Top Secret Magic - Card Tricks

‘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 will Choose The Ace of Diamonds
I'm A Stryo cup, Buy Me!
I Like You
Please Kiss Me
Laughing... Ha... Ha... Ha...

Also available are a variety of gag strings that you may find fun to put into your routine!

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.

You start by showing nine small solid brass engraved lettered tiles that when assembled make the word STARTLING. You then offer to show something STARTLING with a deck of cards. A card is chosen by spectator and placed face down on the table in front of them. Attention is then drawn to the brass tiles and the word STARTLING. One by one a single letter is removed, and each time another word is formed. This continues until just the letter 'I' remains. The discarded letters are then rearranged and amazingly they spell the name of the chosen card.

The Illusionary Card Sleeve is a modern magic utility device that can be used to make cards appear, disappears or to exchange one card for another.

Step by step instructions in a booklet (included) will give you all the tips and tricks for performing with your illusionary card sleeve, You will find 25 tricks including:

The Appearing Card, The Vanishing Card, The Shrinking, Two Card Transportation. You will also learn to perform effects with other objects such as dollar bills and business cards and much, much more.

Just follow the simple intructions in the booklet, and you will soon be performing incredible magic effects with your Illusionary Card Sleeve in no time!

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: £12

Crystal Thought Condensor

A cube is shown to be made of transparent plastic. It is clearly empty and held in your equally empty hand. Suddenly, the image of a selected card appears inside the cube! Just as quickly it vanishes. This is very clean, visible magic. No kind of body attachments are used; it's self-contained. We also include an un-gaffed cube, so you can switch it and pass it out four examination if you desire. This clever prop can be adapted for use with letters, numbers, ESP symbols, etc.

Price: £7

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

Secrets Of The Octupus Deck Revealed - Bill Abbott

Learn About The Amazing Deck That Can Manipulate, Control & Extract Thoughts From Absolute Strangers! Bill Abbott’s Octopus Deck Entertains Audiences Close-Up And On Stage And Is Now In An Affordable Do-It-Yourself Version!

The Octopus Deck Routine:

You begin by fanning the deck before two spectators and ask each of them to think of any card. After brief questions you instantly name the two freely thought of cards.

Wrapping rubber bands around the deck you toss it to an audience member across the room and ask them to peek at any card. The deck is then passed to another person to do the same. Without any questions you name their selected cards.

Finally you ask two people to join you on stage. Removing the rubber bands from the deck you hand half the deck to each spectator and ask them to place the cards inside a pocket. The two spectators reach inside their pockets and remove any card and place it in another pocket, without looking at it. You write something on a piece of paper and hand it to an audience member. both of the unknown cards, are removed and named out loud for the first time.

Your prediction is an EXACT MATCH!

THE OCTOPUS DECK Details:

The Octopus Deck can be freely shuffled by a spectator between each phase.
There is no miscalling of the selected cards.
The cards they see are the cards you name.
Can be performed close-up and surrounded.
Resets instantly for walk-around performances.
The Octopus Deck is a complete mind reading act in 3 phases.
The Octopus Deck can play to the largest audience, involving as many as 6 spectators in a single performance.
Surefire and reliable so you get the right cards every time.
The Secrets of the Octopus Deck Revealed Package Includes:
Special cards made by The United States Playing Card Company in red-backed Bicycle cards. Complete details on how to construct your very own Octopus Deck in under two hours!* The 21 page illustrated instructional booklet with detailed script with routines and ideas along with the complete history of the Octopus Deck researched & developed over the past 9 years. And as an outstanding bonus feature included is Bob Farmer's 'Fishing For Octopus' pumping system designed for the Octopus Deck and Paolo Cavalli's 'Radarama' script & pumping sequence, also formulated just for the Octopus Deck!

*Needed to construct the Octopus Deck: 2 regular decks, double-sided tape, X-Acto knife, two-way forcing deck and nail clippers.

Pages 21 - Saddle Stitched

Price: £35

Dark Card - Jean Boucher (Bicycle)

This is one of those impossible tricks to write up, because it's unbelievable, and should be in every magician's bag of tricks. A card is chosen from a red-backed deck and signed across the face, then returned to the pack. The magician snaps his fingers over the deck, whereupon it is spread, showing one blue-backed card clearly visible in the centre! The card is removed and turned face-up, showing it to be the signed selection! Remember, the card is handled by the spectator both before and after the change, and can even be left as a souvenir! Use your own deck plus a "special something". Comes with booklet by Gary Ouellet, and more ideas from Bob Parmer and Phil Matlin. Now if this doesn't blow them away take up plumbing ! Believe me this is some thing to remember. So simple you'll adore it.

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.

Includes custom made Bicycle Gaff Cards. Easy to do and everything can be examined.

Comes with DVD and specially printed Bicycle cards. You need an alternative deck for the final change...Zenneth finished with a blank back deck.

The magician displays four Queens and clearly shows all the Queens are facing the same way. The magician slaps the Queen of Spades and she turns to face the other way!

Also includes "Inducing Challenges" by Pit Hartling and "A Few Additional Thoughts on Inducing Challenges" by Zenneth.

Well now you can....as long as that lady happens to be a Jumbo Queen of Hearts playing card! At 25 x 18cm this is a very visual effect.

Take the card and slide it into the sleeve, 'cut' using your favourite method (maybe a laser pointer??), and then you proceed to slide the centre section to the side, and pass your hand through the gap!

Push the centre section back in and then pull out the card to prove it is fully restored.

Please note this effect doesn't come with instructions, but it is very straight forward

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.

The centers of any two cards are openly torn out creating a pair of impromptu "rings." These cardboard rings, which can be signed, are instantly linked together! The two cards are actually seen to be connected through one another. The linked cards are then magically disconnected and are both immediately handed out for examination. A new principle in penetrations enables you to perform this close-up linking ring routine under test conditions without resorting to special gimmicks, gaffs, switches or key rings.

Completely impromptu - can be done with any deck. 32 pages with 31 illustrations

She selects a card and goes to WHATEVER EXTENT NECESSARY to hide its identity from you, the all-knowing magician! With EMPTY HANDS, two BLANK CARDS are shown FRONT and BACK. She becomes STUNNED to discover a miniature card has magically APPEARED between them! BUT, it's the WRONG CARD!

The two (and only two) blank cards are shown again front and back, when suddenly ANOTHER miniature card APPEARS between! BUT, it's the WRONG CARD again!

The magician writes a prediction on a pice of paper, folds it and gives it to a spectator to hold. He asks her to then name a number less than 52.

After she does, he deals the cards one at a time onto the table FACE UP until he reaches the card at the selected number.

The spectator opens the paper and reads the prediction -- it is the card at the selected number!

There is no pick-a-card aspect to this effect - that is important. It is far more profound. The set-up can be done on the fly! This trick will hit your audience like a freight train, it will be the one that they remember.

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.

The Magician has two cards selected from a deck of cards. He tells the spectators that a lot of people ask him, “How long have you been doing magic?”

The magician then shows the spectators an old black and white photo of himself as a child. The small child, age one, is holding a playing card. The magician tells the spectators that “A picture is worth a thousand words”.

He tells the first spectator that on the reverse side of this picture is another photo of me holding a face up card. The magician asks the first spectator to reveal their selection. The photo is turned over and the child star is holding a playing card. It's a Match!

The magician turns the photo face down on the table and asks 2nd spectator to reveal his selection. The magician then asks the 2nd spectator to turn the photo over. The photo has changed to match the other selected card!

Rodger Lovins has been creating magic for over 30 years and this may well be his ultimate creation. Don't pass this one up!

Comes complete with wallet-size double sided photo, gimmick, plastic business card holder and 12 page booklet with other routines, tips and methods.

A spectator selects a card and is asked to stare at it while you attempt to "read their mind". In the meantime, you take out your Y2K magic wand (actually a telescoping silver wand with a mirror on it). Tell them to concentrate while you try to get good reception. You extend the wand, turning it into an "antenna". Now you place it behind their head and draw them in close for a better transmission. For the first time everyone but your spectator can see the attached mirror.

You try to get a clear view of the card. Everyone is laughing hysterically except for your spectator. Your spectator will be curious as to why they are laughing. Your volunteer will try to turn around and see what you are doing but you will always be one step ahead of them. After the laughter subsides, you show that the back of the mirror has a label printed with the chosen card! This is a very funny bit that is a sure fire hit!

Filmed at The Centre for The Magic Arts, The Magic Circle‘s famous headquarters and home of 10,000 secrets. What better place to reveal a secret than within Europe’s largest library of magic books. This is the first time Nicholas Einhorn has revealed the secret of Spooked on DVD. It is, without question a reputation making effect, which will be remembered by your spectators for a long, long time.

This instructional DVD covers all the subtleties, which can only be developed through thousands of performances. No detail is left uncovered and many updated techniques and tips are included which did not appear in the original and somewhat rare manuscript.

Better than the haunted deck ever was- BILL MALONE

I was fooled…It's very good! - ALEX ELMSLEY

Comes complete with DVD, Special Gimmicks, and detailed instructions on how to perform this truly amazing illusion!!

DVD Running Time Approximately 1hr 36min

Two cards are selected and returned to the deck. A plain white handkerchief is removed from your pocket and the deck is wrapped up within it. The corners of the handkerchief are held with the deck suspended, and the package is given a shake. The first selected card penetrates right through the handkerchief and falls to the table. The handkerchief is shaken again and falls to the table. The handkerchief is shaken again and another card penetrates through, but is seen to be blank.

The handkerchief is then opened up and it is found that the image of the selected card is now printed on it.

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

Take any card from a deck. You don't need to force it. Put it back into the deck. The magician shuffles the deck and spreads the deck with the cards face down, making a row. Then the magician shows his new car, the latest model in the market, the CRYSTAL CAR. He makes it roll on top of the row of cards, showing it can go forward and backwards. He places the car at the beginning of the row, and then the spectator must put his forefinger on the car and make it roll. As he moves the car, something astonishing happens: the car stops on top of a card he turns it over and... miracle! It's the selected one!

It's a very easy trick to perform.
The car is made of solid lucite, and you can see everything! So where is the trick? Buy CRYSTAL CAR and you will enjoy it for sure - and you'll find out where the secret lies.

From the man who brought us Twisted Sisters, John Bannon has done it again with a diabolical double prediction unlike any other.The performer writes down two predictions, each on a separate piece of paper, and places them on the table in full view. He then begins dealing cards into a face-up pile, allowing the spectator to simply tell him to stop at any point. This selection is placed aside with one of the predictions.

The performer then reveals that the deck he`s using contains marked cards. The marks aren`t meant to be secret, though, as each card is boldly labeled! The deck is shuffled and the performer again deals the cards, this time into a face-down pile. The second spectator also simply tells him when to stop dealing and this selection is also placed aside with the other prediction. Both predictions are now turned over to reveal...they are wrong!? The predictions don`t match the cards! The performer explains that the cards are marked, but not correctly-the printed marks don`t match the faces. When the first face-up selection is turned over, it`s mark matches the first prediction and when the second face-down selection is turned face-up, it also matches the second prediction exactly!Comes complete with the specially printed deck on Hoyle stock and detailed, 8-page, fully-illustrated instruction booklet.

Inspired by Paul Harris's solid deck... A signed card repeatedly jumps to the top of the deck. The deck is placed into the spectators hand and it solidifies into a crystal clear block of acrylic. Comes with detailed instructions, and the custom made acrylic block (poker size).

The magician has a young lady freely select any gentleman from the audience. The magician then tells the young lady to ask the man's name. Once the man's name is established, the magician gives him a laser pointer. Then the young lady selects any card from a deck of cards. She shows the card front and back to the audience and then returns it to the deck. The man is then told to imagine the first letter of his name and to draw that letter on the back of a card with the Laser. The magician then removes the SAME deck from the box of cards, goes through and finds the lady's card. It is turned over and the first letter of the man's name is printed on the back of her selected card. The card can be examined freely.

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.

There are many who would argue that the Ace assembly trick that has come to be known as MacDonald's Aces is the strongest card trick you can do for a layman. Though you may have a different opinion, you just may be tempted to change your mind after witnessing the six world-class performances on this volume.

Leading off, Michael Ammar presents an easy-to-master, yet extremely effective, version of MacDonald's Aces while Johnny Thompson offers a take that intimately involves the spectators. John Mendoza is next with the approach of a classicist while Alexander deCova embellishes his interpretation with an amazing – and amazingly simple – four Ace production. Rising card star John Guastaferro offers up two versions. The first features complete vanishes of the Aces rather than a transposition and also supplies a strong presentational hook while the second is the perfect solution for performing this extremely strong card effect for a much larger audience. Lastly, Martin Nash dons his "Charming Cheat" persona and removes the Aces one at a time right from under a spectator's hand.

Once again, MacDonald's Aces is one of card magic's rare feats – a genuine jaw-dropping miracle – and on this volume, you'll find seven of the finest treatises ever created.

MacDonald's Aces (Michael Ammar) - Automatic Aces (Johnny Thompson) - MacDonald's Four Aces (John Mendoza) - MacDonald's Aces (Alexander deCova) - Famous Aces (John Guastaferro) - Vino Aces (John Guastaferro) - 10,000
Dollar Ace Routine (Martin Nash)

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 magician removes a deck of cards from his pocket, along with a single playing card. The single card is placed face-down on the table as the prediction. A spectator selects a card (the six of hearts from the deck). Unable to see what card was chosen, the magician reveals that the card was a BLACK card. It is obvious that the performer was wrong with his first prediction. Looking surprised and bewildered, the magician tells the spectator to return the card face-down on the deck, which is held by the performer. "You see this deck is getting a little bit worn and does not cooperate sometimes. You were supposed to have selected a BLACK card! I think I have the solution to this problem." The performer reaches into his pocket, and removes a large hypodermic needle. The needle is plunged into the top of the deck, which has the selected card on top. Slowly, the needle fills with RED INK. The performer explains once again, that the volunteer should have selected a BLACK card and this will get rid of the red ink! Now the top card is turned over. To the surprise of everyone, the hearts on the card are hollow, except for a very small portion! "No no, I don’t want the ink just to be removed, I want a totally different suite, the six of clubs or spades - a BLACK card!" The card is placed face-down on the deck once again, and the spectator is asked to wave their hand over the card. The top card is turned over, but the card is now a BLACK six of hearts! Looking astonished, the performer tells the spectator to turn over the prediction card that has been on the table throughout the performance. Amazingly, the prediction card is a BLACK SIX OF HEARTS!

Comes complete with everything you need, except you will need to supply your own deck of cards to match the back design and color of the special cards included.

Four spectators are asked to select a card. You then take out a sheet of newspaper and a pair of scissors. You make one cut and opening the paper the image of the first card is revealed on the sheet of paper. Refolding the paper, another single cut is made, and the unfolded paper now matches the second selection. Repeat this a third time, and the next card is revealed. Finally you make a last cut, and then holding up the paper the final card appears with a twist.

Also included is the thrown out deck, you wrap the deck in a rubber band. Throw it out into the audience and four spectators peek at a card one at a time throwing the deck from person to person. You ask them to stand and think of the card, you will name the cards, and if their card is named you want them to sit down. Of course you name all four cards and they all sit down!

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. Includes the special gimmick and eight pages of complete, illustrated instructions-you need only supply the deck.

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

A spectator's chosen card is lost in the deck. Instead of finding the card (any magician could do that), the pips on another card are moved to create an image of the selection!

Comes complete with the necessary, specially-printed Bicycle card and detailed, fully-illustrated 12-page instruction booklet.

The magician is about to perform a card trick with a spectator. Before they get started, the magician brings out a deck and asks if the spectator will shuffle it. They agree and the magician slides the deck across the table to the spectator. As he quickly lifts his hand, the deck begins to move back towards the magician! After a good laugh, the real trick begins!

Q. Is it possible to perform the classic Rising Card effect without strings, magnets or elastic and without gaffed cards or gimmicked decks of any kind?

With A.I.R. all you need is an ordinary deck and one minute of simple preparation. You are now set to cause any selected card to rise eerily from the centre of a cased deck at a moments notice. Prepare it once, perform it again and again.

The rise is under your complete control.
The card rises from the middle of the deck.
The card can be removed from the deck by the spectator.

At the beginning of your card set you display a blue backed deck and place it into your pocket for later. You then remove a red deck and blow everyone away with all your hottest stuff. Just before you end you suggest an experiment, a long shot if you will. Something that, should it work will guarantee many a sleepless night. You ask a spectator to just THINK of ANY CARD. Then you ask them to just THINK of ANY NUMBER between 1 and 52. The choices are written on the back of a Joker and left in plain view for all to see. You propose that you will, through shuffling and cutting, position the card they thought of in the exact position they named. They seem unimpressed. That’s when you ask them to think back to the blue deck from way back before any of this began. That deck is removed and handed to a spectator. She counts cards to the table face up, one for each number. Everyone holds their breath as the last card is reached. When it is turned over…it is the thought of card!

The 14 page ROUTE 1 manuscript describes the simple construction of a gimmick that does virtually NOTHING while at the same time, it does absolutely EVERYTHING!!

No memorized decks, in fact no memory work at all! No indexes! No palming or in any way adding cards to the deck! The spectator counts through the cards deck is normal, no duplicates or gaffed cards! No cards left in the case! No near misses! Literally ANY card! Genuinely ANY number! 100% guaranteed to work every single time without fail!

Close-up card magic doesn't get any more direct than this: A spectator names a card. A deck is spread between the magician's hands, and the named selection is seen face-up among the rest of the face-down cards. The spread is then raised, revealing every other card in the pack to be blank. David Regal's latest close-up winner comes complete with the specially prepared Bicycle deck and detailed, photo-illustrated instructions.

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.

After performing a series of card effects, the performer begins to shrink a fan of cards.

Just a light squeezing motion, and voila! Cards have diminished by 25%! This is repeated four times until the performer is holding a small fan of cards 1/4" in size! Finally, the cards vanish completely!

Viking's Diminishing Cards are professionally used the world over. They are made to exacting standards and will give you years of service.

Each set is hand-made, easy to operate. Complete instructions included. Mechanical, no difficult sleights.

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.

The Gordon Diary - Paul Gordon

A spectator names any date while they are shuffling ANY deck of cards. A card is selected and placed face down to one side, spectator looks up their date in a small pocket diary Every date has a card printed next to it. The card printed on the chosen date is read aloud. Then the tabled is turned face up they match. This is being called the best version of the diary trick ever. NO STACKED DECK, NO SWITCHES, ANY DECK. This is excellent, the dates are already printed in the diary. Highly Recommended.

The story revolves around a small town astronomer (a card is selected, say the King of Spades, from a blue deck to represent the astronomer), who spots an alien space ship (really a manila envelope with a picture of a spaceship on the front), which lands on the outskirts of town. The spaceship's door opens, and the aliens emerge. You show four cards with beautiful colourful pictures of aliens on both sides. One of the aliens is removed and heads to town (the deck) to investigate. The astronomer has set out to spy on the aliens. When he sneezes, they grab him (the blue backed King of Spades is added to the remaining three alien cards), and using some unknown alien technology, the aliens change their appearance and you show four blue backed Kings of Spades! The astronomer escapes, the alien who went to town returns, and the cards change back into four green aliens! The aliens climb back in their ship and blast off and the Earth is saved! A clever, timely story. Beautifully made cards, includes envelope with the picture of the alien spaceship. No complicated sleights, easy to do and visually stunning.

Due to overwhelming demand, Joe Karson released The World's Fastest Card Trick to the magic community in 1948. And they've been using it to get laughs ever since. Harry Blackstone, Jr. has used this very routine in many of his shows.

This is the complete routine exactly as performed and featured by Joe Karson. He has provided the presentation, method, patter and timing necessary to perform this trick effectively.

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 card is selected and used to illustrate the honest misdirection of Lawyers and Magicians. The audience will see their card face up on the table, but instantly it disappears and the card is found in an envelope that has now become Unlikely Evidence, as it was never near the card. Instant transposition and unique presentation cause the spectator to enjoy this baffling and entertaining effect. Unlikely Evidence is a highly visual masterpiece. A chosen card represents a missing person, who may or may not really be missing! Was a crime committed? The Unlikely Evidence is hard to believe!

The Magician shows a large comedy 'gun' to the audience, and places it under their arm.

The spectator holds the deck and the magician brings the gun forward and asks the spectator to throw the cards in the air. The spectator does so and the magicians swings the gun through the cards and a BANG is heard!

There is now 'smoke' protruding from the end of the gun which turns out to be the spectators selected card!

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 !

Four randomly selected spectators are chosen to come on stage and each select a card. Then comes the difference...instead of the mentalist revealing the names of the selected cards, one of the spectators on stage finds themselves able to accurately divine the name of each of the chosen cards, with apparently no knowledge of how they are doing it.

Not only that, but it can be stressed that this mind-reading spectator has never met you before, that nothing has been set up, that the performer isn't signaling to the spectator (touch, sound etc) and that at no point prior to naming each card does he know any of the selections. At no point does he see the other selections and the effect works every time! The mind-reader can even be blindfolded.

This pack comes with everything needed to perform this effect*, including in-depth instructions and full script as well as performance ideas and extensions to what is one of the cleanest and outrageously impossible mind-reading effects around!

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! (Not Rough and Smooth!) Only One Deck Is Used! Instantly Reset! No Force of Any Kind! No Sleight of Hand! 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. Comes with full instructions for the original "Phil" routine Includes ideas from Dan Garrett, Obie O'Brien and more

This wallet from Tony Curtis Magic is very similar to the oringinal Kaps wallet sold by Ken Brooke. Made from top quality leather, made especially for this effect.

The Effect: I'm sure I will be teaching you to suck eggs... But just in case you hav'nt seen it... A card is selected, signed and then lost in deck. After suitable byplay the suave and sophisticated magician either being unable to find the selected card or just simply showing off he removes his wallet and undoing the center zip reaches into the rear compartment of the wallet and removes the said selected and of course "SIGNED" card! You have performed yet another mirical!

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 the 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!

Whilst you hold a deck of cards in your hand still in their box, you ask a spectator to name ANY card they wish. You take the deck from its case and remove their card placing it on the table. So far nothing out of the ordinary just a plain normal card. You ask why they chose that particular card when they could have had their pick of any of these… You flick through the deck and it is seen that the rest of the deck is a girlie deck… Each and every card a different picture. OR The chosen card can be the only Girlie card and the rest of the pack is normal. Self working. Great for the boys. They'll love this one at the bar.

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.

A prediction is written on a piece of paper and handed to a spectator for safe keeping. A deck of cards is shown front and back. The spectator shuffles and cuts the deck as often as he likes. The spectator cuts the deck into several piles. The spectator then selects one of the piles, and turns over the top card of his chosen pile. Amazingly this card matches your prediction. It really is that clean and simple People have started religions with less! Comes complete with a special bicycle poker deck of cards! Very easy to do! No sleight of hand! Can be learned in minutes!.

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 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.

Single in available in blue bicycle only or delux (can penetrate both ends) in red or blue bicycle

Available in Red Bicycle, this is just the card, but it is fairly self explainatory how to work it!

You show a deck of cards to be ordinary. Spectator selects a card, which may be signed, the card is put back in the deck, squared, then placed face down on the table. Magician shows a coin, then vanishes it.
Ask the spectator to cut the deck. The previously vanished coin is sitting on the deck, exactly right were they cut. The coin is removed and the spectator names their chosen card. When they turn over the card that was underneath the coin. It is the selected card. Very easy to perform.

An all time classic originally put out by KEN BROOKE. A great finish to a card routine. Having failed to find the chosen card you turn over the pack to show your final prediction which also turns out to be wrong you place the deck on the table and the spectator places their finger on the cards. You ask them to name their card and left their finger. As they do the card on the table unfolds into a JUMBO sized replica of their card. If KEN BROOKE sold it, it must be good. Go on, be entertaining for a change.

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.

A Stack of $100 Bills Instantly Changes Into A Complete, Ungimmicked Deck of Playing Cards! Moving smoothly from one trick to another while performing is important in magic, and Docc Hilford's Million Dollar Deck is the perfect way to transition from money magic into card magic. Imagine picking up a fat stack of hundred dollar bills (you don't really need to have a stack of $100's lying around) and by simply removing the paper band and passing your hand over the money, the bills instantly change into a deck of cards! You can then go on to perform any of your favorite card tricks. The change happens so fast you'll amaze yourself! The gimmick disappears instantly-no one will ever have a chance at catching you. Perform it on stage or close-up.

Strangley enough when I looked at this I thought...you have to be kidding...but then I tried it...The reaction I got was amazing! This isn't a resetable table hopper but for the start - or part of a routine this is a very nice effect - M

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 are the very best quality Stripper decks available. It is manufactured in genuine Bicycle Rider backed cards from the US Playing Card Company and comes complete with crystal clear instructions.

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.

These are the very best quality Svengali decks available. Manufactured in genuine Bicycle Rider backed cards from the US Playing Card Company and comes complete with crystal clear instructions

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)

This deck has the standard 52 cards + Jokers but each and every back is different. Great for a color change deck routine the cards match the Piatnic Classics (above)

A set of 25 ESP (5 sets of 5) cards from Royal Magic. These are actually marked, although not mentioned in the instructions!!! Very subtle markings but very easy to read.

A deck of cards with red backs and blank faces, blue backs with blank faces, double blank (blank face and back), or with blank backs (with regular faces). Poker size only.

A deck of cards with no faces on the cards, in red backs on both sides, blue backs on both sides, or red backs on one side and blue backs on the other (Red/Blue). Poker size only.

Looking for an odd card...most are obvious (like the 15 of spades!) I have put picures of the others! Forgot I even had them until someone asked the other day, there are a selection of blue and red, but in most cases I only have 1 or 2 of each.

Imported from Japan, this set of cards was specially designed with the magician in mind. The deck itself is a full inch and a half longer than a standard poker size deck, and has a back design that allows the performer to create at least four different colours of fans.

But the best part is on the face of the deck. Fanned in one direction, the deck appears ordinary. Fanned in the other direction, however, the cards form a full-colour picture of a menacing green dragon!