Discover the Art of Sleight-Less Card Magic

This exceptional ebook focuses on sleight-less card magic, requiring only your presentation skills. Many professionals agree that mastering the presentational aspect of a trick can be more challenging than learning sleights or moves. Fortunately, the effects in this collection are designed for maximum impact, allowing you to engage your audience effectively, even with straightforward presentations. These routines are crafted to entertain, enabling you to guide your audience on what to observe.

The ebook is structured into two main sections, followed by appendices. The first section features self-working mental tricks that may require some memory but no manual dexterity. The second section includes non-mental tricks such as transpositions and assemblies, all achievable without complex sleight-of-hand techniques. These routines have been refined with the expertise of John Mendoza.

Included is a glossary of terms with brief descriptions of various moves, designed to inspire you to explore card sleights further. While these techniques are not necessary for the routines in this ebook, mastering them opens the door to numerous remarkable effects.

The final appendix lists the top recommended books on card magic, as selected by Rick Kercher and John Mendoza.

• INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 1: SIMPLE SIMON
• Chapter 2: THE LIGHT STUFF
• Chapter 3: TWO PILES, NO WEIGHTING
• Chapter 4: ADDS UP TO MAGIC
  • 4.1: THE FOUR ACE COUNTDOWN
  • 4.2: HIGHLY UNLIKELY
  • 4.3: WHY IT WORKS
  • 4.4: ADDENDUM
• Chapter 5: A COINCIDENCE OF NUMBERS
• Chapter 6: THE BIG SWITCH
• Chapter 7: FOUR CARDS SHORT TO MYSTERY
  • 7.1: THINK SPELL
  • 7.2: SECOND THOUGHT
• Chapter 8: EVOLUTION OF AN EFFECT
  • 8.1: Principle of the 21st Card
  • 8.2: The Strange 20 Card Coincidence
• Chapter 9: CHEATING
• Chapter 10: TAKES A LICKING AND KEEPS ON TICKING
• Chapter 11: AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY LINE
  • 11.1: Vanish #1
  • 11.2: Vanish #2
  • 11.3: Vanish #3
  • 11.4: The Climax: The Queens Return
• Chapter 12: MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN SUSPECTS RE-VISITED
• Chapter 13: THE INSEPARABLE PAIR
• Chapter 14: NO-MOVE OPEN TRAVELLERS
  • 14.1: The First Transposition
  • 14.2: The Second Transposition
  • 14.3: The Last Transposition
• Chapter 15: THE R.W. FOUR CARD STUNNER
• Chapter 16: POOR MAN’S DARYL
• Chapter 17: BONUS: THE MYSTERIOUS 19 CARD TRICK
• Appendix A: GLOSSARY
  • Bottom Deal
  • Break
  • Butt Shuffle
  • Charlier Pass
  • Crimp
  • Criss Cross Force
  • Culling
  • Deal and Duck
  • Deck Switch
  • Double Facers or Double Faced Cards
  • Double Lift and Double Turnover
  • Double Undercut
  • Down & Under
  • False Cut
  • Faro Shuffle
  • Fishing
  • Gemini Count
  • Gilbreath Principle
  • Injog
  • Invisible Pack
  • Klondike Shuffle
  • Magician’s Choice
  • Olram Subtlety
  • Outjog
  • Overhand Shuffle
  • Palming
  • Pass
  • Peeking Cards
  • Powder Fan
  • Pressure Fan
  • Reverse Faro
  • Ribbon Spread
  • Riffle Force
  • Riffle Shuffle
  • Rubaway Vanish
  • Slip Force
  • Tabled Cut
  • Tent Vanish
  • Thumb Count
  • Time Misdirection
  • Turnover Pass
  • Twenty-First Card Principle
  • Up and Down Shuffle
  • Upjog
  • Vernon’s Add-On Switch
• Appendix B: DEALERS
• Appendix C: RECOMMENDED READING
• CONCLUSION