Matchalot Mentalism by Howard Adams

Details: This is the ultimate book for those who appreciate simple, self working mentalism and mental magic, done with cards and other simple items. Over 350 page hardcover book with almost 500 illustrations!

Over 250 simple or self working effects. Matching effects, open predictions, many off-beat concepts but NO complicated sleight of hand. In many cases, the presentations are left very open and can be adapted to a variety of bizarre, mentalism or scientific themes.

Self working and mathematical magic is an interesting creature. It is SO attractive because it does allow the performer to focus exclusively on presentation- on the other hand, it does challenge the performer to develop presentations that make it into more than a puzzle.

In Matchalot, Howard is presenting over 250 simple self working items, usually that involve matching, predictions or the like. His items use small packs of cards, coins, or numbers. Many can be adapted to ESP or picture cards- or many other themes.

In fact, anyone who owns the book will be able to access the Matchalot Support Page and see how other people approached themeing and presenting some of Howard’s ideas in our recent Howard Adams contest.

Howard’s style of writing is brief as it can be. He gives you a framework of the theme or presentation he has in mind, and follows a very simple structure of explaining the procedures needed. His illustrations are numerous, and all are simple visual references to the props or layout for the routine he is sharing. Once you are used to his style of writing, it allows you to very quickly get the gist of the effect and start engineering what and how to use it. A Word of warning: take your time with these. Many of the effects are similar, and if you try to rush through or read them through in a hurry you may become confused and find they all run together in your head.

Also, we will begin a new contest soon, and include those results as well- so, always something new and exciting to look for.

Several performers have recently made features of these types of self working effects, sometimes doing them remotely or on the radio, with various themes that have turned them into reputation makers!

For those who appreciate Howard’s work, this really is an amazing collection of mentalism and mental magic!

Contents:

(001) 10 Plus 9
(001) 10 Plus 8
(002) Twelvery
(003) Yes No 22 11
(004) Lovely Lady
(006) Ninends
(010) Triple Turnover Nine
(011) Triplevent
(013) Symbolikin
(014) 1 2 3 4 Test
(016) Six Descending
(017) 76 Descending
(020) 87 Descending
(022) 98 Descending
(024) Elevenine
(025) Pilocoins
(026) More Pilocoins
(028) Pilocoins Again
(029) Pilocoins Combined
(031) Sixth Sensibility
(032) Subject Seven
(035) Marriagem
(036) Quad Piles
(038) One Five Nine
(039) Leftovers 12
(040) Leftovers 9
(041) Leftovers 15
(043) Leftovers Mix
(044) Leftovers 18
(046) Leftovers Reducer
(048) Dieliscious
(050) Quadieliscious
(052) Splitieliscious
(053) Dielierious
(054) What’s Beneath
(055) What’s On The Bottom
(057) Addie
(057) Subtracdie
(058) Multidie
(060) Royal Double Down Under
(061) Twenty Four
(062) Benine
(063) Betwelve
(064) Beten
(065) Beninethirteen
(066) Besurprised
(067) Top Bottom
(068) Top Or Bottom
(069) Ace N Ten
(071) Book Page Line
(072) Book Page Line Word
(073) Ten Six Two
(074) Ten Six Two Ace
(075) Ten Five
(076) Eightwo
(077) Eight Four Twelve
(078) Plus And Minus
(079) Seven Five
(080) Six Ace
(081) Six Two
(082) Eight Eight
(083) Eleven Twenty Two
(085) Mega Down Under
(086) 22 Is In
(086) All Designs Match
(088) Only Four
(089) Pretens
(090) Three Musketeers
(091) 21 To 12
(092) 12 Or 21
(093) 12 And 56
(094) EZ 56
(095) All Cards Be Same
(097) Pennies And Dimes
(098) Directsums
(100) Directsums Short
(101) Newnine
(101) Ejecten
(102) Newnine Fourteen
(104) Litter of Ten
(108) Trio Toss Total
(109) Trio 345 Total
(111) 23 Versus 32
(112) Dots And Dice
(113) Single Crossout Prediction
(114) Double Crossout Prediction
(116) Triple Crossout Prediction
(118) Add To Principle
(120) Add To Split
(121) Add To 22
(122) Pinnaclelevens
(123) Four Four You
(124) Hilo Prediction
(125) Lowest Predicitions
(126) Complete The Prediciton
(127) Complete Another Prediction
(128) Simple Wish
(130) Dbl The Ten
(131) Dbl The Nine
(132) Dbl The Thirteen
(133) Quarpen
(135) Nine Twins
(137) Together Twins
(137) Together Elevens
(139) Together Twos
(140) Nine And Dine
(142) Coffeeffect
(143) Fast Food Forward
(144) Fancy Food Forward
(146) Twenty Eight
(147) Three Sixpaks
(149) 332211
(150) Ramaseeleven
(152) Compacket Computer
(154) Anti-Predictionifty
(155) Anti-Predictioniftwo
(157) Lie False
(158) No Lies
(159) No No Ninette
(160) No No Fifteen
(161) Lady Man Math
(163) Pre-Dic-Tion
(165) Pre-Dic-Tion-2
(166) U2 Kandu 22
(167) Predict The Flip
(169) Discardeception
(170) Tulefta Teaches Cleopatra
(171) Black Minus Red
(172) Fourfive
(173) Fivetwo Twotwo
(175) Queen King Ace
(176) Tulefta Teaches Again
(177) Tulefta Teaches More
(179) Simple Three
(180) Simple Four
(181) Simple Seven
(182) Simple Triple Minds
(183) Simple Ten
(184) Too Simple Two
(187) Twelverlasting
(189) Alike
(190) Pat Oracle
(191) Addditu Subtractu
(193) Allevens
(195) Six Coins
(197) Pointomore
(198) Elimineight Onetwoeight
(199) ESP Coverup
(200) Twelventure
(201) Dufobesp
(204) Simple 12-141
(205) Simple 12-222
(207) Simple 18-108
(209) Simple 18-189
(211) Nice To Palm
(212) One Two Fob
(213) One Two Fob Plus
(214) One Three Fob
(215) One Three Fob Plus
(217) Saturday Matinee
(218) 444U
(220) Trinine #1
(222) Nine Fouru
(223) Each Pair Will Mate
(225) Dollarmath
(226) Moredollarmath
(227) ESP Dollarmath
(229) Time Of Day
(230) Tafu
(231) Nine Foru
(233) Trinines #2
(235) Yardstick Prediciton
(236) Ace Two Twelve
(238) Cardiscard
(239) One In Three
(240) Man In Three
(241) Lady In Three
(242) Share A Prediction
(244) Share Another Prediction
(245) Trinine #3
(247) Rim 26
(249) Turntwocut Principle
(251) All Total Nice Again
(252) Sixteen Six
(253) Adjacentwo Twentytwo
(255) Penquadim
(257) Quapen
(258) Make Your Own Thrice
(261) Trinine #4
(263) Social Securithree
(266) 9-27-18
(268) Express 9-18
(270) Expresssix
(273) Pendim Prediction
(274) Ace 135
(276) Shortosses
(280) Matchemore
(281) Trenine #5
(284) EZ Gamble
(285) Hope I Win
(286) Designs Will Match
(287) I’ll Win
(288) Devil Down Below
(289) Coins Without Cards
(291) I’ll Build Word
(293) Eight Card Shuffle
(295) Trinine #6
(297) Dial The Devil
(300) Fifteenish
(303) Eighteenish
(306) Pick Same Card
(308) Magnificentens
(309) Trinty Six
(311) 2222
(312) 333
(313) Trinine #7
(317) Solar System Symbols
(319) Magic Square Mediumette
(320) Ninette Quartette
(321) Tenette Triplette
(322) Tripleight Down Unders
(325) Triplicidentical
(326) Tri-Fi-Mi
(328) Tri-Du-Match
(329) Trinine #8
(331) Selecthem
(332) Tripletouch
(334) Tripletwone
(335) Three Cards Match
(337) Triple Sybols Match
(338) Double Double Triple
(340) Match Mate Replica
(341) Magnifivecent
(344) Trinine #9
(346) LTTMA Principle
(348) Let’s Match Symbols
(350) Replicandu
(352) Duplicandu
(353) Copycandu
(355) Lady’s Choice Man’s Choice
(356) Third Party’s Choice
(358) Book Down Under
(359) Meganines
(361) Pairs Will Match Each Other
(362) Three Pairs Match
(364) Three Symbols Match
(366) Predictionineighteen
(367) Espormatch
(369) Pick Your Mind
(371) Atoundu
(372) Presenting Prediction Triplets
(376) Perfectiming Predictions

submitted by Evan Shuster

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