Description
The Nine of Diamonds is a book of close up magic, a collaboration between some of the finest magicians in Scotland. Some are known, some are unknown, but all share a passion of close up magic and have bound some of their finest effects together in a beautiful hard backed book.
The book contains a variety of effects, mostly with playing cards.
Sleights and Techniques
- Regurgitator Revelation – a novel card revelation
- Touch Reverse – unpublished Jack Parker move for switching and reversing a selected card
- Angled Afterburner – Jason Alford’s fantastic control
- Plate Clip Displacement – method to displace a card in a spread on top of a deck to any location in the pack
- FIRP – Gary Goldberg’s obscure method of reversing a card during a faro shuffle
- Popout Pass Revelation – a classic pass variation where a card pops out from the side of the deck
- Third Finger Crease Grip – method for replacing breaks held in a small packet
- Fiend Stack – how much can you cram into a stacked deck
- Bart Harding Stack – details on the calculated deck of Bart Harding, courtesy of Alan Shaxon
- Himber Vanish Variation – clean vanish of a coin
OK Show Me Something
- Jack’s Departure from the Stage – convincing new approach to ‘Point of Departure’
- Amass Aces – a beautifully choreographed collectors routine
- Regurgitator – two cards “barf up” a selection
- Radical Decency – two Jokers visually transform into two selected cards
- Still Smiling – a new handling of a Roy Walton classic
- Frankenstein’s Bunny – four beautiful assistants help find a lost pet rabbit
Minus 52
- A Small Price to Pay – a coin trick with three perfect predictions
- Quick n Dirty Three Fly – coins across routine based around a new sleight
- Quick n Dirty Hanging Coins – you’ll swear trick coins are used, but not so
- Zen Stack – hailed as the very best stack using Zenner (ESP) Cards
Some Assembly Required
- I Don’t Trost You – a spectator deals herself four Aces from a deck shuffled by multiple spectators
- Buckley’s Angels – new take on an Arthur Buckley miracle that’ll blow your audience away
- Another Flippin’ collectors – a technicians approach to the Collectors plot
- Sesame Street – A version of “do as I do” that will leave a lasting memory in the spectators minds
- Lazy Man’s Memory Test – astounding performance piece with a deck of cards
- Two Faced Mother FIRPer – a magician fooler that will have them cursing you
- Any Card at Any Number – amaze your fellow magicians, bore your friends!
Pages: 140 – 6″ x 9″ – Hardcover – Black and white photos
