![]() Just Passin' ThruTerrific pencil through dollar effect
Imagine a piece of magic so incredible, so visually stunning, that it looks like trick photography...but it's happening live, inches from your face! Other products in the category Tricks / Close-up and Pocket Magic:
Bill Tube - Deluxe Brass -- This is a classic: A dollar bill is borrowed. The bill is signed and then folded into a small packet. It is then placed under a handkerchief and the spectator is asked to hold the bill and hanky. A sealed brass tube is removed from the performers pocket or case without hesitation or any false looking moves and placed in full view of the audience.
Now, the bill is vanished and the handkerchief shown empty. The brass tube is HANDED to the spectator who opens it to find that the signed dollar bill is inside!!! Very nice, very clean and neat. Excellent new method on the tube.
Brad's Gold Shells -- From the olden days of carnivals, city back alleys, to magic shops, the three shell game has fooled them all. We humbly introduce the set of shells that grip perfect and perform with an expert feel. The shells are made in brass then twice gold plated. Each set comes with three shells, a rubber green pea and a collector’s carrying case.
Card Through The Glass -- This is WAY COOL! A signed card is placed on a piece of plexi-glass. A second spectator then places his own signed business card on top of the playing card. Now a second piece of glass is placed on top of all, and everything is "rubber-banded" closed. You tell the audience to keep their eyes on the playing card, and not to blink. You spectator's jaws will hit the floor as the watch the card VISIBLY, and without ANY cover of ANY kind, MELT THROUGH THE GLASS!! This is a very eerie effect, and will blow 'em away! Highly recommended!
Cards of Cairo by Docc Hilford -- Docc Hilford's Cards of Cairo is a piece of apparent fortunetelling that's very easy to do and completely baffles any audience. Here's the effect:
The faces of three over-sized cards are shown to the audience. You explain that everyone will now take a mystical journey from the past, through the present and into the future.
You go on to explain that the journey began in the past when you wrote three predictions about a spectator and sealed them under plastic to the backs of each card. A spectator chooses a face-up card and when the card is turned over it reads, "You Will Choose This Card First" and it even goes on to say something about the spectator's future. Of course, everyone thinks it's just a joke and that all the cards say the same thing. But, when the second card chosen is turned over it reads, "This Card Will Be Picked Second!" The final card's prediction prognosticates that it will be the last of the spectator's selections, three for three!
Completely self-contained
Nothing is switched
Predictions really are sealed to the cards
Predictions were written before the show
No forcing-every choice is completely free!
Easy to do
Includes three cards, gimmicks, pen and detailed instructions
Cell-O-Phane by Armando Vera -- You have to get this one. I mean that. I saw it performed twice before writing the review and it totally fooled me both times! This is cool magic. Here is the routine exactly as it appears: You take an open deck of cards that still has the cellophane wrapper on most of the box. YOU write down the name of a card that you predict will be selected in a moment. This is done with a black marking pen. The deck is turned over and a spectator assistant signs their name on the other side. You now remove the deck from the box. Spread the cards for a selection. Card is selected and turned over. It is NOT the card you wrote down. Spectator is asked to turn the box over and your prediction has CHANGED to match the card selected!!!
Now...get this....the wrapper can be removed and HANDED OUT FOR COMPLETE EXAMINATION OR TO BE KEPT BY THE SPECTATOR! Believe it or not, this is EASY and CLEAN to do. It kills. Highly recommended!!!
Cell-O-Phane by Armando Vera -- You have to get this one. I mean that. I saw it performed twice before writing the review and it totally fooled me both times! This is cool magic. Here is the routine exactly as it appears: You take an open deck of cards that still has the cellophane wrapper on most of the box. YOU write down the name of a card that you predict will be selected in a moment. This is done with a black marking pen. The deck is turned over and a spectator assistant signs their name on the other side. You now remove the deck from the box. Spread the cards for a selection. Card is selected and turned over. It is NOT the card you wrote down. Spectator is asked to turn the box over and your prediction has CHANGED to match the card selected!!!
Now...get this....the wrapper can be removed and HANDED OUT FOR COMPLETE EXAMINATION OR TO BE KEPT BY THE SPECTATOR! Believe it or not, this is EASY and CLEAN to do. It kills. Highly recommended!!!
Coffee Cup Chop Cup
Color Monte -- This is one of my all time favorite magic routines. Although it takes a little skill it is well within the reach of anyone wanting to add a truly entertaining piece of magic to their act.
The magician displays three cards-one with a blue spot and two which have red spots. He explains that the cards are used to play a game of chance, the object being to keep track of the card with the blue spot. If you find the blue card you win a dollar, but if you`re wrong then you owe a dollar.
He goes on to relate how he was once taken by the game and shows how quickly he lost three dollars. Every time he thought he had the blue card it ended up being the red!
Frustrated, he accused the man of not even having a blue card in his hands, but when it was shown on the bottom he lost another dollar! Trying to catch the hustler again, he stated that if the card was on the bottom it couldn`t possibly be on top, but was wrong again and lost another dollar! In a last ditch effort he guessed that it couldn`t be the center card, but once again lost another dollar!
His running total was now up to six dollars. Continuing, the performer tells how he told the hustler that he thought more than three cards were being used, but was once again proven wrong and he lost another dollar! Being the gambler he is, he tried one more time, double or nothing. The hustler clearly showed one card with a red spot, a second card with a blue spot and stated all the magician had to do was guess the color of the third card. Red, right? Wrong again-the card isn`t red or blue, but a surprise card no one will expect!
Comes complete with the three necessary cards printed on Bicycle stock and detailed instructions.
Connoisseur Special by Dan Archer -- Right now, this is definitely a favorite around the shop. The 'demo guys' have gone nuts for it and it is selling like....well, whatever it is that you like that sells fast.
Here you go: 3 cards are shown, say 2 black Aces and a King. You tell the spectator that you are going to perform an observation test. The King is placed in between the 2 Aces and the packet is squared. You ask the spectator if the King is face up or face down. Naturally, the answer is "Face up." Nope, wrong. The King has magically turned face down! You repeat the 1st phase a couple of times in various ways until you admit that you have been cheating (perish the thought). You have been using 4 cards instead of 3. You remove one card and place it face down on the table. You now ask the spectators the color of the 2 Aces. They answer, "Black". Wrong! They are RED! However, there are still 2 cards that are face down. You give the spectator one final chance by asking them to choose which card is the King. No matter which one they select they will pick an Ace, because the King has totally vanished leaving you with only 4 Aces. The King is then reproduced from your wallet, pocket etc. This is extremely easy, and is a total blast to perform. Walk around guys and table hoppers take note! Highly, Highly Recommended!
Cups and Balls - Brass/Deluxe -- The NEW ... Johnson Products CUPS AND BALLS are a Dream come true! "These are simply the best set of cups and balls that I have seen offered to the magic community in the 30 years I have been in the business. A must buy for the collector and anyone who wants to work seriously with cups and balls."
- Brad Burt, owner Brad Burt's Magic Shop
comes with...
3 HEAVY and SOLID Brass cups
4 balls
carrying bag
Cups and Balls Deluxe Chrome -- I have always loved The Cups and Balls, but it has always been tough to find a GOOD set that was affordable. These cups are not only affordable, but the are GREAT! They are light-weight, so doing alot of the flourishes are easy to do. They also have a "musical" ring to them. Each cup produces a different tone when struck. They almost sound like chimes. These are fantastic, and are now my cups of choice.
Deep Astonishment -- A spectator cuts the deck to a random face down card. The card is covered with your wallet to keep it safe. You then ask the spectator to dig deep into her mind for a personal magic word. She has a free choice of almost any word she can imagine! Let's say her word is "rose". You then use her magic word "rose" to help you find the "soul mate" of the card that's under the wallet. It's a very cool trick! But what's in the wallet?
You open the wallet. Your fingers reach into its inner pocket and removes a packet of spare cards that you placed there last night. Their backs are of a different color than the deck you've been using!
You slowly and cleanly deal these cards from the wallet on to the table. The first card has a large "R" hand drawn on its back! The next card an "O"! The next an "S"! The final card an "E"...spelling out her magic word, "ROSE"!
No one says anything for a very long time. Finally a single word escapes your spectator's lips, "HOW?!"
This is as good as it sounds!
“With ‘Deep Astonishment’ Paul Harris has evolved card magic into something that transcends all expectations. This effect evokes a primal shift to a spectator's sense of reality….and the diabolically easy method is a true joy to perform. This is a rare masterpiece on all levels.”
Michael Ammar
“‘Zing!’ My magic word was Zing. I really was astonished. One of the most powerful card effects I've ever experienced. I’d like to find a way to put this into my stage show.”
Brett Daniels
“As a full time restaurant and tavern performer I know the importance of first impressions. If I'm going to perform just one effect, especially if it's to sell a gig, I do ‘Deep Astonishment’!”
Paul Gallagher
“I did it for my stagehand and when he saw his magic word ‘Jedi’ he went pale and looked like he was going to cry or something. I don't know….‘Deep Astonishment’ may be the greatest single card effect ever invented!”
Mac King
“When I saw my magic word, ‘Babe’ . . .
Dice Thru The Mirror -- This IS a KILLER trick. Here is the effect: You display a black plastic folder. You next show a glass mirror and hand it out for examination. The mirror is attached permanently to a wide red ribbon. The mirror is placed inside the plasitic folder. Now....the folder has a small square hole on top just large enough to hold a regular size white gaming die. You can see the mirror through the hole. the die is placed on the mirror. A spectator is asked to hold the ribbon to PROVE that the mirror cannot be moved NOR CAN IT BE REMOVED from the plastic folder.
NOW.....As your audience watches, the die slowly and VISIBLY sinks straight down through the solid glass mirror and falls to the floor! Mirror can be removed and examined again if desired.
I have done this trick thousands of times and it is really terrific. The effect and working is smooth and clean and packs a magic whallop. Get this! For a video demo go to:
http://www.magicmakersinternational.com/dm.wmv
Diminishing Returns -- Effect: You display the fronts and backs of a deck of cards to the audience. A spectator simply names any card they like, you remove the named card and set it aside face-up. You now spread the deck on the table and somehow the entire deck visibly shrinks to half of its original size! The selected card is the biggest one in the deck. Just when the audience catches their breath, the entire deck grows back to its normal size, and now the selected card has shrunk! To finish, the selected card visibly grows back to normal size!
Double Back -- Two cards, undeniably in your hands, instantly change places with those held by someone else! It just doesn't get any more direct.
Simple Handling
Clean Method
Instant Reset
Dragon Thread DVD -- This is the finest version of the classic Gypsy Thread effect ever released. Simply put, this is stunning magic and the DVD format makes it a dream to learn!
Your hands are shown completely empty - fingers wide apart -before, during and after this effect. There is no lapping, no palming and no get-ready. Remove a 15" length of string, tear it into several small pieces and place them on a spectator's palm. Now gather the broken pieces, roll them into a ball, and proceed to unravel the fully restored string! Read that again. It sounds impossible. It looks impossible. It is impossible. But you do it and repeat it immediately - anytime, anywhere, under any conditions. Mike Wong's Dragon Thread comes a professional shot DVD, complete with over the shoulder explanations. Also included is enough Dragon Thread for hundreds of performances. Forget the old way of performing Gypsy Thread - do it the WONG way! They hear and see the thread break! They hold the broken pieces while you show your hands empty! The thread never leaves their sight!
Dream Paddle -- What you get is a beautifully made plastic paddle with colored shapes on both sides. This hard to appreciate without seeing it done, but you can cause the color of the various shapes to CHANGE and do it several times. The method is EXTREMELY clever. Really, you only need know how to perform the classic paddle move well. From there understanding the method of the changes is easy. This is a really cool pocket trick for those of you, who like me, LOVE the paddle move and all the various miracles that can be accomplished with same. Neat!
Fem Fatal by Docc Hilford -- Docc Hilford's Cassandra Deck is a special deck of cards that made magical history in 1999 when it sold to a very select group of inside professionals for the unprecedented fee of $100! Those few fortunate enough to own one, guarded its secrets closely. Now, you can learn the innermost secrets.
The Cassandra Deck is so much more than a special deck of cards, it's a tool that enables the amateur or professional magician to perform miracles.
This book contains 64 original tricks that are designed to shock both your audiences as well as you with their directness and mystery. You will also be shown what no one has ever known before, exactly how to build your own Cassandra Deck.
Each trick is so uniquely different you can do an entire show with The Cassandra Deck and your audience will experience a wide variety of magic and mentalism-not just card tricks!
Absolutely one of the finest pieces of workable mentalism.
A tossed out deck where you name each person's card directly!
A method for learning real contact mindreading!
Poker and Blackjack demonstrations.
A Cards Across where thought of cards fly across the room!
Any Card at Any Number and you predict both the card and the number!
A Card in Cigarette with a thought-of card!
And 57 more ways to learn pocket writing, swami writing, sound reading, pencil reading, plus book tests, billet tests, cold reading effects and more!
Staplebound, 64 pages.
Gold and Silver -- The Effect: Show two coins, a gold & silver. Place them in your closed hand. Remove one and place it in your pocket. Open your hand and both coins are still there! Repeating this several times, the coins continue to magically reappear! Finally your hand is opened and both coins have vanished!
This is the exact same effect as Hopping Half done with special coins minted to look like an ancient gold and silver coin. VERY cool!
Golden Shells -- Over six months in the making, Whit Haydn and Chef Anton have created the perfect shells for any Three Shell Game routine. Including design enhancements and tips from real working pros like Chanin, Eddie Joseph and others, these shells are perfectly weighted and balanced.
The Golden Shells are cast in heavy pewter and then heavily plated in 24 karat gold and includes shot glass, drawstring bag and the perfect peas (both hard and soft rubber).
"This set of shells and peas is going to be for the shell game what the Paul Fox cups were for the cups and balls." -Johnny Thompson
NOTE: The Street Shells set is intended for those who already know a three shell routine and does not include any instructions. Take a look at the Phil Cass video if you'd like to learn the best shells routine ever devised!
Healed and Sealed -- It was the talk of the 2002 FFFF convention, performed by David Blaine in his national television special, "Vertigo" and now you, too will be able to literally devastate both magicians and laymen alike with Swedish magician Anders Moden's Healed and Sealed Soda.
The Effect:
An opened, emptied and crushed soda can slowly and visually heals itself, returning to it's original state-the hole in the top even magically reseals itself closed! To top off this mind-blowing routine you can even open the can with a pfzzzt! and pour the contents out into a glass!
You'll receive the only authorized, illustrated manuscript which details preparation, handling and performance, plus everything you need to know to get the most out of this amazing principle.
Only one normal can is used
Easy to do
"This is one of the most astonishing things I've witnessed in a long, long time!" -Matthew Field
"Spectacular effect. Absolutely ingenious. Best trick I have ever bought...handsdown." -Joshua Mossholder
Heirloom -- Imagine an effect that packs in to your wallet, taking up very little room. An effect that packs such a punch when you perform it that your spectators get goosebumps just thinking about it. Imagine an effect that people talk about for years to come.
'Heirloom' is all of this. It is a 'Mental/Magic' kind of effect, suitable for casual performance, table-hopping, strolling magic and more. It comes with a very strong presentation that will captivate your audience and lead to a shattering climax. It could possibly be the greatest performance piece you ever own!
The 'Heirloom' is a old sepia photograph. Of your Great Uncle Charlie - a superstitious old gambler. The photograph clearly shows a prediction made by the spectator to be 100% correct. And... it can always be examined.
'Heirloom' takes the whole concept right to the very edge; the new ideas introduced will blow your audience away. The presentation, which you are given in full, delivers an emotionally charged moment of astonishment to your spectators and shows no mercy!
This is the first and only time Kenton Knepper has authorized his principle for use in an effect. You will fool magicians who already know this principle with 'Heirloom'! And what's more, just look at the quality of the work involved. It is beautiful.
Heirloom includes high quality props and a full description of the 'Kolossal Killer' principle and a completely scripted presentation for the effect that will absolutely blow your audience away.
Hopping Half -- You'll be hopping mad if you don't get this! 'Watch. If I start with the two coins in my hand and get rid of one (you visibly and fairly take one coin out and put it in your pocket.) and open your hand again, there is still two coins. you repeat this 2 more times. 'I'll do it one last time. You should know how this works by now. If I remove one of the two coins, what does it leave me here in my hand? Wise to your play, the spectator will respond, 'Two Coins.' 'Well, it feels like two coins and probably looks like two coins but it's absolutely nothing.' Show your hands completely empty! This is a great trick and easy to do. Made by Johnson Products.
Impossible Card In Bottle! -- A signed card instantly appears inside a sealed bottle! That’s how the routine plays. No fumbling extra steps or misused moments. This is as clean as they come – cleaner – it absolutely sparkles!
A reputation maker, instant classic, any venue any time, etc. Forget the clichés, this is the best thing since sliced cards! You’ll be struck back to birth when you see how clever and efficient this trick really is.
The instruction book is all-inclusive. Every nuance and subtlety is described in vivid detail. Even the freshest newbie will understand each step.
Alternative tricks, using the same gimmicks, are also taught. This is a serious box of magic. That’s right, BOX of magic! The shoebox size packaging barely holds all the materials. However, once you decide which effects you want to perform, the gimmicks can fit in a watch pocket!
This is the stuff miracles are made of, a clever concept and flawless execution.
Jiggernaut by Mark Jenest w/ CD Video Instruction! -- Mark Jenest has created an innovative cup & ball routine/sobriety test that will joyfully entertain your audiences!
A cocktail olive repeatedly vanishes and appears under a bartender's jigger. The killer conclusion is the surprise production of two wine corks! Much like the Chop Cup routine, this is mind blowing material. Jiggernaut comes complete with a real bar jigger, artificial olives, corks, fully illustrated instructions and Mark's terrific comedy patter. It resets immediately and fits handily in one pocket. And, it comes with the routine taught live on a CD!!!
Mind Surf -- Any one of the four suits is freely named by a spectator (no magician's choice, force, leading, or linguistic deception of any kind). Upon removing four cards from a wallet the card which matches the spectator's chosen suit is the only one face down! What's more, the three face-up cards are Aces and the spectator's selection is turned over to reveal it is a King!
Comes complete with all the necessary, specially-printed Bicycle cards, wallet, and detailed, fully-illustrated 12-page instruction booklet.
Money Morph DVD -- This IS power magic. Kevin King has taken the classic Bill Switch and added a subtle twist makes this even more magic. Easy to do, this does take practice to perfect, but the small amount of effort needed will be repaid a 1000 times. The effect: Borrow a $1 bill and without it EVER leaving the sight of the spectators you transform it into a $100 bill. Or, a $5 bill or whatever suits! This is simply one of the best effects around. The DVD instruction is clean and easy to follow. All you need add is a Thumb Tip and you are ready to rock and roll!
Movie Magician -- This is a truly unique magic effect. Imagine that you have a friend select a playing card. The card is placed back in the deck and the deck is now set aside.
You remove a small plastic 'thing-a-majig' with a small lens and an on/off button. Your assistant now looks into the lens and pushes the on button and this is what they see.....
A movie begins....A REAL MOVIE!!! Out walks a gentleman who removes a jumbo playing card and displays it openly to the audience....NOPE, it is NOT the selected card! The tiny magician wags his head in disappointment and then pops open the classic black top hat of conjuring fame and produces from inside a silk handkerchief with the image of a playing card. And, yes, it IS the correct card!
This is fun and easy to do. Everything you need to know is in the instructions! A very limited supply left. Comes with the player, thin mini film cartridge and full instructions!
Pea Can - Deluxe Brass -- This is one of those old, old classic pocket tricks. It is a great item for bar work.....(I wouldn't suggest this for table work in a restaurant, but...) O.K., what you have is a small brass can. Out of the can you pour three different colored peas: White, green and yellow. A spectator selects one of the peas and selects yellow. The yellow pea is placed in the can and the can is sealed with a cork. The can is shaken and the spectator is asked what is in the can? They answer, "The yellow pea!" Really, you ask?
Here comes the 'punch line'......You ask the spectator to hold their hand out. Removing the cork from the Brass Can you pour what is inside onto their hand. What makes this so funny is that out pours a small amount of liquid. Yep, this is truly one of the few 'low brow' magic tricks out there. That said, it IS funny when done for the right crowd at the right time. I am pretty picky and I have done this for years and it has always gotten a laugh. No one has taken it too seriously. BUT....It is NOT for everyone.
Pick-Stick -- Don't pass this one up. Easy and fun the effect is quite mystifing. Here is what happens: You display a beautiful little brass rod. In the rod are drilled 3 little holes. You place a toothpick into the center hole. With a shake of the rod, the toothpick JUMPS instantly to one of the other two holes! Then it jumps back again. More jumps. You remove the toothpick and hand both the rod and toothpick out to be examined.
Here is the clincher!!! When they try and place the toothpick into one of the holes....they are sealed up. NO HOLES! Can't beat this for price and effect!
Pinnacle with Russ Niedzwiecki -- A borrowed object (finger ring). An everyday object (rubber band).
Two of the strongest components of powerful magical experience combine in this four-phase presentation, whereby a rubber band penetrates on and off a finger ring-one strand at a time!
On this DVD Russ Niedzwiecki finally explains his "Pinnacle Ring and Band" routine, revealing all the finesses sure to make this a modern-day classic that you'll immediately add to your performing repertoire. A truly impromptu miracle, you'll use this routine for the rest of your performing days!
Precognition Deck -- The magician tosses a deck of cards to any volunteer in the audience and relates that earlier in the day he had a premonition. He asks the volunteer to simply name any card in the deck-he has a completely free choice. The magician continues to explain that after his premonition he removed one card from the pack and placed it in his pocket.
The spectator himself then removes the cards from the case and counts them out, looking at each card's face. He gets all the way through the deck and finds there are only 51 cards, none of which were his named selection! The performer reaches into his pocket and removes one card...the spectator's selection!
No pocket indexes, roughing fluid, adhesives, short cards, deck switches or sleight-of-hand, the ingenious deck does it all for you
The deck is in the spectator's hands before the effect begins and the magician never touches the cards
Any of the 52 cards may be named
Comes complete with the very special deck of cards and fully-illustrated instructions.
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