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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

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!

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

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!

'Encased' - An extremely clean, 'signed card to card case' that is so easy it's almost self working!

Effect: A spectator selects a card and signs it across the face before it is lost back into the pack. The magician asks for three attempts to find the card. On the first attempt, he fails. On the second attempt he fails again. The third and final time, he fails yet again...but all is not lost. With a snap of his fingers, he changes the three failed attempts into the mates of the chosen card. As if that wasn't enough THE SIGNED SELECTION IS DISCOVERED IN BETWEEN TWO JOKERS, INSIDE THE CARD CASE WHICH HAS BEEN IN FULL VIEW THROUGHOUT!

EXTREMELY CLEAN HANDLING
NO PALMING
COMPLETELY FREE SELECTION
SIGNED CARD MAY BE KEPT AS A SOUVENIR
CARD CASE CAN BE IN FULL VIEW THROUGHOUT
IT'S SO EASY IT'S CRIMINAL!

Comes complete with the special gimmicks and three full routines.

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

The Classic Course in Coin Magic is Here!
Watch, in wonder and amazement, the most incredible sleights and tricks with coins! Then, learn, step by step from the performer's view, how you too can do these amazing coin moves!

This 4 DVD Set is OVERLOADED with more than 170+ sleights and trick using coins!

Disc ONE
Coin Concealments
Basic Techniques
Coins vanishes
Bonus material

Disc TWO
Complete Coin Vanishes
Quick Tricks
Cuffing
The Art Of Sleeving
Tricks Using Sleeving

Disc THREE
Coins Across
Coin Classics

Disc FOUR
Coin Boxes
Shell and Folding Half
The Miser's Dream

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!

This Is Not Your Father's "Self-Working" Card Book!

From the author of Card College, the world's most acclaimed course on sleight-of-hand card magic, comes Card College Light, Roberto Giobbi's first text focused entirely on professional caliber card tricks requiring no manipulative skill.

For whom is this book intended?

It is for beginners, of course—but by no means in total. This book is intended for everyone who has always wanted to perform card tricks, but who didn't have the time necessary to learn complex routines, or the years necessary to master difficult techniques. So, yes, this book is certainly meant for beginners.

However, it is also directed at those who are already proficient in the craft. Card College Light is in a class apart from other books that focus on sleightless card tricks. When it comes to artistic considerations—interpretation, staging, communication and psychology—other books seldom even recognize such concepts. Card College Light strives to remain as simple as possible, yet to identify concepts and to open doors that put sleightless tricks into the context of artistic and utterly baffling card magic. Although other books consider the same type of material, their approaches to it are quite different from Giobbi's.

Most of the tricks taught are from Mr. Giobbi's active professional repertoire, with which he baffles the public and magicians, too. Every trick can be done with any deck of cards of average quality, and many can be done under all performance conditions, with a borrowed deck and no preparation. With these sleightless tricks, you can easily acquire a reputation as a magician who can really make magic.

When It Comes to Great Card Magic There Is More to the Secret Than Just the Secret!

Countless books on card magic promise tricks that "require no skill" and are "easy to do" or "self-working". They expose the method behind the tricks, but they fail to explain how the tricks are made genuinely amazing. Card tricks that allow the fingers to remain idle require that their methods be cunningly protected through presentation and psychology, which in turn amplify the feeling of real magic. Without these things, all you are left with are mere puzzles.

Giobbi brings his widely respected talents as both teacher and full-time performer to bear on tricks he has selected from time-tested classics and little-known modern miracles by world masters, taught with a thoroughness that includes psychology, presentations, scripts and invaluable performance tips.

21 Tricks - 7 full routines!

Giobbi has also organized these tricks into powerful routines, which teach the reader how organization and combination can be used to make good tricks even more inextricably baffling. These lessons serve not only the beginner, but also the advanced card-magician who wishes from time to time to include a trick wherein the audience can stare relentlessly at the fingers without discovering a thing.

Pages 170 - Hardcover

In Designing Miracles, Darwin Ortiz continues the task he began in Strong Magic: to explore and raise the level of craft in magic. This time he presents a groundbreaking study of how laymen think and what it takes to amaze them.

Darwin has earned a reputation for creating some of the strongest card effects in modern magic. In Designing Miracles, he reveals for the first time the principles and techniques that he follows in doing so. These insights will help you choose stronger effects, create stronger effects, and strengthen those effects that you've already performing.

If you've ever been puzzled by an audience's reaction or lack of it, this book will dispel the mystery. It gives you a new set of tools for understanding how magic works, why it sometimes doesn't, and how to make it work better. Never again will you be at a loss as to why an effect isn't playing well. Never again will you be at a loss as to what to do about it.

If your goal is to provide your audiences with an unforgettable experience of impossibility, you'll find Designing Miracles filled with insights to help you do so. It will teach you how to use the audience's own thinking patterns against them. It will show you how to turn puzzles into miracles. It will do something that few magic books can: change with way you think about magic.

Pages 200 - Hardcover

Max Maven traveled from Hollywood to Lake Tahoe. He brought NOTHING but a nice suit. On the way from the airport to the studio, he stopped at a supermarket for less than ten minutes and spent less than ten dollars. Once in his room, he spent less than half an hour preparing, and proceeded to go on stage and do a 50-minute performance of mentalism. Featuring Eugene Burger, Brandon Combs, Gene Matsuura, Stephen Minch, Jan Rose and Michael Weber.

NO Pre-Show Work
NO Stooges
NO Clipboards
NO Nailwriters
NO Playing Cards
NO ESP Cards
NO Billets
NO Wallets
NO Gaffs
NO Gimmicks
NO Special Materials
NO Muscle Reading
NO Hypnotism
NO Threads
NO Mirrors
NO Electronics
NO Rough & Smooth
NO Gilbreath Principle
NO Filler

in fact,NOTHING but solid mentalism and great entertainment.

Let’s be clear. This is not a cluster of “substitute” stuff to make up for having lost your props. It is a full-length show of top-notch real world material, much of it revealed for the very first time. The complete work, including variations and options, plus discussion of performance structure, scripting segues, audience management, blocking, timing—everything thoroughly explained with an unprecedented degree of detail.

Included is the rare “Para-Sight” routine, out of print for over 25 years; copies of the original limited-release manuscript have sold for as much as $400. And that’s something!

A two-DVD set (with as much content as most three-DVD sets). Running time: 230 minutes, plus Easter Eggs and bonus material.

Psychological Subtleties remains one of the best selling books in the magic and mentalism community and is considered a basic reference source for any complete library on our art. Psychological Subtleties offers ideas, tips and observations of natural human responses that can be inserted into performing situations to make the overall result of an effect much stronger, entertaining and memorable. Several performers incorporated that knowledge into their acts and built whole routines around those clever ideas. Psychological Subtleties 2 picks up where the first book ends. Whereas Psychological Subtleties was not a book of tricks and routines, this book contains complete routines from professionals who understood the value and impact of those ideas in the first book.

Here you will find routines from: Peter Arcane, Greg Arce, Lance Campbell, Dr. Bill Cushman, Christian David, David De Leon, Paul W. Draper, Gerard, Jonathon Grant, Patrick Kuffs, Andy Leviss, Rick Maue, Mike Merchant, Ravi Johannes Pazhur, Ian Rowland, Leonardo Silverio, and Michael Sibbernsen as well as routines and more subtleties from the mind of Banachek.

Pages 203 - Hardbound

Andrew Mayne, creator of Gut Buster and ghostbills, presents a 21st century paranormal effect. Using an unprepared borrowed camera phone the magician reveals spectral images of ghosts and premonitions from beyond.

Your spectators watch the display as a dark silhouette crosses the room in real time. A thought of word, image or card appears in a photograph of a spectator’s hand. A haunted face appears in the shadows.

Ghost Vision is a spine-tingling effect that allows you to use a borrowed portable electronics device to create a digital séance that can be saved as photo or movie. It’s easy to perform and works with most camera phones.

24 minute widescreen DVD including an extra bonus effect: The Haunted Keys

Comes with everything needed to perform (cell phone not included).

Running Time Approximately 24min

An odd backed, blank faced card becomes printed with the face of a signed card in the spectators hands!

'Developmental' is an 8 page, photo illustrated booklet outlining all the details of this killer card effect. Included is the specialy printed, gimmicked playing card on Bicycle stock which makes this close up miracle possible.

Effect: A card is selected and signed from a red backed deck. The magician shows three blue backed cards, one blank faced and the other two, regular Jokers. “This blank card incorporates a brand new technology, made especially for magicians by the USPCC.” The magician then places the signed selection back into the pack and places the blank card on the spectator’s palm. “Apparently, all you have to do is just concentrate on your card and it will print itself to match the card you’re thinking of!” When the blue backed, blank card is turned over it is seen to not only have printed the face of the selection but to have printed the spectator’s signature also.

No palming.
Only three odd backed cards are used.
Two handlings included.
Specially printed gimmick on Bicycle stock included.

Manufactured from heavy-duty, water-proof nylon canvas the Assassin's Pouch is built to last. Black in color, the pouch goes with every clothing style from casual to formal, while always adding a quite touch of class and professionalism.

Wear it on your belt OR clipped to the belt loop of your pants with the black aluminum carabineer clip OR even just keep the pouch in your case so all your favorite magic and mentalist props are perfectly organized for the next impromptu performance.

With a total of five custom-designed pockets, you'll be amazed by just how much stuff you can carry in the Assassin's Pouch. At the same time, you'll be freeing up your pants and jacket pockets for even more stuff!

The two front pockets feature reinforced Velcro catches for fast, easy access to your props. There's also a slim outer pocket specifically designed for a magic marker. The pouch even has a unique thumb tip holder, making for the world's fastest thumb tip load-on. It only takes a second and there's mo more fumbling around in your pockets!

The thumb tip pocket is also designed to carry a standard sized invisible thread reel, complete with a reinforced eyelet secretly positioned at the back of the pouch!

The Assassin's Pouch even includes one of the cleanest coin vanishes in all of magic. Just drop a magnet in the bottom of the pouch and (thanks to the out-of-sight shelf at the base of the pouch) you're all set to make any steel shim coin vanish without a trace. A complete vanish that's also completely angle-proof!

Note: Marker, magnet, shim coin and thread reel not included.

"I call this DVD 'SUPERNATURAL' because it features some of my strongest magic and mentalism with natural, every day objects. I deliberately didn't include any effects with playing cards or coins because sometimes you have to astonish people with something OTHER than cards or coins to feel like a real magician." - Jay Sankey

This is without a doubt one of the most powerfully stimulating collections of magic and mentalism Jay has ever released! The sixteen killer routines include knock-out effects with steel bolts, monopoly money, ping pong balls, drinking straws, bottle caps, dollar bills, glass capsules, business cards, fortune cookies, paperclips, notepads, packing bubbles, finger rings and more! And most of them Jay is revealing here the very first time!

Alchemy Seltzer
Burden of Proof
Circumference
Trinity
Best Before
Mismade Monopoly
How Fortunate
A Delicate Balance
Forced Entry
Around the Bend
Global Warming
Air of Mystery
Double Feature
Paper Trade
Glass Menagerie
X-Ray Vision

Run time: 100 minutes

"Too damn easy. Too damn magical. Damn genius." -Charles M.

"I got Hijacked in the mail and then tried the 'Four X Impossible' handling on some friends at work. Best reaction I ever got. Sweeeet trick!" -Costas H.

"Hijacked is my new favorite effect. I've performed two of the handlings and both play like real magic. Beautiful!" -Winston G.

"Hijacked is a packet card trick on sterioids. A total knock-out!" -Bob N.

"I've never heard of Steve Morrison but if this killer trick is any indication I can't wait for his next release!" -Joe S.

"This one packs a real punch! I just know I'm going to be blowing people away with Hijacked for years to come. Thanks so very much." -Gary R.

"I can't decide which handling I like more, 'Think of a Jack' or 'A.C.E.S.' They are both nothing less than terrific." -Max W.

"The single strongest card trick I do. (Please don't tell anyone how ridiculously easy it is! I've got a reputation to maintain!") -Martin F.

Featuring an incredible collection of FIVE OUTSTANDING EFFECTS including:

THINK OF A JACK
The fronts and backs of four Jacks are slowly shown to the audience and given to a spectator to hold. The spectator is asked to "think of any Jack." A moment later, the magician removes the named Jack from his pocket! Then the four cards held by the spectator are revealed to be the FOUR ACES! No sleight-of-hand. The extremely devious gimmicks do all the work for you! (And yes, the spectator can name ANY Jack!)

LETHAL POKER
A pack of cards is spread face down and a spectator asked to touch any four cards. Impossibly, the four cards turn out to be the four Jacks! Commenting that, "four Jacks is a great poker hand, but they could still be beat by four Queens and even four Kings," the magician changes the four cards into an even stronger poker hand, THE FOUR ACES!

A.C.E.S
The four Jacks are introduced and the magician says they are "marked." The magician draws attention to the fact that there is a different letter written on the back of each of the Jacks including a 'C,' an 'A,' an 'S', and an 'E.' The four cards are laid face down on the table in a row so they spell the word 'CASE.' The magician then rearranges the cards so they spell 'ACES' and then turns over the four cards to reveal that all four Jacks have impossibly changed into THE FOUR ACES! (And again, the backs and fronts of all the cards are completely shown!)

RAINBOW JACKS
A three climax mindblower! First, four cards are chosen at random from a red pack and the four cards turn out to be the four Jacks! Second, the backs of the Jacks are mysteriously changed into FOUR DIFFERENT COLORS! And third, the Jacks are changed into the Aces! Supremely magical.

4 X IMPOSSIBLE
The four Jacks change places with four Aces HELD IN THE SPECTATOR'S OWN HANDS!

Comes complete with specially printed Bicycle playing card gimmicks and instructional DVD!

All five incredible routines are performed and taught by Jay Sankey!

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

'Trap-ease' - The ultra visual, highly impossible yet super easy sandwich effect!

Effect: A pair of cards are removed from the deck, let's say the two Jokers for example. A card is freely selected and signed across the face before being lost back into the deck. The two Jokers are shown front and back, there are only two cards and they do not go near the deck. With a little flick, a face down card appears in between them. The card is removed and shown to be the signed selection. It really is as straight forward as that!

NO PALMING
TWO HANDLINGS INCLUDED
INCLUDES HAND MADE BICYCLE GIMMICK

Note: Trap-ease is available to buy as a PDF. The PDF version does not include the gimmick but details the construction of it. It's VERY easy, will take roughly two minutes and I guarantee you WILL already have everything you need to make it.

From the mind of Jay Noblezada...

"Hey man, your shoe is untied."

So you SMILE, make EYE CONTACT with your spectator, and to the ASTONISHMENT of everyone, your SHOELACES seem to VISUALLY TIE THEMSELVES.

Can be performed fully surrounded.
Stunningly VISUAL.

YOUR laces.
Your Shoes.

ULTRA-FAST 3 SEC RESET!