Card Tricks for the Fractured Mind by Peter Duffie

Discover twelve innovative card routines, all utilizing a standard deck.

• K.F.C.: A card attached to a ribbon transforms into the chosen selection.

• Misdirection Monte: A deceptive explanation of Three Card Monte culminates in revealing a previously signed card.

• Broadside: Claude Chandler’s “Sideways Changing Card” receives a unique twist from Duffie.

• From Beyond the Veil: A two-card revelation with a touch of the supernatural.

• Biddle Wed: A fresh take on the classic Hofzinser plot where Kings and Queens unite magically.

• Dance Steps: More regal antics unfold.

• Numberville: A self-working effect loosely based on the Card at Any Number concept, offering an “almost” hands-off experience.

• Royal Apex: Witness the four Queens vanish one by one, only to reveal each King has found his Queen after a swift series of cuts.

• Populace Revisited: A new handling of a previous effect from Covert Concepts, where all four Aces remain visible throughout.

• Post Production: An invisible Post-it Note transforms into a miraculous visible one.

• Searles’ Aces: My interpretation of an Ace effect from the Lin Searles Folio of Pallbearers Review, where the dropped X cards can be shown as random.

• Safe Cracker: A Four Spot is placed into the deck, which you then split open to reveal four single spots—the four Aces.