Open Production (Paul Harris)- An elegant four of a kind production from two one hand fans.4 Card Reverse (Larry Jennings)- This is one of my favorite effects off of the new tapes. Four cards are clearly placed into four different places in the deck and are later revealed to be reversed in four different parts of the deck with no apparent manipulation on the part of the performer.
The Visitor (Larry Jennings)- Larry Jennings's legendary effect. A signed card seems to impossibly be in two places at once.
Impromptu, 1/2 Deck/ OOTW Plus (Michael Ammar, Paul Curry, Harry Lorayne, Aldo Colombini)- A nice handling of the Out Of This World plot. The spectator magically separates the black cards from the red cards. Well all except for the two that the magician predicted before the trick started. Totally impromptu.
Vacuum Cleaner Cards (Paul Harris)- A wonderful Paul Harris trick where the aces disappear from one half of the deck and appear with the leader ace in the other half. Michael's presentation isfull of puns that may go over in some situations, but I doubt you will ever find an audience that will respond as well as the L&L group.
21st Century 21 Card Trick (Ed Marlo)- A card effect with a presentation centering around the old 21 card trick that many laymen seem to know.
21st Century 21 Card Trick (Ed Marlo)- A card effect with a presentation centering around the old 21 card trick that many laymen seem to know.
Socrate's Cards to Pocket (Philippe Socrate)- If you're scared of palming, this is a wonderful place to start. All of the palms are wonderfully covered with misdirection. Three cards are selected. Two travel individually to your pocket. Next, the whole deck (except for the last selection) travels. A wonderfully constructed routine.
The 110 lb Card Trick (Irv Weiner, Michael Ammar)- This is basically a presentational hook more than a new card trick. An Ace of Spades is place under the spectators foot. When the spectator lifts his foot, the ace has changed to the spectator's selection and the Ace is found reversed in the middle of the deck.
Triple Prediction (Brother John Hamman)- A simple routine using Balducci's Cut Deeper force to good effect.
Also included...
Fists Of Frost (Michael Ammar)
All The Non-Conformists (Michael Skinner)
Deception Perception (Allan Ackerman)
Overall the material is good, but not great. However, a few classic routines are taught. This volume will be a great asset to the beginner who may not be familiar with such routines as Out of This World, The Visitor, etc. Still, most experienced magicians would be better served purchasing another product (perhaps even a different volume of this series.)
- Available from http://www.llpub.com/
