Top Secret Magic - Card Tricks

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"

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.

The Killer Opener - The name says it all. This is a killer. One of the best shrinking card case effects ever, a perfect opener for you card act. The best thing of all is that it is almost sleight free!

Card Under the Badge - Cards have been loaded under a glass and inside a wallet for ages...Now they have one more impossible location to go!!

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.

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!

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

At the end of your close-up routine, you say people often wonder how you (the magician)can find chosen cards so easily. You'd like to see if one of the spectators could find a chosen card without you doing anything, but by using his INSIGHT.

You invite two spectators to help in this experiment. You remove a deck of cards casually show them face up while you remove the joker. They are placed face down on the table. You ask one of the spectators cut off a block and look at a card. Not to remove it, just THINK of it. You really don't know what card the person is thinking about! The selection is made in the spectator's hands. The magician isn't touching the cards. The person doesn't write the card down, he merely thinks of it.

The deck is then picked up by you and mixed so nobody knows where the card he is just thinking of is. You casually spread the cards face up telling the 2nd person the thought of card could be anywhere in the deck. You turn the deck face down and place it on the table. The 2nd person is asked to use his INSIGHT and decide on a number. Let's say he decides on 27. You ask him to deal a pile of 27 cards face down. The magician does NOT touch the cards.

After the pile is dealt you ask the first person for the FIRST time what card he thought of. You really don't know the card he thought of until he now names it.

You point out that the first person freely choose a number and dealt that many cards off. You say that nobody could know the top card of that pile. You point out that had he stopped one card sooner it would have been different. You have him turn over the other card on the other pile showing it not the thought of card. Now for the climax, the person turns over the card counted down to, and it is the merely thought of card!

IMPORTANT POINTS:
The Deck is out of the case before a number is selected The thought of card is not revealed until after the named number has been dealt to!

No specially printed cards. You really don't know the card the person thinks of until he tells you right before the dealt to card is turned over. No misses and No outs. Easy to do with no complicated calculations. No memorized deck. No Rough & Smooth. No Marked Cards. Comes with several different presentations and handlings. Very clean and nothing appears to be contrived.

Complete with special bicycle poker deck and complete detailed directions that give you every nuances that Devin has developed over the years.

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!

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.

This is a beauty! Use it as a Card Box or a Drawer Card Box? Or a Double Drawer Box using cards! The drawer gimmick is invisible, only from Mikame Craft do you get such quality.

You can use not only cards, but bills, coins & items that fit in the box!! Furniture Quality Walnut Box! Well known Mikame-Craft collectors emblem on the interior bottom drawer.

A blank unfolded card box visibly prints itself, then is folded into the shape of a box, and a regulation deck of cards is magically produced from it.

Comes complete with 4 ingenious custom-crafted, precision-made gimmicked card cases - 2 blank, 1 red and 1 blue and instructions.

The magician removes a unfolded, empty card case from his pocket and displays it to the audience. "I do this to save space. Did you know that a cardbox is just a piece of cardboard that's been folded up?" He shows the opened box on all sides, then folds the cardboard back into the shape of a card box. He snaps his fingers, opens the flap and pulls out a full deck of regulation playing cards with which to perform his next miracle!

Comes complete with the ingenious custom-crafted, precision-made gimmicked card case that makes this amazing routine possible and detailed, photo-illustrated instructions.

The performer displays a prediction card which fails to match the spectator's selection.

The card visibly and magically transforms to a replica of the correct (selected) card.

You get 3 different prediction cards. The same card(s) can be used over and over again hundreds of times.

If you have a cell phone with a camera, then you now have one of the coolest impromptu card effects available!

EffectA spectator chooses a card. It becomes a blank. They hold the blank up near their face. You take a photo of their face and blank. The blank card they are holding becomes the chosen card in the cell phone photo! WOW!!!

"Calling Card is the best trick I have seen in a long time! I can't convey here the excitement and enthusiasm I feel for this effect. I told Rodger Lovins the creator of the effect that I thought his creation was a candidate for the 'Trick of the Year!' Since I have been in magic over 50 years, I am not easily impressed! I am impressed." - John Rogers

Comes complete with blank red and blue Bicycle poker cards, gimmick, and instructions.

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!

These easy-to-read marked cards are printed on the world's most popular cards - Bicycle Rider Backs, manufactured by the world famous US Playing Card Company.

The Boris Wild Marked Deck is a dream to use. Wild's system is recognized as the finest ever developed. The marks are hidden in plain sight - easy for the magician to read, yet completely invisible to the uninitiated spectator.

Included with each deck are complete instructions that detail its working, along with several tips, tricks and ideas that you'll be performing right away! Easy enough for a beginner to use, but the perfect professional performance tool, as well.

- Identify any card without seeing its face - Read the identifiers of the cards directly without having to mark the card yourself - No codes, No symbol to interpret, No marking system to learn - Hand out the deck without fear of detection - Instant location and direct reading of the marks.

"The ultimate marked deck is the best marked deck presently available to magicians. It strikes the perfect balance between being easy to read and being difficult to detect." - Darwin ORTIZ

Spooked - Nicholas Einhorn

From a borrowed deck, a card is freely chosen and returned. The deck is isolated on the floor, away from the magician. Under complete control, the deck eerily begins to cut itself to a card in the centre. The card 'jumps' out and away from the deck and is revealed to be the selection. Everything can be handed out for immediate examination.

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

Overlap - Joshua Jay

Following the success of Joshua Jay's Magic Atlas, Josh returns with an amazing series of effects utilizing his Overlap Gimmick. You'll learn contemporary and visually striking renditions of:

The Homing Card - Assemblies & Reverse Assemblies - Twisting Routines - Open Travelers - Collectors - The Tunnel Effect - & MORE (approximately 20 effects included).

Best of all, most of these effects are within the reach of the average performer, and most end clean! Overlap is an exciting kit including the 144 page booklet (with 180 clear photographs), a performance paced DVD (so you can see the effects in action), seven Bicycle Poker-sized gimmicks, and four Jumbo cards. Everything you need to perform these wonders!

"Joshua Jay's transcendent creations with the overlap gaff threatens to make all sorts of card stuff obsolete. This is probably a good thing!" - Paul Harris

"He is the future of magic, and he scares me because he is so good!" - Lennart Green

Pages 144 - DVD Running Time Approximately 36min
Jumbo Cards Approximately 7" x 4 1/2" (18cm x 11cm) - Poker Cards Approximately 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" (9cm x 6.5cm)

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

The Finest Card Duck Available! (Do NOT confuse this with the cheaply made imports-Our Viking Card Duck is in a class by iteself!). The Clairvoyant Card Duck is one of the classics in Magic, and our version is no exception. Expertly made, bright colors and detail. The wings are sculpted and extend past the sides of the body, giving this duck a realistic look.

A spectator (you are not limited as to how many you use) is asked to select a card from a deck of 52. The card is returned to the deck and the cards mixed. Now, your psychic duck, Clairvolina is introduced. She will locate the hidden card and she will do this without asking any questions.

The duck begins removing cards from the deck by pecking them out of the holder at the end of her perch. No, not that one, not that one either. Ah, here it is.... Clairvolina has selected a card, which she now holds in her beak. The spectator names his card, and lo and behold, this is the exact card selected by your psychic duck!

The effect may be repeated, and this time, you cover her eyes with a blindfold (not supplied but you can use a small silk hanky!), yet she is still able to locate the selected card!

This is a great item for and adults. The presentations possible are only limited by your imagination. Alphabet cards, picture cards, baseball cards, etc. can be used.

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.

This is fast proving to be one of my best selling card tricks of the last few years...

"Blind Luck is a trick that should be in every magician's repertoire! It's an extremely clever self-working effect that is both confounding and magical. What more can one ask? Dan Paulus has taken the simplest of principles and routined them with a host of clever touches, resulting in a knock-out card trick of the highest order. Bravo!" - David Regal Blind Luck & Pure Skill DVD by Dan Paulus

Blind Luck : A spectator freely chooses one of two decks, red or blue (not a force.) Whichever deck he chooses will be the deck he will use, the other deck will be placed aside. Our spectator reverses one card sight unseen from his chosen deck. The deck that was placed aside is now spread on the table by the spectator to find the exact same card is reversed in this deck! Now the kicker!- The two cards are turned over to show that not only do they match, but each card has the back design from the opposite deck!

No sleights, no trick decks, no extra cards! Everything seems to work in the spectator's hands! Blind Luck has fooled and impressed some very well know and knowledgeable magicians!

Pure Skill :One spectator names any number between one and fifty-two. A second spectator chooses a card from a red deck. Using a blue deck, the magician shuffles only once and skillfully gets the chosen card to the chosen number! Any number can be named! As in Blind Luck no trick deck of any kind is used!

Extra Bonus: The Zarro Shuffle. Expert tips and instruction for a sleight that (in Dan's opinion) is the greatest false shuffle of all time!

"This is the first card trick to completely fool my wife in years... She has no clue... I have even fooled EVERY magician I have shown it too! So simple but SO very effective! I shall still be doing this one in 20 years time! "M"

Price: £15

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!

Four Kings change places one at a time with four blank cards. The transposition is repeated only this time it occurs instantly. Finally, the four kings disappear altogether and ALL THE CARDS ARE BLANK!

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.

The routine begins with a discussion of how playing cards were originally hand painted and considered pieces of art. A card is then selected and returned to the deck. You then display four postcards, each depicting Gainsborough's The Blue Boy painting. You explain that one of them is a forgery as the spectators immediately spot the obvious and amusing fake.

The postcards are turned over to show Gainsborough painted a back to Blue Boy but no one ever noticed because it was always kept framed. For the finale a postcard that was placed aside on an impromptu easel is revealed with The Blue Boy now holding the selected card.

Can be repeated up to four times with different cards. Comes complete with the necessary postcards and a photo-illustrated booklet. Very easy to do and fun to perform.

A completely self-working gem of card magic–now even better! Effect: The magician introduces an interesting deck of playing cards–one with 52 different back designs. Two of these cards are placed face up on the table, let’s say the jack of hearts and the seven of clubs each deck is different. The spectator now takes the deck and deals the cards into a face-down pile on the table, stopping anywhere he likes. The spectator has an absolutely free choice of where to stop the deal. One of the face-up cards is now dropped on top of the dealt pile and the rest of the cards are dropped on top, burying it somewhere in the center. The spectator now deals again, stopping anywhere he likes, and the remaining face-up card is dropped on top of the dealt pile, which is in turn covered with the balance of the deck. The deck is now spread the two face-up cards are slid out along with the face down card that lies

next to each. These two cards are turned face up and they MATCH the face-up cards! The cards are now turned face down and the backs match as well! Wait, there’s more! For the killer finish, the deck is spread face up to reveal it consists of all tens of diamonds!Comes complete with a custom "Rainbow Deck" and Lennart's ultra-commercial presentation! Absolutely No Skill Required!

This is one of my personal favorites... Great entertaining routine that gets great reaction.- M

The effect: A group of children that you did a show for have made you a unique and special gift as a thank you. Wonderful though this is, it’s not a lot of use for performing with. So using your special powers you set about changing one card, then the whole deck into a more familiar and useful design. With the brand new deck you demonstrate your skills with a little mind reading. However, racked with guilt at ruining the young ones’ beautiful present you set about returning it to its former, if unconventional, glory

Each Kids Kards deck comes complete and ready to work. As you can see from the images, the artwork on the "kid" cards is charming - both the faces and backs have been custom printed and are perfectly in tune with the patter story of children designing a deck of cards. The trick is nearly self-working, the deck does all the work for you. Highly recomended!

Kundalini Rising - Jeff McBride

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, at his request I hold the breaths briefly, then blow the air out through the deck in my hand. Once, twice, three times. With the third breath, 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. 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.

Symnergy

Simple, easy and powerful, with Symnergy you can vanish or appear a coin or card at anytime between your other effects. Effect: The magician displays the spectator's selected card and places it face-down onto the table. Without any funny moves, he then takes two indifferent cards and lays them on the table face-down, overlapping each other. Each card is cleanly shown, no doubles, etc. After a snap of the fingers, the magician flips over the two indifferent cards to reveal the selection in between! The card still on the table, previously the spectator's selection, is turned over to reveal it is an indifferent card! No rough and smooth, no magnets, no threads, Symnergy is visually powerful and ends clean. Includes 12-page, photo-illustrated instructions and special gimmick on Bicycle stock. PLEASE NOTE you will need a BLACK CLOSE UP MAT to perform these effects! Not Supplied but you can get one here

Price: £9

ResurrXion - Nigel Harison - Torn and restored taken to the next level!

Visually stunning and technically sound, Nigel Harrison’s Resurrxion” is sure to become a staple in the world of 'one piece at a time' torn & restored card effects. Here’s the effect: A card is selected and signed by the spectator, then torn into four pieces. Simply by touching the pieces together, each is visibly “fused” to another, one piece at a time, until the card is restored. Sounds typical, right? It's not; here is what makes resurrxion so special; each and every piece is shown, very openly, front and back before and after each restoration, throughout the entire routine.

Please note: When the pieces are counted, there really are four separate pieces (no fans). Each piece really is shown front and back (no special moves) No duplicate signatures are used, just the spectator’s and it is in-play throughout the entire routine. No glue, tape or magnets (ha ha ha). Just knuckle-busting magic. Resurrxion is provided in PC CD ROM format. Just stick it in a computer and the presentation starts immediately. Each stage of the effect is broken-down and thoroughly explained via detailed video clips which can be played full screen on your computer.

Price: £23

Rider The Runaway Deck - Fantasio

Rider is one of the most subtle and funniest gags for close-up card magic!

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!

One of the greatest classics in magic. A card or cards are selected by your spectators who can even sign and return the cards to the deck. Now the magician makes a couple of magical passes over the cards and suddenly one card rises from the middle of the deck. This is then repeated with the other selected cards. Simple, direct, straight to the point magic. Highly recommended. This deck is manufactured by Martini Magic... It is the ONLY deck ever to be authorized by Mitch Devano himself,

ALSO... And this is a a biggie. The rising unit comes with a LIFETIME warranty! If it breaks you send it back and they will repair it!!!!

HEADING NORTH, one of the standout items from Regal’s Constant Foolingbooks, is a rising card effect that incorporates a simple, foolproof gimmick inspired by a brilliant concept by the late, great Irv Wiener. The gimmick is a playing card, now professionally made for the first time, that has been turned into a rising device. The gaffed card can be in the deck for an entire card act and brought into use whenever the performer desires.

Included along with two Bicycle gimmicks, one red and one blue, is the heretofore unpublished routine “Rising Transpo”, and it’s an absolute killer: Two cards are selected. The first slowly rises from the center of the deck and is tossed face down to the table. A magical gesture and another card rises...but it’s the same card as the one just tabled. The tabled card is turned over – it has become the second selection. The gimmick makes this two-phase effect almost automatic.

Comes complete with 8 page instructional booklet and two Bicycle backed gimmick cards.

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!

Back on the market after a very long absents... And even more popular than ever...
A spectator chooses a card. The performer then says he will reveal the card in a most unusual way. He picks up a piece of wire, and applies some heat to it. As the wire heats up, it twists around until it forms the shape of the selected card! An incredibly visual way of revealing a card. They'll want to see this again! At the time of writing this I have Ace of Spades & Jack of Hearts. Please check for availability.

In 1999 magic history was made. Less than 50 professional mentalists were invited to own a new special deck and for this honor they each paid $100! After the 50 decks were gone, many pros tried to get one of these wonderful decks, but were turned away. The secret was to be kept exclusive for four years. Now that time is up and you can own the same deck for much, much less!

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 rubber-banded stack of windowed envelopes is placed in plain view. A freely selected card is signed and returned to the deck. The spectator looks through the stack of envelopes until he comes across one with a card in it (the card can be seen through the window) you open the envelope and remove the card, wow it's the signed selection! A new visual method is used to perform this classic effect. There is no palming. The extremely convincing climax is visually perfect. You will fool yourself! Comes complete with a photo-illustrated booklet and a special gimmick that makes everything happen. Very easy to do and guaranteed to fool!

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.

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!