Card Magic DVDs

Dan and Dave have been at the forefront of their craft since they were only fourteen years old. They have helped mold a new genre of card magic, a style visually rich and direct.
This collection contains a vast array of magical effects, flourishes and everything else their minds have conjured up. From beginner to professional, these DVD's contain something for everyone.
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AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE STRIPPER DECK! FORGET EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW!

INCLUDES FREE BICYCLE STRIPPER DECK!!!

Jon Thompson introduces you to a world of card magic that you never thought possible with the most venerable deck you never use - THE STRIPPER DECK!

Jon’s ‘Simple and Subtle’ approach will open a wide array of incredible effects that will leave all who witness them completely BAFFLED - and that includes magicians! This DVD is not just for beginners folks - IT’S SERIOUS STUFF!!

MASTERY OF THE STRIPPER DECK IS WITHIN YOUR GRASP! GET READY TO STRIP!

INCLUDES 10 SHOW STOPPING EFFECTS PERFORMED BY DAVE FORREST THAT WILL DESTROY ALL YOUR PRECONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE STRIPPER DECK!

01. FORMATION ACES 02. BINARY 101 03. CARDMAN ELEKTRA 04. PROGRAMMED DECK 05. FIND MY ACES
06. OUT OF SIGHT (REDUX) 07. MENTALMAN (SI-STACK) 08. SANDWICH THIS 09. GENUINELY DRAWN 10. ONE TO TEN

Steve Haynes has tweaked and developed this closely guarded secret for 17 YEARS! Now, it can be yours! The Casanova Concept is an easy to apply principle that will allow you to perform bona-fide miracles with both playing cards and business cards. It's simple and straightforward, requires the minimum of sleight of hand and will go straight into your repertoire. This is NOT a trick; it's a principle that can be applied to hundreds of routines.

Featured on this DVD:

Stroller Controller - A freely selected card is signed front and back, and then lost in the deck. You cleanly reach into your pocket and withdraw their card, showing that you had it BEFORE they even signed it!

Thru & Through - A signed Card Thru Window with a FACE UP, SIGNED selection!

Rip Trip - A signed business card is torn but miraculously restores itself!

Homing On Easy Street - A signed card disappears from the deck and appears in your pocket. TWICE! This is easy-peasy!

And, Steve Haynes' signature piece - the Casanova Closer...

Your spectator selects two cards and SIGNS them both. One is placed in their own wallet (or pocket). The other is lost in the deck. Within seconds you open your own wallet to reveal the signed selection which was apparently lost in the deck.

As your spectator is still reeling, you offer to repeat the effect. You re-open your wallet (which was empty only moments ago) and slowly withdraw a face-down card. Your spectator's eyes are popping out of their head - 'How did that signed selection get back into your wallet'?

It didn't. It's the OTHER signed card! The one that should have been in the spectators' wallet. And when they look in their pocket they find the first signed card! Then they faint!

BOTH CARDS ARE GENUINELY SIGNED BY THE SPECTATOR AND YOU NEVER TOUCH THE SPECTATOR'S WALLET!

NOTE: The Casanova Closer utilises a gimmicked wallet (not supplied). But, this is just one way to employ the Casanova Concept. The DVD also features a second method using nothing but a deck of cards and an ungimmicked wallet!

Your chance to harness one of the most devastating weapons in the magicians arsenal! Complete, step by step training in the art of culling from Iain Moran - a true master of the move!

TRAINING
01. Cull one Card. 02. Mistakes. 03. Cullin to Specific Locations. 04. Culling from Awkward Positions. 05. Culling Multiple Cards. 06. Mistakes - Part 2. 07. Controlling via Culling. 08. Forcing via Culling. 09. Setting Up via Culling. 10. Culling 2 Cards Next to Each Other. 11. Switching via Culling. 12. Culling as an Out. 13. Culling Face Down Cards.

EFFECTS
01. Aces on High. 02. Dream Card. 03. Funny Business. 04. Quantum Sandwich. 05. Ace Orgy. 06. Concrete Sandwich.

27 real-world effects from the hottest magic newcomer in years in a 3 disc box set that will blow you away! Almost 5 hours of practical, mind-blowing close-up magic!
Featuring exclusive music from Slaves To Gravity, Johnny Panic, Standing Dead Centre, Andrew Potterton and John Barr!
The Story: October 18th 2007, 2.08pm. Distress calls are received at Heathrow Airport from an inbound 'Boeing 747' from Florida. The pilot, three crew and twelve passengers have been struck down by a mystery illness. By the time the plane lands, 7 people are dead. Only one man, an American citizen named Cameron Francis, disembarks the aircraft without showing any symptoms of the deadly bug. He is immediately arrested and quarantined in a secret location where he remains completely oblivious to the chaos that is unfolding as the mystery virus sweeps the UK.

Interrogations of the suspect have revealed nothing. Francis refuses to admit any connection to the vicious and deadly strain now dubbed the Omega Mutation by leading scientist's frantically working on an antidote. Francis is either an unwitting participant in a deadly game, or a criminal mastermind of heroic proportions. Either way, his story is sketchy. Claiming to be a close up magician, he carries with him a small attaché case filled with cards, coins and other magical paraphernalia. Needless to say, his attachment to this questionable practice only serves to raise suspicion of his involvement in what could be the single most disastrous event that the world has ever known!

Will the deadly virus be stopped? Will Cameron ever convince his captors of his innocence? Will the guards ever grow tired of his card tricks? Will Cameron ever escape? Find out in CAMERON FRANCIS - THE OMEGA MUTATION!
Disc 1 – Alpha
** INFECTION **

Vivid , Insecure Restoration , Cagey , Everywhere , Dime-A-Cap , Triumph Transpo , Signed & Assembled , Back In 10 , Hard Knocks

Disc 2 – Mem
** THE STORY CONTINUES **
Assembled Reset , Card-A-Que , Appearing Sharpie , Cheque This , Bill Switch, Last Laugh , Yours & Yours , Separation Anxiety, Stuffed

Disc 3 – Omega
** ESCAPE? **
Ring Flight , Jumpy Collectors , CF Switch , Visiting Hour, Do As Cam Does, Hofzinser Takes A Dive, Space Available, Dupes, International Cards Of Mystery

Disc 1 Running Time Approximately 1hr 38min
Disc 2 Running Time Approximately 1hr 31min
Disc 3 Running Time Approximately 1hr 31min

This DVD contains a wealth of powerful card magic. The material is extremely visual and stunning. The routines are practical, and designed for real-world performance. There are no pipe dreams or outrageous sleights. The moves and routines will generate huge reactions from audiences, and do so with the least amount of work, allowing you to focus more on presentation. This is material you will use.

DVD Contents:

Perfecto
A prediction effect so clean and unbelievable, they'll think you are actually psychic.

Impossible Transpo
The most VISUAL two-card transposition EVER!

Card Vanishes
The ultimate anytime, anywhere routine using a playing card, credit card, or any card you have on hand. A great icebreaker.

I C 3
Devastating 3-card prediction effect utilyzing only one invisible move. Maximum spectator impact with minimal work!

Twist & Shake
Dynamite card revelation using the four Queens and a little shake.

Shot Caller
Streamlined approach to the Red Hot Mama effect with an eye-popping double color change and a dazzling climax!

Thought Force
Classic force for the spectator's eyes... looks like pure mind reading.

Lord of the Twist
A two-phase stunner that delivers punch after punch!

Once Upon a Time
Magician vs Gambler effect with astonishing revelations and transformations!

Bertram Change
Richly detailed explanation of this breathtaking color change.

SAC Move
Revolutionary move that is easy to learn, invisible, and has endless applications. It will raise your card magic to the next level!

Dirty Deck Principle
Indicator card that blows other methods out of the water. You will use this one all the time.

Also Includes
Zenneth Alignment Move and the Oz Alignment Refinement

If you are seriously interested in learning card magic, there is no better place to start than The Royal Road to Card Magic with R. Paul Wilson.

For more than half a century, Jean Hugard and Fred Braue's landmark book, The Royal Road to Card Magic, has been a touchstone for all who love and endeavor to perform great card magic. Because of its building-block style of teaching sleights followed by tricks that utilize those sleights to reinforce the lesson, it's been called by many the greatest self-instruction book on magic ever written.

Now for the first time on DVD, expert card magician R. Paul Wilson accompanies you down this time-honored path to show you, in crystal-clear digital clarity, every important sleight and effect from the Royal Road to Card Magic in the precise order it appears in the book. Thus, this video study guide has the potential to take you from beginner to expert - and you can learn at your own pace. What's more, Paul Wilson has added his own valuable insights and updates to the classic Hugard and Braue text, making this Royal Road a not-to-be-missed journey to becoming an accomplished entertainer with nothing more than a deck of ordinary playing cards.

Since its initial publication, The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue has been regarded as the most complete course in sleight of hand with playing cards ever written, teaching essential sleights from the Overhand Shuffle to the Pass and Palm.

Each chapter explores a new sleight followed by several tricks using what the student has already learned—tricks that, incidentally, include many of the best card effects ever created.

Many of today’s finest magicians began with Hugard and Braue’s classic book, including world-renowned card expert R. Paul Wilson. On these DVDs, Paul guides you along this Royal Road, demonstrating the sleights and effects from the book along with many important touches from his own repertoire. Paul guides you effortlessly through each chapter, using clear and concise instructions combined with multiple camera angles. He also performs most of the tricks in the book for an informal audience, allowing the student to see each effect before learning it.

This DVD series is a complete course in card magic that expands and updates the material from The Royal Road to Card Magic with new effects, improved methods, and advice from many of today’s finest exponents of card conjuring. If you follow this course from beginning to end, learning each sleight before moving to the next chapter, you will soon be on your way to becoming an excellent card magician.

Beautifully encased in one fold-out keepsake package!

Disc 1 Running Time Approximately 1hr 52min
Disc 2 Running Time Approximately 1hr 25min
Disc 3 Running Time Approximately 2hr 8min
Disc 4 Running Time Approximately 2hr 11min
Disc 5 Running Time Approximately 2hr 13min

Throughout this entire set of ground breaking DVDs, Darwin provides psychological insights, presentational angles, performing tips and suggestions based on his extensive experience performing these effects for real audiences. The plots, presentations, methods and handlings are all designed for maximum audience impact. Impossible effects, entertaining presentations, rock-solid construction and performing wisdom combine to produce a must-have set of DVDs for all lovers of great card magic!

Contains:

-The Last Laugh
-Fastest Gun Alive
-Darwin's Ambitious Card
-Appointment In Samarra
-Hitchcock Travelers
-Ultimate Oil & Water
-Ultimate Fusion

Note that the four DVD set can be purchased for £95. See below.

Throughout this entire set of ground breaking DVDs, Darwin provides psychological insights, presentational angles, performing tips and suggestions based on his extensive experience performing these effects for real audiences. The plots, presentations, methods and handlings are all designed for maximum audience impact. Impossible effects, entertaining presentations, rock-solid construction and performing wisdom combine to produce a must-have set of DVDs for all lovers of great card magic!

Contains:

-Remote Control
-Maximum Risk
-No Way Out
-The Color of Money
-Liar's Poker
-God of Gamblers

Note that the four DVD set can be purchased for £95. See below.

Throughout this entire set of ground breaking DVDs, Darwin provides psychological insights, presentational angles, performing tips and suggestions based on his extensive experience performing these effects for real audiences. The plots, presentations, methods and handlings are all designed for maximum audience impact. Impossible effects, entertaining presentations, rock-solid construction and performing wisdom combine to produce a must-have set of DVDs for all lovers of great card magic!

Contains :

-The Quick & The Dead
-Walkaround Triumph
-Cannibal Holocaust
-Ace In The Pocket
-Beat The Devil

Note that the four DVD set can be purchased for £95. See below.

Throughout this entire set of ground breaking DVDs, Darwin provides psychological insights, presentational angles, performing tips and suggestions based on his extensive experience performing these effects for real audiences. The plots, presentations, methods and handlings are all designed for maximum audience impact. Impossible effects, entertaining presentations, rock-solid construction and performing wisdom combine to produce a must-have set of DVDs for all lovers of great card magic!

Contains :

-Deja Vu Poker
-The Brush
-Combination Cull
-Shark Attack
-The Professional
-Raw Deal

Note that the four DVD set can be purchased for £95. See below.

More Elegant Card Magic
by Rafael Benatar

Rafael Benatar performs and explains more of the elegant card routines that he uses to earn a living with as he appears at parties, tradeshows and nightclubs all over Europe, South America and the United States. In addition to the excellent card magic the DVD includes a section on advanced double-card handling techniques where you will learn how to flawlessly handle, show, replace and table double-cards.

Routines performed and explained:

The Clark Kent Card Change: An indifferent card visually changes into the spectator's selected card as you blow on it.

69: A six turns into a selected nine while in full view. The selected card is then shown to be a joker.
Neither & Also: Two selected cards are found in an offbeat and visual manner.

A Perfect 10: Two cards are produced as the selection but are wrong. When the pips of the two cards are added they total the selection's value. The two cards visually melt into the selection.

The Rhythm Twins: A new handling for Brother John Hamman's classic plot about twin Kings who married twin Queens.

The Unambitious Magician: A parody geared toward magicians where obvious sleights are used to cancel each other.

Countdown: A startling assembly where Kings vanish from their packets one at a time and appear in a leader packet. As a surprise finale all four Kings appear in an unexpected place.

Right Between The Eyes: A card routine for the stage in which you ascertain the name of a selected card by reading the hand of a lady who picked it and then quickly pull it out of the shuffled deck from the pocket of a gentleman. Then, to everyone's astonishment, the gentleman performs the trick himself without knowing how.

Professional Oil and Water Routine: Ascanio’s Oil and Water smoothly blended with Roy Walton’s Oil and Queens to form a very strong three-phase routine.

Double-Card Handling Techniques: Rafael Benatar is a master of double card handling and he spends some time explaining all the fine points of natural double turnovers as well as how to handle, replace and table double cards. Techniques include: Slippery Double Turnover, Slippery Drop, Pivoting Double, Double Replacements, Tamariz Boomerang Replacement, Reinhard Muller's Nail Replacement and more.

Special DVD Features:

- Instant access to performances, explanations and techniques
- Product Previews
- DVD Trailers
- Dolby Digital sound
- Encoded for worldwide viewing

Running Time Approximately 105min

Pyrotechnic Pasteboards picks up where Gregory’s best-selling Card Stunts video left off. Forget those mind-numbing, deal down, Uncle Charlie card tricks. This is fast and furious, in-your-face card flaunting! Think Jackie Chan with 52 potential papercuts!

Contains:


Point Blank - Greg’s reputation-making version of the Ambitious Card done with a completely blank deck. It’s a portable 5-minute piece of theater that ends up with the spectator’s signed card fused to your signed card!
Flashback - This freaky 8-phase routine is done in reverse. That’s why you should take your standing ovation first-just to get it out of the way.
Straight A’s - When they see this four ace revelation, you can forget about that friendly little poker game after the show.
Lethal Fours - Gentlemen, start your Elmsley’s. This is Wilson’s take on Williamson’s take on Victor’s 11 Card Trick.
Cards to Pocket - Greg’s razzle-dazzle version of this time-honored classic.
FISM Aces - The aces shoot out of a shuffled pack like angry hornets and then boomerang back to you like...well, boomerangs. Oh, by the way, did we mention that the entire pack vanishes as well?
With Pyrotechnic Pasteboards, you get all of this non-stop, action-packed commotion and more! Why wait till the Fourth of July for flashy fireworks? Break out your Bicycles and start blowing away your audiences - today!

Running Time Approximately 86min

Card Stunts is Gregory Wilson's complete Close-up card act performed live from the Magic Castle. You'll learn how to do it all! The explanations are thorough, and the material is some of the best in the world. If you perform with a deck of cards, this is a must-have DVD.

HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING - The card box magically and mysteriously jumps out of your pocket and back around the deck - TWICE!
PHOENIX SPLIT - Four aces magically appear at your fingertips one at a time -- with your sleeves rolled up!
RESET WITH A HOOK - A jacked-up, nitro-burning demonstration of derring-do that masterfully motivates why the four aces change place with the jacks.
BOOMERANG CARD OF DEATH - A playing card shoots from the middle of the deck, high into the air, reverses direction mid-flight and plunges back into the deck -- between two selected cards -- with only one hand!
BOXSPRING - One at a time, the four aces sneak our of a completely closed and ungimmicked card case.
JOKE IN THE BOX - Finally, 'Card Under Glass' without getting your cards wet. The bone dry (signed if you like) Joker jumps from the deck and under the card box -- twice. Then, for the surprise finish, instead of under, it goes. . . inside the box! Gentlemen, start your Sharpies!
G FORCE - An unsuspecting spectator selects the same card three times in a row. You top things off with a transposition that leaves them in vertigo!
REVELATION IN SPADES - Find thirteen cards in a row - in perfect order!
Running Time Approximately 110min

Effect:

Who says KILLER effects can’t be easy? 2WO FACED is crammed to bursting point with material that is both! With this collection of eleven ‘kick ass’ gaff card routines you’ll be shocking people in no time!
No matter what your skill level, you will find some real world ‘head melters’ on this DVD! From the eye boggling transposition of ‘QUANTUM LEAP’ to the triple climax of ‘SUPERFLY’ to the jawdrop conclusion of ‘PREDICAMENT’, every effect is a WORKER!

And, to cap it all off you receive ALL THE GAFFS NECESSARY TO PERFORM EVERY ROUTINE ON THE DVD FREE INSIDE. That’s TWENTY free gaff cards, all on Bicycle Playing Card stock!

CONTENTS:
JACKASS - A sucker-punch transpo between one of the Jacks and a selection! CON-FUSED - Mind boggling transpositions culminate in two signed selections fusing together!
THE WAGER - Gambler vs. Magician, but this time the gambler wins!
WEE WEE MENTALIST - A stick man reads the spectators mind...then proves he’s a magician too!
PREDICAMENT - Visually change a signed selection to match a failed prediction! 50/50 - The spectator can never seem to win in this game of psychological trickery!
BLURRED - An easy, practical, visual and magical colour changing deck!
SUPERFLY - Forget Copperfield and Blaine, the only magician you’ll ever need is Superfly!
ELMSLEY SMELMSLEY - Selected cards appear as ‘marks’ on the backs of the Aces!
QUANTUM LEAP - Visually ‘transport’ a selected card from one hand to the other! THEY WILL CRY!
WHERE'S MY CARD? - A selected card vanishes from the deck then it re-appears...well, ANYWHERE!
BONUS: ZE FLASH - Information appears on a blank card in a burst of flame!

This really is the easy way to get ahead in card magic! Let the gaffed cards do the work, while you take all the credit!
Description:

From the people who brought you the bestselling "Trickery" DVD, this new offering looks to be even more popular!

The material taught on this DVD is straight out of the professional repertoire of Oz Pearlman, and includes some of his most treasured routines. Each routine has been thoroughly audience tested over hundreds of live performances and proven to be incredibly powerful and commercial magic. Oz guides the viewer through every technical detail, captured frame-by-frame, including all the psychological subtleties that transform a card trick into a miracle!

Routines:
Think Touch Turn Reborn ? A classic Marlo effect reengineered and revitalized. Every phase builds, up until the dramatic climax which happens right in the spectator?s hands. Also includes Oz?s favorite four ace production.
Emerge Triumphant ? The way Triumph was meant to be. Shuffle the deck face up into face down, clear as day. A mere snap of the fingers and all the cards are fixed?all except for the selected card. And wait, they?re in brand new deck order! Clean, direct, and very entertaining.
3some ? A seductive mystery with a signed card, two lovely ladies, and an effect so impossible, it is guaranteed to stun any audience.
Intencified ? Mind blowing, visual magic wrapped up into a hilarious storyline. What more could you ask for?
Blades ? A front row seat to a battle between the Kings as they prove their manliness. This routine is logical, motivated, full of surprises, and best of all, draws your audience into the magic.
Pirate Stab ? The NY Times declared ?Even skeptical viewers are won over? after witnessing this delightful routine.
False cuts:
R-dub-C ? Three packets dance from hand to hand and reunite in perfect symmetry.
Maladroit cut - Cards flip left and right, forward and back, in a flourishy cut that?s as fun to watch as it is to perform.
Features & Bonus Material:
TouchMagic? the next step in evolution for magic DVDs
Outtakes
Live performance footage from WatchMagic, Oz?s Off-Broadway theatrical production.
Photo galleries
'WatchMagic' theme song by Shawn Elliot
And more!

From France comes F.I.S.M. award winner Cyril Harvey with this astonishing collection of ground-breaking Jumbo card manipulations for stage. Over fifteen Jumbo card techniques carefully explained step by step!

This DVD features the next generation of sleights and routines for manipulators, drawn directly from Cyril Harvey's F.I.S.M. act, in addition to material he regularly uses as one of the busiest stage performers and magic lecturers in Europe.

Techniques Explained:

Arm Concealment
Fan Steal and Throw Fan
Splitting a fan in two
Two hands circular fan
One hand circular fan
S fan
Arm spread
Spinning cards
Series of fans production
Partial back palm card production
Tenkai palm card production
Partial back palm fan production
......and much more

Magician displays one card with its top corner torn and barely hanging on. Magician puts his empty hand around the other side of a glass door or window, keeping it there with its fingers spread wide open and palm visible. The other hand taps the card against the opposite side of the glass, and the card's top corner is visually seen to fall off the card into the hand on the other side - passing right through the glass. Impossible.

Extremely visual
Unbelievably easy to do
Can be performed on any glass window or door, even a car door!
Running Time Approximately 11 min

The Inside Story of Magic's Most Prolific and Creative Card Genius.

Featuring commentary by Marlo's closest students.

The Two-DVD Set includes -

Part 1: The History

Documentary of Ed Marlo's life in card magic.
Historic footage of Ed Marlo performing a collection of his original card effects and sleight of hand (including Devilish Miracle, Unbelievable Aces and Cards To Pocket, Open Prediction and 8 perfect riffle Faro Shuffles).
First-hand stories highlighting Marlo's unique personality.
Performer's Biographies.
Part 2: The Card Effects
Marlo's students perform and explain card effects inspired by their mentor.
Bonus historic footage of Ed Marlo, Charlie Miller and Dai Vernon at the Magic Castle in the Palace of Mystery. Circa 1983 filmed by James Lewis.
Featuring: Allen Ackerman, Simon Aronson, Steve Draun, Don England, Joe Hartel, Kevin Kelly, Millard Lichter, Bill Malone, Jimmy Molinari, Jimmy Nuzzo, Jon Racherbaumer, David Solomon, and Randy Wakeman.

Disc 1 Running Time Approximately 1hr 11min
Disc 2 Running Time Approximately 1hr 50min

In the basement of a seedy Las Vegas hotel, Daniel Garcia slowly touched two pieces of a torn playing card together. Achingly slowly, with no cover, he let go of one of the pieces and the card was restored! Paul Harris shook his head and softly muttered "If this kid is not using some kind of sticky substance, he owns me." Daniel restored the third and fourth pieces in equally miraculous ways and handed Paul the card....no sticky substance! In lieu of Paul's mortal soul, Daniel agreed to let Paul get Torn out to the world. It really is the next great leap forward in this piece-by-piece restoration. Totally practical and even more magical than the original TV-only version With this DVD and a little work, you'll have a breathtaking magical effect you can do anywhere with any freely selected signed card.

Torn didn't just astonish Paul Harris. Daniel has owned just about every magician he has come across, and for sure every layman he's shown the effect. Daniel Garcia's "Torn" is a must for anyone who wants to perform a truly miraculous piece-by-piece restoration.

A DOUBLE DVD BOXSET of material from the creative mind of DAVE FORREST! Containing over TWENTY stunning effects, flourishes and routines, TRICKERY is a veritable treasure chest of close up magic!
Disk 1 Contents - 1.Wallop. 2.Ace-capade. 3.Blind Lemon Aces. 4.Ace Collectors. 5.Assembled. 6.Hypnotic Cut. 7. On Holemeal 8.Grass Box. 9.Bil-ink. 10.Glazed & Confused. BONUS: Revolution Colour Change
Disk 2 Contents - 1.Convention Triumph. 2.Take Note. 3.Moth Cut. 4.Flying Cut. 5.Pip Trip. 6.Boxing Clever. 7.Queekers. 8.Burger Kings. 9.Coins in the Glass. 10. Shotgun CTP. BONUS: Tenkai Control

“You're gonna love the way this guy thinks! Crisp, direct methods that go right for the knockout punch. Not the slightest air of ‘confusion’ or unnecessary activity in his work as he pursues pure ‘effect’. I know we're just seeing the beginning of what Dave Forrest is going to bring to us. Enjoy!” - Jack Carpenter

“I thoroughly enjoyed these DVDs. It's refreshing to see good magic performed in a relaxed, natural style with an emphasis on the effect rather than the distracting: ‘look how funny I am.’” - Peter Duffie

“This is certainly one of the best magic videos out there. So many great tricks.” - David Regal

TRICKERY – The best magic purchase you’ll make this year!

One of the most requested titles in this superb collection of instructional DVD's! The Second Deal explanation alone is worth the price.

Contents:

Introduction
Second Deal - Strike Method
Second Deal - Push Off
Second Deal Applications
Punch Deal
Bottom Deal
One Hand Bottom Deal
Bottom Force
Brad's No Gaff Dark Card
The Add-0n Move
Dunbury Delusion
Brad's Gambling Routine!

Running Time Approximately 1hr 33min

Effect

Seven effects sure to devastate your audiences. Here's a peek at what's inside:

DLS - A sandwich effect sure to satisfy their appetite for incredible card magic.
JJ - Two cards to pocket, no palming-enough said.
DLT - A sandwich effect with a kicker ending sure to leave them stunned.
JJF - The JJ effect with an extra punch.
Jackrobats - Ballet for the hands as cards change at your fingertips.
Jack be Nimble - An elegant four card transposition.
Jack be Quick - Four cards change places in the blink of an eye.
Includes custom- made Bicycle cards printed by the U.S. Playing Card Company

In this video, you’ll see the esoteric skills of the card cheat used to accomplish effects that truly appear to be miracles. There’s a great difference between card tricks and card magic, and what Fernando Keops performs in this exceptional presentation can only be classified as the latter. This is magic that’s beautiful to watch and a joy to perform—and perform it you will as Fernando Keops, following the exciting performance, sits down and carefully teaches the devilishly clever methods behind each and every effect.


PERFORMANCES & EXPLANATIONS

Think of a Card
2nd Deal Effects (Ace Through Ten)
Stop Trick
Jumbo Prediction
Bottom Deal Trick
Hand Mucking Prediction
Center Deal Demonstration
Center Deal Tips
Five Changes
Center Deal from 4 Parts of the Deck
Impossible Estimation
Special Bonus (performance only):

Aces and Kings
Reset
Point of Departure

A Master Magician Reveals a Lifetime of Secrets for the Very First Time on Video!

Paul Potassy has been called “a master of magical minimalism with maximum impact.” He has performed for 66 years in 44 different countries, for celebrities, heads of state and even the Pope.

He speaks six languages fluently and has been called “the Maurice Chevalier of magic” and “Europe’s most successful cabaret magician of the last fifty years” by famed British magic producer John Fisher.

In this very special DVD set, you’re about to meet an extraordinary man and watch and learn the thoroughly entertaining and baffling material that came of his lifelong love affair with magic. Top-name magicians flew in from all over to witness this monumental event – Paul Potassy committing this material to video for the very first time – and you’re about to see why.

In Volume One, you’ll see the act that made Paul Potassy’s international reputation. Then, you’ll get to meet the man himself as you’re treated to an in-depth interview conducted by Max Maven.

In Volume Two, you’ll learn the diabolical details of the Potassy act as each trick, including every detail of its preparation and performance, is laid out in exacting detail.

Finally, in Volume Three, you’ll be treated to more magic from Potassy’s vast repertoire. Then, after you’re left shaking your head following the performance, you’ll be taken backstage and shown the inner workings of these extremely strong performance pieces.

Volume One – The Paul Potassy Show
SYMPATHETIC SILKS – One of Potassy’s signature effects and the one he always uses to open his show. Two sets of scarves mysteriously tie and untie under increasingly humorous conditions. For the finish, all the scarves instantly tie themselves together!
THE RAZOR BLADES – An amazing updating to a classic effect of magic. The performer apparently swallows a large number of sharp razor blades and a length of thread. When the thread is pulled from the mouth, the razor blades are seen tied to it.
PICKPOCKET – Under the guise of helping with a card trick, two spectators find themselves in a hilarious situation as the performer repeatedly produces cards from their jackets and pockets. The performer then begins to produce personal items that he apparently lifted from the spectators, ending with an amazing wristwatch steal.
NEWSPAPER TEAR – A section of newspaper is torn into pieces and then restored. The performer offers to explain how it’s done but the explanation leaves the audience even more amazed and baffled!
BILL IN POTATO – A borrowed bill is initialed, the serial number noted and then subsequently vanished. It is miraculously found to be in the middle of a potato freely chosen by a member of the audience!
SING-SING – A chosen card, signed by two spectators, is shuffled back into the deck only to be found not just in the performer’s wallet but between two metal plates that are completely sealed with rubber bands in both directions!
THE PREDICTION – One spectator chooses a book from a stack of normal paperback books and a word from that book while another chooses the name of one of the world’s great cities. The performer opens an envelope that was in plain view throughout the performance and it’s found that he’s correctly predicted both spectators’ choices!
THE CARDS IN THE BUCKET – A card is selected and shuffled back into the deck and the cards are then cascaded into a champagne bucket. The performer lowers a length of rope into the bucket and when he pulls it back up, the selected card is found to have been lassoed.
THE ENCORE CARD STAB – A card is chosen and after it’s lost back into the deck, the cards are spread face down on a table. The performer is blindfolded yet manages to find the card by impaling it on the tip of a knife.
POTASSY INTERVIEW conducted by Max Maven – Meet the man behind the tricks as he talks with Max Maven about his life, his inspirations and how magic literally saved his life. It’s a fascinating journey into the heart and soul of one of the world’s best magicians.

Volume Two – Explanations
It’s all here—everything you need to know about the wonderful effects performed in The Paul Potassy Show on Volume One. Potassy dissects every one of these tricks, showing you all of the nuances that make each one of these pieces a showstopper. These are the effects that made an international reputation for Paul Potassy and now they’re all here—for you!

Volume Three – More Effects from the Repertoire of Paul Potassy
BILLFOLDING – An astounding and extremely visual bill change with no gimmicks that can be performed surrounded. This is Paul Potassy’s favorite close-up effect!
CARD IN GLASS – A new and novel way to reveal a selected card. A chosen card is shuffled back into the deck which is then placed into a drinking glass. When the glass is inverted, all of the cards fall to the table . . . except for the selection!
CARD ON FOREHEAD – Another entertaining way to reveal a chosen card. A card is selected and returned to the deck. The performer and spectator both place their hands on their foreheads as the performer attempts to read the spectator’s thoughts. The performer successfully names the selected card and when he lowers his hand, the chosen card is on his forehead!
UPSIDE DOWN CARD – After a card is chosen and returned, the deck is shuffled with half the deck face up while the other half is face down. At the performer’s command, all of the cards right themselves save for the spectator’s selection.
CLASSIC FORCE – Paul Potassy is a master of this elusive sleight and provides not only his handling but subtle tips that will enable you to add this powerful weapon to your own card magic arsenal. You’ll even learn how to accurately and reliably use the Classic Force behind your back!
PREDICTION COMBINATION – The performer writes a prediction and isolates it in a drinking glass. A spectator selects a card, remembers it and mixes it back into the pack. A second spectator is asked to think of a small number. The performer reads the first spectator’s mind and reveals the name of the selected card. Then, the chosen number is counted down to in the deck to find the actual selection. Finally, the written prediction is revealed to show that the performer had accurately predicted the card from the outset.
THINK A CARD – A miracle of card magic. The cards are spread at a spectator’s eye level as he invites the onlooker to just “think a card.” Though the card is never removed from the pack, the performer is able to name it. Potassy has refined this to the point where it can be repeated several times, making it all the more baffling.
CARD THROUGH HANKY – Potassy’s version of this magical classic. A card is chosen and returned to the deck, which is then wrapped in a handkerchief. The performer takes the ends of the handkerchief, gives the bundled deck a shake, and the selected card apparently passes right through the center.
POTASSY BRAINWAVE – A spectator, chosen by the roll of a die, calls out a card that is found to be the only card reversed in an openly-displayed deck. This is repeated again with the same inexplicable result. THE CARDS ACROSS – A small packet of cards is divided among two spectators and the performer magically passes cards between them while the spectators are holding onto, and even sitting on, the cards. Learn how to make this classic trick play even for a large audience.
THE CARD IN THE CIGARETTE – Another reputation maker! A chosen card is torn into pieces. One piece is held by a spectator while the others are vanished. The card is miraculously found rolled up in a borrowed cigarette which was segregated in a drinking glass even before the card was selected. And, yes . . . the piece is fitted to the card for verification!
TEN CARDS TO POCKET – A showpiece with just a few playing cards that will play for the largest audience! Cards mysteriously and invisibly travel from the performer’s hands to his pockets. Also, Potassy, along with Jeff McBride, demonstrates some unique card manipulations and provides some insight into how to construct a versatile and durable magic table.

"3-DVD BOXED SET beautifully encased in one fold-out keepsake package Paul Potassy is one of my heroes. When you watch these marvelous DVDs, you’ll understand why!"
- MAX MAVEN

"Paul Potassy is a Grand Master of the art of magic. These DVDs capture him at the top of his game. His show is perfect, and his explanations give you the real work on polished and proven world-class show stoppers!"
- JEFF MCBRIDE

"I have a tremendous amount of respect for Paul Potassy; he is truly a professional’s professional! It’s apparent that he has performed his flawless magic routines literally thousands of times and every detail has been worked out to the nth degree. Mr. Potassy’s magic is, without question, some of the very best I’ve ever seen!"
- DARYL

Running Time:
Disc One Approximately 2hr 06min,
Disc Two Approximately 1hr 22min,
Disc Three Approximately 1hr 51min

We think the review regarding The Linkage by Mike Giusti of Hocus Pocus Magic tells the story best:

"I'm excited to announce that I have been chosen as one of the lucky few to preview Sean's newest offering to the magic community. It's called The Linkage, and it is Sean's approach to the Linking Card plot as originated by Paul Harris in his Cardboard Connection back in the 1970s.

"Sean was originally going to release this as a manuscript, but further talks and discussions revealed that releasing it as an inexpensive DVD would be the better route to take. And I'm glad he did.

"The effect is almost undoubtedly known to all: The centers of any two playing cards are torn out, thus creating a pair of impromptu card 'rings.' These cardboard rings are instantly and magically linked together! The two cards are actually seen to be connected through one another. The linked cards are then magically disconnected and are both immediately handed out for examination! Or, they are left in their linked state and given away as a souvenir!

"Sean teaches two different methods on this DVD, and they are extremely diabolical. If you are familiar with Sean's work on the Torn & Restored Card, you know how devious he can be when it comes to rethinking methods for existing effects.

"For the first method taught (the gimmicked method), the strongest impact will be not only when the cards link, but a strikingly visual and instant separation of the previously-linked cards. In fact, the slower you perform it the more impossible it looks! Without giving too much away, I actually went back and watched the separation over and over again.

"My favorite is the Bonus Linking Card, which almost didn't get on the DVD, but I'm happy Sean decided to release it! And DVD is the perfect medium for it as simply reading it on paper would not translate well at all! It simply must be seen and experienced. Only one card is used. It is essentially impromptu, and I believe that there is no stronger linking illusion with cards out there because the cards ARE linked at the end! They can even be handed out for examination or given away as souvenirs.

"I give this my wholehearted recommendation as I am a firm believer in strong, performance-tested, real world material. Sean has been using both these routines for years with great success. I'm going to add that this is not for everyone; it will require some work, a little patience, and some practice. Every good effect does. But if you are after 2 solid routines revolving around the Linking Card effect.

The School for Scoundrels DVD Three-Card Monte contains close to three hours of video on two discs, including fine-point instruction in all the major moves, psychology, and misdirection used in the monte, plus a three-camera shoot on the street of a reenactment of Cracker Parker’s London mob scam, an interview with Gazzo discussing the methods of the London Mob, and actual footage of three-card monte being played on the streets in Khiva, Uzbekistan.

The DVD also contains Chef Anton’s complete presentation and explanation of Three-Card Gold, an excellent, unique exhibition routine created by Chef and Whit Haydn.

Also on this DVD are appearances by Gazzo, R. Paul Wilson, and Doc Eason discussing their original handlings of the climax of the monte in exhibition, as well as a unique contribution to the bent corner ruse from Ron Wohl.

Whit Haydn demonstrates and explains Bob Kohler’s incredible ending for the monte, called Knifed! In this sensational ending, the performer has the spectator hold on to a quarter of the Ace, and pin the rest of the Ace facedown with a pocketknife. Even so, the Ace escapes. The spectator ends up holding on to a quarter of the Joker, and the penknife is stuck firmly through three-quarters of a Joker! Bob has worked out every detail of this ending to make it practical, certain, and a real killer.

Further, both DVD’s can be opened in a computer as data discs. Inside is found a complete non-printable e-book (.pdf file) version of our most recent edition of the book The School for Scoundrels Notes on Three-Card Monte. This book contains over 160 pages and more than 180 photos and illustrations, and contains a ton of material on the patter, psychology, moves, glossary, history, and application to magic of three-card monte. Most authorities consider this book to be the best resource on the monte to date:

What People are Saying:

“If you’ve missed anything, I can’t find it! Your historical research is astounding.”

--Gary Ouellet

“This is clearly the definitive book on three-card monte. Nothing else even comes close.”

--Darwin Ortiz

“The School for Scoundrels Notes on Three-Card Monte is the best resource for information on this con that I have ever read.”

--Michael Close

“This is the best single reference on the Monte to date.”

--Jamy Ian Swiss

Also included on the ROM section of the discs is an historical appendix containing a collection of interesting and printable photos, and long passages from several of the most important primary sources on the monte, including eye-witness accounts of three-card monte being played in the nineteenth century from “Beyond the Mississippi,” and “Wanderings of a Vagabond,” as well as George Devol’s defense of Canada Bill Jones from “Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi,” and Allan Pinkerton’s eye-witness account of Canada Bill in action from “Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches.”

Both the video and ROM portions of the disc are meant to provide the student of three-card monte with the most complete, accessible, and illuminating resource on the game ever offered. Much of the information contained in this set is original and/or unpublished.

Whether you are a magician, gambling expert, historian, or hustler—everything you need to become a true “expert” on the game is right here in this two-volume DVD.

Superhandz - Xtreme Beginnerz (2 DVD Set)

Featuring:

- De'vo Vom Schattenreich
- Jerry Cestkowski
- Q

The World's Foremost Experts Teach The Art Of Xtreme Card Manipulation

Bonuses By:

- Jeff McBride - Las Vegas Headliner
- Daryl - The Magician's Magician
- Greg Irwin - Finger Fitness Expert

After years of requests from fans, Superhandz has finally put together a comprehensive beginner DVD on Xtreme Card Manipulation (XCM). Through the help and experience of the world's most dedicated card handlers, you will learn the correct way to do essential moves, avoid bad habits, and learn a variety of useful moves to quickly increase your knowledge and skill on XCM.

50+ MOVES, VARIATIONS, AND COMBO IDEAS

FANNING WORKSHOP with Jerry Cestkowski

"LEARNING WITH Q" our Xtreme Beginner

ALMOST 4 HOURS OF CONTENT ON 2 DVDs!
with STEP-BY-STEP instructions for the beginner!

Bonuses by Daryl, Jeff McBride, Greg Irwin, and De'vo Vom Schattenreich.

This landmark project gathers expertise from across the spectrum of XCM in the lavish editing and step-by-step teaching style that only Superhandz can bring you.

Disc One Running Time Approximately 1hr 55min
Disc Two Running Time Approximately 1hr 57min

This is the training DVD for the gaff decks described, such as the ghost, red and black tiger gaff. You would need one of these to fully apreciate the contents of this DVD.

A few examples of tricks in ARMY:

STRANGER CARD: The performer places a BLUE backed prediction card in the spectator's hand, face down. Another spectator takes any card out of the RED backed deck, and he signs it. The card is put back into the deck. With no funny moves, the prediction card is then slowly, slowly turned over to reveal the spectator's SIGNED, selected card-- now with a BLUE back. What the...?!

PIP MATRIX: Cause the pips (suit symbols) to visually move around the selected card-- culminating with all of the pips jumping to one corner of the card.

CAPTAIN BLUR: Hold complete control of your spectator's senses. Their chosen card appears to literally go out of focus at your will.

... and tons more.

CONTENT LIST OF ARMY DVD

Pip Matrix Performance
Split-7- Performance
Captain Blur Performance
Stranger Card Performance
DG Spade Orama Performance
Colt 45 Pip Switch Performance
Ink Flow Performance
Mini Deck Performance
Audience Management 101

Learn It Section - Play All
Stranger Card - Learn It
Mirror Image - Learn It
Pip Matrix - Learn It
Diamond Card Spin - Learn It
4 Aces Flapping - Learn It
DG Spade Orama - Learn It
Cpt. Blur - Learn It
Negative Erdnase - Learn It
Ambitious Black - Learn It
Colt 45 Pip Switch - Learn It
Diamond Pip Move - Learn It
Coffin Card - Learn It
Jeweler's Dozen - Learn It
Color Suck - Learn It
Queen Transmit - Learn It
Ink Flow - Learn It
Shattered Aces - Learn It
Split -7- Learn It

Pinky Pull Down
K.M. Move
T.G. Murphy's Deck Flip
Tilt - Sleight
J. Carpenter's Impulse Change
Paul Harris Revolve Change
J.K. Hartman's Pop Out Move

Additional Concepts
Tiger Gaff/Other Gaff Run Down
Brad Christian Concepts Section [20 minutes]

A card is selected, signed, then mixed back into the deck.

Standing on one side of the window with the spectator, you ask them to push the cards up against the glass and mix them around in a jumble, holding them against the glass.

With the spectator holding the cards on the glass, you walk around to the other side. You pause. You know that the effort you put into showmanship here is going to pay off in a few moments. Confidence is like blood running through your veins.

You tap on the cold, hard glass to emphasize the impossible nature of what is going to take place. You lower your hands and seemingly begin to extract one card-- slowly-- from the scatter that the spectator is pressing against on the other side.

To the spectators, it actually looks as if the card is sticking half way out of the glass... it takes genuine effort to pull it through. You can even take a few steps back.

There is a reason we call it Surgical Card Through Window. It looks like slow surgery on a plain slab of glass. The card is SLOWLY turned over-- it is in fact their signed, selected card on the other side of the window.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. Because when you turn that card over you are going to be watching one.

If you've ever marveled at modern card manipulators and wondered where they learned their skills, you're about to find out. Jeff Sheridan is a master whose advanced skills have amazed even those who know card manipulation techniques. He taught many of the world's most renowned manipulators-and now, on this video, his advanced master class on card manipulation is available to you 24/7.

* Back Palm
* Continuous Front & Back Palm
* Fingertip Production
* Producing Two Cards
* Cardini Card Production #1
* One Handed Fan
* Split Fanning
* Producing a Fan of Cards from Back
* Sheridan Card Production
* Cardini Card Production #2
* Bent Card Production
* The Cardini Production (Front View)
* Sidegrip Production
* Sheridan/Lane Production
* Side Grip Production for Fan of Cards
* How to Get Into the Position
* Front Splitting
* Using Double Face Cards
* Variant Cardini Production
* Front Split to Cardini Palm
* Front Split Production
* The Boomerang Card
* The Two-Handed Fan
* One-Handed Fan Closing
* Two-Handed S-Fan
* Dai Vernon's Snap Color Change
* Marlo Snap Change
* One-Handed Palm Color Change
* Herrmann Pass Color Change
* The Giant Fan
* Splitting the Fan
* Reverse Fan
* The Tap Vanish
* The Packet Vanish
* Classic One-Handed Cut
* Paul Draylin Triple Cut
* Sheridan's Interlock Card Production
* Fan of Cards from a Silk (Cardini Method)
* Sheridan's Cards from Silk
* Fan Production with Gloves