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In 1853 the French La Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée by Jean Nicolas Ponsin was published. It was the first book to explain exactly how the leading magicians of the day in France performed their most prized effects. Sam Sharpe translated it to English and Wilf Huggins added a couple of clarifying illustrations.

This ebook is filled with intriguing effects with cards, coins and an entire section on the Cups and Balls. Surprisingly you will find here the idea of using metal balls, the same idea with which Paul Gertner created a sensation. You can find everything from mental miracles, to impromptu effects,...

[Note: This effect was already part of Mentalism games.

Effect: A spectator names any card, and you immediately produce it from your pocket.

Or: You write two cards on two business cards, put one in each pocket, and the spectator has to guess at least one of them. (It can be repeated right away if you want).

The method is 100% surefire and practical. There is no math, no probabilities, a little bit of memorization, but it is almost "intuitive". It is not difficult but needs a bit of rehearsal at the beginning, like for everything. It looks casual, completely impromptu, or even improvised, but you will have to do a onetime preparation with...

"Curse of Bank Night" is a take on Bank Night where nobody really loses, except for the magician who ends up on the wrong side of a curse. Finally, the sting is taken out of "Bank Night"!!!

"Rental" allows you to predict a movie that your friend is going to rent. Perfect for a seemingly impromptu piece.

"Autographs" is a routine involving an autograph book and a chosen card. This routine will have you drooling with the all its possibilities.

"Two Writes" gives you 52 outs from a folded piece of paper. Learn how to construct a multiple-out from one piece of paper and a gimmick. ...

This is number four of the Paul Diamond "Gems of Magic Book" series.

Being a treatise on sleight of hand and including a fabulous "Eye-popping opener".

• Introduction
• The Close-Up Change
• The Flick Change
• The Turn Down Change
• Using The Table Changes The Double And Triple Transposition
• Room At The Top (An Ambitious Card Routine)
• An Eye Popping Opening Routine
• The Revolving Color Change
• Triple You Do As I Do (Impromptu)
• The Dunbury Delusion Outdone
• A Variation In Handling
• The Excedrin Headache
• The Instantaneous Steal
• The 21st Stunner
• The 22nd Stunner
• Impromptu Psychometry
• The Expansion...

What is TOCATON?

TOCATON, the word, is an acronym for "thought-of card at thought-of number." It's pronounced "talk-a-ton." The word was coined by Nick Conticello to describe his new approach to the classic David Berglas effect "Any Card at Any Number." Nick feels the word is more descriptive of his effects because he does limit the choice of numbers and the choice of cards. But his approach has the virtues of speed of presentation and lack of preparation. Like most of his published work, TOCATON can be performed impromptu, with any reasonably complete pack of cards.

TOCATON, the e-book, contains four...

A wonderful collection of original magic/mentalism effects and theory.

The Assumption Principle: A deceptive but simple and versatile principle that you'll surely be making your own tricks with.

Bluff ACAAN: To the spectator, it is a meaningful take on the ACAAN using a shuffled deck and free choice. They can handle the deck for the naming of the card and number. They can deal the cards.

The Passive Force: An idea for an elaborate forcing method which you may already use, but have never realized it or thought of it in this way.

The Build Up Principle: You'll totally transform your...

• ...The Conjurer And The Stooge
• The Stabbing Trick
• Location Twenty-Six
• 500 Dollar Location
• The Milton Aces
• Match
• Matchmaking
• Diception
• P.S.E.
• Oil And Queens
• Nowhere And Everywhere
• The Triple Voodoo
• Elmsley And The Wolf
• Voices In The Pack
• Money For Jam
• Mis-Made Diamonds
• How The Deuce?
• Cutting The Coloured Aces
• Impromptu E.S.P. Again
• The Fantastic Agent
• Giant Bro. Hamman
• Signature Tune
• Mis-Made Diamonds Again
• Printer's Error
• Dicey
• The Four Islands
• Club Gambler
• D.G.O.
• A Demonstration Cull-Stock
• Greekmanship Phoney Cull Stock - 1
• Greekmanship Phoney Cull Stock - 2
• The Mystery Of The Seventh Card ...

Here is a fall-over-easy card trick that has taken in well-informed magicians. Based on Ken de Courcy’s ‘You Do As I Do’ approach called [lp=922355You’ll Get The Point], Baxter rises to the occasion with a baffling presentation using a cleverly concealed, ancient principle. Totally impromptu, no gimmicks, set up or sleights.

Why the extraneous procedure of changing packets? To Ian, this seems totally unnecessary, although (obviously) the mechanics of the trick, as is, necessitate it. This effect is almost exactly the same as the de Courcy contribution, but the method is altogether different.

1st edition 2018, 2 pages....

3 scripts - 3 different effects - 2 impromptu - for all performing venues. A fun exploration of the GILBREATH principle that not only entertains, but also hides the methodology.

For all performing venues.

Most mathematical tricks suffer from a multitude of challenges, and the Gilbreath principle is no different.

Issues include:

• why you can't examine the deck/packet
• why the cards aren't shuffled
• what the point of the trick is
• how to hide when the cards change columns

For magicians, mind readers and ventriloquists

• Thank You!
• Practical Hints And Tips For Crystal Gazing Acts
• A Card Wrinkle
• Mind Reading Act Routine
• Introductory Lecture For A Vaudeville Crystal Gazing Act
• The Book Test
• An Impromptu Stunt
• And - That's Not All ...!
• Everybody's Choice
• The Story Of The King And Queen
• A Mind Reading Wrinkle
• Wineology
• Wrinkle For Crystal Gazing Act
• Publicity Test
• Blackstone's Penny And Dime Trick
• The Egg Bag
• The Enigma Card Effect
• A One Man Crystal Gazing Act
• Another Card From The Rocket
• Patter For The Mysterious Enchanted Clock
• The Hindoo Rope...

This is an excellent cross-section of some of Karl Norman's best routines.

From the introduction:

• Foreword (Doc Eason)
• Introduction (Mike Porstmann)
• Autobiography (Karl Norman)
• Card Routine...

The Social Prediction has fooled the best minds in mentalism and now Debjit has finally decided to share it with the magic community. The video and PDF covers two revolutionary impromptu techniques to predict anything weeks in advance.

Imagine asking someone to think of anything, they open your Facebook profile from their phone and they see that you had already predicted it months ago.

The effects can be performed live or over phone calls, messages, Skype and radio. They can also be used to predict the winners of the World Cup or any event on social media. And it's the best way to promote...

A borrowed and signed bill vanishes from a spectator's hands and it is found in a bottle with a screw cap, that was inside a sealed envelope.

An Arthur Setterington original that's a sensation ... clean, easy, visual magic that has impact.

The magician draws attention to a stapled envelope hanging from two clips in a nicely lacquered wood and metal skeleton frame, in complete isolation. He requests the loan of a bill a $1, $5, $10, $100 - a £1, £5, £50 - it doesn't make any difference. A spectator is asked to note the number on the bill or he can place any identifying mark he wishes...

No. 1

• Blind Man's Bluff / Doug Alker
• The Wishing Well / Jesse Schimmel
• The Snowman / Woodhouse Pitman
• The Truly Impromptu Paperback Book Test / Peter Warlock
• Villiers de Caston: The African Magician

• The Cards Up Sleeve / Hans Trixer
• Again the Sympathetic Silks / Dr. H. Nicholls Harley
• Early Harbin: The Tower of Cards
• A Letter from Phil Goldstein: Contrasting Prediction
• Chris van Bern: The Surprise Packet

• Alternating Current / Norman Houghton
• Elment Alism: A Pseudo-Occult Happening / Arthur Setterington
• Similize / Francis Haxton
• Chop Bill / Arthur Setterington ...

Whistling Spirits: An examined whistle is hung from a wand; the whistle mysteriously blows while hanging from the wand.

The Vanishing Card: From a packet of seven cards, a chosen card disappears leaving six cards. No palming, sleights or false counts or misprinted cards. Totally impromptu but amazing.

Necromantic Numbers: An easy way to reveal a stranger's age and the month in which he was born.

BONUS: Included is also Vick's article on how to succeed in magic. Information that is as practical today as it was back in the 60s.

This is a nostalgic look back into the...

Imagine having no props at a gig. Still you can amaze your audience with a powerful mentalism piece empty handed. Impromptu and organic mentalism has fascinated several mentalists for years. Here is a variation to a classic effect of unique number divination in mentalism. The magician borrows a bill from a spectator. The magician has his head turned and he folds the bill into quarters and places the folded bill onto the spectator's hand. With no switches and no delay the magician reveals the unique serial number one by one leaving their spectators amazed.

Powerful performance tips included...

Five totally impromptu card effects.

Released back in 2009, the original Moment's Notice kicked off what became a wildly successful series of impromptu card magic ebooks. Over the years, Cameron has revisited the material from the first booklet and made significant improvements. Now, for the first time on video, comes a collection of all five of the original effects, featuring brand new handlings and, in a couple of cases, completely re-imagined plots that look almost nothing like the ones from the ebook.

This is first rate impromptu card magic that's easy to do, and guaranteed to blow minds.

Effects: ...

• ...
  • ... Caught Red-Handed
  • The Armistice Day Hoax
  • Houdini On The Trail Again
  • The Davenport Brothers
  • Davenport's Standpoint on Spiritualism
  • Ladislaus Laszlo
  • Those Mischievous Scientists
  • Mrs. Mary Williams
  • How to Become a Clairvoyant
  • Onions
  • The Cock Lane Mystery
  • Houdini and Anna Eva Fay
  • Houdini's Impromptu Séance
  • Mr. Henry A. Slade
  • Moulded Spirit Forms
  • M. Buguet And His Photos
  • The Sealed Letter Performances
  • Houdini Suggests A Little Table Lifting
  • Witchcraft
  • Spirit Photographs From Borrowed Plates
  • An Act In The New York State Senate
  • A Controversy
  • Concerning Margery
  • Yost And His...

From a borrowed and shuffled deck a spectator finds his own selection by summing three randomly selected cards.

David Jonathan has completely restructured and reworked an old math principle to make it very deceptive. He removed most of the spectator card counting sequences and thus turned a counting and procedure-heavy trick into a stunningly effective and hard-hitting card routine.

"What David has done with THREESUM is nothing short of incredible! Seriously, no smoke blowing here. How he managed to take an old principle in card magic, remove all the procedure and dress the diabolical...

Two outstanding effects. The first effect is totally impromptu and can be done with a borrowed shuffled deck. It is completely hands-off. This is an impossible location that will fool even fellow magicians. You will get phenomenal reactions from your spectators.

The second effect is called the spectator's revenge because he will find his own card. This is a really fun and surprising routine.

Everything is explained in detail. You may need to buy something extra in order to perform the second effect - Spectator's revenge.

1st edition 2021, video 19:24

As you can understand from the title this is an impossible divination. The method is becoming more and more diabolical.

The effect is a classic: the spectator chooses a card and the magician finds it. Here, however, the conditions are strict for the magician. There is seemingly no way the magician could find the card. The deck is shuffled while the performer looks away. Despite this, he will be able to find the chosen card face down. All this with a normal, borrowed, totally impromptu deck.

1st edition 2022, video 12:03

Paul Curry is a name that captures the attention of magicians everywhere, thanks to his famous card trick Out Of This World. Invented by Curry back in 1942, it remains an absolute staple for the self-working card enthusiast.

Not to be overlooked, however, was Curry's initial blast onto the magic scene five years earlier. Launched in 1937, Touch was (and still is) by any measure, a superlative card mystery. Over the years, variations from the experts have appeared in print. Some of these have been downright disappointing because they have been far too complicated, or like Curry's original, the burden...