The Hermit Magazine Vol. 2 No. 6 (June 2023)
by Scott Baird

EFFECTS

• Ryan Schlutz (author of False Anchors and Unanchored), presents RNG, his updated take on Card at Any Sum.
• A returning contributor to the magazine, Bill Citino shares his routine Making a Difference, a new variation of a Scott Robinson routine.
• A Nightmare in Red and Blue by Scott Baird, which is an improved handling of an old Don Nielson and Karl Fulves trick from Pallbearer's Review. I also teach my Flash Ribbon effect later in the issue.
• June is also Tomás Giammarco's first appearance in The Hermit, and he shares his routine Strange Concordance 23332, of which I am a huge fan! It's based on Hofzinser's eighth card problem, Strange Harmony.
• Brandon Sheffield returns to share a clever handling of a classic transposition with Lucky Coin and Purse.
• Chris Bruce shares a fantastic gambling demo with five phases of skill.
• Dan Waterman uses an old key card principle to execute a clean and simple card stab routine and uses it in a variation of a flourishy card location from Apocalypse.
• Jay Sankey returns to The Hermit with Sankey Says, where he discusses The Rewrite Phenomenon.
• James Mollenkamp shares four lessons that he learned after examining the structure of the classic Miser's Dream routine.
• Biz teaches his cascade control in the Sleight Corner.