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Close-up magic tricks for everyone - from cards to general close-up

This ebook is filled with various commercial close-up tricks and routines that have been tried, tested and performed for live audiences over many years. These are practical and commercial effects that will appeal to the working magician whose focus is on captivating and entertaining his audience.

You will find a mix of old and new items, original tricks, twists on old routines and ideas to tweak those close-up effects gathering dust in your cupboard.

For the card magicians, you will find sensational routines, such as...

A coin trick done without coins, or a card trick done without regular playing cards. However you want to look at it - a pretty unusual trick.

You show four cards each with a quarter printed on its face. One by one the quarters vanish and reappear on one card which now has four quarters on it. The card is left on a spectator's palm and, while there, it changes into a card with a dollar coin on it.

[Note that you will receive a PDF and a video, but NO cards. The PDF includes a photo of the custom card faces, but you will have to make the cards yourself using stickers, transfers, hand-drawn or printing. You will need two double facers and three blank faced cards to start with.]

1st edition 2000, DVD 2012; PDF 3 pages, video length 5 min 46 s....

BUNCO BRANCHING MATRIX

A "carnival game" using invisible dice that ends with a prediction of the "randomly" arrived at prize

CAVEMAN CATALOG

A presentation for Magic Age Cards

555-HOLLYWOOD

A presentation for an Annemann effect that has similar roots to Magic Age Cards

HAUNTED HOUSE HALLOWEEN HORROR

A card effect utilizing 52 blank faced cards that now have different words written upon them. There are many directions this effect can take, but the main...

A mentalism effect, also possible at a distance (in video chat or just on the telephone), in which you will incredibly succeed to guess, at the end of the experiment, where the card thought by the spectator is found among four ones freely chosen by him, even though you will never see the cards and never know if he decided to lie or not when answering the three simple questions you will ask him.

Key points:

• Simple and fun to perform in any situation, including remote phone call
• It does not require any memory effort
• A visual and immediate method always allows the performer to identify...

The three routines described in the PDF are:

JASPER, THE MYSTICAL SNAKE: A cute effect involving a bunch of cards with different colored circles and a card showing a picture of Jasper, the mystical snake. The card having Jasper's picture on it is initialed on both front and back by the spectator and the circle cards are also thoroughly mixed by him. The spectator after mixing the different colored circle cards selects 2 of them and Jasper is able to reveal the chosen colors but in a dramatic manner. As a climax, all the other cards having other varying colored circles on them turn blank....

The mentalist invites four spectators for a drawing experiment. Three of them are asked to draw while the fourth spectator acts as a medium between the mentalist and the other three spectators. The mentalist is able to identify the owner of the drawings, including the chosen drawing of the fourth spectator, and then finally, the mentalist demonstrates his skill in drawing duplication.

• No force
• No setup
• No stooges

• What the Spectator Experiences
• The Secret
• Background History
• Breakdown of the Method
  • Props Needed
  • Marking the Cards
  • Card Orientation
  • Spectators' Roles ...

Here's what your audience sees: You take a stack of business cards and show them on both sides then hand one to a volunteer to draw a picture, write a word, print a number, or even write a question, there are no restrictions. The stack is turned blank side up and their card dropped drawing side down on top. It is then fairly cut to the center where it remains reversed in the middle at all times.

Even under these conditions you can get a full card peek, reveal the information and yet still show their card reversed in the center whenever you wish.

Finally, you run through the stack and...

Bird One - Kingside Castling

Simply put, a spectator's signed king from a packet of four kings vanishes from underneath her hand. As a kicker, the other 3 kings in the packet become blank even though she just saw all four of the kings. There are no switches.

Bird Two - Brainwave: Card 8

This is a variation of Nick Trost's 8 Card Brainwave that does the effect in reverse.

From a packet of 8 cards with 8 different colored backs, the spectator freely (no force) chooses one of them without knowing the values of any of the cards. Yet, the one she freely chose is found to be the only...

The effects included are:

Mr. Green Goes Red: A spectator shuffles a deck of cards (which can be borrowed) and makes all the choices, and yet the prediction always matches. You never touch the deck during the trick.

I Dream of the Only Card: The magician shows that a thought of card is the only card printed in the deck - all the others are blank. The deck can be completely...

Are you looking for an effect that will make spectators exclaim, "That's impossible!"? Look no further. This is the perfect closer for your show or to impress a client.

Here's how it works: The magician cuts the deck and gives spectators cards to shuffle. After that, he never touches the cards again. Three spectators each choose any card from their shuffled packet. After viewing their cards, they replace and reshuffle them. Once the deck is reassembled, all three spectators select another card, each using a different method: cutting, dealing to any card, or picking from a spread. Amazingly,...

This is a combination of Shufflebored and Joshua Jay's Total Recall effect. Think Shufflebored with no setup and the spectators shuffle the cards. There is only one minor sleight, if you can call it a sleight, and no setup. There is some easy memory work. The reset is instant, and the deck is clean. The prediction AH card has three other predictions.

New: A timeline of the events is included making it quicker and easier to learn the effect.

Two .jpgs of the prediction AH card are included, front and back. You can print it on a blank playing card, index card etc.

Q1: What is the effect...

Effect: The magician shows the spectator a unique deck of cards, each bearing a different word. The spectator riffle shuffles the deck. The magician turns away as the spectator takes the top five cards and creates a sentence using those words on the cards. Different sentences can be created by the spectator. Without asking any questions, the magician reveals the exact sentence created by the spectator.

Unlock the power of words with Gilbreath with Words - amaze your audience with your knowledge of the future!

Gilbreath with Words is a powerful and baffling effect that will leave your...

The value of the special bonuses included here is more than 3 times the value of the main ebook itself. All the previous 6 ebooks in the Mind Spark Series which are a total value of $66 are included here free. So enjoy it while it lasts.

Neuro Code is a hard hitting 3 phase routine with 6 different hits, which can be performed for a small group of people in both close up and parlor situations, using nothing but just a few business cards - either your own business cards or double blank ones.

In phase one, the performer demonstrates his mind reading skills by reading the thoughts of 3...

An incredible self-working effect in which the illusionist will have predicted exactly the sum of three cards chosen at random by a spectator from within a 3x3 square.

A new amazing automatic card magic effect where the mentalist will be able to predict what will happen shortly with a deck shuffled and cut by a spectator, having already written down on a blank card, sealed in an envelope, the exact sum of the values of three cards chosen from the nine that will ultimately be arranged to form a square!

The illusionist shows a deck of cards, shuffles it quickly and hands it to a spectator...

4. A NEW 20TH CENTURY SILKS: Two spectators are given a red and a blue silk handkerchief, which they place inside a cone. The magician then vanishes a yellow silk and reveals it inside the cone, now mysteriously tied in a chain between the other two silks.

5. CARDS AND A BOOK: A spectator holds a book while three freely chosen cards (a 7, 10, and 6) are placed inside the cone. The cards' values total 23, and when the book is opened to that page, the three cards are found inside the book, while the cone contains the torn-out page from the book.

6. NOSTRADAMUS'S...

Effect - The mentalist draws several designs on business cards - these can be standard ESP symbols or designs suggested by the spectators. Any number of designs can be used, as will be seen. The design cards are handed to a volunteer and are not touched again by the mentalist. While the performer's back is turned, one of the designs is selected by the volunteer...

The two Jokers are removed from the deck. Two cards are then selected. One by one the selections are placed between the Jokers and are then stretched to twice their length.

Now, both cards are placed between the Jokers after which they fuse into one examinable two-faced card that can be given to the spectator as a keepsake.

Finally the other cards are tossed onto the table and are seen to have become totally blank!

Based on brilliant ideas by Peter Kane, Richard Kaufman, David Arthur & Gene Maze, this is a killer. Watch the demo below.

Please keep in mind that you are getting a set of video files as instructions....

• Predict something incredibly personal to your spectator – the location of their tattoo. Then go one step further, and divine the design!
• Cause an angel to visually melt from one half of a playing card to another in this shockingly visual application of Paul Harris's Twilight Angels.
• Imagine causing the Hot and Cold water to transpose between your bathroom taps!
• A spectator is offered a free choice from your stack of business cards, and signs the blank side. On turning it over, he finds it is the same business card that you signed earlier in this strange display of coincidence.
• Use a...

1. ...
   • ... & Fred Braue
   • Sixty Years of Psychical Research - Joseph F. Rinn
   • A Trick for Eddie Clever - George B. Anderson
   • Magicians Advertising Kit - Abra Cadabra Shop
   • Magic as a Hobby - Bruce Elliott
   • Kardkut - "Hen" Fetsch
   • Stars of Magic, Series 7 - Dr. Jacob Daley
     • No. 1. The Cards up the Sleeve
     • No. 2. The Itinerant Pasteboards
     • No. 3. The Cavorting Aces

49. Vol. 40, Number 230, June, 1951 [48 numbered & 10 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
49. Quarterly Notes - by the editor
    • The Magic Circle
    • Where is N.A.M.S.?
    • Up It Goes!
    • A Happier Note
51. Three Pocket Tricks - John K. Bays
    • Sympathetic Matches
    • With a Cigarette Packet
    • Flash Thimble Transposition ...

1. ... Fruit - Jack Bridwell
29. Co(lour) Incidence - Gwee Thian Hock
29. Four Stunts with Matches - Fabian (A. Colombini)
31. Any Silk Called For - Harry Carnegie
32. Double Digit Divination - Les Sunderland
33. Thanks George - Dave Lewis
34. Bunny Topper...is Tops! - testimonial
35. It's Impossible - Sinclair
37. P.M. Rising Cards - Sinclair
38. Square Circle Botania - John Yeager
39. My Word - Arun Bonerjee (Calcutta)
41. Fabian Mini Oil and Water - Will Ayling
43. A Routine for Noah's Ark - Arthur Setterington
44. Clickety Click - Len Belcher
45. I'll Simplify It - Len Belcher
46. Second to None - testimonial
47. An Ambitious Card Routine...

Effect: You show a deck of playing cards - they're blank on the back and on the face you have written all the letters of the alphabet, one letter on each card. The spectator shuffles the deck and selects any four cards. He is then asked to form a word from the four cards chosen. If it so happens that he can make more than one word - he is allowed a COMPLETELY FREE CHOICE of which word he would like to settle on. A prediction that has been in full view throughout is then shown to accuratley match the freely chosen word!

Idiom truly is an audience pleaser. The organic props are genuinely interesting...

Shuber Blades are the new versatile and cool accessory for the modern card magician. They protect your cards like a card clip or card guard, but are not limited to a single deck of cards. Anything from a single card up to two decks can be protected equally well.

Shuber Blades are two sturdy stainless steel plates with size and shape equal to a Poker card. Put one plate at the bottom, the other at the top of your deck and secure everything with the custom rubber band. The plates will protect your cards and keep them flat and clean. You can protect anything from a single card, or small packet...

1. ...Editor's Page - Max Andrews
97. How I Look at Magic - Powell Rogers (New Zealand)
98. Exchange is No Robbery - Raymond T. Ford
99. Impromptu Rope - Phoa Yan Tiong (Amsterdam)
100. A-B-C - About Bideford Convention - report by George Blake
101. Fourth Dimension Three - Mystico
102. Almost in Confidence - series by Victor Farelli
     • Leipzig's Cards Up the Sleeve
104. Magigags - series by Eric P. Wilson
105. The Vampire Club (Pro Bono Magico) - report by "Buck"
106. At the Point of the Dagger - Eddie Joseph
109. Perception Extraordinary - George Blake
110. Yet Another Salesman Act - series by Billy McComb
114. A Dream Come True - continued from June - Eddie...