The Bundle Includes
1.The Classic Magic Of Michael Vincent Vol 1 (3 discs)
2.Rhapsodies In Silver, The Classic Magic Of Michael Vincent Vol 2 (4 discs)
3.Elegant Deceptions, The Classic Magic Of Michael Vincent Vol 3 (3 discs)
Imagine being able to solve a genuine Rubik's Cube from memory, whilst blind-folded, in less than two minutes every single time!
Forget about all the other Rubik's Cube tricks you've ever seen: matching mixed cubes, predictions, 'magically restored' cubes, etc. When laymen see a Rubik's Cube, they are thinking just one thing - can the magician solve it? After you've studied this DVD the answer will be simple, "Yes!"
In the first part of this DVD, Mark teaches his full solution for Rubik's Cube. He covers every possible variation that you might encounter whilst doing the Cube. His brilliant 7-step solution is quickly learnt and was designed to offer ease of long-term recall. Once learnt, you will be able to solve any Rubik's Cube in less than two minutes, anytime you choose, for the rest of your life.
In the second part, Mark provides the full explanation of his reputation-making effect of solving the Cube apparently from memory, whilst blind-folded. Plus all the handling subtleties and psychological strategies that he has developed and honed over thousands of performances are thoroughly explained.
The instruction available on this DVD has previously only been available to a select group of private students at exclusive, expensive seminars. Now you, too, can learn this incredible piece of magic.
Whether you choose to perform this effect close-up or on stage, as an opener or a closer, 'Rubik Remembered' is the definitive work on using the world's best selling puzzle in your act.
PLEASE NOTE THAT RUBIK'S CUBE AND BLINDFOLD ARE NOT INCLUDED!
Have a participant truly believe they saw something you suggested?
Have the entire audience believe they have just seen a master at work?
Mind Control by Peter Nardi & Marc Spelmann will do just that but.... with no risk of failure...
This is suggestion and mind control at it's very best. Your audience will be totally amazed at your skills of suggestion and also feel they are in on what you are doing. Mind Control is dual reality beyond compare.
You do not have to worry or coach your participant about saying anything after your performance, in fact it is better if she does as it will only increase the amazement factor with your audience.
Mind Control is a self contained reputation maker that Marc Spelmann has been performing as a closer for many years developed from a concept by Peter Nardi.
Check out the demo video of our good friend Richard Bellars performing "Mind Control" live on stage!
Ideal for parlour, stage, informal gatherings and even many close-up situations! Great for pseudo hypnosis or as a prelude to a hypnosis show!
One by one the cards are flipped over (the spectator can flip the cards over himself) and each card perfectly matches what is drawn on its back! Oh yeah, and the cards may be fully examined
Zenner-Tech is a very direct and commercial ESP test. No extraneous props, no 'sticky' cards and no sleights. It is perfect for a formal close-up or mentalism performance or as an encore piece when you need to perform a killer closer. The spectator makes all the decisions and yet the outcome is guaranteed, every time! If you want to add a stunning mental effect to your repertoire, then Zenner-Tech fits the bill.
Written by Stephen Tucker.
If you're looking for high-impact mentalism, look no further.
A spectator deals cards one at a time, face up onto the magician's hand. They may stop dealing any time they like and have a completely free choice of cards. To the amazement of the spectator the magician has predicted the outcome!
Comes complete with specially-printed Bicycle deck.
This effect is oh so easy to perform, an ideal trick for performers of any skill level!
At the climax of an ambitious card routine, the performer offers to repeat the effect 'one last time, under test conditions'. The deck is replaced in the case to prevent any possible manipulation by the performer, and the signed selection is held by the spectator. Read carefully now, this is exactly what happens: the spectator himself pushes his own signed card into the cased deck, anywhere he wants - in the middle, near the bottom, wherever. The deck and card can be fully shown face-up if desired as the spectator pushes his selection flush into the deck. The case is closed and given a little shake. The case is re-opened and completely fairly the top card is removed - it is the signed selection!
The spectator can even remove the card himself if you choose, but with an effect this powerful, we're sure that you'll want to take the credit yourself!
Remember: only one card is pushed into the deck and it really is the signed selection, there is no switch. The spectator genuinely can push his selection into the deck anywhere he chooses. The selection and cased deck can be fully shown on all sides as the selection is pushed flush into the deck. When you re-open the case the selection really is on top! It looks absolutely impossible. Almost any conditions you can dream up, the Riser Deck meets them all.
Each Riser Deck is individually hand-made to Mark Elsdon's exact specifications by world-renowned master-craftsman Rob Bromley. The work that goes into this ingenious deck is the result of countless hours of collaboration, tweaking the design and construction to make it perfect. The incorporation of Bromley's innovative 'W-Principle' provides the finishing touch. The result is an innocent-looking performance prop that is destined to take its place in the repertoires of professional magicians around the world and is sure to become the classic ending for any ambitious card routine.
The Riser Deck comes complete with handmade gimmick and full instructional DVD.
Whilst telling a story about 10 married couples, the performer shows 10 photos, taken over the past 80 or so years, of these couples on their wedding days. As the performer further recounts the (very!) unpleasant details of one of the married couples, a participant decides on one of the photos. He/she then makes several further choices, including how to physically tear the photo.
Every decision the participant makes fits completely with the increasingly dark story that the performer is telling. As a final proof of the veracity of this tale, the participant opens a photographic prediction given to him beforehand and it matches perfectly...
The memory of witnessing 'Til Death Do Us Part resonates with spectators long after the performance is over and most who watch it don't perceive it as any kind of 'trick' at all. It is simply an incredible story with an absolutely inexplicable ending.
Complete with all the necessary photos, full DVD instruction.
Four red backed cards change places with four blue backed cards one at a time, and then instantly "Re-Set" back to being reds.
The Blue cards are examined and are now found to have Green Backs and when the red packet is checked again the blacks have vanished leaving four blank backed cards! All eight cards may now be examined!!
If you enjoy performing magic that simply devastates laymen, then you really should be performing this routine. Complete with all the cards and an instructional DVD.
Effect - You joke about buying an early iPod prototype that just arrived this morning. With tongue firmly in cheek, you introduce a card box that resembles an iPod and call it your "iDeck"
You show every card inside has the name of a famous song from the last 50 years of music and ask the spectator to select one and return it to the box. The magician then brings out a set of headphones and attaches them to the box in a humorous and amazing way.
The spectator names his song and it plays from the headphones and the crowd go wild.
Easy to do - Instant reset - May be repeated with a different outcome
Customise you system depending on the age or musical taste of your audience (over 30 popular titles to choose from)
Each iDeck package comes complete with instructional DVD, Custom headphones, beautiful song cards (plastic coated to last a lifetime), Custom deluxe iDeck gimmick, Blank iDeck card box, N42 Extreme power neo magnet, iDeck sticker.
You DO NOT need to buy or own anything extra - the iDeck effect comes complete with EVERYTHING that you need to perform the effect. No additional props or devices are required!
No expense has been spared bringing you this fantastic effect! The props are of the highest quality and the effect has been in development for well over 18 months.
Director's Cut HORROR is a much-requested release since the launch of Simon Shaw's hugely successful original plot.
This new version includes all of your favorite effects from the original, along with many additional twisted plots, ideas and routines that are simply to die for!!
Director Cut Horror comes complete with Horror poster cards (the same high quality stock as the original version) Some great Bonus Cards and a new DVD jam packed with great new effects!
Alakazam Magic is proud to present Simon Shaw's incredible effect Director's Cut.
So what is Director's Cut? Director's Cut a set of 26 movie poster cards that have been perfectly printed in full colour and laminated so they should last you a lifetime of performances! You also received a DVD which features Routines, Tips and Ideas to use with the cards.
Now you will be able to perform some seriously strong mentalism with an interesting and popular premise.
Director's Cut is Mentalism in its purest form. It's a whole act in your pocket. If you love the idea of using films as part of a routine then the Director's Cut is definitely for you. It can be used strolling, close-up or even parlour. Once you try it you will never leave home without it.
No gaffs, no markings, super clean, resets instantly and best of all everything is examinable!
Director's Cut can be used with a range of effects such as Mind reading body language, drawing duplications, remote viewing, predictions and muscle reading, in fact the possibilities are limited only by your imagination. Simple to perform and strong reactions. What more could you ask from a performance? There is plenty of room for fun, drama and good old fashioned presentation
Up until the 2008 Blackpool Convention only five people had ever seen the final Extractor gimmick. Then, at that convention, Peter demonstrated the power of The Extractor by performing his signature effect - "Impossible Card to Pocket." This incredible trick was the talk of the convention and the exciting news is that Peter's trick is just the tip of the iceberg...
The Extractor is a true utility item for the astute magician and each unit is painstakingly hand-made by Rob and is a piece of master-craftsmanship. The card effects possible with The Extractor are only limited by your own imagination.
Your Extractor comes complete with an in-depth companion DVD full of tips and effects by Peter Nardi, Mark Elsdon, Gary Jones, Chris Harding and Chris Congreave. The effects include Peter's signature effect mentioned earlier, Mark's show-stopper version of 'Harry In Your Pocket', an unbelievable red and blue deck transposition/prediction guaranteed to melt your audiences' brains, plus fantastic handlings of card to wallet, card to spectator's pocket, card to shoe, in fact, card to almost anywhere!
So don't miss out on your chance to own one of the effects of the year and one that has baffled some of the top magicians in the world.
From the ingenious mind of Peter Nardi comes a routine that makes the interchange plot cleaner and simpler than any other version previously released.
Four Aces and four kings are shown and the four aces placed into four different pockets about the magicians' person. Each card really is fairly placed into the pocket and nothing is stolen back out.
The four kings are now fanned to display the faces and the backs may also be shown if you wish. Now with no sudden moves, the cards are turned face up again and spread wide to show the four aces!
Now without any false moves, the first card is removed from the first pocket to show it is now a king! Then the second, third and fourth cards are each removed to show that all four kings have changed places with each of the four aces!
The cards are now placed on your spectator's outstretched palm and she is asked to place her other hand on top. Your spectator is now asked to name kings or aces and in this case, we assume she chooses aces. She now lifts her hands apart to discover that the aces have totally vanished and just the four kings remain in her hands!
The magician now reaches back into each pocket, totally empty hands each time and one by one, removes the four aces from the four separate pockets once again!
All cards can be examined and you end totally clean!
As well as the iChange cards, specially printed by the USPCC, you also receive a detailed instructional DVD that takes you through every stage of the handling to the effect.
As well as the interchange routine, the DVD also covers additional ideas, routines and handling tips that use the iChange gimmicks including: Peter's signed card version of the interchange routine, iChange Kickback, Mark Elsdon's iChange Daley and many more in a bonus section where Peter explains many more ideas and routine concepts using these versatile gimmicks
Peter Nardi's Interchange comes complete with instructional DVD and the four custom-printed iChange gimmicks in red-backed Bicycle brand playing cards.
Please note that the gimmicks are currently ONLY available in RED backed Bicycle design. Just add your own regular deck and you are ready to perform.
Whether it is to satisfy a fascination with hypnosis, the desire to mix hypnosis with your magic or you want to be able to perform impromptu hypnotism this DVD is for you.
Aimed at amateur and professional magicians and mentalists, this unique DVD is aimed solely at performance hypnosis. As well as interview-style explanations and training we include footage of taking these skills to the street and public bars. You will gain the confidence, attitude, patter and techniques required to excel including:
Handshake Induction, Hypno Force, Hypno Peek, Covert Pre-show, Reverse Mind Reading.
Anthony Jacquin has over ten years experience as a hypnotist and is the author of the best-selling book: "Reality is Plastic - The Art of Impromptu Hypnosis" On "The Manchurian Approach" he shares a new genre of magical performance. Mixing his love of mentalism with his hypnotism skills, together with Kev Sheldrake he has created a performance style and technique capable of producing some of the most mind-blowing mental effects.
On this three-disc set you will learn, in detail, Anthony's approach to impromptu hypnosis - no prior knowledge is required - the first part of this set will guide you through everything you need to know in order to become the hypnotist. The second part takes the format of a discussion forum where Anthony is joined by mad genius, Kev Sheldrake and fellow hypnotist and magician Amit Badiani. In this section you will get a detailed look at some of the principles and applications of the techniques taught to magic and mentalism performances.
Contents - Part 1: Through clear demonstrations you will learn a solid but flexible approach to hypnotizing. This is covered in detail in the following segments: Introduction and approaching a group, Subject selection, Set Up, The set piece - magnetic hands, magnetic fingers & the heavy card, Inductions - eye to hand fixation and the handshake induction, Fractionation, Testing, Re-Induction, Suggestion, Catalepsy, Corpsing, Amnesia
Part 2: Further explanation and demonstration to cover in-depth more specialized knowledge and the applications of hypnosis to specific genres of magic and mentalism including: Hypno Forces, Hypno Peeks, Hallucinations, Control, Post-Hypnotic Act, Managing reaction, Permanosis, Covert pre-show applications, Reverse mind reading
This will be put into the context of typical magic settings including impromptu, street, walk around, stage and TV. Also included are in-depth discussions on how to practice, what to do if it does not seem to be working and important health and safety and performance information and tips.
Also included are three bonus PDF documents that expand on some of the ideas covered on the DVD's as well as some further techniques and routines.
With five hours of tuition, live performance and in-depth explanations, this three-disc set is bound to become a definitive classic for a new and exciting genre of performance that blends magic, mentalism and hypnosis. So order your copy of "The Manchurian Approach" today.
You will see six high-impact performance pieces that have been audience-tested over hundreds of performances then join Matthew in the studio to learn how and why these routines work. Each routine has been meticulously thought out and honed to perfection. These are routines that you will learn and immediately be able to use in your own repertoire. Each piece is accompanied by a brilliant presentation and also high entertainment value.
On this DVD you will learn: Calzaghe's Opener - A workhorse card routine that is full of energy, magic and really lets them know that you have arrived! This is the piece that Matthew will immediately get into upon approaching a group of people.
Final Destination - Matthew's highly visual ending to his three fly routine - it begins in the classic way but on the final coin, they actually see it float across - has to be seen to be believed. Performed LIVE in the bar, then every detail is covered in the explanation, including setup, performance and another of Matthew's great presentations!
Mental Mullica - A fantastic prediction effect using the premise of money, a bet and whole lot of entertainment. This routine will put your Mullica wallet to full use and uses no forces of any kind, just a very devious method!
Mint - Matthew has taken a classic effect by Derren Brown and given it his own unique twist and presentational angle that makes this a real-world worker. A thought of card vanishes from the deck, only to reappear in a mint packet that has been in full view the whole time!
Mullica's Nightmare - A wonderful alternative presentation for the ambitious card that is well removed from the norm. Matthew has added another of his unique presentational slants and some creative thinking to turn this into a routine that is so much more than a card repeatedly rising to the top of the deck!
The Big Finish Card Trick - Multiple selection routines come in all shapes and forms but in this particular version Matthew has created a handling specifically to be performed under-fire in almost any conditions. This is an excellent routine that gets everyone involved and builds in terms of method, structure and once again a brilliant presentation.
OK - here goes: You open the card case and remove the deck. You freely show that all 52 cards have different numbers on them. You remove the card spectator number 3 named and place it face up on their hand. You now turn the deck over and remove the cards bearing the numbers spectators one and two named. When you flip over the first two you have an exact match card/numbers! The third card is still face up, Remember; spectator three had a free choice of ANY card. It couldn't possibly be, could it? The spectator turns it over - it's the exact number you named!!! All three spectators are left holding the exact card/number match that they picked!
An absolutely incredible 3 way prediction - Easy to do and quick to reset - Small enough for close-up & big enough to play on stage, Trilogy Streamline is one effect you will be mad to miss!
Comes complete with instructional DVD and special deck of cards.
Once in every generation is born an individual whose work becomes known worldwide as a touchstone for excellence. With the hands of an artist and the soul of a poet, Michael is just such an individual.
His sleight-of-hand is masterful, his presentations are inventive and his performances are the epitome of class and sophistication.
As the only magician in history to have won the prestigious title of "Magic Circle Close-up Magician of the Year" three times, Michael has spent the better part of three decades honing his skills to become one of finest magicians that Great Britain has ever produced.
This DVD collection showcases his world-class magic in front of a live audience and features some of the most stunning magic ever filmed. As you watch it, you will experience for yourself why Michael's stunning presentations are regarded by audiences and fellow professionals alike as some of the very best in the world today.
This Incredible 3-Disc set is in stock so order yours now!!
Disc One - Michael's Parlour Show - Routines Performed and Explained: The Intuition Speller - Inspired by an original effect of Harry Lorayne's, Michael introduces you to a machiavellian piece of misdirection which creates an impossible spelling effect.
Kismet - Michael's impromptu handling for Al Koran's Double Thought, featuring a wonderful strategy of Dai Vernon and audience management.
My Card, Your Card, Everybody's Card - The history for this effect can be traced back to Robert Houdin's "Secrets of Conjuring and Magic". Michael's handling and presentation brings this ancient effect right up to date for the 21st Century. This routine features Michael's handling for the obscure Second-From-The-Top-Change.
The Amazing Discovery - This popular effect has made rounds in the last few years. Michael share's his professional presentation. His handling and performance tips elevate The Multiple Selection routine to another level. His performance in the live show was a tour de force
Plus bonus performances of: The Rhapsody in Silver, The Cups and Balls and The Knotted Silks.
Disc Two - Close-up Show in The Bar - Routines Performed and Explained: Brainwave "My Way." This routine is one of the highlights of this DVD. International card expert Darwin Ortiz had this to say about Michael's Brainwave: "Sleight of Hand techniques have reached such a point, you'll never need to present the classic Brainwave with a gimmick deck ever again. This routine is just about perfect".
Michael has taken Dai Vernon's "Brainwave" effect and turned it on its head into masterpiece of construction and design. With this routine, you will come to appreciate "The Power of Assumptions" and "Audience Attention Control". Also featured is an underused principle in magic, creating an effect in the mind of the audiences before any technique has taken place. This principle alone is worth the price of this DVD presentation for it opens up untold possibilities.
Pandora's Paradox - There is a world of difference between a card trick and card magic. This routine pushes the boundaries in terms of what is possible with a deck of cards. With credit to Bruno Hennig, Tommy Wonder and Roberto Giobbi, Michael has taken the classic "Signed Card in Box" and amplified the effect with an elegant presentation and technical mastery, to produce an experience equal to any theatrical presentation. We think this routine will become a huge favourite.
Vincent's Aces - Featuring: The Ace Production, "The Rising Aces", 21st Century Collectors, Cy Enfield's Aces for Connoisseurs and The Henry Christ Fabulous Four Ace Routine.
Foursome - Featuring Michael's handling for the Spread Cull.
Match Made in Heaven - Dai Vernon's "Matching The Cards" meets The Aronson Stack.
Prologue to Triumph - If you enjoyed Dai Vernon's original "Triumph", then you will love Michael's build up to this classic effect. This routine features some interesting applications for Larry Jennings's Larreverse and Edward Marlo's "One Hand Bottom Deal".
Plus bonus performance only of: The Coins Across / Chinese Connection and a discussion on the inspirations for the routine including learning references. Also a bonus PDF teaching the Wild Card routine featuring Michael's breathtaking colour change.
Disc Three - Sleight-of-Hand Mastery - The Path Way to Excellence - A discussion of how to improve your magic, raise your own standards and how to master and improve the basic techniques in sleight-of-hand. This is the beginning chapter in an on-going course in sleight of hand mastery with Michael Vincent. We begin here with the basic foundations of card handling.
Michael will share with you his practice drills for The Control of a Card, The Double Lift, The Palm, The Top Change, The Force and The False Shuffle.
Plus bonus material: Michael's background and advice on mentoring.
A card is selected and signed by your spectator then returned to the deck. You now set the deck on the table, or your spectator's hand and a regular bottle cap is introduced. The cap is slammed onto the deck and instantly vanishes without a trace! You now spread the deck facedown to show that the image of a flattened bottle cap has appeared on the back of just one of the cards.
The spectator is allowed to feel the card to verify that the image is stuck tight. You now turn over the card to show that it is the signed selection! Now for the kicker! You take the single signed selection and hold it over your spectator's cupped hands and pop the card - instantly a real flattened bottle cap falls into the spectator's waiting hands!
You now turn the selection over to show the cap really has fallen from the back of the selection and you leave the spectator with the signed selection and flat bottle cap as a reminder of the strange happening they have just witnessed! Points to remember: - The cap that vanishes is totally normal and can be taken straight from the bottle - The card is a free selection with no force - Leaves the spectator with a memorable souvenir of the effect.
Perform this in bars, at private functions, corporate engagements - always packs a punch - Full training DVD included with multiple handlings and in-depth instruction - All gaffs included to perform with either red or blue Bicycle cards - Full guide on how to replace the gimmicks or adapt to different bottle caps - Ideal for alcoholic beverages or soft drinks - Supply your own deck and bottle caps - full setup tutorial included.
Imagine handing out a small, official-looking book from the British Institute of Parapsychology. You freely show each page to contain several different pieces of information: a word, a time, some different-coloured shapes and some random numbers between 10 and 999.
First the book is handed to Participant 1 who opens it to any page and looks at a number. He uses that number to choose a country from a list printed at the front of the book. He is asked to think about that country, its capital and any famous landmarks.
Participant 2 opens the book at any page and remembers the word printed there. He now turns to the back of the book and 'free associates' his word with any of the objects found there.
Participant 3 opens the book and remembers 2 shapes and their colours.
Participant 4 opens the book and remembers a 2 or 3 digit number.
The final participant opens the book and remembers a time. Now, without touching or taking the book back, you can read the participant's minds and name all five items! Or you could write or draw one, two or all five of them! Or predict the final choice! The options are limitless. This is absolutely incredible and can be performed on 1-5 participants yet is small enough to fit in your shirt pocket! This custom-manufactured book will instantly become part of your working repertoire, ideal for walk-around, table-hopping or parlour and will even play for stage! Easy-to-learn, in fact you will be performing this almost as soon as you open the package. No peeks, sleights, cribs or 'memory work' is required. You can even be standing across the room when the choices are made and at no time during performance do you ever need to touch the book.
No Odd Moves or Sleights! No Magicians Choice! Very Special Gimmick & Coins Supplied.
Fully illustrated instructions and routines by Peter Nardi & Marc Spelmann.
Effect - After performing your favorite Ambitious Card routine, you state that it's possible to make the card rise through the rest of the deck even while it's turned face up. Furthermore, the card may be signed to prove that it's the very same card. A sticker is attached to the back of the selected card and the spectator signs her name on the sticker. The spectator's card is then inserted face-up into the middle of the deck. In the blink of an eye, her card appears face up on top of the deck! The card is turned over to display the signature on the back and is immediately handed out for examination.
Includes specially printed Bicycle cards, full instructions and instructional DVD.
Imagine the following. A spectator cleanly selects 3 cards from a red deck and places them in to 3 separate pockets of his choice. With no fishing or funny moves the magician/mind reading guru reaches into his top pocket and removes a blue backed prediction card, your spectator removes the red back card, which he freely placed in to his top pocket, and they match! (same card, same pocket). The magician now removes a card from his right hand pocket, the spectator does the same and they match (same card, same pocket, and remember the magician removes his prediction first so it is in full view).
The tension is building as the magician reaches in to his left hand pocket and removes a card the card is shown and yes it matches the spectator's card (once again same card, same pocket). Your audience will truly believe that the future is in your control.
This is a self-working masterpiece in mental magic. * No Sleight Of Hand. * Easy To Do. * Only one prediction card is in cach pocket. Your pockets may be freely shown empty after each prediction card is removed. * Nothing added or taken away from the pockets or the deck at any time. * No Palming. * No Rough and Smooth. * The Predictions are in your pocket before you start. * Easily reset and extremely practical. This is one effect that you will be asked to perform time and time again! In the midst of the many card tricks available today, Triple Impact is something you will USE for many years to come.
Comes complete with deck and instructional DVD
Effect - A single red-backed prediction card is placed face-down in full view of the audience. The spectator names any number between 1 and 52 (e.g.17). The performer hands him a blue backed deck and asks him to have a look through it to confirm that it is simply a regular deck of cards - the spectator confirms that it is. He is then instructed to deal down to the seventeenth card and place it next to the prediction. Without any moves or switches, the performer turns over both the selection and the prediction - they match!
No sleight-of-hand? No equivoque? No switches? No extra props? No problem!
Mike Rose's brilliant approach to the 'card at any number' plot satisfies the need for a worker's solution to this commercial effect. This is so clean and direct that it will go straight into your act!
Comes complete with U.S.P.C.C. printed gaffs and a full instructional DVD that make the learning of this effect effortless !
Phase-One - Two picture cards are shown and placed face up on the table. A card is freely chosen from a face-up deck, signed and placed between the two kings. With a snap of the fingers the chosen signed card vanishes from between the kings and is now face down in the middle of the face up deck!
Phase Two - The two picture cards are once again placed face-up on the table. The signed card is now shown going into the middle of the deck. The deck is squared and cut . The picture cards are now fanned to show a face-down card between them, your spectator removes the card himself and yes it the signed selection! This can be used as a stand alone effect or as a great addition to the Ambitious card routine.
Comes complete with the excellent handmade Entrapment Gold Gimmick and Instructional DVD.
Contents Include:
For Andruzzi: Stop your own pulse...with no gimmicks! And-stop a spectator's pulse without even touching them! No stooges, confirmed by another audience member, this is the real work!
A Twisted Palm: During a palm reading, the lines on the spectator's palm apparently move and twist on their own. A stunning combination of linguistics, psychology and neurology.
The 7th Deception: A new version of an effect that saw print in 7 Deceptions. Mixing suggestion and magic to achieve a powerful and touching moment as well as a strong performance piece of mentalism. This is the way Luke uses this effect in every show.
And If I fall: A coin disappears from the performers hand reappearing in the closed fist of a spectator.
Synchronized: A spectator thinks of a time, another spectator amazingly set the hands of a face down watch to the very time thought of by the first spectator.
A Darker Dai: A brand new version of an effect that first saw print in 7 Deceptions. Five objects are displayed a spectator is asked to simply cast a shadow over one of the five. While the performers back is turned. Upon turning back around the performer correctly senses which of the objects was selected. All wrapped in a neat story making a wonderful performance piece of strong mentalism.
The Burst Bubble Suggestion: A versatile method of causing a spectator to actually feel their thought "pop" out of their mind and into the mind of the performer.
All performed in a real world setting and then explained in detail
The most amazing 3 phase card routine you will ever perform. Simple and direct this is a genuine reputation maker.
Each revelation is increasingly more impossible than the last.
Full package comes complete with: Specially printed casino quality playing cards, full written routine and instructions, performance and instructional DVD.
Filmed live on location at Soho House, London.
Footage taken from the fantastic "Get Nyman" DVD Set
Comes complete with laminated cards.
This wallet has been specially designed in dark leather to make performing the effect easier than ever before. And a special built-in feature allows you to show the wallet empty after you remove your prediction, eliminating any doubt in your spectator's mind!
After the phenomenal success of Heirloom, we are very excited about the new companion wallet, which will also come with additional ideas and routines that will enable you to perform a number of high-impact, killer mentalism effects.
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!
Since its initial release in 2003, Heirloom has become a staple effect in the repertoires of magicians all around the world. On this DVD, you will learn the original routine in full and all of the tips, ideas and variations that have been inspired by it.
Also included is a detailed look at wallet setup as well as a discussion on the Heirloom Wallet* and the Heirloom Bonus Pack. Everything is covered! If you have never used Heirloom before then this DVD will open the doors to a fantastic new performance piece for you. If you have already used the original routine, then this DVD will give you some valuable new tips, ideas and variations that will inspire you further.
Heirloom takes Kenton Knepper's Kolossal Killer principle right to the very edge; the ideas introduced on this DVD will blow your audiences away. This effect delivers an emotionally charged moment of astonishment to your spectators and shows no mercy.
A deck of cards is fairly shown. After briefly shuffling the deck, half is given to a spectator, who again shuffles them and then begins to deal them into a small pile. The spectator is instructed to stop dealing by chance whenever she likes. The magician shuffles his half and allows the spectator to make a free choice from the face up cards. This chosen card is placed face up onto the spectator's pile.
Now this same procedure is repeated twice more for the sake of scientific consistency. When the piles are examined it is found that the card stopped at by chance in every case is the exact mate of the card selected by choice! Can be repeated for the same audience! Easy to do! Extremely quick reset!
DoDeckaDeal is supplied with full written instructions and special Bicycle deck of cards
Easy to learn! No skill required!
Instantly repeatable!
Hand made Bicycle card gimmick!
Absolutely no force!
Card can be signed!
Deck can be used before and after Spirit for any other card routines!
The Ultimate Haunting!
On this DVD you will learn some of John's favorite routines that have made him one of the busiest magicians in the UK.
If you like good, strong, entertaining and funny presentations accompanied by strong magic and mentalism, you will absolutely love this DVD.
Here are some of the routines performed and explained on this DVD:
John's Tossed Out Deck - This is John's comedy take on a classic plot with one big difference: the deck is completely examined and shuffled by a spectator before the effect! The chosen opener for many mentalists has now got a whole lot better!
Tragic Square - John's opening effect. Under the guise of a record-breaking attempt, John rushes through a magic square at lightning speed (with a lot of humor along the way!) This really gets the crowd going!
Spelling Test (No Book Book-Test) - Wow!!! This is something really special. Comedy mentalism at its best! Your spectator merely thinks of a word (no force of any kind, no pre-show, your spectator never writes anything down or tells anyone the word that they have in their mind). Yet you have predicted in advance which word they will think of! This is a fun-packed routine with one heck of a killer ending!
Komedy Killer - This is John's famous presentation for the Kenton Knepper classic. John's story will have you in stitches. This is the ideal trick to have on you all the time. A 10 min routine you can do anywhere!
Collard - The ultimate comedy presentation for the Koran Medallion. This routine is worth the price of the entire DVD. A lot of the magicians that were present at the filming of this DVD have put this straight into their professional act! (Works well for parlor, cabaret, stage, or kids).
If the above routines are not enough to wet your appetite, this DVD also includes the following gems: Dodeckadeal: a great coincidence effect using a pack of cards; Spoon River: a great comedy spoon bending routine which gets people involved; Stapled: John's fantastic comedy torn and restored card routine; Chinese Choice: a fun-packed routine using 3 spectators and a night out at a Chinese restaurant, and A Clean Ring Vanish: if you need to vanish a ring at any part of your act, then this is the cleanest method you will find!
Disc One Running Time Approximately 1hr 49min
Disc Two Running Time Approximately 2hr 7min
Even if you own the fantastic original version, you will want to update with this all new pocket sized showpiece.
Complete with stylish custom designed leather wallet, manufactured in high quality leather, real poker chip and full colour movie cards specially printed on credit card stock. No expense has been spared in bringing you this award winning effect in a slick new form.
The performer takes out a small leather wallet and from it; he removes a poker-chip and four cards, each bearing the image of a well known movie-killer.
These are set out on the table and the performer then asks the spectator to imagine the following scene: All four of the killers are in a room, when all of a sudden the inevitable happens and gun shots are fired.
When the smoke clears only one man is left standing! The survivor is the owner of the poker chip.
The spectator is asked to choose the killer he believes to be the owner of the chip, which is then placed onto the card bearing the image of the chosen survivor.
Amazingly the performer proves that the spectator's selection is the correct one!
Peter Nardi & Marc Spelmann now bring you this hard to find prop together with a DVD featuring routines, tips & ideas on the use of this great little utility.
The DVD is over 1 hour and includes routines for the close up, stand-up & even stage performances!
It's time to start gambling but remember "some bets you just can't lose!"
The package includes the following: 3 x custom manufactured "No Chance Dice", 3 x Matching Regular Dice & Instructional DVD
All these routines come straight from Christopher's working repertoire and have been streamlined to work in almost any performing environment. After seeing a live performance each effect is then individually broken down and explained in full detail in the studio including all the necessary sleights and subtleties that have been developed through countless performances.
On this DVD you will learn - Guiltless Aces - From a borrowed, shuffled deck, the Aces are found with just a simple cut. Each phase gets better than the preceding phase with a killer kicker ending! Christopher even closes his act with this sometimes!!!
Las Vegas Jokers - One of Christopher's personal favourites! Dr Daley's last trick given a logical performance with a second, killer phase!
CTP - The Magicians pockets are checked by the spectator and found to be empty. Four cards, and only four (which can be signed) vanish one at a time only to appear each in a different pocket. Each vanish and reappearance gets better than the one before. This has caught the attention of several top magicians!
Sightseer - Christopher's handling of Larry Jennings 'The Visitor' effect. The spectators signed selection twice jumps from between one set of Queens between another under impossible conditions, with a kicker final phase!
Oil & Hot Water - A simple, easy to follow Oil and water, with just 4 cards! However at the end, the backs change colour! And then back again! Everything is examinable!
Thought of Cards Across - 20 cards are taken from the deck and 10 turned face up, 10 face down. The spectator chooses which packet they want to think of a card from, and in the same condition, the cards are given to a spectator, 10 cards each. Just a snap and there are now 11 in one packet and 9 in the other. The spectator's card has travelled across! But wait, another spectator saw a card…no problem! The magician snaps his fingers and another card has jumped across, leaving 12 cards and 8, the second selection has gone across! All done in the hands!
Also includes the following fantastic routines: Triumphant Colour Changing Collectors, Repeat Sandwich, Un-gaffed Entourage & Queens Transpo.
Running Time Approximately 1hr 57min
This is Peter Nardi's updated version of the best selling Stealth Assassin.
The Stealth Assassin V1.1 has all the great features of the original but now with an extra pocket on the SUC side of the wallet and the magnets are now stitched in place!
Please note the original Stealth Assassin is no longer in production the new V1.1 is now the standard.
Do no be fooled by cheap imitations! The Stealth Assassin is the wallet of choice for many of the world's top mentalists!
Manufactured in high quality leather with a great attention to detail, the Assassin takes all the greatest elements from its predecessors and combines them to create something new and powerful!
This is truly the utility device for the mentalist. Carry the Assassin with you and you will have a complete mentalism act in your pocket!
The Stealth Assassin Wallet V1.1 is a 2-way peek wallet (including the SUC peek with permission from Mark Strivings). The effects one can perform with the Assassin are virtually unlimited. Among them are:
Predict a driver's license number, predict a birthday, predict a credit card number.
Have a spectator write or draw anything on the back of a business card. The mentalist can then read the spectator's mind and tell them what is on the business card, or the mentalist can choose to simply redraw what the spectator has drawn.
Comes complete with wallet and 2 instructional DVDs featuring Peter Nardi and Marc Spelmann. The DVDs include full routines, handling, timing tips, and bonus effects and ideas!
Disc 1 Running Time Approximately 54min
Disc 2 Running Time Approximately 1hr 9min
But there's more! Check this out: The deck is fairly shown front and back at the start of the effect. The selections really are genuinely free and from any part of the deck. The participants handle the deck throughout. The effect may be instantly repeated and the selections are different every time. The deck is self-contained, nothing extra is hidden in the performer's pocket or added or removed at any time. The deck is genuinely shuffled before being placed in your pocket. If you like, it may be placed in one of the participant's pockets and yet you can still locate the selections! For the 'mental' performer, you can simply name the two selections without producing them.
Want even more? OK, but you'll be sorry you asked:
No rough-and-smooth - No long-and-short - No double-faced, double-ended, mis-indexed or other specially printed cards - No marked cards - No deck switches - No pocket indexes - No memory work - No sleights whatsoever - No forces - Nothing written down - No stooges, no assistants, no secret signalling devices or codes - Quick reset.
The DVD contains the correct handling, tips & each sleight and move for effect is explained in full detail, making the trick far easier and quicker to learn than ever before
Imagine walking up to someone with a bottle of mineral water which is shown very freely on all sides. The label has been removed to show there is no place to hide! Borrow a coin and tell everyone to watch closely.
1, 2, 3! You visually slam the coin straight through the bottle! It is openly seen rattling around in the water! Sound impossible? Well get this… Now hand out the bottle of water to let people discover the impossible truth. The lid of the bottle is still factory sealed and has NEVER been opened! You let this sink in then walk away, leaving them with an impossible souvenir of this astonishing experience.
No special coins - No magnets needed - Includes Chris Harding's easy one bottle setup!
Quick setup - less than 5 minutes - no cutting or knives required!
Label can be removed before performance! Easy to do! Bottle flourishes taught to use in the effect!
Bonus footage - two additional fantastic effects!
Running Time Approximately 50min
Walk up to someone with two decks of cards. They choose one and deal through the cards to select any one they want. Keep in mind that you are totally hands off at this point. They take a look at their card and just concentrate on the value of it. Now slowly and eerily a single, solitary card begins to emerge from the second deck; forcing its way out of the deck and into view. As the face of the card comes slowly into view the audience can see that it is the exact same card that they are thinking of!
Ascension is carefully hand made to be both durable and reliable out of Bicycle stock playing cards.
Totally self working and self contained - Instant reset - Ultra small gimmick can be added to your regular deck quickly and easily.
Ascension comes ready to go with the two decks and instructional DVD containing bonus ideas & handlings
This is one effect that you will be performing.
You start by taking out a deck of cards from the box and as you are shuffling them you say that you are going to do something that is really strange, but more importantly, that you will do it very slowly. You have someone select a card, they sign it and it gets lost back into the deck.
The deck is given to your spectator to shuffle, as you state that the card is going to vanish from the deck and appear inside the card box which is shown empty and placed on the table or given to another spectator to hold.
You have the person with the cards hold onto them real tight and before they know it - boom - it's gone! The spectator checks through the deck and the signed card has completely vanished!
You point to the card case the other spectator is holding - it's empty. But…you point out the back of the card case looks the same as the back of a card. Now for the freakiest thing ever, slowly you start peeling the printed back design from the box! It leaves behind a white surface and you turn over the surface that you have torn away - all attention is focused on this strange object that IS the SIGNED selected card!
Includes Gimmicks and Instructional DVD which outlines Peter Nardi's & Jack Allibone's commercial handling for the 4 phase card under box routine utilising Phuzion as the killer ending !
We can't tell you how they managed it, but you'll be very pleased that they did! This new DVD set comprises three volumes of startling, original material that will surely find its way into the repertoires of hobbyists and professionals alike.
Disc One features Ben's imaginative handlings for several of card magic's classic plots. Do we need new versions of Collectors, Hofzinser's Aces and Triumph? We do when they are this eye-popping! As well as these fantastic new approaches to traditional plots, this disc also contains many original flourishes and sleights as well as all the work on Ben's 'Stroke Change', which looks like trick-photography even when you know how it's done. Best of all, this incredible change, like almost all the material on this disc, is easily within the reach of any intermediate card handler.
Disc Two focuses on gambling and card table material. As a true student of the art, Ben has been refining and advancing card table artifice for many years. The finessed handlings and methodological advances that he demonstrates and teaches on this disc comprise some of the most important contributions to this branch of card magic by a new voice for many years. Fans of 'the real work' will be delighted by Ben's decision to share these prized techniques.
Disc Three contains a wealth of Ben's mental card magic, a style which he prefers to perform these days. There are several fantastic and totally practical handlings for Think-A-Card as well as versions of Mental Poker and Brainwave that break entirely new ground. Impossible Locations and Thought Card To Pocket handlings which fool absolutely everyone ensure that the only problem you'll have with Ben's material is which tricks to leave out of your performance!
Disc 1 - Commercial - Collectors I, Collectors II, Open Triumph, Ace Assembly, Shades of Hofzinser, Prophecy Shift, Soft Spread Production, Stroke Change, Pop Over Move, Loose Double Lift, Streamlined Control, Side Faro False Shuffle, Chrisbuckgreenhoff and Sybil Show, Kolyvargin, Aston & Full Suit Production.
Disc 2 - Gambling - Card Control/Production Sequence, Psychological Shuffle, Broken Thompson Cut, Middle Card Spin Out, Blind Cut Technique, 4D Discovery, Pluckley, Sow by the Lug, Riverboat Harmony, House Rules, Bottom Deal, Grey Shuffle, Erdnase Productions, One Hand Shifts, Discrepancy Switch & Palming Techniques.
Disc 3 - Psychological - Ramjollock, Pseudo Brainwave, Mental Voyage, Thought of Card in Pocket, Peek Techniques, Lookaway Glimpse, SAS, Intuitive Poker I, Intuitive Poker II, Two Card Transpo, Bonus Effect & Playing the Odds.
Disc 1 Running Time Approximately 1hr 16min
Disc 2 Running Time Approximately 1hr 33min
Disc 3 Running Time Approximately 1hr
Adrian Gower has taken the Brainwave effect to new and exciting limits.
A card is named by your spectator. A blue backed deck is spread between your hands The named card is seen to be the only card that is face-up. The named card is now turned over to show it has a red coloured backed! Now to prove you knew this card was going to be selected you show all of the other cards to be blank!
This is a fantastic, easy to do effect with an amazing triple kick.
So what is Director's Cut? It's a set of 26 movie poster cards that have been perfectly printed in full colour and laminated so they should last you a lifetime of performances! You also received a DVD which features Routines, Tips and Ideas to use with the cards.
Director's Cut can be used with a range of effects such as Mind reading body language, drawing duplications, remote viewing, predictions and muscle reading, in fact the possibilities are limited only by your imagination. Simple to perform and strong reactions. What more could you ask from a performance? There is plenty of room for fun, drama and good old fashioned presentation.
Alakazam Magic are proud to re-release this unique four DVD set in a beautifully presented collector's edition box set.
Marc has been invited to perform for the worlds elite A-list, from Eric Clapton, Lennox Lewis, George Michael, Jack Nicholson, Hugh Grant, Davina McCall, Gerry Halliwell, Johnny Vaughn and HRH Prince Andrew.
His client list is truly extensive with corporate giants such as Sony, Vodafone, Columbia Pictures, Jaguar, BMW, Dyson, The BBC, Carlton Television, Channel 4, Channel 5, Madam Tussauds, Rail Track, Credit Lyonnaise and Amtrak as a mere few of Marcs regular clients.
"I managed to finally get Marc to release some of his treasured routines for the magic community and I have to say that as a magic dealer I cannot remember a book or DVD set with so many real world routines. Marc has delivered material that knocked everyone out at the filming. I am confident that anyone of any level who purchases these DVDs will use Marc's killer routines and principles.
In my opinion Marcs fantastic chair routine One In Thousands, Staple Roulette and his diabolical approach to the bank night theme The Prize Draw are all individually worth the price of the entire set of DVDs to a working professional and could be sold for hundreds of pounds each.
On the day of filming a shattering 31 routines I could not decide which routines I wanted to ad to my repertoire, I was spoilt for choice, a rarity for any set of DVDs. The privileged audience who saw the filming firmly believe that every effect was a true performance piece.
Marc thinks outside of the box and creates workable real world effects that play huge. I can honestly say that it is an absolute pleasure to be releasing this unbelievable set and the two and a half year process of finally pinning Marc down has been worth every second. All of this from someone who is not really known in magic circles and at a young age for his wisdom, knowledge and maturity with the impossible. Our art will benefit I'm sure." - Peter Nardi
The effects on this remarkable four chapter set include:
Transmission - A drawing duplication that is real time, no impressions, no pre show, no stooges. You send an image to a random volunteer in the hope that they will receive your thought. You repeat the process a number of times matching image after image to an astonished audience and a baffled volunteer.
A Card in 52. A Word in Thousands - A direct card divination combined with a triple book test, the books are cheap paper backs, a spectator choses a random page that they do not tell you, next another spectator chooses one of three books yet you clearly divine the words and them of the line they are concentrating on and you don't even know what page or book they are looking at.
Sweet Sensation - A packet of wine gums is used to manipulate one of the most unexploited senses, that of taste. Five volunteers are to imagine a sour taste, however one will imagine a sweet taste you divine exactly which spectator is imagining the sweet sensation.
£1,000,000 Serial Killer - A volunteer is asked to take part in a challenge guessing game of which hand holds the prize, they win every time, as a finale not only do you divine the serial number on their £20 note but reveal an incredible coincidence never seen before.
Staple Gun Roulette - Four ungimmicked industrial staple guns, one genuinely loaded are used in a psychological killer routine where the audience gamble with their choices. Three staple guns are fired over their hands whilst the forth is fired into a block of wood to conclude a seriously tense piece of mental theatre.
1 in Thousands - Hailed as one of the most incredible chair routines and already in the repertoires of some of the worlds leading mentalists. Marc has held this back for years and still closes with it to this day. Four participants, four chairs, four envelopes and a killer surprise in a routine that literally has a thousand outcomes.
The Orifices - Marcs variation on an old classic from John Ramsey, taken to a whole new level. Beans are snorted and regurgitated, the final bean travelling from your ear, under your facial skin through to your eye socket. Not for the faint hearted.
Free Call - An absolute killer routine that has fried some of the most distinguished performers. 20 or so objects are placed into a box, a volunteer is handed a single prediction before choosing one of the objects as an example the 10p coin is chosen. They open the prediction that has been in their possession since the beginning to reveal your office phone number, the number is dialed and the message heard which says "Hi sorry I'm not here to take your call, please leave a message, if however that is my helpful volunteer you should be holding a 10p coin." No forces of any kind, no switch of the prediction, the object is freely selected and clearly predicted.
Just 15 seconds - A real time word memorisation and divination. 40 to 50 Spectators write long and short words on a pad, you take the pad and ask someone to time you for just 15 seconds. You however do not simply call off the words on the pad but instead take it to another level by divining two randomly selected thought of words.
Do You Believe? - Coins, keys and pieces of examined cutlery are placed into a glass as you demonstrate mass psychokinesis, first by slowly moving each piece of cutlery, then moving all of the cutlery. Finally you get the audience to imagine the glass toppling over at which point it moves eerily before toppling to the floor. A fork is twisted like string, a coin bent almost in half and a key bent at right angles.
Untouched - Marc Spelmanns unique premise to creating unbelievable psychokinesis with practically any small object. Marcs hands are examined before and after the demonstration and yet he still moves objects apparently with only the power of his mind. Move a fork, pen, lighter, business card etc etc etc. This revolutionary technique has already been adopted by some very knowledgeable performers as the most practical way to mysteriously move objects. Remember both hands are very freely moved around, quick set up and invisible clean up.
Thief In The dark - Four Drawings unseen by the performer, each placed sight unseen into envelopes, yet you locate the owner of each drawing and finalize by duplicating the finale drawing that remains sealed inside of it's envelope. Inspired by Larry Becker's Sneak Thief by using a totally different principle. A killer packs small effect that plays big.
The Last Man Standing - Marcs approach to the single card in envelope premise, a random volunteer is asked to do the impossible as you tell them that you placed a single card inside of the envelope you are holding. What colour is it? High or Low? Odd or Even? What suit? Believe it or not they get it absolutely right every time. No palming, no complex system just an easy-to-do effect that fools the best.
What, Where, When? - Three volunteers are asked to join you for a demonstration of remote viewing. One is to visualise a simple design, the other a location somewhere in the world and the last a time of year. You divine everything in a very clever routine that you can carry in your pocket yet amaze an entire theatre. Multiple possibilities and different outcomes are possible. The effect can be adapted to any theme once the premise is understood.
From Beyond the Grave - You introduce a small wallet which holds a single envelope as you tell a participant that this is for them, the envelope is marked with their initials as they are asked to regress to another time, place and even body. Every choice is completely free and comes from the participants own imagination. You open the wallet and remove the initialed envelope which is opened to reveal a letter that predicts every choice with pure accuracy. No palming, forcing or impression devices. No pre show or instant stooging.
Mind To Mind Location - A group of index cards are written on by the entire audience, they are gathered and one randomly chosen by a spectator. The name of a person comes through, after some thought you announce that it is the father, another name comes through which proves to be the mother, both names are divined clearly even though you have not seen the index card, you next get the exact date written on the index card. Obviously one person in the room realises you have divined their thoughts at which point you go into the audience and locate that very person.
The Prize Draw - "This is going straight into my act." Marcs handling of the famous Bank Night routine is taken to a whole new dimension. Everyone wins but not quite as much as you do. A fantastic routine that uses a principle lost in time but is sure to be used again and again once this masterpiece is seen. This has been one of Marcs most talked about routines by magicians, mentalists and of course the paying public for the last five years. In my opinion the best bank night routine ever.
In The Shadow Of Geller - Marc Spelmann's unbelievable one handed coin bend that has fooled everyone who sees it, incredibly clean and best of all the coin slowly bends at the finger tips. Not just a reveal of a bent coin but the audience actually see it bend at which point it is fairly handed to the owner.
Just A Thought - A shuffled deck of cards is openly spread for a spectator to just think of one, no forces of any kind. The thought of card is slowly divined and placed on the table for the dramatic revelation.
Out Of Sight Just In Your Mind - Marc Spelmann's variation of the renowned classic by Dai Vernon, streamlined handling, minimal sleight of hand in probably the most direct mind reading card effect. Marc has made Dai Vernon's classic effect easier and more accessible for all to do. No table required, no breaks held, just pure mind reading.
Business Confidential - A stack of regular business cards are used to demonstrate psychometry and clairvoyance. A volunteer draws a simple image on any business card; it is then mixed and lost into the stack, the performer talks of the old mediums and how they could divine information from an object that is personalized. The business cards are slowly dealt until the performer thinks they have it at which point it is placed sight unseen under the spectator's hand. Now the impossible happens as the performer duplicates the drawing down to the finest detail.
In The Shadow Of Banachek - Marc pays homage to a modern master and inspiration with a direct easy to do visual coin bend that is ready to go in an instant, a reputation maker that creates a souvenir that will be kept for years. The audience sees you with empty hand take a coin from a spectator. The coin is held in one hand only and the audience help create an energy at which point your hand is opened and the coin eerily bends at the finger tips, again it is cleanly handed back to the spectator.
Clearly Predictable - A chosen hour is thought of, a card freely selected and an ESP symbol chosen. Three outcomes from hundreds of possible combinations all of which are clearly predicted in a single photograph in your wallet which has been in view from the start. Direct, strong and impossible for a lay audience to back track. "Another effect going straight into my intimate act."
Alls Fair - A shuffled deck is randomly cut by a spectator who memorizes the cut to card. The card is replaced and shuffled back into it's half of the deck. You ask one question and one question only as you spread the upper half of the deck "Is the mate of your card in this half?" At which point you name the memorised card. Remember, the deck is shuffled by a spectator at the beginning. They cut anywhere, even changing their mind if they choose yet you hit every time.
Shade - A card is cut to and secretly remembered. Four other cards are introduced as red herrings, all five are placed on the table as you ask the volunteer to place his shadow over each card, after which you capture his shadow. You then run your hand over the cards and stop on his thought of card. A dramatic piece of simple yet astonishing mentalism.
N.A.M.D. - This alone is worth the price of the DVD, it fooled me badly. Marc Spelmann's killer application with a regular Bicycle deck that he has held back for sometime, fooling all those who have seen him use it. The most invisible of its kind. Very easy to create and even easier to use. Best of all it costs you nothing to put together.
Mental Approximation - A deck of cards is shuffled and a card thought of, the cards are instantly squared, left in their random order and pocketed. The spectator is to visualize the colour of the card, then the suit, then imagine the card in it¹s numerical position in an imaginary spread. Not only do you divine the card but mention that the card was approximately 23 cards down in the deck at which point you reach sight unseen into your pocket and instantly remove the card, no force of any kind, Marc generates huge impact from something that is easy to do. Perfect for situations when there is no table or spectators hands to use.
Disc One Running Time Approximately 4hr 28min
Disc Two Running Time Approximately 3hr 30min
Disc Three Running Time Approximately 3hr 37min
Disc Four Running Time Approximately 2hr 44min
