Maxello Magic

The performer tears a few pages from a current copy of Time, Business Week, or Newsweek magazine, giving the pages to people in the audience. They pass them on to others, ensuring a random selection of helpers. The Mentalist, with two of the helpers, illustrates how our eyes are attracted by the clever placement of text or graphics in almost all magazine editorials and ads.

One participant's page is torn into more than a dozen pieces to guarantee a random outcome by eliminating any bias resulting from the page layout. Obviously, every scrap has totally different printed content on both sides. While the mindreader's back is turned , the participant freely discards all but one piece which he holds between his forefinger and thumb for everyone (except the Mentalist) to see.

After verbally ensuring that the helper can read numerous words and phrases on the scrap of paper, and while the performer's back remains turned toward the participant, he says, "I am visualizing part of a word but it's somewhat obscured by your thumb. Move your thumb over, please. That's better. Would you please read for the first time that which Business Week printed on the piece of magazine page you chose. I believe the word " soared " was under your thumb. Is that correct?" He exclaims, " YES !"

• No stooges
• No assistants
• No pre-show work
• No sleights
• No switches
• No writing
• No mirrors
• Nothing added or taken away
• Helper can stand across the room
• No electronics
• Unbreakable
• Not the same words every time
• Fully examinable, even the discarded scraps!

Eye Candy's "gaffus" is sufficient for up to 100 performances.

The performer offers to demonstrate how he became so dexterous as a magician by revealing an exercise called Dead Cutting. The purpose of the exercise is to practice cutting an exact number of cards clean off the top of the pack. The magician demonstrates by succeeding at cutting exactly 12 cards off the top.

Then it's a spectators turn to give it a try...A spectator is asked to place any coin, their wallet and their watch onto the table. They do so, placing them down in any order. The performer explains that the objects are going to act as markers and removes a deck of cards from his pocket. He asks the spectator to try and cut exactly 10 cards off the top of the deck. They do so and are instructed to place the pile in front of their coin.

The magician then asks them to cut another pile, this time 12 cards and place the pile by their watch. Finally, the spectator is asked to try to cut 15 cards, which go by their wallet.

The performer now admits to misleading the audience a bit, explaining that the lesson wasn't about being dexterous, but about misdirection. He explains that by giving them a difficult and specifiic task to concentrate on, it mentally persuades them away from what is actually happening. The top cards of each pile are slid forward to the object they are by. What would have happened if they had cut even just one card more or one card less in each pile? The piles are now turned over to show standard playing card faces. The card cut by the coin is turned over, and the word Coin is seen to be printed on the card! The card by their watch says Watch and, of course, the card by their wallet says Wallet boldly across the face.

Comes with all of the necessary, specially-printed cards on Bicycle stock and detailed instructions.

JB Magic Next Massive HIT Item.

Looking for that PERFECT Closer for your Ambitious Card routine? Don't look further: This is the ULTIMATE Ending- An ending that makes sense!

WITH Step by Step DVD.
The PERFECT ending for the Ambitious card. What exactly is OutCased?

You can say that OutCased is the Ambitious Card routine done INSIDE the card box!

After your ambitious card routine, the signed selection is (again) lost in the middle of the deck. Then the cards are placed back inside the card case. A rubber band is wrapped around the case width wise. You state that the signed card will jump back to the top of the deck only, INSIDE the card case, with just a shake.

So you shake the card case again, only to find that this time the spectator's selection became SO ambitious, that the card visually penetrates the card box!

The signed card is now on the OUTSIDE of the card case UNDERNEATH the rubber band! The card is removed from underneath the rubber band, and of course the spectator can keep it as souvenir.

• EASY to Do! NO sleight of Hand Required!
• PERFECT for Walk-Around! RESETS Instantly!

Insanely visual, eye-poppingly magical, Peter Eggink has created a sensational ending for The Ambitious Card!

David Acer That's @@!!! **outrageous!

David Regal I can't imagine a better way to end an Ambitious Card routine.

Andrew Mayne OutCased both punished and delighted my tiny little monkey brain.

Comes complete with a precision handmade gimmick, & everything needed to perform the effect.