Master the Art of Manipulative Magic

This comprehensive manuscript delves into the world of manipulative magic, featuring techniques with cards, coins, and balls. It showcases several innovative moves and effects by the renowned trade show magician Tommy Tucker, including the highly anticipated debut of his classic “Six Card Repeat.”

Foreword Excerpt:

Responding to the many requests for contemporary sleights, tips, and techniques utilized by modern card manipulators, I present a curated selection of forty practical items. Each has been personally tested, ensuring that both seasoned professionals and enthusiastic newcomers will discover valuable additions to their performance repertoire.

While some techniques may not be new, they have not appeared in print until now (to the best of my recollection). Others, like the “Continuous Production of Fans of Cards at the Finger-Tips” and “Expert Fans,” have been included at the request of fellow magicians. A few classic “Chestnuts” have been reimagined and refined to ensure they effectively mislead spectators who think they know how tricks are executed.

• Foreword
• The Continuous Production of Fans of Cards at the Finger-Tips
• The Old “Back-Palm” Again
• Some Very Effective Moves with Six Cards
• Passing a Fan of Cards from Hand to Hand
• No Thumb Back Palm
• Expert Card Fan
• Reverse Fan – All White
• “Cover for the Pass”
• The Front-Palm Single Card Production
• Double Card Lift
• Sucker Card Change
• The Easy Card Shift
• The Perfect Shift
• The Deliberate Shift
• The New False Count Principle
• Guessing the Number of Cards by Weight
• A 26 Card Mystery
• A New Wrinkle on the Five Card Trick
• The Six Card Repeat Mystery
• The Card Miracle
• The Four Aces
• Vanishing Pack of Cards
• Manipulative Billiard Ball
• “The Migratory Coins”
• The Expert Acquitment with Cards
• “Top Notch Vanish”
• “Spectre Vanish”
• “The Startler Vanish”
• “The Wand er er”
• “Natural Drop”
• “Believe It or Not Vanish”
• “Fadeaway – A One Hand Vanish”
• “Surprise Vanish”
• “The Super-Lift”
• “Speedex” Vanish
• The “Laets” Steal
• “Smpl” Drop
• “The Reverso Match”
• The “Miracle” Move
• “The One Hand Shuffle”