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

     This book contains 122 of his best tricks, plus variations of these effects by fellow magicians. Among the tricks included are such gems as Double Pinochle with an Elevator Finish, Matched Picture Cards, Eighteen-Card Poker and Blind-Sight.

     A few of the areas covered - Coincidences, Court Cards, The Four Aces, Gambling Tricks, Revealments, Special Decks, Packet Tricks, ESP Cards.

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