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Handcrafted Card Magic - Volume 1

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Handcrafted Card Magic - Volume 1

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Germany's Denis Behr is often regarded as the finest card technician of his generation. He is a master of smart, technical card magic, and one of our team's favorite magicians. His three-part Handcrafted Card Magic series is widely considered to feature some of the finest card magic ever put in print. And now, after a long wait, it is finally available again in limited quantities.

"This is a book that not only justifies its existence by means of innovative material and original thinking, but which represents the mind of a thoughtful and tasteful creator who pays attention to myriad tiny details that can make all the difference between mediocre magic and beautiful illusions. This is the way magic books should be written." Jamy Ian Swiss

"Most card books present handlings or better ways of accomplishing things you already do. Handcrafted Card Magic gave me new things to do in already exceptional ways. This is a great book." Ricky Smith

"There is some fine thought in this material. My favorite pieces are "A Trick for Allen Kennedy" (a surprise, since I'm not usually drawn to gambling effects) and "Oil and Water Finale". However, there is much else to admire." Stephen Minch

"The chapter, however, that I predict will stand-out as one of the most important and influential contributions to the study of stacked-deck magic is "Finding The Way Home."" Pit Hartling

Contents of Handcrafted Card Magic - Volume 1

Foreword by Pit Hartling & Introduction

Brute Force Opening
Three rapid-fire effects that will knock your audience on their butts. The perfect way to start any card set.

Plop
A sneaky way to control four-of-a-kind without looking at the faces of the cards. You'll learn both the core effect, as well as the amazing culling procedure.

A Trick for Allen Kennedy
One of the cleanest Center Deal demonstrations you'll ever come across.

Magic Monthly
A workhorse effect with a great emotional hook. This super-strong, two-phase production of a four-of-a-kind is destined to become your new favorite production effect.

Finding The Way Home
This section will alter how you approach stack work, enabling you to make it exponentially more deceptive.

Included in this section:

  • Possible strategies for rearranging cards systematically
  • "The Tantalizer"
  • A Trick for Allen Kennedy
  • Way into "The Tantalizer"
  • Packet Trick
  • Red-Black Division into Stack
  • Liebenow's Card Peeling

A Gambling Demonstration
An easy gambling routine that is enjoyable even if you're not a fan of gambling plots. The easy-to-follow premise allows it be appreciated by any audience.

Oil & Water
This one is a real crowd pleaser. It is almost assuredly going to become a permanent part of your working set.

Oil & Water Finale
One of the biggest qualms about Oil and Water is the lack of a finale. With this unique creation, Denis has solved that problem. He's done for Oil and Water what Daryl did for the Ambitious Card with "Ultimate Ambition".

Gray Matters
A super fooling, squeaky clean challenge location effect.

Epilogue & Bibliography

90 Pages | Hardcover (w/ Dustjacket) | 5.8in x 8.3in | B&W Illustrations

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Michael

A small but gorgeous collection of thoughtful card magic! Handcrafted Card Magic offers plenty of food for thought in less than 100 pages, and if you love sleight of hand card work, you'll undoubtedly find at least a few pieces you're eager to get your hands on. The Brute Force Opener and Oil & Water were two particular stand-outs for me. Card workers owning this book is a no brainer!

 
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Gerhard

Oh wow. So happy these became available again. I am loving reading this book. The great thing is that for every sleight he will provide you with a reference to e.g Card College or Marlo, Ammar. Some references, refernces multiple books. He also explains the rationale behind certain moves, e.g in-transit action as explained by Ascanio. The sleighs aren't super hard and can be done by an intermediate magician. The first trick is excellent. Highly recommend this.

 
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Paul

This is one of the best book in card magic ever. The effects described in there are soo strong. The methods are so clever.
For me Denis Behr is one of the best card magician in the world.

 

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