT - Hill
  • ORSON WELLES - George Karger
  • AN EDITORIAL ON DEALERS' ETHICS
  • NOVELTY HAT AND CANE - Leonhardt
  • EVAPORATED AND CONDENSED KNOTS - Price ...

• ... Chopped Prices
• Walt Lees with a contribution of his own as he considers Conventional Etiquette

• News and Reviews around the Studio
• Ian Adair presents Rabbit Bio Card - business for children's entertainers
• Ron Escort says Hippo Birdie To You!
• Peter Duffie with Key Largo - Cards A Gogol
• Malcolm Malan's rubber based Y2K Rabbit Project
• Barrie Richardson with The Touch of Power
• The Back Window - Al Smith - The leader of the deck!
• Letters. Your chance to have your say on all things magical
• Eddie Dawes is still collecting his thoughts
• Ian Keable's Top Ten List of British...

A spectator selects an ace, say the Ace of Hearts. The magician explains that he made a prediction earlier, and shows a packet of four blue backed cards, apparently a single ace among three jokers. With a snap, the magician claims that he can make the selected ace turn face up. One card does reverse, but a joker. Despite this, the performer shows that he clearly has three jokers and only one ace: the selected ace, the Ace of Hearts! One of the jokers is now turned over to reveal another prediction: the back is now red, and has writing that reads “Ace of Hearts”! All of the cards may now...