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I've had some time to play with this and I will admit that my presentation is weak and using just Peter's script for right now waiting for some inspiration. ESPerfect Effect: Two sets of five cards are shown to the audience. One set has red backs and the other blue. The performer hands...

Everybody who has read these forums know about the countless posts about your patter, presentation, performance, w/e word you want to use. We all hear and read about it but not many books or videos really help on how you can create your own presentation. I'm sure many people change a few lines...

I was talking with a fellow forum member and discussing some mentalism. Explained an effect with playing cards and had the discussion about adding phases and risk vs. reward. Basic effect is having them choose any card and they choose four random cards to add to the pile. Through body...

I bought some mentalism books from a friend of mine, Bob Cassidy's fundamentals in a digital copy. Well, it took roughly six hours to download all of this but apparently he sent wayyy more material than I thought. All of Banachek's released material, lots of Bob Cassidy, Kenton Knepper, Derren...

Looking back at when I first started magic and it was such a great beginning to a great experience that has forever changed my life. However the road was certainly one that I wish I could change now looking back, it would be one that would save me much money. I realize that many magicians...

Blindsight by Devin Knight Effect: Performer patters that Blindsight is the apparent ability to see colors and shapes which cannot be seen. You offer a simple experiment. You introduce 4 ungimmicked colored cards: Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow. These in turn are sealed into 4 opaque envelopes...

If you really give thought to this question then you will understand how many answers one could give. I really would like to stay away from generic answers and stay towards more realistic goals that actually could advance this thing we call magic. Advancing the art means developing...

I was never really interested in gaffed cards used in this way with a full deck and making the cards change. However I used a friends reg gaffed deck from E and did the zipper effect and got some great reactions, then went on later to perform the Eight of hearts inscription. I thought of the...

I saw this effect and it was cheap and thought if I could put my spin on it then it would be a great mentalism effect. You don't have to actually GPS by Chris Kenner 1 on 1 at theory11.com Price $4.95 Description: You cut a deck and ask the spectator to take either pack and shuffle...

I was on my mothers laptop in Destin for vacation. Apparently there is no 3G over there so the download time and internet was horrible, so I did a smart thing and bought GPS. I tried to download it just once and it was taking forever and then I got disconnected. I am on my laptop and I...

I have recently gotten into gambling demonstrations and have been putting practice to all sorts of false cuts, shuffles, and deals. However I purchased Jason England's Second Deal to start off and he recommended Richard Turner who is the best card technician hands down from what I have seen. Yet...

Quick little story on how I received this trick. I was on dananddave.com and personally not many things interest me just simply to much eye candy. However I saw Pixel and Svengali control and decided to purchase them. Well to make this shorter, I never received the tricks until a week later due...

I have watched some videos of gambling "magic" and it really has peaked my interest. I know of Jason England's products on T11, however I was wondering of other gambling "magic" effects. Table, stand up, whatever sort of setting besides stage is perfectly fine with me. So any recommendations...

One of the biggest lessons many of us learn that we are selfish when performing. Somehow we learn through mentor, forums, friends or whatever that it's ALL about the spectator and what they experience. However my question isn't about that at all, instead what do you feel as you perform for real...

I'm sure nearly all magicians have seen or been introduced to different types of special decks like Invisible, blanks, etc. Some magicians really don't know what to do with them unless they read it in the book or some video. Perhaps some of us could discuss some tricks that we have invented or...

You look at all the tricks coming out and while they are great some people such as myself look for certain tricks that can be good for an opening, middle, or closer. Some tricks look amazing but when you could you really put it into a routine, I'm sure many could find a way to put in a special...