Joshua Jay is not only one of magic’s brightest performers, but also one of its smartest gifted teachers. His writing is clear and methodic. His instructional performances are well-paced and direct. His props and gaffs are expertly engineered, crafted and printed to his personal, professional standards. Each item has been developed, performed, and packaged with precision and care.

     The Svengali deck is an ingenious magic deck of cards and with this book you can learn over 110 amazing tricks & routines. This book was written and edited by experienced magic teachers and demonstrators.

     Here are just a few of the 110 tricks YOU can learn from this book: Show a “normal” deck and then change ALL of the cards into the spectator’s chosen card.

• Seal a card in an envelope and then have the spectator choose any card from the deck… When they open the envelope, the cards match!
• Have your spectator choose a card and then place it back into the deck. They then slip a knife into the side of the deck and amazingly, the knife is exactly a their chosen card.
• The spectator’s selected card vanishes from the deck and reappears in your wallet or pocket.

YOU MUST HAVE A SVENGALI DECK TO PERFORM THESE TRICKS!

Get a Svengali Deck here: http://www.grandillusions.com/product/svengali-deck/

Material originally slated for Aaron's 1997 debut lecture manuscript, the Lost Studio Session's features two of Aaron's favorite commercial routines.

Soul mates: God and the Devil play head to head poker. The Stakes? Your audiences Soul! This self working effect based on Daryl's "Untouched" is a favorite will surely be a favorite.

Casting Doubt: Aaron Started with one of the greatest tricks of the Century, Dan Harlan's award winning Cardtoon, and ended up with a mind altering new effect. The magician predicts any movie actor named by the spectator. This is a stunner, and without a single move.

Buenos Knotches: This new method for the cut and restored string is "knot" like anything you've ever seen before!

Nick Trost is well known for his simple, easy-to-do card magic. He uses subtle moves and principles rather than difficult sleight of hand to produce entertaining card effects.

The entire set of volumes contain his best card effects, plus variations by his fellow magicians. Many of these card creations came from his series of notebooks and most have not been published previously.

This volume alone contains 11 chapters describing over 100 tricks. Here are a few of the areas covered:

• Coincidences
• Transpositions
• Court Cards
• Special Decks
• Gambling Tricks
• Packet Tricks
• Poker Tricks
• ESP Cards

Also included is an appendix of useful sleights and subtleties.

Hard cover with dust jacket, 300+ pages.

This second volume contains a wealth of new material—effective and subtle card effects—designed to entertain and fool spectators. Much of the material in this volume, as in Volume 1, was developed from ideas recorded in a series of 21 notebooks.

Effects of all types are included here. There are over 100 tricks in categories such as

• coincidences
• hotel mysteries
• divinations
• four aces
• gambling
• poker
• predictions
• transpositions
• packet tricks
• ESP cards
• and a unique chapter on tricks using a Pinochle deck

   The engine this book discusses has fifty-two parts. Its gears and pistons are spades and clubs. It is lubricated with hearts and diamonds. It is fueled by skilled fingers and deft imagination. And when it is started it carries its passengers to fantastic lands. It has had countless operators during the six centuries of its existence. This book navigates the innovations and fine tunings of one of its newest exponents, AARON FISHER.

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