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Article number: dl53054
One of the things magicians who perform with playing cards hear from audiences all the time is, "I wouldn't want to play cards with you!" This is heard even more frequently when the theme of the...
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Article number: dl47320
The effect that is commonly referred to as Gypsy Thread was first introduced into the literature of magic in 1584 by Provost and ever since, magicians - and presumably their audiences - have been...
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Article number: dl52339
As one goes through the literature of magic, the name of Dr. Jacob Daley crops up quite frequently, particularly in reference to card magic. Dr. Daley was a New York plastic surgeon but also an avid...
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Article number: dl46531
In this volume, you'll discover the Linking Rings, one of magic's most enduring classics. For centuries, magicians have charmed, baffled and amused their audiences with the mysterious linking and...
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Article number: dl47872
Seven versions of magic's strongest card trick... assembled just for you!There are many who would argue that the Ace assembly trick that has come to be known as MacDonald's Aces is the strongest...
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Article number: dl48051
Needless to say, proper technique is the foundation for solid, deceptive card work and on this landmark three-volume series, experts Sepp Holzer and Andy Edmüller have taken the most important...
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Article number: dl48116
Needless to say, proper technique is the foundation for solid, deceptive card work; experts Sepp Holzer and Andy Edmüller have taken the most important concepts in card table artifice and...
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Article number: dl48055
In a letter from 1872, Johann Hofzinser wrote, "Card effects are the poetry of conjuring" and long before Hofzinser penned those words and ever since, magicians have been displaying the many wonders...
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Article number: dl47015
Close-up magicians have known for years that audiences love the classic plot where four coins individually placed under four playing cards magically gather under one of the cards.
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Article number: dl47009
In the world of prestidigitation, there are magic tricks . . . and then there's metal bending. Ever since Uri Geller set the imagination of the world on fire by bending silverware with seemingly...
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Article number: dl48017
Coins have always held a prominent place in magicians' repertoires but many have missed the wealth of magic potential in paper currency. As it turns out, the sheer variety of plots possible with...
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Article number: dl49493
The basic plot of the card effect that we know today as Oil and Water can be traced back to the 1940s and a Walter Gibson trick from the pages of The Jinx. It was Ed Marlo who attached the name "Oil...
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Article number: dl47952
In 1942, magician Paul Curry invented a card trick that would take the world of pasteboard sorcery by storm. Dubbed Out of This World, this effect, where a spectator separates the red cards from the...
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Article number: dl51628
It seems to be commonly believed that the genre of card magic known as packet tricks - that is, card tricks that use a small number of cards rather than the entire deck - are a relatively recent...
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Article number: dl51629
t seems to be commonly believed that the genre of card magic known as packet tricks - that is, card tricks that use a small number of cards rather than the entire deck - are a relatively recent...
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Article number: dl51630
It seems to be commonly believed that the genre of card magic known as packet tricks - that is, card tricks that use a small number of cards rather than the entire deck - are a relatively recent...
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Article number: dl47870
In the mid-Fifties, Bob Carver created a sensation with a rope effect he created based on ideas from Hen Fetsch. In fact, before he could be awarded the IBM Originality Trophy in 1957, he had to...
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Article number: dl48131
Though conjuring effects with finger rings have been part of the conjuring literature for quite some time, it was British magician/mentalist Al Koran who first conceived of the notion of a borrowed...
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Article number: dl47317
On this video, you'll find seven different approaches to the Ring on Rope from six masters. Aldo Colombini begins and ends this volume with two distinctly different - and decidedly Aldo-esque -...
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Article number: dl47314
Rope magic has always been a favorite of performers and audiences alike mostly due to the ordinary properties employed. Everyone is familiar with rope and when it does unexpected and impossible...
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