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Magic bar card shark5/31/2023 ![]() Maximum Risk (memo stack, sinister glimpse) No Way Out (Push-in change, ortiz bottom palm) God of Gamblers (strip-out shuffle with block transfer, daryls triumph cutting display, jennings stud bottom deal) The Professional (laurie ireland shuffle) The Brush (marlos face-up switch, vesser count, daryls "rising crime" display) When I performed Zen Master for the local area magic club they was looking like aliens :) When he executes his routines it looks really spooky, how can a man be so good? Yes, the effects in this book really works in real life that is true ! I have performed several routines with a great impact from this book. This is a high-end card magic source for card students, almost any effect in this book is first class magic! I saw Darwin perform at the big convention in Blackpool, England this year and he is a very good performer. There is not only card effects in the book its has also a lot of useful analysis and thoughts on magic. If you know the moves in the routines then you will perform many of this wonderful routines in a short time. Remember this is not selfworking card magic, you need to practise intense. Several effects uses advanced card controls like: faro shuffle and false deals. But, eventually the performer makes good on his claim in an amazing way. It appears at first to have all been a gag. "Magician claims that he can instantly trap any card the spectators names between two face up cards (jokers) he holds. One of my favourite routines in this book is Last Laugh, it is extremely good: Very easy to do if you have mastered a memo stack. Zen Master is card magic in the highest level. Darwin's effects with a memorized stack is really wonderful: Zen Master, Last Laugh, Remote Control plus Maxiumu Risk. If you like gambling routines then you have a lot of diamonds here plus many other cool effects. You will find many strong card routines in this book. Hardbound, 235 pages, 135 high-quality line drawings by Tony Dunn.ĭarwin Ortiz is one of the best thinkers in card magic today. Scams & Fantasies concludes with a new essay on magic theory that shows once more why Darwin Ortiz is the most thought-provoking writer in magic. Impossible effects, entertaining presentations, rock-solid construction and performing wisdom combine to produce a must-have book for all lovers of great card magic. The plots, presentations, methods and handlings are all designed for maximum audience impact. Throughout, Darwin provides psychological insights, presentational angles, performing tips and suggestions based on his extensive experience performing these effects for real audiences. For the more formal occasion, there is God of Gamblers, a demonstration of false dealing that takes the concept into the stratosphere. ![]() Imagine allowing the spectators to thoroughly shuffle the deck, then immediately dealing yourself a royal flush (Raw Deal), or producing any poker hand requested (Shark Attack), or dealing out four pat poker hands (Déjà vu Poker), or four perfect bridge hands (The Professional). Totally original presentations ranging from the humorous to the suspenseful to the dramatic and poetic.ĭarwin has also created some of the world's strongest gambling routines and in Scams & Fantasies he shares some of his best yet.In Impossible Conditions, cards turn over while in a spectator's hands, cards transform while in a spectator's pocket, and cards travel to your pockets under the closest scrutiny. ![]() A show-stopping effect that earns standing ovations. If you never liked Oil and Water, Ultimate Oil and Water will make you a believer.The Color of Money pushes the classic "Follow the Leader" to a new level of impossibility and impact.Darwin considers The Zen Master one of the most powerful effects he has ever created.Not just mental effects, but commercial and mind-blowing effects accomplished with your favorite memorized stack. Great new work with a memorized stack.In this new, hardbound 235-page book he reveals thirty of his finest card creations yet. Scams & Fantasies with Cards is destined to take its place alongside these others as a modern classic. ![]() He's also the author of some of the most important magic books in recent years: Cardshark, At the Card Table, The Annotated Erdnase and Strong Magic. Darwin is one of the world's leading sleight-of-hand performers with cards. ![]()
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