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THE MAGIC LIST


A. C. T. - Four cards, all the same color, are shown - one remembered. One at a time, three of the cards change to strange ones and are removed. One is a blank card. One is a "face" or "low spot" card. One is the wrong color. The last one is a surprise. Poker - $5.00

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AMAZING, ISN'T IT? (CARD TO POCKET) - Three fanned cards are shown, the middle one with a different back. The middle card is removed face down - in view. You state it will jump into your pocket and you then dramatically produce it from your pocket. The removed card, when turned, has printed - AMAZING, ISN'T IT? - a good sucker item. Poker - $3.50; Bridge - $3.00

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BILL-O-BELLI'S REVENGE - Two duplicate sets of cards (with different backs) are shown. One set is face up and the other face down. The faces show the four different suits of the same value and the backs have the numerals 1, 2, 3, and 4. A prediction envelope is handed to a spectator. One of each set is selected with the understanding that the opposite sides will match the card in the prediction envelope. When the prediction card is removed, the face is different than the original cards and the back has the number, 7. You claim there is only one thing to do - use magic. Both cards are turned and the face of the card turned matches the prediction face. The back of the second card turned has the number, 7. Jumbo - $18.50; Bridge - $6.50

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BIONIC CARD - Three cards are shown both sides. It is seen there is one regular card and two cards with blank faces. One at a time the two blank cards change to regular cards. One at a time, two of the cards are placed into the pocket, only to reappear in your hand. Yes, the BIONIC CARD is the card that reproduces itself over and over again. Poker - $4.00 ; Bridge $3.50

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BOLD VENTURE - A five card poker hand is one card short of being a flush. Can the odd card be changed to match the four of the same suit? That's what a good magician would do. Watch what a great magician does! The four cards of the same suit changes to match the suit of the odd card. Poker $5.00; Bridge $4.00

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CHEATIN' MAGICIAN, THE - The magi explains he will show how magicians cheat. He shows a deck of cards, one is selected, and turned face up. The magi places the selection near the top of the deck saying it only looks like it went into the deck. The magi shows that it is actually on top of the deck. You then explain that the magician sometimes switches decks. The selected card is then placed into a miniature deck with a different back. You then ask how he thinks the cheatin' magician will find the card. No! Not the largest. No! Not the only blue back card in a red deck. No! Not the only face up card in the deck. It is the only green back card in the red back deck. The green back card is shown to match the selected card. When turned, the larger card is NOT the selected card. Complete with regular and miniature decks - $9.00

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DOOMED - A five card poker hand is shown to contain a duplicate card. When turned face down, it is seen that four cards have blue backs and one a red back. One of the duplicates is switched for another card. Now, all FIVE cards have different backs. Everything can be examined. Poker - $6.00

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DOUBLE AUGURY - An easy infallible 2-way prediction than can be worked anywhere. An envelope is given to a spectator. Two sets of cards are shown. Sets are duplicates, each four of a kind, each set is numbered on the back, 1 - 4. From one set a card is chosen and from the other a number is chosen. The two cards are turned. The spectator removes the card from the envelope, and, the face and the numbered back matches the two chosen cards showing. YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN! Yes, when you immediately repeat the effect, the result is different. Poker - $7.50; Bridge - $6.50

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ELEMENTARY - Three cards are fanned and shown to have matching fronts and matching backs. You state that one of these cards has an "X" on both the front and back - the "X"s are hidden by the fan of the other cards. Two of the cards are eliminated as possibilities. When the third card is shown to have the "X"s, both the face and back are completely different from the other two. Jumbo ESP - $7.50; Poker - $4.00

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EYE TESTER - A fun novelty with a round prism. You tell the spectator that some people have an upside down eye and you have a tester. They check the letters on card #1 through the tester and they are normal. When card #2 is checked, the letters are upside down. Card #3 shows that only one of two words is upside down. $3.50

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FIVE CARD SURPRISE - Five cards are counted face down and one shown. The cards are mixed and the spectator is told the cards will be removed one at a time until one is left. THIS WILL BE THE SHOWN CARD. The spectator decides the removed cards and they are shown not to be the selected card. Upon naming the selected card, though, the last card is not the selected card either. The selected card is produced from your pocket. Poker - $3.50; Bridge - $3.00

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FOOLED-FOOLED AGAIN - Three cards are shown and placed under a handkerchief. Two are removed and shown. Upon removing the handkerchief, the third card is seen to have "FOOLED" on it. Upon turning over the card, the other side has "FOOLED AGAIN" on it. Poker - $4.00; Bridge - $3.00

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FOUR CARD MONTE - Four cards, three alike and one different are shown. One of each is turned face down and you remove one of the remaining alike cards and place it in your pocket. The different card cannot be found as all are alike. Finally the different card is removed from your pocket. All cards can be examined. Poker - $3.50; Bridge - $3.00

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GHOST CARDS - A deck of cards (not included) is shown and cut. Four cards are shown blank on both sides and one is selected and put to the side. The cut card is turned face up and the selected blank card is turned. The duplicate of the cut card is now printed on the blank card. Poker - $3.50; Bridge - $3.00 GO! - Two black sixes are shown and put in a holder. A joker is placed between the two red sixes and those are placed into a second holder. All cards are fully shown and the holders are such that part of the cards extend from the holders. When both sets are removed and again fanned, the joker is now between the two black sixes. Cards are replaced and the magi states that the joker will return. When both sets are again fanned, the joker is nowhere to be found. The magi now dumps half of a joker out of each holder. Poker - $5.00; Bridge - $4.00

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HIDE & SEEK - (Uses the Looney Tune cards) - Three cards, a COYOTE and two ROADRUNNER (other combinations may be used) cards are shown. The two ROADRUNNER cards are turned face down. All three are turned three times and now all three cards are face down. Spread face up they are all ROADRUNNER cards and the COYOTE card is removed frol the pocket. Looney Poker size - $3.00

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I'M GETTING A BLANK - Several cards are shown and turned face down. The magi shows how to select a card and asks the spectator to select a card the same way. The magi is having trouble and admits he is getting a blank. Spectator turns the card and it is a blank. This card is discarded and another selected which the magi finds. Bridge - $3.00

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IRISH ONE CARD MONTE - You have a one card monte - BUT - there are two cards back to back. That's alright as both cards are the same - one with a red back and one with a blue back. The cards are turned several times, and, when stopped, the face up card is placed down. The other card is shown both sides and pocketed. When asked to guess the color of the back of the face up card, he is wrong. You remind him this is an IRISH one card monte. The back is GREEN! Poker - $4.00

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IT'S A JOKER - Five cards are shown and one mentally selected. The cards are dealt face down and the magi removes one card and places it into his pocket. The selected card is named and then removed from your pocket. Upon checking the remaining four cards, they are found to be all jokers. If wished, the original cards can also be removed from your pocket. Poker - $5.00; Bridge - $4.00

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LOONEY LUCK - (Uses the Looney Tune cards) - This is a test to see how lucky a child is. A packet of cards are shown, five each of five diferent characters. After being cut, three rows of three cardsare dealt. The child places three small smiley faces on any three cards. The magi then places another card on each in the same order. When turned, only the pairs with the smiley faces match. This is a children's version of MARKATHOUGHT. Looney Poker size - $8.00

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LOONEY PREDICTION - (Uses the Looney Tune cards) - Twelve different Looney Tune characters are shown. A prediction of one of the characters is placed to the side. The cards are mixed face down and the back of one is touched. It matches the prediction card. Looney poker size - $6.00

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MARKATHOUGHT - This is the adult version of LOONEY LUCK. This uses the Royal ESP Deck. Coins can be used for markers. Spectator has a choice of using one, two, or three markers. Complete - $8.00; Instructions only - $4.00

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MENTAL BLOCK - A packet of cards, all one color, is fanned and one mentally selected. You emphasize that you made them select that particular card. You ask and cut the selected card to the face of the packet. When fanned, the selected card is the only regular card - all others have reverse-colored faces - PLUS - the reverse colored duplicate is removed and it has the only different colored back in the packet. No resetting is required to repeat the effect. Bridge - $5.00

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MY PET DECK - You show that your 'pet deck' has the ability to READ A SPECTATOR'S MIND! A spectator thinks of a card. The pack informs him that it is not ready, and then informs him when it is ready. Cards are dealt face up for another selection and a card appears which tells you to have the card selected face down. Instead of telling the spectator the selected card, it asks for a hint. You show a blank card and place it in top of the deck, telling the deck to tell the selected card or it will be recycled. The card is turned over and written on the blank card is now the name of the selected card. A weird plot! Poker - $7.50; Bridge - $6.00

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NAME THE CARD - Four face up different cards are shown and placed face down. One is placed in your pocket. The spectator is asked to guess the value of the card in your pocket. When he finally guesses the correct card, all the cards are shown to be the same. Bridge - $3.00

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NOW YOU SEE IT - All four numbered sides of two plastic cards are shown. Side 1 has an upright top hat. Sides 2, 3, and 4 have inverted top hats. The two cards are handed to a spectator and he is asked if he knows why hat #1 is upright. The answer is so the rabbit can get out. The spectator checks hat #1 and there is a rabbit in the hat. Everything can be examined. $8.00

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ODD MAN OUT - A packet of cards is shown and shuffled. The spectator stops you at any time and notes the chosen card. Now you attempt to divine the card. You state that the card is ODD - odd in three different ways. First, you show that it is the only blue backed card in a red backed pack. Next, you show that the remainder of the cards are all the same - different from the selected card. The third surprise comes when the selected card is turned over and the face has changed color - a very odd card indeed. Bridge - $4.00

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ONE AND ONLY - Six miniature cards, all with different backs, are spread on a card wallet. One card is selected and the other five are turned face up and shown to be the same color. The selected card is turned face up and it is an opposite color. IT IS ALSO NOW TWICE AS LARGE AS THE OTHER FIVE CARDS. Miniature - $4.00

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OOPS! - A delightful funny close-up effect with a sensational surprise ending. After a card is mentally selected from a packet of 26 cards, a comedy of errors develops as you try to find the selected card. After removing six incorrect cards, including an alphabet, spot, and ÔIT' card, the spectator is asked to find his own card. The remaining 20 cards have blank faces and can be examined. Bridge - $6.00

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PENTRO CARD - Here's the ÔGuillotine' trick performed with cards. Five cards, four of which are jokers, are shown front and back. All the cards have a large hole in the center. The regular card is placed in the middle of the jokers, half-way out of the packet. Magician places his thumb through the holes in the jokers, and, to the astonishment of everyone, he proceeds to push the card down through the thumb. The cards are immediqtely fanned and they can be freely shown front and back. Poker - $3.50; Bridge - $3.00

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PICK A NUMBER - The spectator thinks of any number, 1 - 64. He is handed eight cards, each with eight different numbers on both sides. He finds the cards which has his number on the darker side and turns the card over. All the other cards are turned and mixed. The spectator then finds the card which has his number on the lighter side. The magician tells the spectator his number. $3.00

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RAINBOW CUBES - Six different colored cubes (16mm) and a bag are examined. The magi places the cubes into the bag and mixes them. Spectator can feel the cubes at the bottom. While the bag is held in the left hand, the right hand is shown empty, reaches into the bag, and, removes a cube matching the color selected before going into the bag. This is repeated for the other colors. Complete with bag and six cubes. Also included is a 19mm cube for a comedy routine. $10.50

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SON OF OOPS - A complete routine - a packet of blue back cards is fanned face up and one is selected to be placed into an envelope. You explain it cannot be used as it does not have a blue back - it is blank. A second card is refused - it has a marked back. A third card is again refused - it has a red back. Finally an emergency blue back card is used and all ends well with a surprise ending. Bridge - $6.00

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STORY TIME - The magician tells a story using the different pictures on the back of six cards. The faces are shown to be the same. His life turns upside down - the faces are now different - and the backs now all have the same backs, different than before. Bridge - $5.00

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SURE THING - Holding a packet of seven cards, you announce that: (1) you have the name of one of the cards on the other side of a blank board which has been placed in view; (2) you will force a member of the audience to pick that card; and, (3) he will give a number, 1-7, and the card at that position will be used. As you are counting to the selected card, it is noticed that all cards are the same. You mention that you never said that the cards would be different. However, when the blank board is turned, it has the name "FRED" on it. The cards not selected are turned and all have different names on the back. The selected card is turned and it has "FRED" . Jumbo - $15.00; Poker - $6.00; Bridge - $5.00

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THREE D - Three medium size dice (16mm) are dumped from a bag. One at a time, two of the dice are picked up and tossed into the other hand - third one going into the pocket. A wiggle of the thumb and it is to return to the other two. But, when the hand is opened, the first returning die is smaller (12mm) than the other two. A second try with the smaller and one of the medium going into the hand - other into the pocket. Another wiggle and this time a much LARGER (25mm) die has returned. $9.50

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TOUCH, THE - (Uses the Looney Tune cards) - Nine face down cards are cut. The spectator removes one card and places it to the side. You divide the remaining cards into two piles of four. By touching the backs of the cards, you find the pair that matches. Not only does one pair matches - it matches the card removed by the spectator. Looney Poker cards - $3.00

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TURTLE AND HARES - A jumbo children's effect. Three jumbo cards are shown, one turtle and two hares. The race is on and the hares decide to take a nap after getting off to a big start. All three cards start under a handkerchief and the two rabbits are removed and shown both sides. The turtle card is turned around during the routine, and, when removed, shows the turtle crossing the finish line. After a little by-play, the card is turned and there is the turtle resting in a hammock, relaxing after the big race. Jumbo - $6.50

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UNSEEN IMAGE - Several cards, all RED, are spread. The magician explains that one is different and the spectator will unknowingly pick that card. The freely selected is cut to the top. The cards are fanned and the selected card is shown to be the only even numbered card. All the others are odd numbered and BLACK! Poker - $5.00; Jumbo - $9.00

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WACK-O - Four red backed cards, same value but different suits, are shown front and back. A fifth card is added to them and shown to have a blue back. The fifth card is placed face up. One of the same value cards is placed face up and a second one face down. The other two cards are shown to be a heart and a diamond. The spectators are asked the colors of the backs of the two face up cards AND they are wrong - one is even blank. He correctly identifies the face down card, BUT, when asked the color of the face, he is wrong as the card is now a reverse-colored face. Bridge - $3.00

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