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Of the hundreds of people on whom Gordon Bean field-tested his new effect, Temptation, a particularly notable spectator was one Greg Simko, C.E.O. of the U.S. Playing Card Co. One evening, Mr. Simko was at The Magic Castle to discuss a custom deck being made for the film Shade, and when asked to perform an effect for him, Gordon brought out the Ace, Two and Three of Spades.

The routine's first phase sent the Three visibly from Gordon's right hand to his left hand, and Mr. Simko smiled. He had seen a lot of amazing sleight-of-hand and assumed this was more of the same. Next, the Ace jumped the other way, and Mr. Simko leaned forward. Finally, the Two jumped down to his own hand and Mr. Simko knew the only possible explanation. "You're using some of those special cards we printed for you." Gordon smiled and motioned for him to pick up the cards. Mr. Simko examined them with an expert's precision. "But they are ordinary Bicycles," said Mr. Simko. "The finest cards made," agreed Gordon with a smile. I wouldn't use anything else."
No Sleight of Hand Required
Photo-Illustrated Instructions
Cards Made by the U.S. Playing Card Co.
Cards May Be Examined
"Temptation is the perfect walk-around version of Three-Card Monte. Since all the cards are examinable at the end, it is a practical as well as a mind-blowing effect." -Whit Haydn

A short and long deck of duplicate cards which is perfect for forcing a card and for a series of very useful effects. Probably the most used of all the special decks. For more information then the video "25 Tricks with a Svengali Deck" will give expert guidance.

Card-Toon #1 by Dan HarlanQuite possibly the most charming card trick ever invented! A spectator names any card. You then show that each card in your deck has a little stick-figure magician drawn on it. The cards rush by one at a time, and the drawings become an animated cartoon! The stick-figure pulls a card from his top hat and turns it over to reveal the spectator`s named card!Comes complete with specially printed deck.

PLEASE NOTE: CardToon is printed on CartaMundi cards.

Spectator names any card (no force). The performer shows drawings on the backs of every card in the deck. The end of the deck is flicked, animating the cartoon drawings. The little guy climbs into the cannon, lights it, and throws cards into the air. The cannon blasts him out and sends him toward the spectator with the chosen card in hand!

This can be repeated over and over with a different card each time!

PLEASE NOTE: CardToon is printed on CartaMundi cards.

A completely self-working gem of card magic–now even better!

Effect: The magician introduces an interesting deck of playing cards–one with 52 different back designs. Two of these cards are placed face up on the table, let’s say the jack of hearts and the seven of clubs each deck is different. The spectator now takes the deck and deals the cards into a face-down pile on the table, stopping anywhere he likes. The spectator has an absolutely free choice of where to stop the deal. One of the face-up cards is now dropped on top of the dealt pile and the rest of the cards are dropped on top, burying it somewhere in the center.

The spectator now deals again, stopping anywhere he likes, and the remaining face-up card is dropped on top of the dealt pile, which is in turn covered with the balance of the deck. The deck is now spread the two face-up cards are slid out along with the face down card that lies next to each. These two cards are turned face up and they MATCH the face-up cards! The cards are now turned face down and the backs match as well! Wait, there’s more! For the killer finish, the deck is spread face up to reveal it consists of all tens of diamonds!

Comes complete with a custom "Rainbow Deck" and Lennart's ultra-commercial presentation!

Absolutely No Skill Required!

This is David Blaine's single favorite effect. The actual deal-closer David used for most of his professional career. It helped him close the deal on his first Network T.V. special: Street Magic.

Effect

You show someone a batch of twenty cards... all different.

You give her ten of the cards to hold.

You now have her just think of one of the remaining ten cards. She never says a word. No one except her knows what card she's thinking of.

These ten cards are counted again. Strangely... there are now only nine. The one card she'd been thinking of has vanished! She's still only thinking of her card; it's never been named out loud!

She counts the other ten cards she's been holding; ten cards you haven't touched since the beginning. But now she has eleven cards! The strange traveler has arrived... her thought-of card is now staring her in the face!

Strange Travelers is a streamlined version of a classic effect that was Nate Lepzig's favorite over 75 years ago. Other variations have come and gone. David re-discovered this hidden gem, and the rest is history.

And the really good news: Blaine's favorite effect is extremely easy to do.

No palming. No difficult moves. Just a simple elegant handling that just about anyone can learn.

Complete with Paul Harris' revised gimmick and routines, which includes a version where you start and finish with a normal deck.

Strange Travelers: David Blaine's favorite effect, his actual deal closer, can now be yours.

Stranger`s Gallery by John Bannon John Bannon`s incredible color-changing deck routine has become a modern-day classic, and once you`ve seen the impact this effect has on an audience, combined with the minimal amount of sleights necessary you`ll know why.Effect: From a blue-backed deck, the performer removes three face-down cards from three diffrent places. A fourth card is selected. Each of the three inital cards are shown to match the selected card exactly. The performer remarks that the only way the trick would be possible is if the four cards came from from four different decks. Accordingly, the backs of three cards change from blue to black, yellow and white, leaving four cards with four diffrent colored backs! For the climax, it is revealed that none of the four cards could have come from your deck...because it is spread and seen to be RED! Includes 10-page booklet and all the necessary gaffs specially printed by the U.S. Playing Card Company

There are many uses for this clever deck. Comprises 52 different cards which are shaped so that you can easily and immediately identify and produce when required any card that is placed into the deck. For those who would like to exploit the full benefits of this deck then the video "25 Tricks with a Stripper Deck" will show the full range of tricks that are easily done with this deck.
Available in Red or Blue back.

You shuffle a deck, place it on the table and invite a spectator to cut it. You bring out a packet of four cards and proceed to tell a story about going to a magic shop and wanting to buy a trick. A joker is turned over, then sent to the bottom. It rises to the top. You continue to place the Joker at the bottom, but it continues to rise to the top.

Eventually you say, it became apparent that all four cards could be Jokers! However, when you show the cards, they are all the same, but they are all blank! You definitely wanted to buy the trick, but you are too late, because now you instantly show all four previously blank cards have "SOLD" signs on them!!! Magically a "SOLD" sign vanishes from one of the cards. That is the card you bought! "Let's see if the magic acard works," you say, as you wave the card over the cut deck. The spectator turns over the card he cut to - say the Jack of Spades. BINGO! When you pass the MAGIC CARD through your han, the Jack of Spades appears printed on it! You hand it to the spectator who wil be STUND!

This is the cleanest and most baffling version of the cards across effect EVER! Twenty cards, which a spectator counts from a shuffled deck, are divided into two groups. Two freely THOUGHT OF cards magically vanish from one pile and appear in the other while both packets of cards are held securely between the hands of two spectators. It's simple, direct, and stunning! Easy to do and instantly reset.

Includes an instructional DVD featuring live and studio performances by Daryl - The Magician's Magician.

A wild routine that makes people scream!

This is a wonderfully entertaining card routine that always gets a great reaction. You display deck of cards with smiling faces on its back. One of the cards is selected by a spectator and lost in the deck. The spectator is handed a small gun. The gun is aimed at the deck and the trigger is pulled. The gun goes off with a loud bang. The cards are then dealt face down on the table until you come to one card with a frown on its face, a hole through its head and blood splattered all over its face. The card is turned over and it proves to be the selected card. Everything is examinable. Very easy to do.

Comes complete with a custom printed poker-size deck of cards, a small toy pistol, caps, photo-illustrated instructions and four extra assassinated cards.

You display an entire deck of cards, both front and back. The cards are completely mixed in a random order. You remove three red cards and three black cards from the deck and openly mix these together. But, when you spread them face up, the colors have separated! The effect is repeated again and again, each time mixing the cards more fairly than before, yet they still separate! Finally, the deck is spread face up and the entire deck has separated into reds and blacks!
The special cards do all the work, but you'll get all the credit!

The spectator clearly sees the colors getting mixed...they can even help mix them!

No sleight-of-hand and no secret moves! It's virtually self-working!