Drawing Man: a very fun and funny routine designed to get the audience involved. Using a classic artist's mannequin the mentalist predicts the outcome of an impossible to know pose.
Partners: this is a clever two person card routine that uses 2 decks, and comes with a surprise kicker ending! Mentalism with cards at it's finest.
The Magic Square: Chris unleashes all of his work on the classic magic square. With looks at the easy to the complicated you'll learn how to build, code and perform your own magic square.
Don't You Know It: A totally impromptu routine using some cards you're...
Two hands off and impromptu effects you'll do for the rest of your life at any moment notice, and every time you'll meet somebody because they are fun to perform, simple and practical.
"Man both routines are very very clever! I love them! Especially the heads and tails one!!! I definitely use them! Well done mate!" - Romanos, creator of GERTI/Silver swindle
This ebook is a combination of the simplest plots you can perform in Magic: HEADS or TAILS? and WHICH HAND? They can be done separately as well.
The routine:
Take your wallet and casually throw a $100 bill (or just $1...but...
[Seventeen refers to "IBM Ring 17". There are eleven items in the ebook.]
Seventeen Secrets Volume 2 includes a mixture of close up and stand-up, magic and mentalism with cards, money, cell phones and markers as well as previously unpublished stories from the road. The material is suitable for formal and impromptu performances and covers a range of difficulty.
Vampires supposedly have no reflections in mirrors. This is folklore, but suppose you as a performer could really create this effect. What kind of reaction do you think your spectator's would have, if you had no reflection in a mirror? Would they be amazed or scared?
Devin Knight is finally revealing secret techniques that he developed. These secrets allow you to create the vampire effect, and in some cases do it almost impromptu.
Knight revealed these secrets to Al Mann in the mid-80s and at that time Mann wanted to release volume 2 of Invisible Men with these techniques revealed. Unfortunately,...
J.J. ZAPPATTA. The enigma, the man of mystery who hung with the shadows throughout the course of many a magic convention, over many a decade. These books are a first glimpse at the crazy and wild world that was/is ZAPPATTA. And, at last, his clever levitation is fully explained in Volume 2!
All items are described in J.J.'s brief and point by point style. If you're not prepared to THINK, J.J's not interested in ya. Period. Illustrated with Mr. Zappatta's crude but informative sketches.
1. THWONG
Flip-Flops (or thongs) are a kind of footwear fashionable at resorts, beach-side, and other casual...
Proof is a collection of strange mathematical proofs where you can show, convincingly, that things are not always what they seem. To most people, the idea that 'minus one' is equal to 'one' might sound barmy, or that Pi=2, or 4, or that 4=5, but that is what you will be able to prove with this video.
Ian has been using some of these diversions for well over thirty years, and he can attest to how much fun they are to demonstrate. They are not 'performance pieces' - by that he means that they would not fit into a traditional magic show, but as an impromptu moment of strange, they are
perfect....
"The Card in Wallet" is a good, well-tried effect, but I submit the "Card in Card-case" is more
"impossible" because it's in view all the time. This last point, obviously, creates difficulties which I'll try to overcome, but the great strength of this trick lies in its (apparent) impromptu nature.
In this very interesting manuscript Ken de Courcy details several methods (and different effects) for "The card in the card case" plot.
... is chosen by someone and you tell them what it is. The rest of the audience are passive observers of this process, they are not actually involved in the effect. Macro effects on the other hand attempt to actually involve everyone at least on one level or another.
"One of the best pieces of impromptu stage mind reading I have ever seen!" - Paul Brook
The Human Equation has instantly become a pet effect for me. As many of you know I perform all over the world and spend a lot of time on planes and travelling. So effects that "pack flat and play big" (as a famous magic dealer used...
A stunning routine of unparalleled talent! The cups and balls with clear glasses - transparent cups. Antonio breaks new ground in close-up magic with this effect. What an idea and what entertainment.
"Antonio breaks new ground in close-up magic. What a fabulous idea." - Arturo de Ascanio
"In my lifetime, I've seen some of the greatest "CUPS N BALL" routines performed by Dai Vernon, Mike Ammar, John Thompson, Charlie Miller, Johnny Paul and the many others with brilliant routines and moves & sleights. Antonio's routine is smashing and completely...
On one occasion I remember fooling many well informed card men at the prestigious FFFF meeting in New York State, with one of Ian's streamlined handlings of a classic card effect.
Qualified Hof' continues this tradition of delightful and devious card magic.
In Qualified Hof, Ian adds an ingenious Francis Carlyle ruse to Tony Econ's 'Hofzinser Aces' considerably enhancing the strength of the crucial transposition.
Kings Feast is a very clever alternative to a well known mnemonic for a stacked deck. It will fool all those familiar with the...
Can be repeated over and over with different people in the same venue
75% to 80% success rate
An "out" that is just as spectacular for when this doesn't hit
Let's see yer palm ... yet another out
Both serious and funny presentations
Not another card or coin trick
Plus a bonus effect: break/knife: my switchless bill change (only taught in the PDF)
The amazement comes when the lady or gentlman you have just done the secret ritual to cannot then reach the doorframe. Their arm literally shrinks. The arm can no longer reach the doorframe; the doorframe...
Which is one of the best forces in magic? Undoubtedly the PATEO force! PATEO stand for "POINT AT TWO, ELIMINATE ONE", because that's exactly what happens.
The PATEO force is very easy to do end can be used not only with cards but with a variety of objects. It is a very strong force because the spectator seems to have very free choice. In this wonderful manuscript, Ken De Courcy give us, 33 ways to use the PATEO force. You will find card magic, mental magic, close-up magic, club magic, party magic and, yes, stage magic too. A real treasure house of good effects. You can surely find at least...
"A brilliant and versatile principle that has stood the test of time." Ian Rowland
This is an unbelievable book test. Just imagine taking a modern book; perhaps a best seller in the bookshops right now. The book is genuine and is completely unfaked in any way. You can even ask a member of the audience or perhaps someone on a radio show that you will be talking to, to bring along a copy of the Da Vinci Code or whatever you choose to use. Or you could do this impromptu with any book as long as you have a couple of minutes private time with the book.
"A brilliant and versatile principle that has stood the test of time." Ian Rowland
This is an unbelievable book test. Just imagine taking a modern book; perhaps a best seller in the bookshops right now. The book is genuine and is completely unfaked in any way. You can even ask a member of the audience or perhaps someone on a radio show that you will be talking to, to bring along a copy of the Da Vinci Code or whatever you choose to use. Or you could do this impromptu with any book as long as you have a couple of minutes private time with the book.
Occam's Razor - A double divination under the fairest of circumstances.
Ultimo Transpo - A simple transposition of two cards well within the reach of even a novice card handler.
4321 - 4 coins vanish one at a time. Not only an effect that can be performed impromptu, it also includes a new slight to the world of coin magic.
The Kennedy Compound - the merging of two great effects by John Kennedy.
Peer Pressure - get your contact information on to a spectators business card. No nail writer needed, their information is gone and yours is printed in...
Knewmerology was fantastic as a remote killer. Advanced Brain Knewmerology was great for small groups or close up. And now this is so well made for stage. The triple audience participation is a huge plus. The ‘smart list’ is a master stroke. Now this series is my ‘go to’ routine for doing impromptu, propless effects.
Another advantage, which I realized now, is the relative anonymity of this author on you tube and magic forums. This keeps his great releases mostly underground and is an advantage for workers.
Reviewed by Prof Max
From a math puzzle by Martin Gardner to a killer mentalism...
This is an impromptu and propless mentalism routine which is a lot of fun to do. It works best in a one-on-one situation where you are performing to a new acquaintance whom you have met for the very first time.
With this routine you prove to the participant that her mobile number and her birth year (both of which you have no way of knowing since you met the participant for the very first time just then) are somehow associated in a mysterious way. The participant will be utterly amazed with this unexpected revelation.
There are multiple payoffs in this routine. A new acquaintance gets...
I sat down and described, in detail, fifteen of my favorite effects and routines with ordinary cards. Effects that you can do anywhere, any time, with any deck and under almost any conditions. Of the fifteen, only four begin with the standard "pick a card" opening.
I've used the same format as I used in Close-Up Card Magic and Personal Secrets - that is, I've gone directly into the method and presentation in most cases. And - since I usually write an effect in one sitting, I most often come up with a thought or two after it is written. Therefore, the "Afterthoughts."...
... at that point and cards each side of knife are previously selected cards. Third is found in wallet.
18. Ali-Axiom Blindfold - Large sheet of cotton is glued around nose and eyes with real glue, by any one. Then blindfold over all. Still you see to drive car or do X-Ray Eye Act.
19. ScarneImpromptu Bug On Paper - Sheet of paper you marked the alphabet on, held upright and small bug placed on same, clings to paper and runs around spelling out words. No threads or wires. Up Close.
20. Houdini Fooled - U. F. Grant had the pleasure of fooling the Great Houdini on this at a Magic Party...
Over 200 different impromptu take-a-card trick endings.
From the introduction by John Braun:
He has definitely struck "pay dirt" in this book, which he has whimsically titled THE LIVING END. In simpler terms, this is an encyclopedic collection of endings for one of the most popular branches of Magic - the "take a card, look at a card, remember a card, think of a card, any card," opening.
Having completed this stage, the performer KNOWS either the identity of the card or its whereabouts in the pack, and sometimes he knows both. And, as John Northern Hilliard put it back in 1908 in DOWNS' ...
Michael Gallo has developed some of the most memorable coin and close-up routines available. This download video proves it. This is mind-melting close-up, performed before an impromptu audience then taught by Mike Gallo in detail.
First up is Presto Change-o Mike-o. This is Mike's handling of Thomas H. Bearden's Presto Chango from Bobo'sModern Coin Magic, with superb Gallo additions.
Sherlock Mike's "Case of the Mysterious Penetration": This routine uses three silver coins, a card box, and a glass. Mike places the card box on top of the glass, proceeds to place a coin...
