21st Century Card Magic

This, James Swain's last book for magicians, has some phenomenal magic inside. Work by Bill Malone (a great and easy pass), as well as loads of beautiful gambling-themed routines. This is an excellent volume with all sorts of strange routines unlike anything you've read before. if you enjoy the work of Bannon or Ortiz, we know you'll LOVE Jim Swain.

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James Swain's book - 21st Century Card Magic - has stunningly effective simple card routines. Improve your sleight-of-hand card skills immediately and with ease. Thorough instructions with photo illustrated explanations to learn. 

"This book is a perfect way to start off the new century. I have tried many of these routines in front of real people and can attest to their greatness. This book has something for everyone, whether you are a beginner or an accomplished sleight of hand magician...There are so many routines in this book worth performing that I do not have time to mention them all...It is a well known saying, if you can find one trick in a book that you can actually use than you've gotten your money's worth. Well, with this book, you will get your money's worth over and over again."  -Bill Malone

Contents: 

• Introduction by Bill Malone 
• Departure: Invisible Shulien Revelation 
• Tongue in Cheek: Ascanio's Faro Shuffle idea 
• Metamorphosis: Frank Garcia's Pirouette Double Lift; J.K. Hartman's Covered Cop Transfer 
• Ice Breaker: Paul LePaul Flourish 
• A Tribute to Dunninger 
• The 21 Card Trick: Gene Finnell's Free Cut Principle; Jay Ose's False Cut; Marlo's Flash Speller 
• Tale of Titanic Thompson 
• Psychic Poker: Phil Goldstein's Binary Cut Sorting Process 
• Bill Malone's "Cut Em High and Tie" 
• Birds of a Feather: Brother Hamman's Swivel Switch; Larry Jenning's Modification of Daryl's Display Sequence 
• Diving Rod: Marlo's Cut and Shuffle Sequence 
• Miraculous: Frank Thompson's Four Card Revelation 
• Equivocally Triumphant 
• The Miracle Deck: Peeking a Card During the Pass 
• The Last Good Trick: Gene Maze's Card Box Load 
• The Four Robbers 
• 21st Century Assembly 
• Del Ray's Handling of LePaul's Gymnastic Aces 
• Too Many Jokers 

Weapons 

• Look Away Force 
• Steve Bedwell Control Variation 
• Card Warp Display 
• Unloading a Card 
• Peek, Stop, Touch 
• 2 Full-Deck Controls 
• The Dummy Force 
• The Dummy Pass 
• The Dummy Fan Force 

Tricks of The Masters 

• Mike Skinner's Placement Principle: Marlo's Faro Check 
• Count on It (Paul Cummins) 
• Persi's Collectors (Persi Diaconis): Marlo's Mechanical Second Revelation
• I Am In Debt (Fred Kaps): Marlo's Book Break 
• Instant Aces (Larry Jennings): Ken Krenzel's Mechanical Reverse 
• Shipwrecked (Daryl, Bill Malone) 
• Quick D-Way 
• Royal Aces (Ron Ferris): Benzais Cut with two cards; Walter Scott's technique for Dealing Seconds 
• 1002nd Aces (Alex Elmsley) 
• Sympathetic Thirteen (Nate Leipsig): Paul Curry's Swindle Switch 

Gambling Routines 

• Poker Interchange Redux 
• Center Deal Demo/The Muck: Alex Elmsley's Just Lucky Shuffle; The Drop Switch (Original) 
• Just Lucky Eight Card Stack 
• 21st Century Magician vs. Gambler 
• Famous Chop Cup Routine 

Pages: 156 - Hardbound, Photo-Illustrated