Card technique: The principle of the peek is to secretly know the identity of a card in the deck. This particular technique has already been described by Alexandra Duvivier.  

In the magician's arsenal, it is very practical to be able to "force" a spectator to take the card you want. Here's how you can force FOUR cards using Hindu shuffle. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The magician displays two decks of cards: the blue deck is a prediction deck, while the red deck allows two spectators to draw up a robot portrait of a card: one determines the suit, the other the value. The cards from the prediction deck are taken out, and spread face-up on the table; only one card is face-down: it's the chosen card! Everything is handed out for examination. To buy some regular decks of cards click here. and click here.  

A card is freely chosen, lost in the deck; the deck is enclosed in its case. A silk is handed for examination, and placed on top of the case. Despite these laboratory conditions, the chosen card will disappear from the deck and end up in the folds of the silk!  

An exceptional card transposition! Two cards are chosen, and lost in the deck. The magician asks the first spectator what the value of his card is (e.g. a 9). He takes out the corresponding four of a kind. 1st effect: the chosen card (e.g. the 9 of Diamonds) is magically turned face down among the three other 9s, which remain face up. 2nd effect: The magician announces that the second card in the deck will turn over. When he ribbon spreads the deck, astonishment, it is not the second card chosen that is face up, but... the 9 of Diamonds! 3rd effect: the card face down in the four of a kind is shown: it is the other chosen card! Guaranteed impact.  

PATEO Force (Pick Any Two, Eliminate One) is a method of forcing a particular object from a set of objects created by Roy Baker. It involves the spectator and magician in a rotating selecting and elimination process, leaving only one object from an unlimited number of objects.  

A very original and magical way to give your business card! The magician displays his business cards. A spectator signs one. Incredibly, next to his signature, a message appears when it was not there before! Easy to do.  

According to the legend, this trick mystified Dai Vernon, "The Professor", and subsequently devastated the magic elite! A card is chosen and lost under impossible conditions. No matter, it was not only predicted in advance by the magician, but he produced it in a mysterious way! An extraordinary trick that will give happiness to you... and to your audience!  

Basic Technique: You ask the spectator to choose a card, but you oblige them to pick the one already pre-selected by you. The Cross Cut Force is one of the easiest forcing methods; it does not require any manipulation.  

Two spectators each choose a card from a packet of cards cut in half. The choices are clear-cut; the spectators do everything. However, when these two halves of the cards are turned over, they match each other and fit together perfectly to form a single card! No manipulation required. The ideal trick to use your old cards!  

The magician shows two blank cards, on which are handwritten the names of two cards: 5 of Diamonds and 6 of Clubs; this constitutes a kind of "Open Prediction" with two cards. One card from the deck is chosen by the spectator. It's face down, and nobody knows it yet. The magician gives himself 4 possibilities of having predicted the chosen card with his two prediction cards: it could therefore be a 5 or a 6 for value, and Diamonds or Clubs for suit. The chosen card is turned over: nothing to see, since it's the 4 of Hearts! The magician is dismayed, and turns over the two written cards on the table: they are both 4 de Hearts! Everything is handed out for examination. To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - some single blank back card click here.  

A red card is set aside. In a blue-backed deck, a card is chosen by a spectator under laboratory conditions... and when the prediction card is shown... it's the same card! A real killer! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - a regular single card click here. - some repositionable Adhesive Dots click here.  

Luke Jermay is a consummate stage and presentation professional. He has worked particularly in London cabarets, where he has performed up to 6 or 7 times a night! He describes the mentalism act he has designed for this kind of occasion: 30-minute performance, the minimum of props on him, how he is “reset” to be able to move from one establishment to another; he also shares the various “Tips” he uses to make his work easier. Finally, he answers the questions asked by the magicians who attended this wonderful lecture! Not to be missed!!  

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

Macau, gambling hell! You'll be up against a spectator in a frantic game of poker under the strictest of conditions: only 10 cards are used, and it's the spectator who shuffles the cards. Despite these extreme conditions, the magician will win! Success guaranteed! You can buy a normal pack of cards by clicking here.  

Tsunami: Japanese word that means "tidal wave". It is a trick that will devastate the brains of your audience, whether they are laymen or magicians. This variation is based on a Bob Hummer principle. This routine is a completely atypical Tsunami, as there are no chosen cards, but this time the cards are shuffled completely randomly, face-up, face-down, and yet, as the deck is cut into two parts, there are the same number of face-up cards in each! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.