Criss Angel, considered to be the most influential name in magic today, releases his highly anticipated and critically acclaimed teaching DVD series Criss Angel Master MINDFREAKS. Each DVD is filled with mind-blowing MINDFREAKS personally created and
72 Foolproof Card Miracles for the Amateur MagicianWhat is a self-working card trick? A trick that does not depend upon legerdermain or special abilities on the part of the magician, but a trick that works automatically because of the mathematics inh
EffectA spectator's chosen card is lost in the deck. Instead of finding the card (any magician could do that), the pips on another card are moved to create an image of the selection! This amazing souvenir card may be fully examined-the pips don't mov
Take a lit cigarette from an audience member and put it directly into your fist. Then open both hands, and the cigarette is gone! The effect can also be done with other objects of similar size and shape.
This fan of bridge-sized cards springs right open-you look like an excellent card manipulator and your audience will never know it didn't take years of practice!
56 Foolproof Tricks"Close-up card magic is performed right under the noses of the spectators. It has an immediacy that cannot be duplicated by platform magic. Seasoned professionals agree there is no better way to learn how to handle an audience than
Effect The magician borrows a ring from a spectator and places it under a hankerchief. He hands the hanky to the owner of the ring who holds onto it through the cloth. The magician snaps his fingers and tells the spectator to let go of the ring and..
61 Foolproof TricksFor magicians wishing to start a magic act with a dramatic visual effect, there is no better choice than a handkerchief trick. In fact, such airy bits of baffling illusion are among the most graceful and sophisticated tricks in the
From the man who can't tell the difference between the name of the card trick and a weather forecast! Due to the willingness of certain spiteful spectators to take advantage of their magician, you illustrate the value of your magic teacher's admoniti
A spectator selects a card, commits it to memory and returns it to the pack. From this point on the magician never even touches the deck-the spectator gives them a shuffle and places the deck back into the case. The magician then displays two playing
The magician places an ordinary match onto the back of a playing card. When he bends the card down the match remains floating in mid-air!Very easy to perform.
EFFECT: The performer shows a transparent tube and pushes a small handkerchief through it. He then takes a sheet of paper, covers the cylinder, and wraps it up. He then hands the cylinder to a spectator to hold. At some point later in the performance
92 Foolproof Tricks Money and magic! A combination that never fails to attract attention. With this helpful and revealing book, even novices can astound friends and relatives with mystifying magical feats requiring little more than common coins
The four tens are removed from the deck and tabled face-up. Three cards are then selected, memorized and lost in the pack. The tens are placed on top of the deck. The magician snaps his fingers and then spreads the tens. Three face-down cards are now
Effect: A card is selected from a borrowed deck, returned and the cards are shuffled. A rubber band is stretched around the deck, and the band visibly melts away! One card then emerges from the deck, it's the selected card with the rubber band around
Question: Is it possible for a playing card to have no sides?Answer: It is in "Side Show!In "Side Show," the magician displays what appears to be normal, two-sided playing cards. However, the cards are then magically revealed to contain four sides. t
A "Wild Card" effect with six cards! You show five blank-faced cards and one Four of Spades. The Four is brushed against two of the blank cards and they change to Fours! This is repeated with the other blank cards and at the finish, all six cards hav
101 Foolproof Tricks Numbers pervade nearly every aspect of our daily lives: telephone numbers, zip codes, Social Security numbers, driver's license and credit card numbers. We are beleaguered by numbers. No wonder we're fascinated, intrigued, e