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fantastic

this is a great book for the intermediate card student. it has a lot of usable material. also mint vol 2 is the book to get after this one.

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Classic

everything from close up to full blown stage effects with swimming tanks and trap doors.Not a great lot of detail on anything but lots of everything!!!

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Over The Top.

The very BEST. One of the best classics on magic. Joe Berg was a real pro.He knew as much about the profession as any magician. His book is one of the most sought after magic collectables. Anyone who has one of these books should hold on to it tightly.

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Wonderful, but I Paid Way Too Much

Predicta Total is a very good effect. It is direct, to the point, has almost nothing tricky looking, and packs a punch. All I regret is that I bought an original version and paid way more than it costs now.

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An excellent book to start card handling & magic…

This book has started more cardicians than any other book published. It’s been reprinted countless times because it’s simply great! The book follows a logical progress of card sleights and tricks that utilize what is taught. Everyone starting out in card magic should own this book. Everything you need to know is here except the more modern sleights. This book was written in the golden years of magic but nonetheless it still is a gem! I highly recommend this book and any others that Jean Hugard & Frederick Braue have written! Definitely a collectors item.

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Impossibilia: A Short Review

This book contains very simple and easy to perform tricks that focus on performance over sleights. The effects are ALL powerful and things that you would use in everyday work. I am a card guy so I concentrated more on the card effects in this book and they are all amazing. The Bonus routine involving a card being "printed" is quite amazing if I say so myself. There is also a prediction effect which is simple, witty, and hard hitting. I recommend to pick this book up NOW if you want some new, intriguing, magic for your repertoire.

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excellent routine

i love this routine and have been using it for years. It plays really well for most audiences. It creates serious tension in the room when it is being performed and is very memorable.

i get about 6 minutes out of it.

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Keeping a dying Art alive…

Gaft card magic has been around for many years and definitely has a place in Magic history. The problem is that sooner or later gaft cards wear out and have to be replaced. With the aid of this valuable book these cards can be duplicated for pennies! The book covers everything, tools and techniques, to manufacture double face, double back, split face, split back cards. There is a slight learning curve to the technique, but after one deck’s worth of splitting you have the technique down enough to create any gaff required. This is a wise investment to keep a dying art alive!

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Great Book!

I was quite surprised to read the previous review, it is obvious that this person knows very little about magic or didn’t actually read this book. I have been lucky enough to have seen Mr. Cervon perform at the Magic Castle and he is truly one of the best. I have also seen him fry magicians and layman alike with some of the tricks in this book. There are nearly 70 items and if you only got the "Devil’s Elevator" you would have gotten your moneys worth. It is a very easy and an extremely commercial trick. Looking at the contents I see many items that I use but will only mention a few of what I think are "classic" tricks. "Perfect Speller" (a killer for magicians and layman but be sure to use the option to tell the spectator if he lied or told the truth), "Aerodynamic Aces" (the original invisible palm ace routine, a great trick no matter how you cut it) and try his "Open Prediction" I saw him do this on TV once and thought it was a stooge. It’s that good.

In short this is book that any magician should not be without, I own all the books with his name attached as I find them to be FULL of top quality practical professional magic.

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Good effect if you do Fire Magic

McBride’s Candle is a good effect for performers that want flashy fire magic at a (relatively) low price. If you look hard enough in this photo, you can see the drawback with this candle. It is strictly stage or maybe parlor magic. Close inspection will give it away unless you keep it moving…

McBride’s Candle is unique in the way it lights and then can keep going far longer than just a butane lighter could go. McBride solved a lot of problems with other designs and this candle plays big and packs small. Add it to your bag of tricks…

MagicBill
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