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21st Century Card Trick

This really is a brilliantly structured effect. A simple little ‘move’ that makes it all happen and delivers a surprise ending.

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Deception Perception

Some consider this to be a more powerful rendition of Red Hot Mama, where only 1 card changes. But you’ll have to try it yourself to know for sure and you can learn everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes!

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Cannibal Cards

Cannibal Cards - one of the top 5 card effects of all time! The card themselves become animated characters in the presentation.
Night at the Improv - A great story utilizing every card in the deck!

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Coins Through Silk

This effect was in Michael's 1982 FISM Gold Medal winning act. Watch half dollars "melt" through a sheer scarf. It can play in wide variety of arenas and fits in your pocket!

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Spelling Collins Aces, Sleeve Aces & Jumping Gemini

These time tested, elegantly structured routines are audience-proven classics of card magic and stand in contrast to the quick eye-candy card stunts you see so much of today.

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Twisting the Aces

If you have any interest in the history of magic then you will love this, because these are three of the most interesting effects in the history of card magic.

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Two Shuffles Harry

The Zarrow Shuffle, along with brilliant routining, creates an impossible double discovery that sets the audience up for a surprise climax that involves every card in the deck!

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Virginia City Shuffle

This astonishing effect just uses a blank card and regular Aces, yet impossible things happen. Ultimately, you might end up thinking the secret method is even be better than the effect!

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Exciting World of Magic 1

Beginner's Course
The Impossible Penetration • Advice I wish I had when I started in Magic • The Bouncing Roll • The Floating Roll • More Professional Advice

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Exciting World of Magic 2

Beginner's Course
An Introduction to Coin Magic • Elbow Grease • Coin thru Table • Two-in-the-Hand-One-in-the-Pocket • Advice on Routining & The Coin From Roll

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Exciting World of Magic 3

Beginner's Course
Sponge Magic • 1-10 Sequence • 4 Ball Routine • Basic Rules of Magic and When to Break Them • Use of the Magic Wand • Cut and Restored Twine • What does 'No-skill-required' mean?

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Exciting World of Magic 4

Beginner's magic course
Linking Headbands • Rubber Band Through Thumb • Rubber Ski Lift • Serial Killer • Ghost Ring

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Exciting World of Magic 5

Beginner's magic course
An Introduction to card magic • Out of this World • Flourishes • Trapped - the Coin in Matchbook • Michael's performance of the Cups and Balls.

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Thread Magic 2

Finn Jon's Elastic Loops • Phenomenon Fork • Finn Jon's Bill That Falls Up • The Floating Bill • Electrostatic Straw • Things That Affect Thread Visibility

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$2 Bill Tear & Expansion of Texture

$2 Bill Tear is perfect for strolling. Very visual. No matter how slow you go, they are still stunned when a $2 bill splits into 2 $1 bills. Dai Vernon's Expansion of Texture is great classic, worth it's weight in gold!

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The Ultimate 3 Card Monte

The Ultimate 3 Card Monte is the holy grail of powerful, simple, card effects that will be in-your-face-impossible as long as the current laws of physics still apply.

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Mind Reading Chicken

A spectator picks any card she wants, and then picks any egg. After apparently failing to locate the selected card, the egg is broken and written in yolk on the INSIDE of the egg shell is the name of the selected card!

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Miracle / Oil & Queens / Queens Soiree

Not only great card effects on their own, but you’ll see how they can be routined to flow naturally one into another.

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.41 Cent Miracle

Very simple. Requires virtually no set up. If you like effects that give you a chance to say something meaningful to your audience, and packs small and plays big, then I think you'll love the .41 Cent Miracle.

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5 and 1

A $5 and $1 bill visibly pass through each other!

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6 Card Royal

After a card is selected, there seems to be an additional card with the count of each card. After 5 cards are placed on the table, you smash down the final cards leaving 1: the selection. But that's not all, the 5 cards are a perfect Royal Flush!

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4 Minutes of Fame

Allow a random spectator to perform cups and balls without you touching a thing! A surprising routine everyone loves. Multimedia PDF file.

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Acrobatic Aces / Secret to a Perfect Royal Flush / Triumph

Acrobatic Aces by UnknownSecret to a Perfect Royal Flush by UnknownTriumph by Dai VernonThis is a great performance set, with a range of technical demands thrown into the mix.  Acrobatic Aces is an easy-to-do, flashy transformation of any 4 cards ...

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All the Non-Conformists

All the Non-Conformists by Michael SkinnerMichael Skinner didn’t just love magic, he loved people, as well. Performing at the Lilly Langree Restaurant in the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Michael would frequently see the same people from time to tim...

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Always Cut the Cards

Always Cut the Cards by Larry JenningsLarry Jennings was a life-long cardician. He once told me he couldn’t even go to the bathroom if he didn’t take a deck of cards and I believed him! I tell you that so you’ll appreciate the fact that this was L...

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An Inch of Wine that Blows Your Mind

Card in Wine Glass -by Navio Martini and Michael AmmarThis is perfect for anyone performing in restaurants, cocktail parties or doing bar magic. There’s something really cool and elegant about isolating a card inside of a wine glass, and once ther...

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Another Quick Coincidence / Fabulous Four Ace Trick

Another Quick Coincidence by Alan AckermanFabulous Four Aces by Henry ChristAlan Ackerman’s Another Quick Coincidence is a great way to get into any 4 Ace routine, featuring a quick, magical production of the 4 Aces. Following Ackerman’s great pro...

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Bent Penny Transpo / Hornswoggled

Bent Penny Transpo: In the spectator's hand, a borrowed penny is magically bent and left with the owner in it's permanently altered state! Hornswoggled is basically a self-working bill counting routine!

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Beswitched

George Hample's transposition of a $1 and a $5 is my favorite of all the "in the spectator’s hands" transpositions with currency.

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Haunted Pack / Between the Palms

The Haunted Pack is one of the most magical ways you can possibly reveal a selection, because the deck literally cuts itself in a mysterious way so the card can reveal itself! Between the Palms made Alex Elmsley a legend.

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Bill to Nut

Two spectators loan dollar bills, which are torn in half. They each keep one half. Then a freely selected peanut is broken open to reveal their matching money inside!

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Caller ID

This beautiful idea by Eric Allan can be done with any cell phone and any deck of cards. It's contemporary, surprising and the kind of effect that people will remember for a long, long time!

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Card in Balloon

A fun and interactive stand up effect. The popping of the balloon to find the signed selection brings a perfect type of theatrical closure to the effect.

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Cards Across

Two packs of seven cards are counted and placed into envelopes that are set on by two spectators. Yet two specifically, freely selected cards travel from one packet to the other under impossible conditions.

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Card Through Table / Gambler vs Magician

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Cards into Card Box / The Gun Trick / Card on Ceiling

What a great set of card magic! Lefler’s Cards into Box is a perfect way to go into a card effect, and Krenzel’s Gun Trick is not only cool and novel, it is also very deceptive. Card on the Ceiling is always in my repertoire.

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Cash Back

A standup routine featuring a borrowed bill, a safety pin and a dry cleaning ticket. In short, the bill magically transforms itself into the dry cleaning ticket. Where does the bill end up? Pinned squarely on your back!

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Cheaters Poker

Theatrical version of Gambler vs Magician that is strong enough to play in Stand-Up situations.

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Close Up Illusion / Play It Straight Triumph

Using only 3 cards and no funny moves at all, you can create the living experience of watching trick photography close up. Triumph: a forgotten card allows you to redeem yourself, but you do so in the most surprising process you can imagine!

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Coin Flurry / Jumbo Production / Sensory Control

Coin Flurry and Jumbo Production Sensory Control by Bob ElliottThe Coin Flurry is a sequence of vanishes and productions put together in a magical way the same way musicians improvise music. Sometimes you make it longer, sometimes you make it shor...

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Coin in Pen Cap / Chocolate Coin

Coin From Pen Cap - David Williamson Chocolate Coin - Paul Harris These are 2 very quick, simple effects, but that’s actually what makes them so valuable. David Williamson’s Coin From Pen Cap is actually one of the coolest, organic, high concep...

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Color Changing Deck

Color Changing Deck - Paul CurryThis is a brilliantly structured routine; creating an amazing sequence of surprises which seem to involve every card in the deck. The first surprise hits them before they think you’ve even started, and by the time t...

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Comedy Card Rise / Card On Tie (with No Tie)

Comedy Rising Card - UnknownCard on Tie - Dan KoremThe Comedy Rising Card is a one of those classic bits of business whose origin has been lost to history, but which will always get a great reaction. What I like about it is that even though it’s ...

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Continuous Production / Credit Card Quickie

Continuous Production (Jack Chanin) Credit Card Quickie (Tony Antoniou) Jack Chanin’s "Continuous Production" is a classic sequence for producing multiple objects from a handkerchief. The sequence shown here is a logical progression of coins t...

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Cross of India / Copper Silver Transpo

Copper Silver TranspoCross of India - Daryl The Cross of India remains one of my favorite effects created by my World Champion best friend, Daryl. Which is saying a lot when you consider what an amazing body of work he has. The elegant think...

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Dining on Dollars / Flying Eagles

Dining On Dollars - Rick Johnsson Flying Eagles - Eddie Fechter and Tom Ogden The handling for Dining on Dollars Rick Johnsson taught me many years ago probably has the very best display sequences for this concept ever created. You seem to tear ...

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EZ Money / 10,000 Grains of Salt

E-Z Money - Pat Page & Kaps The 10,000 Grains of Salt Several versions of E-Z Money have become very successful products in recent years, but this is the only authorized source of the original effect and handling which was created by Pat Page...

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Factory Misprints

Factory Misprints - JC Wagner The video probably doesn’t do this effect justice, because in real life, Factory Misprints looks like trick photography. This requires a set of gimmicked cards that came with the original DVD, but which we no longer ...

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Fist of Frost

Fists of Frost - Michael Ammar Early in my magic career I became fascinated by stories of Max Malini, such as how he would produce a block of ice in some impossible situation. So I played around with several different effects with ice, a coup...

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Further Than That / Las Vegas Leaper

Further Than That - Stewart James Las Vegas Leaper - Paul Harris Further Than That feels like an effect that was created by a powerful Wall Street PR firm, playing off the catch-phrase that continually emphasizes the impossibility of the compound...

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Future Deck

Future Deck - Jack Fosburg The thing to do is to watch this effect closely, and once you realize you’ve been fooled.... watch it again. Of course I realize there’s more to magic than just being fooled, but isn’t it nice to know there’s something ...

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Impossible Miniature Rising Card

Impossible Miniature Rising Cards - by Martin LewisAll of the magic I’ve seen from Martin Lewis has been really well thought out, because he never tried to create magic just for the magic marketplace. He only created magic for his own performances...

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Impossible / Card on Forehead / Triple Coincidence

Impossible - Larry JenningsCard on Forehead Triple Coincidence - John ScarneImpossible is one of those Larry Jennings effects I would never be able to figure out how it was done. The only way I might possibly come up with something like this would...

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Impromptu / Half Deck / Out of This World Plus

Impromptu, Half Deck, Out of this World Plus by Paul Curry, Harry Lorayne, Aldo Colombini, Michael AmmarOriginally found on "Easy to Master Card Miracles #9" DVD

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Intro to Coin Magic Lesson 1

It is the first step, the foundation, the corner stone upon which almost every other sleight is built: The Ability to Hold Out.Originally found on "Complete Intro to Coin Magic" DVD 

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Intro to Coin Magic Lesson 2

Over 10 of the very best methods for Fake Taking and Fake Putting are explained in detail. Close-up shots from your own point of view make the screen look exactly as if you are looking at your own hands performing every sleight, over and over. Fol...

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Intro to Coin Magic Lesson 3

I show you the 4 best methods for “Secretly Loading a Closed Hand”, as well as several effects to demonstrate the potential of applying these techniques.Originally found on "Complete Intro to Coin Magic" DVD

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Introduction to Coin Magic Lesson 4

This lesson perfectly compliments the previous three lessons in the “Introduction to Coin Magic” series. Here, discover the ability to steal from a closed hand.Originally found on "Complete Intro to Coin Magic" DVD 

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Jazz Aces / Card in Wallet / Color Changing Deck

Jazz Aces by Darwin Ortiz and Peter KaneCard In Wallet by Gary Plants and Michael AmmarColor Changing Deck by Dai VernonSeveral magicians have told me Jazz Aces is their number one go-to card effect for strolling or impromptu magic. What makes it ...

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JC's Super Closer

JC'S Super Closer by JC Wagner The reason the words ‘Super Closer’ are in the title is because… you guessed it, this is a super effect to close any show. Just watch the performance. You’ll see such a robust, full deck, interactive effect with so m...

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Larry’s Favorite

Larry's Favorite by Larry JenningsLarry always had a deck of cards with him, and if anyone ever asked to see an effect, this was the very first thing Larry would perform for him. His reasoning was this… all laymen think every card effect begins wi...

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MacDonald's Aces

MacDonald's Aces by UnknownThis used to be called MacDonald’s $100 Ace Routine because One-Arm MacDonald - who actually had only 1 arm - really did sell this routine for $100 following some performances! This was back in the early 1900’s, when $10...

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Michael's Matrix

Michael's Matrix  by Michael AmmarIf you are familiar with the classic coin matrix with 4 coins and 4 cards, you’ll notice several things distinguish this routine. There is a little something going on at the beginning that puts you ahead; you get ...

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Open Production / 4 Card Reversal / The Visitor

Open Production by Paul Harris4 Card Reverse by Larry JenningsThe Visitor by  Larry JenningsThis is a great performance set which opens with a flashy, flourish production of 4 of a kind from a 2 handed, double fan from Paul Harris. This is short, ...

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Opening Stab / Card Stab

Opening Stab by Steve BeamCard Stab by Nate LeipzigIf you were to consider ‘stabbing effects’ to be their own genre, then there would be my 2 favorites from that genre. In Steve Beam’s Opening Stab, you get to spread the deck out so a spectator ca...

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Dai Vernon GRASSHOPPER by Paul Harris The Professor was one of those people who performed far more magic in the real world than he did in a structured show in a theater. So much of his repertoire was performed in the c...

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Overkill / Card Thru Handkerchief / Card Penetration & Change

Overkill by Paul Harris, Alan Ackerman, Les Emberg Card thru Handkerchief / Penetration and Change by Cy EnfieldOverkill was a total effort to squeeze the maximum effect out of a series of climaxes. The end result is a mind boggling sequence based...

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Paramount

Paramount by Aldo YolombiniOriginally found on "Easy to Master Card Miracles #5" DVD. 

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Poker Routine / Poker Face

Poker Skills Demonstration by Dai Vernon Poker Face by Al BakerYou can tell that Mr. Vernon put a lifetime of thought into the construction of this, possibly the greatest Poker Demonstration routines ever. Everything looks so fair and sounds so co...

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Shadow Coins

Shadow Coins by David Roth & Michael AmmarDavid Roth originally published his handling for the Bare Hand Coin Assembly in his 1977 lecture notes, then in the first year of APOCALYPSE as The Chinese Coin Assembly, which was then reprinted in hi...

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Snappy

Snappy by Aldo ColombiniAldo Colombini's amazing 4 Coin Matrix is a wonderful rendition of the classic coin routine. As with all of Aldo's magic, this is very cleverly constructed with a special twist, you will love!Originally found in "Easy to Ma...

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Socrate's Card to Pocket

Socrate's Card to Pocket by Philippe SocrateA Philippe Socrate Plot! - 3 signed cards to pocket. BUT, eventually, every card BUT the final selection travels!Originally on "Easy to Master Card Miracles Vol. 9" DVD.

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Sonic Squeeze / 4 Coin Roll Down / Coins Through Table

Sonic Squeeze by Michael AmmarThe 4 Coin Roll Down by ManuelCoins Thru Table by UnknownCoins Thru Table Kicker by Michael GalloThis sequence is a nice example of combining several effects with a flourish to create a more robust routine. The Sonic ...

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That's It / The Ambitious Card

That’s It by Charlie Miller and Eddie FecterThe Ambitious Card by UnknownEddie was the kind of bar magician you just loved hanging out with. Often, you’d think you were just chatting with him, only to realize the conversation had led you into an e...

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The 110 Pound Card Trick

The 110 Pound Card Trick by Irv Weiner & Michael AmmarA Fun, Interactive Stand-up Card plot used with permission from Irv Weiner!Originally on "Easy to Master Card Miracles Vol. 9" DVD.

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The Perfect Stop Trick

Perfect Stop Trick by Ed MarloThis is a very cleverly constructed deceit that seems to take place in the spectators hands. In typical Marlo fashion, he takes a fundamental principle and takes it a powerful step forward. He really produces a wonder...

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The Self Folding Bill

Self - Folding Bill by Stephan SchutzerThis beautiful, visual effect created by Stephan Schutzer has the undesirable distinction of being one of the most ‘ripped off’ effects of it’s time. Many dealers, around the world, simply made a Self-Folding...

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The Smith Myth

The Smith Myth by Fred SmithThis is my handling of an effect that years ago literally did become a bit of a myth inside the world of card magic. It’s the sort of thing Fred would save until just the right moment, when he would fool everyone in the...

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Torn & Restored Card / All Backs / Grasshopper

Torn & Restored Card by JC WagnerAll Backs by Harry RiserGrasshopper by Paul HarrisThe mother of all Torn & Restored Cards! Plus a Riser routine that fools the pros and a new concept by Paul!Originally on "Easy to Master Card Miracles Vol....

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Triple Prediction

Triple Prediction by Brother John HammanBrother John Hamman created this interactive impossibility!Originally from "Easy to Master Card Miracles" Volume 9 DVD.

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Gemini Twins / Title Bout

Gemini Twins by Brother John HammanTitle Bout by Martin NashBrother John was a giant in the world of card magic and Gemini Twins is one of his most famous, most commercial routines.Gemini Twins tells an engaging story about twin brothers and siste...

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Vacuum Cleaner Cards

Vacuum Cleaner Cards by Paul HarrisThis is one of the early Paul Harris creations that told the magic world there was a whole new way of looking at things. Vacuum Cleaner Cards showed us how much fun you could have with a deck, and the magic world...

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Xeroxed Deck

Xeroxed Deck by Michael AmmarYou would be surprised by the powerful punch this effect delivers! The reaction and impact you will receive is out of all proportion when compared to the simplicity of the method.Actually, I performed this for quite a ...

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Thread Magic 1

• Introduction to Invisible Elastic Thread • Tahoe Tessie & the Magic Postcard • The Rising Business Card • The Whirling Business Card • Dan Harlan's Financial Attraction • Portable Wallet Hookup

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Thread Magic 3

Close-up Animations and Levitations:
Michael goes over the Two-Point Horizontal Hook Up and covers effects using this hook up: Super String Theory and Ammar's Floating Bill Routine.

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Thread Miracles 4

Michael discusses: • The Traditional Reel • Knot Absolutely Instant (rope routine) • Knot Automatically Undone (rope routine) • The Scarf Through Microphone Stand

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Thread Miracles 6

Applications with the ITR (Invisible Thread Reel): Mystery Nut and Bolt • Chop Cup • Dollar Bill Flight • Floating Bill • Various hookups • Hoop Pass • Balancing Card • Ashra Coin • Whirling Card

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Thread Magic 7

One Point Hook Up

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Thread Magic 8

The One Point Hookup • The Animated Straw • The Coin in Beer • Baker’s Card from Hat • Whirling Card • Baker’s Ring on Pencil

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Thread Magic 9

Kennedy's Stealth Retractor • Ammar’s Threading the Needle • Care and Feeding of the Stealth Retractor • Rising Business Cards • Rising Card • Self-Turning Page

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Thread Magic 10

Thoughts from James George • The Floating Pencil • Tips & Theory • Why Threads Break and How To Avoid • Practicing with Threads • Controlling Your Space • The Hierarchy of Astonishment

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Thread Magic 12

Ammar's Floating Bill and The Super String Theory.

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Thread Magic 14

The Steve Fearson Hookup • The Floating Lifesaver • James George’s Floating Spinning Ball

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Michael Ammar Live at the Magic Castle

Michael's lecture filmed live in the Magic Castle Palace of Mystery in 1990.

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Making Magic Memorable

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Negotiating Higher Performance Fees

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Restaurant Magic Business

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The Coin That Falls Up

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The Vanishing Nickel

Michael Ammar video lesson on the brilliant coin magic effect, "The Vanishing Nickel". Stream now to begin performing it today!

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Borrowed Bill Routine

John teaches his Borrowed Bill routine. This is a stand-up comedy routine featuring a borrowed bill from the audience, that disappears and re-appears in a surprising and funny sequence of events.

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Marked for Life

Stream Michael Ammar's card magic video lesson "Marked for Life" and begin performing it today!

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Do It Yourself Performance Table

Michael gives you step-by-step instructions on how to quickly, easily and economically build your own performance table - one that can travel well and look great.

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Combatting Stage Fright

Everyone feels butterflies before going out on stage, but if the anxiety is getting in the way too much, then this video is for you. Michael gives some hard-earned advice on how to get your nerves back in control.