Fine points on the Fan Force, The Double-Digit Force with new tips, XY Deck and Applications, Blacks and Reds Separation demonstration, Reverse Engineering
Canasta’s Book Test, Memory Stunt with a Memdeck, Notes on pre-how and troubleshooting, Imaginary Card Under Watch, Asi's reworking of Tommy Wonder’s Tamed Card
Noah (Marlo’s Matching Trick) with extra tips, Twin Souls, Notes on tricks that work well for Zoom shows, Calculator Trick, Gypsy Queen
Jermay teaches in-depth his own approach to performing mentalism in a casual close up setting, such as with a group of people in a restaurant, that transforms the experience into a story people can not wait to tell others about. They never forget the night they met the mysterious man who demonstrated a miracle. This is the only way Jermay performs in casual settings and has been honed over years of tweaking and testing. It transforms any trick into a miracle experience.
Jermay shares a radical approach to performing mentalism in a casual setting that aims to produce a myth of mystery and impossibility around the performer. The best thing is this approach never places the performer in the position of “performing” instead these are demonstrations that occur spontaneously. These are the perfect demonstrations to perform when you need to impress a reporter, potential client or just want to produce the feeling that you posses strange and unusual powers without people feeling like you are “performing” Including paying the check with blank paper, memorising the internet and at a distance star sign reveals.
Jermay discuses and shares his personal pendulum routine. This is the routine that, if he only could only perform one trick for the rest of his life, he would pick. It blends amazingly phenomena in the hands of the spectators with personal readings. A mini show that fits in one pocket.
Envelock, Fold Flat Card Box, Multiple Outs, Instant Origami T-Shirt, and Magic consulting for magicians and movies.
How to split a card., How to glue cards, Brand New unreleased gimmick. "The Collapsing Card", Bill Splitting / Basic Technique Explained, and How to invent your own gimmicks.
Super Glued Fingers, Portable Production Box, How to walk through a playing card, Rubber Band Thru Hand, and Blake’s creative process for inventing new magic and illusions.
Dave teaches his Gambling Scams Demo, False Shuffles, Cull & Palming/ Replacements Separation, Cutting Aces (DPS), ACR (doubles/top change/slow motion top change), Bottom Deal Demo Routine, and Call Back Conclusion.
Original Ideas with Cards and Kite String, String Card Monte, Visible Haunted Pack, A clever force and Rising Card thoughts.
Theory into Practice, Thoughts on Routining & Act building, Practice Strategies, Memory Test Master Method, and Vernon’s Variant - Variant
Join us for a Live hangout with David. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and session with one of the finest card magicians in the world.
A Pretty Vanish (Unpublished), Introduction/The Asset We Ignore, How to Fail a Test that Has No Wrong Answer, Interpreting Magic, What’s Happening?, Not Quite Dead, Follow the Leader Assembly (Not currently published), You & Me, Magic & Improvisation, Applying the Rules of Life, Premise, All’s Fair, Origami Bill Switch 2020 (Unpublished handling), The Puppy Trick, The Harshest (and best) Criticism I ever Received.
Joe Puzzle (Not currently published), Something is Better Than Nothing, Intent, Plot, The Opposite of a Card Trick (Exclusive - never before published on video), Flying Over Washington (Exclusive - never before published on video), Self-Evident (Exclusive - never before published on video), There, Conditions, David’s Bottle, Hamman’s Child (Exclusive - never before published on video).
A Cup, Sleights or Gimmicks?, Tools, The Relocation Control (Unpublished), Prophesy Pack, All Magic is Written, Glass & Gold (Exclusive - never before published on video), Tool + Premise + Plot =, Change for a Five, Magic is Alive, Departure Point, The Magician’s Attic (Unpublished), The Absolutely Necessary Skill No One Talks About, Is Magic Frivolous?, Summation/What Magic Does.
Introduction, Palming with the right hand (full palm and replacement; lateral palm), The Topless Change, Palming with the left hand, Occasional Card Production, Cards through jacket, The Phantom Count (including Phantom Aces and Phantom Prediction).
Benefits of performing parlour magic (including misdirection, eye contact and range of sleights), Waving the Aces (ungaffed and gaffed versions), Stationery Assembly (including new handling for parlour performances), Universal Card Scam (including new handling for parlour performances).
Gambling Routine (ace cutting; false shuffle; false deals), Lazy stacked deck, Cups and Balls, Flapping.
Vanishing Ink, Virus, Truth in Advertising, Fairly Tale Frogs, All About Perception, Poker Chips, Artistic Prediction, and Lost & Found.
Hands Off Aces, All for One Aces, All Three Kings, Your Turn to Triumph, Spectral, Triple Torn Mystery, Biddleless, and Mini-Mental.
In the Doghouse, Invisible Color Sandwich, Homage to Homing, Ballet Cut and applications, Proximity Peek Control, Assembly Line, and Vino Aces.
In week one, Eric will methodically uncover beginner and intermediate coin magic techniques to either get you started on your path to mastering coin magic or re acquaint you to the genre. Eric will reveal NEW and exciting ways to flatten the learning curve associated with palming, naturalness, maximizing your angles and how to choose what’s right for YOU. The best part is that ALL the magic you’ll learn will play BIG in virtual spaces.
Expanding on the techniques discussed in Week One, lets go a little deeper down the rabbit hole to expand your arsenal with NEW and amazing ways to handle coins, new ways to deceive and entertain your audience and well as spark creativity. All of this magic will elicit strong reactions in a virtual setting.
This week Eric delves into his personal stash to deliver a wide assortment of magic with playing cards that will delight in person as well as Zoom Shows. The magic Eric has selected will range from magic that is easy to learn to more challenging magic that will take more time to master. Eric will offer step by step instruction to insure that no one is left behind.
Mike will share some of his favorite pieces of close-up magic. Magic with coins, spoons, matches, sponge balls and cards. Not only will there be something for everyone in this session, but you'll also be inspired by how Mike is able to to take classics of magic and make them even more fooling and engaging.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to tour Mike's Egyptian Hall Museum. Containing some of magic's most sought after artifacts (including an extensive poster collection), this is going to be an experience you do not want to miss. And after the tour, you'll be able to ask Mike any questions you like.
This session is going to focus on Parlor and Stage magic. For more than 40 years, Mike has traveled the world performing on stage and in this Masterclass, he is going to take a deep dive into the methods, and the presentations of some of his most famous pieces.
Ask Mike anything you want, as we all join together on Zoom.
The Perpendicular Top Change, Lie to Me, Fallen, Timeline 2.0, Portal, Static Cards, Don’t Pick a Card, D-Wave, and The Assignment Notebook.
New Bill Change, Pressure 2.0=, Straw Thru Bill, Origami $ Ring, Joe Blow, Bent, Slink, and The Assignment Notebook #2.
The Assignment Notebook Review, DG iPhone Notepad Review, The Creative Process, The Power of Limitations, and Creation of an Idea.
Ask Danny anything you want as we all gather together for a Zoom hangout!
NY Transpo - internet challenges and how this twist on a classic overcomes exposure; Body Snatchers - Classic Presentation with Walter Cummings Mexican Turnover; Body Snatchers 2020 - the updated handling and kicker ending as seen on P&T Fool Us; Bonus: Church of the Amazing Spectacles - X-Ray vision and ACAAN.
Mimetic Slo-Mo; Linking Finger Rings; Ring and Rope from Theatrical Close Up that leads to ... Ring in Box - very clean climax to the above or as a stand alone; Bonus: The LoveLocks - A bunch of Keys, a Ring and Romance.
Heartstrings - Magic and Impact in the Gypsy Thread; The Phoenix - Virtually perfect; Kids' toys and 4-sided Crackerjacks; Bonus: Snow Globe - the routine that began the flurry of Snowstorms.
Zarrow Shuffle – Tips and Advice, Zarrow Shuffle – Exploration and Applications (Full Deck False Shuffle, Triumph Shuffle, Active Tabled Cover Pass, and more), Trick 1: Lockdown Triumph, Trick 2: Fully Suited, The "Four Act Structure" (commonplace in Asian storytelling, known as Kishotenketsu), Trick 4: Red / Blue Oil & Water
The Mexican Turnover, Imbalanced Transpositions, and Techniques for Problem Solving.
Join us on Zoom to ask Harapan any questions you like. This is an amazing (and really fun) opportunity to interact with your instructor for the month.
Breather Crimp Technique, Fixing the Push-Through Shuffle – 4 Tips to Mastery, Riffle Shuffle and Crimp Combinations, Beyond the Crimp – Advanced Riffle Shuffle Techniques, and Three of Jason Favorite Crimp Effects
Seconds – A roadmap for learning, Bottoms – How to “fix” most bottom dealing problems, Three of my favorite effects with seconds and bottoms, Centers/Greeks – Demystifying the impossible, and Chip Moves
Q&A with Jason on advanced sleight-of-hand as applied to both magic and gambling
Dani will detail his most deceptive Triumph effects (including several unpublished routines), and discuss the inner secrets to making your existing Triumph routines even more powerful.
Using various new semi-automatic routines as his starting point, Dani will discuss the theory behind how he strengthens his magic from the spectator's point of view. He'll discuss chaos and naturalness within several of his routines.
To introduce this Zoom call, Dani will talk about "Freedom of Speech" technique, which he has previously only shared to Spanish-speaking magicians. He will then answer your questions and go over any of the techniques that you need help on. This is a Zoom session not to be missed!
"Collectors Piece" - four aces find three selections in a deck under the spectators hand! "All in the Hands" - a short and sweet blackjack routine that ends with a spectator holding a freely named selection. "The Set-up" - you offer to teach the spectator a simple trick but you leave them with a huge mystery. "Hold ‘em Hustle" - a stacking effect where you stack any two cards from any position in the deck and, along the way, also stack the aces for yourself. "The Art of War" - You play the classic card game War with your spectator. No matter how much you mix the cards or try to get the spectator to win, they can’t. The cards just insist that you win every single time.
"The Gathering"- a simple collectors plot that’s perfect for walk-around shows. "Fast Track" - a tracking effect that shows beyond all doubt, regardless of how many times the cards a shuffled, that you can keep track of a single card…and ultimately any four of a kind. "Cash Grab" - offer the spectator a chance to win $100. Against all odds, somehow you still win the bet! "Trifecta" - one of Jason's favorite walk-around effects. This is a quick and simple three-phase effect that shows all the best that card magic has to offer. "High-Card Hustle" - you play high-card cut with the spectator. No matter how many advantages you give them, you’ll always have the higher card.
Join us for an exclusive Zoom call featuring an additional hour's jam session where you can ask Jason anything you like.
At its most basic level, card magic is about information; colors, suits, and values are bits of data that the magician controls. At its most basic level, coin magic is about objects appearing and disappearing--about presence and absence. What better place than “Vanishing, Inc.” to discuss the essential aspect of these shiny props. During this class we will consider some simple vanishes with individual coins, but we will spend most of our time focused on the hows and whys of manipulating multiple coins to bring them in and out of existence. This realm of “stack work” can be daunting even for the dexterous but is also extremely rewarding. This session will feature multiple techniques and routines that are about making coins appear and disappear in impossible and entertaining ways.
Many magicians forget that a coin vanish in isolation is not really magic: it is a technique by which we create magical effects. There are multiple narratives that magicians have latched on to with coins, and this session will take a critical eye to some of the “standards” that seasoned performers have found useful in professional settings. From Coins Across to Coins Through the Table, we will investigate how the real work of presentation unfolds alongside the methods, how narratives drive performances, and how sometimes less is more.
This live question and answer session will be focused on how to be creative with your wizardry, no matter what props you favor. Using various examples from coin magic, Kainoa will walk you through his own methods of developing and honing material ranging from single effects to acts. Some of his methods are painfully obvious while others will send you into an existential crisis (as they often do him). This session is really about becoming comfortable with creativity by understanding that it is not so much a contiguous process but an example of punctuated equilibrium, where the fits and starts of the hands and the leaps and bounds of the mind can ultimately be molded into the illusion of a coherent whole.
Breather Crimp (Placing the crimp, Cutting to it); Everyone’s Maverick; Biddle Trick; Thoughts on Forcing/Switching Gears; Into the Dead Zone; Merlin’s Aces.
Thoughts on Coins (Edge Grip, Throw switch, Copper/silver); Thoughts on The Memorized Deck (+Jazzing); The Birthday Book; Storytelling in Magic; Zen Master.
Join us as we move over to Zoom for an additional hour's jam session. Ask Mike anything you like.
The number one question Mario gets from fellow magicians is, “How can I make this "thing" remote control?” In this Masterclass, he’ll show you exactly how to do that, be it a battery-powered prop, a toy, or any other battery-powered object. Let’s hack stuff and make it magical! Mario will also break down the steps to easily and inexpensively create movement and animation in physical objects, using simple motors and microcontrollers. These are easy-to-learn tools that will open up endless possibilities in your magic. These are the type of movements and ideas Mario used to create his viral robot magic series.
For the second Masterclass we're thrilled to welcome Katie, Mario’s wife, manager, and co-adventurer. Together, they’ll break down the secrets behind their very intentional branding, marketing, and social media endeavors, and help you find your unique and proactive voice in the world.
Ask Mario anything you want as we all gather together for a Zoom hangout!
You’ll learn Vernon’s Topping the Deck (the proper way), the Erdnase Top and Bottom Palms, and an “Easy-going Bottom Palm.” Then Swiss will talk about what is, perhaps, the most overlooked detail concerning palming: how to replace the palmed card back on the deck. We’ll examine palm replacements by Erdnase, Marlo, Thompson, Vernon, Carlyle, Latta, and more, exploring ways to add the card back to the top, the bottom, from action, and from repose. These moves will be put to work in tricks Swiss will demonstrate and then teach: Paul LePaul’s “Quadruplicate Mystery,” Vernon’s “Travelers,” and Schwarzman/Jennings’ “Night Visitor.”
Whether you’re familiar with this sleight or you’ve always wanted to learn it, you’ll find thoughtful instruction that will set you on a course for mastery. You’ll learn the Turnover Pass, The Taylor/Elias Jiggle Pass, Derek Dingle’s Stroboscopic Riffle Pass, Latta’s “Missing Frame” Riffle Pass, and several other variants. But this course isn’t just about moves! You’ll learn pass-centric material that puts these sleights to work: Jim Swain’s “Passing Along the Vanishing Aces,” Latta’s “Vanishing Collectors,” and Swiss’s original “Slapping the Cavorting Aces.” This is an enormous amount of fascinating material to cover, and Swiss is the perfect person to relay this information.
Ask anything in this live Q&A session.
Direct Spelling; The Poker Hand (Performance); Location at Number; Guessing by Colors; The Mentalist Plus; and Coincidences by Incidences.
Triumph in Continuity; The Poker Hand (Explanation); and The Human Balance. To top off this jam-packed Masterclass, Woody is also going to analyze what it takes to effectively structure a routine. He will also talk about creativity and give you tips for how you too can create amazing magic with just a pack of playing cards.
Live Zoom Q&A
In Week One Marc will deliver a masterclass on billet work. Inspired by Annemann's "Telepathy Plus," he will share his Triple Billet Test a routine honed through thousands of performances. At no point in this routine are any of the billets perceptibly opened, and Marc will share his unique approach to making billet work completely invisible. Also in Week One Marc will cover one of his most coveted card routines, which is, in essence, a card "system." With this routine, you can discover, under impossible conditions, any card called for, repeat it, and then end with an ACAAN routine that seems absolutely incomprehensible. All these phases rely on one core concept, and it's something easy enough for anyone to master.
In Week Two Marc will fully explain the inner most working of a routine that he has kept to himself for over 20 years; his commercial approach to The Q & A Act. This is a practical, streamlined, and structured way of revealing your audiences most intimate secrets. If you have ever wanted to perform Q & A this will tell you everything you need to know and give you a rock solid way of doing it that is both highly deceptive and diverse. Over the course of 12 to 15 minutes you’ll perform over 15 reveals! AND, unlike most Q&A acts, this one has a blockbuster ending!
Separated into two parts, Andi will talk about the importance of "Ubuntu" and how that helps him shape his own magic routines. He'll demonstrate this philosophy with unpublished routines including "Collective Cutting," the most deceptive Spectator Cuts the Aces we have ever seen, a brand-new coin routine that you will want to perform, and his elegant handling of one of Hofzinser's most famous routines. After a discussion on practice techniques, Andi will then give you three sleight of hand routines to practice that all give the appearance of riffle stacking the deck without actually stacking a single card. But this session goes beyond technique; he'll demonstrate how a simple gambling idea can be shaped into a surprising and entertaining card routine.
This week is dedicated to the latest handlings of the magic from Andi's best-selling book. He'll share his favourite routines from the book (including "Perfect Order", "Ghost", "Monty Python', "Silent Movie" and more), along with all of the latest developments. Then he'll teach the finer details on some of the lesser-known moves from the book, before extending the "Finesses" chapter with four brand new, unpublished card finesses. Finally, Andi will close out with a discussion on what he has learned from publishing hundreds of magic books and effects, throughout his eleven years of co-running Vanishing Inc., with advice on how you too might publish your own magic.
The final week's Q&A really is your opportunity to ask Andi anything. Want to learn the secrets of getting booked for a magic convention? Or advice on becoming a professional magician? Or want to go over some more techniques from The Boy Who Cried Magic? Or learn his famed Master Pushoff? Nothing is off-limits.
Focusing on tricks themselves.
The ultimate goal should always be integrated routines, complete effects, that serve the performer. In this way, he will have a chance to look at both the “music” and the “lyrics,” demonstrating how all the pieces can be put together.
Single-Fried (The Sierpinski Principle), Pile Driver 2.0 ,Free Sandwiched (Free Cut Principle), Twice As Nice (Undo Influence Principle), Scripted Will (The Green Neck System).
The Impossible Knot, Crowdsourced Prediction (The Red-Black Relationship Principle), Shuffling versus Mixing, Match or No Match (The Gilbreath Principle, Part 1), Card College (The Gilbreath Principle, Part 2).
Class 1 offers an exclusive look at the highly-regarded “Scripting Magic” workshop that Pete has presented at conventions and clubs for over 15 years. He’ll then share some real-world examples, including, for the first time ever on video, teaching some of his own tricks to show the power of scripting. Pete will also answer five of the most frequently asked questions about scripting magic before sending everyone home with the challenge to script one of their own tricks. Armed with these new tools, you’ll quickly learn it’s easier to script magic than you ever thought.
Bring your first draft to Class 2 because you’ll be learning how to evolve it using a curated selection of the most important advanced techniques from the Scripting Magic series. This includes some new information that has only ever been presented to a close group of friends. Pete will also share some more scripting examples and tricks, and answer the other most frequently asked questions.
Join Pete live during Class 3 for the most unique Zoom Q&A session ever offered in the Masterclass program. Magicians that attend live will have the chance to share the results of their creative exercise and workshop it live by asking Pete any scripting question they have. You not only get this one-on-one session with a master of his craft, but will learn a ton from watching other magicians work through their own material.
"Flash Rice" - Instant bare-handed matrix with finesse and variations, "False Faro" - Deceptive false faro shuffle plus a bonus routine, "CoinONE" - Homer's most famous release - with new details, nuances and thinking. Beyond the workings of each effect, he’ll be sharing the most important subtleties that make them truly special. Everything from timing down to attitude. The type of details that separate an experienced magician from an amateur.
"CoinTWO" - In depth including non-gimmicked versions, finesse, details, etc. "Melt Vanish" - A very smooth, silky visual Coin Vanish, "Bounce Change" - Derek Dingle’s bounce change with interesting timings and applications. "Superposition" - A Silver Dollar visually changes to 2 halves and then to 4 quarters - all in the hands. Body Contact - Jumbo Contact Lens routine with a surprise ending. "Marksmanship" - A staple in my walk around set, which includes a large ball bearing suddenly appearing with the shake of a marker.
Of course, Week Three gives you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to ask Homer anything you want during a live Zoom Q&A. But Homer will also be teaching even more of his unique magic, live.
Slow Motion Sandwich, Small Change, Face Off, Twin Souls Variation, Back Off, Split.
Cross, Celebrity, Mentalism vs Prediction, Lockdown, Invisible Stickman, Stick Pack, Lotto
Signature Transpo, Angle Z x WOW, WOW Split, Blank, BCM (Business Card Matrix), Empowerment, Triple C Wild Coin, Ballz
A captivating discussion about how to take the close up magic tricks you already do, or even some of the stage magic and parlor magic tricks you do, and altering them to fill a stage of ANY size. Everything from the routines themselves to the props, sounds and even how you use lighting.
Learn how to take classic plots or old props and modify them to develop material that suits you and your character. Become the complete opposite of a cookie cutter magician and create magic that truly resonates with both you and your audience.