The Baffling Phones
A stack of three cell phones is picked up by the spectator, who evaluates their weight. When the performer removes one phone, the other two become heavier than three!
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Expert assessments of new tricks, books, gear, and performances.
Trick Review
The $100 Challenge
We gave $100 to Magic Castle Juniors member Skyler Jade of Los Angeles, California, and asked her to buy any current trick or tricks that appealed to her.
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The Paper Engine, 20th Anniversary Edition
A reprint of the 2002 original with two minor additions. The original version was well regarded. Twenty years later, it still contains the definitive handing for the Half-Pass, and thoughtful variations of the Le Paul Bluff Pass and the One-Handed Pop Over.
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The Paper Engine, 20th Anniversary Edition
A reprint of the 2002 original with two minor additions. The original version was well regarded. Twenty years later, it still contains the definitive handing for the Half-Pass, and thoughtful variations of the Le Paul Bluff Pass and the One-Handed Pop Over.
Book Review
Concerning the Palming of Cards
Galsworthy gives a fairly comprehensive instructional overview of the most useful, most recognized palming techniques for cards.
Trick Review
Together Forever
Two cards are fused into one card that is not simply card-shaped, but slightly off-set, as if the cards are in a spread, creating an impossible magic moment.
Trick Review
Stab in the Dark
A page is freely chosen from a book. A sharp knife stabs the book. The knife is pulled straight down, cutting through every single page, except one!! Impossibly, the page your audience thought of is clearly seen impaled on the knife!
Trick Review
Odyssey
A beautiful travel magazine which is, in fact, the Swiss Army Knife of mentalism effects. Woven into the pages of the magazine are 10 intriguing mentalism and perceptual effects.
Trick Review
Unseen Force Pro
Unseen Force Pro is the latest system to improve your thread work, and TCC has done a remarkable job with this gimmick.
Trick Review
Magic Lotto
Here’s multi-phased close-up prediction that will delight a diligent beginner, and is surprising enough to find a spot in a pro’s performance.
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Mind, Myth & Magick
The seminal text on mentalism is back in print. Find out why this is the go-to book for any serious student on the subject.
Book Review
You Do Cards?!
This book contains material well within the reach of any intermediate close-up performer. The routines seem to be designed with the restaurant worker in mind.
Book Review
Calico
Calico is composed entirely of tricks using coins that look visibly different. The tricks shared here seem impossible even to someone who has read Bobo and Roth.