I have been a huge fan of DM for a very long time now. I bought Inside and loved it. I noticed it had some effects left out of it that were in his PDF downloads and didn't want to spend money rebuying all of them. Well, Anthology came out incredibly soon after I bought Inside and it had ALL of his effects in there. Well, that was some time ago. Two days ago, I decided it was time to buy Anthology, the 466 page book that contains the genius of Daniel Madison.
What you get: There are two versions: The printed book and the PDF version. I bought the printed version and didn't notice that you get the PDF version of Anthology, all 19 of his original PDF downloads, and the PDF version of Inside. All that for $75. Oh, and the printed copy of Anthology is signed.
The contents of Anthology:
Lecture notes 1-4
Psycho
M
Pariah
Burn
Collateral
Identity
Thoughts of a Madman
Wrath
Primer
Deceptions V1
Deceptions V2
I'll post some of my favorite effects from the book. If I reviewed a lot of them, I'd be sitting here for a long long time because the book is massive.
The Raining Force(aka the CAAN force) - This is brilliant. If you want to perform a CAAN effect without gimmicks and intense manipulation, this is for you.
Angle Zero - You all know and probably love this.
Overkill ACAAN Switch - Cards are dealt into the performers open hand until the spec feels the need to stop. The last card dealt is flipped over. It's the predicted card. Need I say more?
Psych Forces - What else is there to say?
Rush - A deck is visually pushed thru a card box....CARD BY CARD. But wait. The signed selection passed thru the card box and is resting underneath it.
The Pariah - Holy ****. Imagine knowing INSTANTLY any selected card or thought of word. Or producing a signed selection from ANYWHERE.
Vanishing Burn - The performer is able to cause burns from a random card to jump to a selected card.
Vantage - Have any decks that have that plastic window at the bottom half of the card box? Go get it. Get ready for a color change that happens inside the box.
Enemy - Selected card is placed overlapping the deck. The card is turned over to reveal it has /vanished/switched/
Irreversible - The invisible deck the performer never touches, can be handled by spectators, and used as a normal deck. Yeah, read that again.
Irreversible 'Tu - Impromptu ID. Holy hell.
EI8HT2WO SE7ENTHR33 - If someone performed this to me and I didn't know the method, I would **** my pants.
Cut - Force any card on a spectator without ever touching the deck. By now you should be wanting this book.
The Devil's Touch - Predict anything. Did I mention the prediction is on the table the entire time? Or it can be in an envelope. Mentalists should be foaming at the mouth right now.
Breach - This mofo invented a signed card thru glass table that can be performed surrounded as it's ******* angle proof, has instant setup and repeat, is completely examinable before and after, and happens at the performers command. And it works with any signed card and any deck.
Tokyo Smile - Imagine changing one four of a kind into another...with one hand.
Spinal Cut - Method to cutting to a card in a deck just shuffled by a spectator.
The Final Cut - Mentalists approach to a spectator choosing their card from any of the four piles of cards on the table.
Wrath - Card is signed and lost in the deck. The deck is put into the box and the corner of the box is burned. The selected card restores its burnt corner.
Cure - Signed card is very cleanly ripped into fourths. The pieces are rubbed together and instantly handed out to be examined. You end clean.
Gauntlet - This is THE HOLY GRAIL of sandwich effects.
You'll learn all of these and a LOT more. But the greatest thing you'll get out of DM's most insane work to date is his theory. You'll also learn there is no method to his madness. There's just madness.I think Daniel is the most conflicted man on the planet. I respect that guy so much. I've always thought about how and why we create and perform magic. After reading his theories, I've rethought every single piece of magic I've created. I know I had some stuff created I thought was brilliant until I read Deceptions Volume 2.
Daniel Madison has created the greatest magic book I've ever bought. I love Anthology. If the effects I described didn't win you over, then I don't know what will. There's no way in hell I could have reviewed the whole book. It's almost 500 pages. When I bought Inside, it blew my mind. I knew half the material that was going to be in Anthology when I bought it. It blows my mind every time I read it. I will whole heartedly give this book a 10/10. I remember on Dangerous, one woman called him Criss Angel. He replied, Criss who? That's right. Daniel Madison is in the house.
What you get: There are two versions: The printed book and the PDF version. I bought the printed version and didn't notice that you get the PDF version of Anthology, all 19 of his original PDF downloads, and the PDF version of Inside. All that for $75. Oh, and the printed copy of Anthology is signed.
The contents of Anthology:
Lecture notes 1-4
Psycho
M
Pariah
Burn
Collateral
Identity
Thoughts of a Madman
Wrath
Primer
Deceptions V1
Deceptions V2
I'll post some of my favorite effects from the book. If I reviewed a lot of them, I'd be sitting here for a long long time because the book is massive.
The Raining Force(aka the CAAN force) - This is brilliant. If you want to perform a CAAN effect without gimmicks and intense manipulation, this is for you.
Angle Zero - You all know and probably love this.
Overkill ACAAN Switch - Cards are dealt into the performers open hand until the spec feels the need to stop. The last card dealt is flipped over. It's the predicted card. Need I say more?
Psych Forces - What else is there to say?
Rush - A deck is visually pushed thru a card box....CARD BY CARD. But wait. The signed selection passed thru the card box and is resting underneath it.
The Pariah - Holy ****. Imagine knowing INSTANTLY any selected card or thought of word. Or producing a signed selection from ANYWHERE.
Vanishing Burn - The performer is able to cause burns from a random card to jump to a selected card.
Vantage - Have any decks that have that plastic window at the bottom half of the card box? Go get it. Get ready for a color change that happens inside the box.
Enemy - Selected card is placed overlapping the deck. The card is turned over to reveal it has /vanished/switched/
Irreversible - The invisible deck the performer never touches, can be handled by spectators, and used as a normal deck. Yeah, read that again.
Irreversible 'Tu - Impromptu ID. Holy hell.
EI8HT2WO SE7ENTHR33 - If someone performed this to me and I didn't know the method, I would **** my pants.
Cut - Force any card on a spectator without ever touching the deck. By now you should be wanting this book.
The Devil's Touch - Predict anything. Did I mention the prediction is on the table the entire time? Or it can be in an envelope. Mentalists should be foaming at the mouth right now.
Breach - This mofo invented a signed card thru glass table that can be performed surrounded as it's ******* angle proof, has instant setup and repeat, is completely examinable before and after, and happens at the performers command. And it works with any signed card and any deck.
Tokyo Smile - Imagine changing one four of a kind into another...with one hand.
Spinal Cut - Method to cutting to a card in a deck just shuffled by a spectator.
The Final Cut - Mentalists approach to a spectator choosing their card from any of the four piles of cards on the table.
Wrath - Card is signed and lost in the deck. The deck is put into the box and the corner of the box is burned. The selected card restores its burnt corner.
Cure - Signed card is very cleanly ripped into fourths. The pieces are rubbed together and instantly handed out to be examined. You end clean.
Gauntlet - This is THE HOLY GRAIL of sandwich effects.
You'll learn all of these and a LOT more. But the greatest thing you'll get out of DM's most insane work to date is his theory. You'll also learn there is no method to his madness. There's just madness.I think Daniel is the most conflicted man on the planet. I respect that guy so much. I've always thought about how and why we create and perform magic. After reading his theories, I've rethought every single piece of magic I've created. I know I had some stuff created I thought was brilliant until I read Deceptions Volume 2.
Daniel Madison has created the greatest magic book I've ever bought. I love Anthology. If the effects I described didn't win you over, then I don't know what will. There's no way in hell I could have reviewed the whole book. It's almost 500 pages. When I bought Inside, it blew my mind. I knew half the material that was going to be in Anthology when I bought it. It blows my mind every time I read it. I will whole heartedly give this book a 10/10. I remember on Dangerous, one woman called him Criss Angel. He replied, Criss who? That's right. Daniel Madison is in the house.
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