John Bannon lectured at Le Double Fond on October 23, 2023. It was an unprecedented encounter with a great artist who gave us the best of his art. The Ace of Spades from a deck of cards is placed under a stem glass, and the Queen of Diamonds on top. The two cards are about to change places! Superb! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The magician places a small cloth purse on the table: this is his prediction. He asks a spectator to recall a trip she has taken in the past, and to choose one of the countries she visited. The purse is then opened; and it contains a coin from that country!  

A card is chosen, and lost in the deck. The pack is wrapped with a rubber band... and still, the chosen card pops out of the deck! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Are you interested in coin magic? Here is a routine that covers most of the effects with coins: they appear, disappear, pass from one magician's hand to another, multiply, and finally, pass into the spectator's closed hand! To buy some coins click here.  

The magician guesses the thoughts of three spectators without asking them any questions! That's real magic.  

The magician shows four blank cards on each side. Four cards are chosen at random from a deck, and then placed back into the deck. The blank cards are dispayed again: they now each have a back. Then the faces are printed one by one... and we now have four cards with backs and faces, which are the chosen cards! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - some blank cards click here.  

A complete course for beginners, amateurs and professionals. Designed for anyone who wants to improve their skills or simply discover one of the most popular magic specialties. The Wallet Pen: A coin disappears and re-appears several times from a pen cap! (with explanation of the Classic palm and Classic palm Vanish). To buy some half-dollar coins click here.  

A spectator names a four of a kind at random. The magician pulls out these 4 cards, betting that they'll travel invisibly into his pockets... in a fraction of a second. And guess what? It works! No gaffed cards or gimmicks for a clean, straightforward effect! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The deck of cards is thoroughly shuffled by both magician and spectator. Yet the magician produces the four Aces in the blink of an eye! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

A version of the Paul Harris classic, Reset, where the 4 Aces change one by one into 4 Kings... but the Kings are surrounded by a rubber band! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

This is undoubtedly one of the most visual and practical versions of “Open Travellers” that Yannick Chretien has graced us with. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Two half-dollar coins appear one by one in the magician's hands and turn into Chinese coins! To buy: - a half-dollar coin click here. - some Chinese coins click here.  

A complete course for beginners, amateurs and professionals. Designed for anyone who wants to improve their skills or simply discover one of the most popular magic specialties. A Little Trick and Then They're Gone: A routine in which a coin and a pen alternately disappear and reappear thanks to excellent misdirection (with an explanation of the Finger Palm and a False Transfer). To buy some half-dollar coins click here.  

The overhand shuffle is one of the easiest and most common ways to shuffle a deck of cards. It’s an excellent shuffle for magicians, because laymen are already familiar with it and it allows you to do some excellent controls and false shuffles while shuffling the deck this way. Ariel Frailich explains the techniques used, various applications (controls, stock shuffles, false total shuffles, etc.), as well as several tricks in this video, which is divided into five episodes. To buy an ordinary deck of cards  click here.  

Two coins are attracted by magic, illustrating the proverb "Money attracts money" ! ( with the explanation of Kaps and Ramsay subtleties ). To buy some half-dollar coins click here.  

The magician produces 2 half-dollars, which are immediately transformed into a one-dollar bill in an ultra-clean fashion. Nothing to hide or to palm at the end! With a detailed explanation of the “Muscle Vanish Technique”, an incredibly simple and effective coin vanish. To buy some half-dollar coins click here.