Top Secret Magic - Card Tricks

The New Age Rising Cards, from a spectator's point of view:
The deck is new, the seal unbroken. He bids me open the pack and shuffle the cards. Now cut. I keep half and surrender the remainder to him. From my cards I select one the five of clubs, unknown to him. "Press the card to your forehead, imprint it in your mind" he tells me. He then collects all the cards, mine included and replaces them in the pack. He gives me the deck, then steps back, out of reach. I hold the pack in my right hand at arm's length. He asks me to relax, and draw deep breaths while picturing my card. Relaxed now, a card rises mysteriously, majestically, from the deck, as if pulled by unseen hands. It is the five of clubs! It is magic.

Jeff McBride is widely known in the magic community for his ability to take an effect and create a handling which is so simple and clean that it appears to the audience as real magic. Kundalini Rising is certainly no exception.

ANY Freely Selected Card!
ANY Borrowed Deck!
Card Rises in Spectator's Hand!
Magician is Far Away!

"Dangerously close to the real thing...the best rising card routine ever!" -Paul Harris

"This is strong magic that will get your audience right in the 'chakras.'" -Max Maven

‘Talking Tape’ (I think ribbon is more appropriate since the tape doesn’t fit the definition of ‘tape’) has ridges that you can rub your nail along to and listen to the encoded message.

I think it is a really cool idea to continue to use phonograph technology, and will certainly impress the person in your life who is hard to impress.

A spectator is asked to select a card from a deck. The magician then drags his fingernail along the red ribbon attached to a card box, to hear a voice speak out the name of the spectators selected card!

You recieve two strings that speak out "You choose the Queen of Hearts" and "You choose the Four of Clubs".

You take out a deck of cards from a plastic box, you open the case and remove the top card explaining that you are going to make it vanish. You then put the card back into its case and then place the case back into the box. Now, right under the spectators noses, the whole deck vanishes. You can clearly see through the box. This is a self contained effect and there are no sleights of any kind used.

At last, here it is one of the most eagerly awaited effects of the year!

Gary is fast becoming one of then UKs biggest "underground" legends. A real world - working performer - who is also a magicians magician. With this effect Gary has fooled some of the most knowledgeable magicians here in the UK. A host of top performers have been waiting many months for its release! Finally it can be yours...

A Classic, simple, direct effect: The Magician takes a deck of cards and fans them in front of a spectator. They are asked to merely look at, and think of ANY card whilst the magician turns away. Once they have a card in mind, the magician closes the deck and turns back around. With NO questions asked, the Magician deals down to the thought of card.

No guesswork, Forces, Peeks, No Breaks held, the perfect effect for the working professional! Made in Bicycle stock

Ok So I am biased as I have had a hand in its prodution! But this is good! "M"

Price: £13

Once in a while I have the privilege to be the exclusive distributor of a great new effect! Wow! This is outstanding and has impressed many of the best working professional magicians in the business today!

Gary is one the countries Top Professional WORKING Magicians. He eats, breathes and lives magic 24 hours a day if he's not performing he is coming up with a dozen different ways to produce the same effect until he finds the very best and most effective way. Finally Gary has been persuaded to part with some of his best effects... I am proud to say Gary has been a close friend of mine for many years and has asked me to make and distribute them for him... The first of these is here...

After placing a deck of cards on the table the Magician asks a spectator to THINK of both a number between 1-52 and any one of the 52 playing cards in a deck but not say anything yet! Then in full view writes two predictions on the reverse of his business card, a number and a playing card… Only now does the spectator tell him what number and card they were thinking of and these are then written under the magicians predictions. Taking the deck of cards, the magician explains that on the backs of the cards are written the numbers 1-52 in a random order. He now searches through the faces of the cards and removes the spectator's thought of card, turning the deck over and searching through the backs, he then finds the card with the spectator's thought of number on it. On the reverse of the spectators thought of card is the number the magician predicted. And on the face of the card with the thought of number is the very playing card he predicted.

Remember… Only one deck is used - which is on view BEFORE the trick commences. The Predictions are made BEFORE the spectator says anything! No Sleights, no Forcing, no Rough & Smooth! And it instantly resets

This truly is the perfect working performers miracle! As you can guess I like this one! "M"

Split Decision - Joe Riding

By Kind permission of the late Joe Riding.

A trick with 3 climaxes………

A single playing card is placed face down on the table, this is "The Prediction". A pack of cards is introduced that has been literally cut in half. A card is chosen from each "half" of the deck. These are then placed side by side with the prediction. The back design matches…Amazing…Not really I suppose but then you show them that all the other cards from that half of the deck all have completely different back designs. Wouldn't it be better if the faces match…Not really because then they wouldn't match your prediction! And lastly if they'd picked any other card from that half of the deck it would have messed up the trick completely. You turn over the cards and they are all blank ! Entirely self-working…Difficult to describe on paper but believe me it packs a punch. This sells every time I demonstrate it. It really is good.

Bridge sized.

Also see the Jerry O'Connell Version Here

Price: £13

Branded (Mini and Regular Bic Gimmicks and DVD) - Tim Trono

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The Painless Card Blister

"I love this! It's Amazing!" - David Blaine

"Brilliant idea! Finally, a natural and sensible way to create a blister effect without palming or fumbling in your pocket. No more hassles. No more misses. Clean and direct...It doesn't get much better than this." - Kenton Knepper

"The Blister Trick I dropped into the ocean has become a full blown tsunami." - Jack Tillar

IMAGINE: You show a painful looking blister on your thumb from your last attempt at this hazardous stunt. Someone selects a card and concentrates on it while gazing into the flame of your lighter. You pinch the flame and the bubbling blister magically morphs into the configuration of their card. In other words, the image of their thought appears fried into the flesh of your fingertips--seared into your sizzling skin - Branded!

This gimmick takes over where the other gimmicks left off. It's now a very practical, easy, no-nonsense method that happens in the open, with nothing to hide! No more pocket management. No more public displays of affection. No more unwanted glances.

With Branded, you'll leave the room in a blaze of glory!

No pocket work - New design of realistic numbers and pips

INCLUDES: Instructional DVD - Precision-made Gimmick - Includes gimmicks for BOTH regular and mini Bic Lighters (Bic Lighter NOT included)

Price: £35

Miracle Flash Frame - Colin Rose

This is a version it is designed to hang on a wall. The playing card or picture of your choice can be made to appear without touching the frame!!!

Spectator chooses a card and returns it to the deck, he is then asked to call out the name of his chosen card, at that moment you 'spring' the cards at the frame... and there behind the glass is the chosen card. The action of the cards hitting the frame sets off the mechanism... it also works very effectively if you 'blow' at the frame. This effect has many applications for magic presentation.... Mentalist Magic, Close Up, Hotel or Restaurant Residencies, Stage or Cabaret… the possibilities are endless.

The spectator holds a sealed envelope. A card, freely selected, is signed and shuffled back into the pack. The envelope is opened to reveal a brilliantly colored, beautifully illustrated greeting card! It's hinged open and out leaps a colorful 3D scene in which a smaller envelope "pops up"! Her brain melts when she removes the contents herself and discovers her own, SIGNED CARD!

Stunning, visual magic! A perfect finale for any signed card routine! Eye-catching professional quality, precision made and assembled with care!
No reset or get ready – always ready to perform – anytime, anywhere! Sweet simplicity allows you to focus on presentation! Do it completely surrounded! A real reputation maker! Finally, a card-to-impossible-location needing no preparation, wallet, palming, swapping, folding, hiding, jackets, pockets or lemons! Fun to perform!

WEDDING is a love story about a king and a lady in which you manipulate the cards like puppets. This routine can be presented in table-hopping situations.

A deck of cards appears, the castle. Little by little the cards come to life. Your spectators enter into the dream. Worthy of particular attention is the remarkable horizontal double rising card effect which itself alone is worth the price of the DVD. It deserves close study. As in most of his creations, Bruno COPIN uses specially composed music to accompany the performance of this effect. You will be able to hear this performance on the DVD. Bruno adapts all the effects he creates with his favourite gimmick so that they can be performed close-up. In Bruno's opinion, the most important rule for creating a strong illusion is to be able to hand out the deck for examination BEFORE and AFTER the effect.

When this rule is respected, the spectator will remember, for a very long time, having witnessed a real moment of magic.

You remove a pack of cards from their case, immediately and visibly the card case shrinks to half its original size. The deck no longer will fit inside!!! The cards are completely normal and can be used immediately. No switching of the cards or case. The case looks like a normal bicycle card case, made in card.

Ideal as an opening to a card routine.

A deck of cards (your own) is spead face up and face down to show a regular deck. The joker is removed and placed onto the table. A spectator is offered a totally free choice from the deck and is asked to sign the face of her card. The spectator now cuts her card into the deck several times to ensure that SHE totally loses her card. The performer now takes the deck and the joker and holding it above the deck, gives it a flick. Instantly and visually, the joker vanishes from the face of the card, leaving only the surrounding detail of the card and the word "Joker" remaining lonesomely on the card!

This incomplete card is tossed out for examination and the performer openly deals down cards from the top of the deck to show that there is no sign of the Joker anywhere. The deck is now spread facedown and one card is seen to have the missing Joker PRINTED on its back! This card is turned over to reveal that it is, impossibly, the SIGNED selection!

The spectator is asked to verify that the Joker is really on the back of their card before the performer takes the selection, flicks it, causing the Joker to vanish off the back of the signed card. The deck is handed out for examination and the signed card as a souvenir!

Extremely commercial and guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Includes specially printed Bicycle cards, full instructions and instructional DVD

In mid 1992, Gary Ouellet taught his handling for “MacDonald’s Aces” to Alain Choquette, so that Alain could use the routine to close his fifth successful television season. One week later, Alain also performed it in the middle of his live stage show, before a crowd of 1000 spectators, using a hand-held television camera and a large projection screen. At the climax of the routine, 1000 spectators rose to their feet and gave Alain a standing ovation - in the middle of his performance - after a card trick! Soon after, David Copperfield adopted the routine, then adapted it for his 15th CBS special! The effect follows along classical lines: The magician cuts a deck of cards and produces the four aces. Each ace is then covered with three indifferent cards. Three of the aces vanish from their piles and reappear together in one pile. What makes this version different? It will not require months of practice. The handling is economical, deceptive and pleasing to the eye. The presentation offers a beautiful emotional hook. And finally, it is quite simply exquisite magic! This is the most elegant approach ever to one of the world’s greatest card tricks!

You are supplied with a 42 page booklet, lavishly photo-illustrated in the Masters of Magic tradition, plus a DVD companion video showing Gary performing the routine, followed by an Alain Choquette performance. Also included are the required cards, which have been manufactured to our specifications on poker-size U.S. Playing Card stock.

A round glass disk is used to foretell the future. A playing card is selected from a deck of cards. The spectator thinks of the card and then breathes onto the crystal. The image of the selected card appears on the surface of the glass, then it slowly fades. Nothing is visible on the glass, yet the errie specter can appear at will. Can be repeated with another card. Glass disk measures 2 1/4 in. x 1/4 in. Comes in protective vinyl case complete with a variety of effects and presentaions.

Originally produced by Peter Kersten, sadly no longer with us. As a point of interest Peter was a spy in the war and used this method to pass on secret messages... Very nice prop get one while you still can!

A playing card is selected and lost in the deck. A small packet of baseball cards are shown to be all different. After mixing the cards the top card is shown on both sides to be a baseball player swinging a bat. The spectator inserts the baseball card anywhere inside the deck. He is told that the baseball card will find his selection. The cards above and below the baseball card are checked and found not to be the selection. For a startling conclusion the baseball card is turned over to reveal that the player in the picture is now holding the selected card instead of his bat. Comes with ten baseball cards (use your own deck). Can be repeated.

This tribute to one of the greatest magic inventors is now being offered by one of magic's best writers and illustrators, Jon Jensen. Learn how to make a borrowed playing card float from hand to hand, and then all the way around your body! Borrow a credit card or plastic room key and cause it to fly around, with no apparent hook-up! Spectators will talk about this trick for a long time. The fully illustrated booklet shows you everything you need to know. Nothing has been left out. An Amazing Effect, Looks Impossible, Perform It Surrounded.

When I first saw this effect it completely fooled me. It's not a new effect, however if you have not seen it before it will knock you out too. A spectator freely selects a card from a completely normal (even borrowed) pack and signs their name across the face to eliminate the possibility of duplicates. The spectator's selection is then returned to the pack. The magician sets the deck down and displays two cards from a different deck, which are freely shown then placed on top of the deck face-up. He snaps his fingers and with absolutely no moves or funny business whatsoever, spreads the face-up cards. Sandwiched in between is one face-down card! When the spread is turned over, the sandwiched card is seen to be the spectator's signed selection! Resets instantly. Straightforward, visual effect. Ends with an ungimmicked deck ready for your next trick

A selected and signed card is lost in the deck. A spectator chooses a balloon and the magician holds it in his open hand. The magician slams the deck against the balloon and the deck literally becomes "sucked" into the balloon! The balloon is blown up and the cards are shuffled around inside. The magician now pinches the selected card through the wall of the balloon and visibly pulls it through to the outside ! The balloon with cards and the signed selection are immediately given out as souvenirs of this truly remarkable magic experience !

A deck of cards is set down on a table. A spectator is asked simply to think of any playing card, and the magician says he will name it. After a moment of thought, the performer declares, "The name of your card is Phil! You know, short for Phillip!" The audience is understandably a bit surprised. The pack is removed and then shown to have different names printed boldly on the back of every card. When the deck is turned face up and the card named by the spectator is found, it is the one and only card named Phil!

Only One Deck Is Used! Instantly Reset! No Force of Any Kind! No Sleight of Hand! (Not Rough and Smooth!) Any Card Can Be Named! STUNNING.

A spectator merely thinks of a card and the magician names it! Surprised? Now the kicker! - the magician thinks of a card and the spectator names it! If you have Phil alread you really should have this. Imagine doing a repeat booking... (For some of the guys I know this will have to be imagination!) And repeating this trick with 1) a different name and 2) the kicker finish where they do the trick... Very nice... Self Working, no sleight of hand! - No Svengali! - No Rough and Smooth.

With this special blank "Phil" deck you can customize your own routines to suit a particular name, product or theme, making the routine even more memorable.

An Animated Miracle With A Pack Of Cards!
A card is selected & signed. The magician draws a small "garage door" on the back of the card. A ONE CARd GARAGE! Slowly this garage door opens & a car is parked inside! This selected & signed card is immediately handed out as a most as a souvenir! Made in Bicycle Poker

Haunted Deck - Bicycle

One of the great classics of magic. To see Finn Jon perform his version is near to real magic!

3 cards are chosen freely from the pack. They are then replaced quite deliberately in different positions throughout the deck which is then placed in your outstretched palm. Rather earily the top half of the pack cuts itself by moving slowy to one side and then it returning to its original position leaving one card protruding from the deck. The pack ten moves forward and back again leaving a second card, finally moving to the right and back revealing a third card. The cards are removed and shown to to be the chosen ones!

Explaining how he prints his own cards. The magician shows a pack of cards that is completely blank on both sides. He thinks of a playing card and then cuts the deck, there is a printed card but it has no back… After printing several faces with no backs he prints some backs, with no faces… As soon as he prints them however they seem to disappear again. Finally he takes the still completely blank deck cuts to a printed card and suddenly the entire deck is seen to be printed. Each and every card, front and back. But the problem is you see it takes a lot of mental energy to print a pack of cards and if you stop concentrating all the cards disappear again. So saying you spread the deck and sure enough all the cards have gone completely blank again. Easy to do almost self working. Instantly reset. Great routine for table hopping.

Quite possibly the most charming card trick ever invented. The performer shows a deck of cards, on the back of each card is drawn a little match stick figure magician holding a top hat. A spectator names any card, a completely free choice. The performer then flicks through the deck (like a flick book) and the drawing becomes animated. The match stick magician reaches into his hat and removes a card… It's the one the spectator named… Very easy to do, can be repeated immediately. Absolutely perfect for table hopping.

A classic routine in which a spectator is given an INVISIBLE pack of cards. They remove them from the box shuffle them, cut them and anything else that your wicked mind can imagine (you think he looks stupid ! You gave him the cards in the first place…) They choose a card from the invisible deck, then return it face down, shuffle the pack again and puts it back in its case. The performer then produces a real and quite visible pack of cards. With this pack in full view the spectator now names his chosen card. Slowly at finger tips the pack is removed from its case, fanning through it one card is seen face down in the otherwise face up deck…(Suspense…) You remove it…(More suspense...) Turn it over YES ! It's the chosen card. A true miracle ! What's more no slight of hand and very easy to do. Return the card and you're reset, ready to go again. Also perfect to keep handy just in case, (heaven forbid), you happen to make a mistake in your favourite card routine. Found the wrong card…Well it so happens…reversed in this deck is…You know the rest. This is a must have in every magicians repertoire.

Brainwave Deck (Bicycle)

A real stunner with two knockout punches. Ask someone to think of any card and name it out loud. You then remove a deck of cards from its case and spread them to show just one card - the thought-of card - is face up in the face down pack. The second punch comes when you turn the card over to reveal it has a different color back than the rest of the deck. Easy to do. Bicycle poker-size deck.

The Card on Ceiling has proven itself to be one of the most talked about card effects in the entire realm of card magic. The fact that the card remains on display high above the heads of all who pass by for months, and often years - punctuates the magic moment long after the magician has gone.A reputation maker! This routine will have your audience talking long after the performance! The effect:- A card, freely selected and signed, is placed back in the centre of the deck, then everything captured by a rubber band. You throw the deck at the ceiling, as the cards fall, one card remains, this card is clearly seen to be the selected, signed card! Included in this kit is a long lasting supply of Michael's special wax and 5 pages of the routine.

This is the refill to the Card on Ceiling kit. Each supply contains enough wax for about 200 performances. It has been specially formulated to Michael's specifications to work under virtually any conditions. Not too hard, not too sticky - just right.

The "Card on Ceiling" has been hailed as one of the greatest card tricks of all time. And who am I to argue with some of the best known names in magic. Many a reputation has been made with it! I too have on occasions performed it, getting incredible reaction. If I wasn't so set in may ways and lazy this would be a regular tick in the act...

Ammars wax is out standing without a shadow of a doubt and is highly recommended. However is quite expensive.

So after searching long and hard... And trying almost every wax I could lay my hands on I have found one that works EVERY time!

The spectator chooses a playing card (yes free choice, really!) They can even sign it if you want to ruin a perfectly good pack of cards. Then taking a borrowed cigarette (makes the trick even cheaper), you push it right through the card, penetrating it completely. You remove the cigarette and of course the card is returned to the spectator in perfect condition. You receive the "necessary", but supply your own pack of cards. Which by coincidence is also available from your, (hopefully by now), favourite dealer.

Quite simply one of the most direct versions of SHARP SHOOTER ever. The spectator chooses a card…. (almost a free choice ! ALMOST ! I said ok from about a dozen cards then !). He signs a small sticker which is placed very clearly and visibly upon the face of the chosen card. The cards are mixed and held by the spectator, after the usual amount of byplay funny and unfunny jokes two shots are fired at the deck. When searching through the deck for the chosen card it is seen there are no holes in any of the cards… Dreadful shot ! But the chosen card still with its signed sticker on has two holes through it !!! Yes it is the very same card they chose with their sticker on it and very definitely two holes in it. If you've ever wanted to do sharp shooter this version is a must. And only.

This amazing trick deck of Bicycle cards allows you to do miracles! And its soooooo Easy to do!

Imagine being able to magically produce the four aces, even after the deck has been examined! Or have your friends select cards, which you then place back into the deck before shuffling thoroughly. Then you display your miraculous skills by making each of the cards appear on top of the deck - like true magic! There are literally hundreds of amazing tricks you can perform using this one deck.

These quality Stripper decks are individually made by hand. It is manufactured in genuine Bicycle Rider backed cards

Imagine showing a deck to be all different and well mixed and then instantly changing the entire deck into the selected card! Or display your magical powers by cutting right to the chosen card every single time! With this Svengali deck you will know which card your spectator will choose, even before it is selected. Your audience will be amazed. There are literally hundreds of amazing tricks you can perform using this one deck.

Joe Porper invented the card clip.During his absence from magic, several dealers tried to make clips

like Joe's but they simply didn't work. Joe's original was cut from a solid block of metal, not bent over to create the necessary shape. Now Joe has re-engineered this simple device to protect a deck perfectly. By pulling the sprung edges back from the deck, Joe has created an even grip across the cards. By shaping the clip properly he has made inserting and removing the deck simple. Protect your most versatile props - carry them in a Porper clip.
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Joes card clip solved the age old problem of keeping your playing cards in performing shape. If you live in a humid climate this clip is a must. If you keep them in your pocket or car, this is the answer. The Porper Clip holds the deck while it’s inside of the card box. It protects both. It will keep your deck absolutely flat. They can’t warp because they are kept under pressure by the clip.

It’s manufactured to Joe’s specifications out of extruded aluminum with a black anodized finish that will look new for years to come.

Most other types of cards are available to order please call for prices and availability

If you want to perform card tricks then you need "Good" quality playing cards... These are the very best. Used by Professional Magicians all over the world. Availiable in both Poker and Bridge size / Red or Blue backed. Force decks available (1, 2 and 3 way. Please call)

A set of 25 ESP (5 sets of 5) cards from Royal Magic. In addition to the traditional symbols, each card is printed with a subtly marked back, allowing for demonstrations of super-human, extra-sensory powers

ESP cards were developed and introduced by Dr. J. B. Rhine of Duke University for the purpose of testing for Extrasensory Perception. They consist of five basic symbols: Circle, Cross, Wavy Lines, Square, and Star. It is very easy to remember these symbols by using a quick and easy numbering system. A circle is one continuous line. A cross is two lines. There are three wavy lines in the third symbol. A square has four lines. The star used has five points. This deck consists of twenty-five cards, five cards of each design. There are many effects that can be performed with this deck of cards. For example:

ESP Surprise
Here is a simple, yet amazing effect that is direct and to the point. You and a spectator each choose a card in the fairest possible manner. When the two cards are revealed. They match. Proving to the audience that, yes, you do have ESP