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Free Will (By Deddy Corbuzier) - £15.99
We all want to believe that we are in control. We want to believe that our decisions are our own. But maybe those are just beliefs.... You begin by removing a small piece of paper from a cloth bag and handing the bag to a helper. You explain that you'd like their help in an experiment involving free will.
Your helper removes three wooden disks from the inside of the bag. Each disk has a simple geometric shape on one side. The helper mixes up the disks and then places them face down on the table. The helper now chooses one disk for himself, one for the performer, and one to be put back in the bag.
The choices are always up to the helper and they may change their mind before they commit to the selections. You now ask one final question to the helper, "Did you feel every choice you made was of your own free will?" The helper responds, "Yes." The helper now opens the piece of paper which has been on display before ANY choices were made and it explains with complete accuracy where each of the symbols is now located!
A terribly unnerving reminder that the choices we make may not always be our own!
*A diabolically clever effect! Insanely easy to do!
*FREE WILL uses no switches or sleight of hand!
*Everything may be examined!
**Recommended**


Colour Vision - £3.99
Skill Rating: Easy
The magician shows a box with lid and a die that has different colours on each side instead of spots. The die fits snugly into the box. The spectator is asked to examine all apparatus, checking for anything unusual. He is then asked to select a colour from the die and place it into the box replacing the lid. The magician has no way of knowing which colour has been selected. Magically the magician correctly announces the chosen colour.

Hypnotic Choice - £4.99
Skill Rating: Easy
The spectator has a completely free selection of any one of three "hypnotic" symbol cards. There is no force of cards. Yet despite a completely fair selection process, the magician never fails to determine which one of the cards the spectator has selected. In fact, the magician claims he has "hypnotized" the spectator into selecting a specific card. To prove his claims, the magician shows that he knew in advance which card he would force the spectator to choose through apparent "hypnosis."


Mental Die - £22.99
Skill Rating: Intermediate
This effect has the same principle as Colour Vision but made of quality brass. A brass box, its lid and a brass die are shown. A spectator is given the box and die and asked to examine all apparatus, checking for anything unusual. They are asked to secretly select a number from the die and place it into the box, replacing the lid. The magician has no way of knowing which number has been selected. Magically the magician correctly announces the chosen number. What gives this effect particular punch is that the magician apparently has no time to handle the box or die.

Mental Logs - £5.00
Skill Rating: Easy
The magician displays four rods with different numbers on all sides. The spectator is asked to mix the rods and arrange them on the table to give four random lines of numbers. They are then given a calculator and asked to add these four lines together. Even before the spectator has entered a single number on the calculator, the magician knows the total. This can be repeated as often as you like, with different results each time. In fact, you can perform with 1, 2, 3, or all four of the rods, there are literally several thousands of different totals. This effect conveys that the magician is a human computer and can add totals faster than any calculator.

Mental Monte (By Magiceffex) - £14.99
4 Steps to amaze!
1. Place a prediction card on the table.
2. Spectator mentally selects one of four different cards with coloured dots printed on them.
3. Spectator names his selection. He can even change his choice.
4. Prediction card is turned over and is 100% correct!
Chances are 4 to1, but every time correct! Only 1 prediction card and 4 selection cards are used! No envelops, no sleights, no difficult reset, no 'rough and smooth'! ¨ Easiest reputation-maker in the world! Resets in seconds! Each card is printed with a totally different colour combination! Can be performed everywhere, every time! A real close-up miracle! This is a mentalist's dream come true!

Mental Prediction Board - £6.99
Skill Rating: Easy
Three examples of mind reading in one! The magician introduces a board with six spaces for writing on it. He writes down three predictions in three spaces on the board, and covers them up. The spectator then writes down three different pieces of information, one in each remaining space. Slowly and deliberately, the magician reveals all three predictions he made to match the spectator's - perfectly! No memory work, sleight of hand or other complicated methods.
Board Size: 5"x 4"

Mental Yarn - £9.99
Skill Rating: Easy
Perform anytime, anywhere unbelievable mentalism. The magician asks a spectator to think of an object from a printed list. The selection process is extremely fair. Yet, even before the spectator makes her selection, the magician knows what object she is destined to pick! There are many different ways to present the effect. For example, two spectators can assist the magician, each one selecting a different object. Of course, the magician reads both of their thoughts. The trick is even suitable for use on stage, over the phone or radio! Keep in mind these points: ♣Trick can be repeated with different results ♥No set-up or re-set ♥Fits in your pocket, yet large enough to play on stage ♦Extremely easy to do ♣Numerous presentational ideas supplied. Supplied complete with booklet of routines, tips and ideas, and three different versions of Mental Yarn.

Number Mystery Outdone - £2.99
Skill Rating: Easy
An improved version of a classic trick. The spectator is shown six cards. Unlike older versions of this trick, BOTH SIDES of the cards are freely displayed. Using the cards and the magician's superior mental ability, it is a simple matter to tell the spectator their age, how much change they have in their pocket, or what number they're thinking of. No complicated calculations are necessary. Comes to you ready to work. No sleight of hand, forcing or complicated gimmicks are necessary.

ESP Symbol Cards (Bicycle Cards)
§ ESP Deck, 25 cards, 5 sets, coloured symbols - £10.99
ª ESP Deck, 25 cards, 5 sets, black symbols - £9.99

ESP Deck:



Tele Clock - £4.99
Skill Rating: Easy
A spectator is invited to choose and set their favourite hour on a small clock. Without your knowledge you instantly divine the time they set on the Pocket Size Tele Clock.





Tic Tac Toe Scratch - £19.99
Skill Rating: Easy
Ask a spectator to play a game of Tic Tac Toe (Noughts & Crosses) with you. The presentation revolves around luck and games, two intriguing topics. Once the game has been completed, the spectator is asked to scratch a prediction card (this is along the lines of a scratch-card lottery ticket).The spectator does so, revealing a filled-in Tic Tac Toe board... that matches the just-played game perfectly! Supplied complete with illustrated instructions and 40 special cards.

Practical Mental Magic Book (Ted Annemann) - £13.99
Outstanding collection of nearly 200 crowd-pleasing mental magic feats (requiring no special equipment). Author offers insider's tips and expert advice on techniques, presentation, diversion, patter, staging and all else needed to make any trick a foolproof success. 100 illustrations, 310 pages, size: 5⅜" x 8½"


Beyond ESP 2 - £24.99
Skill Rating: Easy
First and foremost--this is the most innocent looking deck of ESP cards you will ever own. The plain black backs make the cards look like little else than research tools, yet they contain an incredibly subtle marking system that allows you to identify each card with a short glance.Housed inside the "International Paranormal Research Association" box, are two complete ESP or Zener decks: one red backed deck, and one original black backed deck. The new cards have been printed to the highest standard by the U.S. Playing Card Company, so they look and feel great. Inside your deck you'll also find a selection of extra cards and fakes providing you with more creative possibilities than any other ESP deck on the market. The included booklet supplies you with a startling collection of ESP routines and ideas, which can often be very difficult to track down. Coupled with the groundbreaking Beyond ESP cards, this is guaranteed to be one purchase that will amount to far more than the sum of its parts

Brainwave Deck (Bicycle Cards) - £9.99
Skill Rating: Easy
You display a deck of cards, stating that before leaving home you removed one card from another deck and placed it face up in this deck. A spectator is asked to name any card - a free choice. You run through the cards, sure enough one card is face up. It is the actual card named by the spectator. And it has a different coloured back to the remainder of the deck. No force, No slights


Entertaining ESP - £9.99
Skill Rating: Easy
Great mental magic tricks with a deck of ESP cards.
Written by Pat Page and Ken Decourcy. Included with the booklet is a deck of Royal Magic ESP cards, which allow you to perform a wide variety of stunning mental magic tricks.
The booklet teaches mind reading tricks, telepathy tricks, precognition tricks, and the like. For the beginning mentalist, there are some astonishingly good routines included.



ESPecially Wild (Bicycle Cards) - £21.00
Skill Rating: Easy
Destined to become a part of your act. This two phase routine has to be seen to be appreciated. It leaves a powerful impact on your audience. Two sets of coloured ESP symbols are shown. You select an ESP symbol from your set and the spectator selects one from his set (Free Choice). They of course match. Stop right now and you have a miracle. But, this routine has a kicker. Using the freely selected symbol you magically transform all the other symbols into the selected one. Strong visual magic. The innovations made in this routine make it twice as powerful as the classic Wild Card. ESPecially Wild gets away from all alike cards, which cause suspicion. ESPecially Wild gives you two effects for the price of one. There are no difficult sleights and you should be able to perform it after ten minutes of practice. Comes complete with ten specially printed poker-size Bicycle cards and photo-illustrated instructions. This new printing has all the cards changing into green stars.

Fortune Telling Swami - £3.99
Skill Rating: Easy
Magician displays a stack of fortune telling cards held together with a rubber band. A spectator is given a pen and asked to initial the upper corner of the card. The initialled card, with its blank crystal ball, is removed from the stack and the spectator is told to hold it face down. The magician tells the spectator to ask the great swami a question, which can be answered with “yes” or “no”. When the question has been posed, the spectator turns over the card, finds an answer mysteriously printed in the crystal ball, and verifies that it is the initialled card. Other presentations of the trick will provide surprising messages in the crystal ball, including the name of a selected card.
Currently Out of Stock

Misprinted Thought - £13.99
Ultra-direct mind reading. So clean, spectators will swear you're able to reach into their heads and discern their innermost thoughts! The magician asks a spectator to think of any of the 52 cards. There is no force of ANY kind. The choice is completely free. Next, the magician shows four cards to the spectator. Each card is a factory misprint of sorts, with random numbers on their backs and random pips on their faces. Without any pumping or fishing, the magician asks the spectator to look at the face of each card, and then the back of each one. Instantly, the magician knows the name of the spectator's thought-of card! There is no pumping or fishing and no guesswork involved. The magician knows - with complete certainty - which card the spectator merely thought of! Michael Boden's Misprinted thought comes complete and ready to work. It's so easy to do, even YOU might believe in mind reading once you've tried it. Made in the USA by FUN Incorporated.
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Psimobol Deck - £15.99
Skill Rating: Easy
One of the most baffling drawing duplications ever! Here's what the audience sees: You show forty white cards with all different printed ESP symbols, the deck is placed face down on the table. You ask a spectator to cut off a small packet of the deck, look at the shape he cut to and remember it. Next, ask him to shuffle the packet and then ask another spectator to take the balance of the deck from the table and discard them All these actions are made with your back to both spectators. Now ask the spectator to mix his packet face up on the table. Just now, you turn and explain that you will show the spectator the cards from the table, one by one, and at the exact moment he sees his shape he has to think: "This is my shape!" Finally, you take a pad and duplicate the chosen shape each and every time! §Everything can be examined ©No marks, the backs are plain white ¨The shapes are all different ªVery useful to other mental effects §A different symbol chosen every time.

Psi Mind Deck - £16.99
Skill Rating: Easy
You give an envelope to a spectator with a prediction. Now show a deck of white cards with printed shapes (all different). You shuffle them very well and also give them to a spectator to shuffle. Then you wrap the cards with a rubber band and while the spectator is on the other side of the room you ask him to lift up any card and remember the shape. Finally ask the spectator to name the chosen shape and open the envelope revealing the matching prediction. §The spectator can shuffle himself. ©Perfect to combine with PSIMBOL DECK.¨He chooses the geometric shape while he has the deck in his hand. ªNo rough and smooth.




Pyro Perception (by Brent Walske) - £20.00
Skill Rating: Easy
You walk up to a group of people with a deck of cards. You're about to perform an effect that they'll think about for days and remember forever. You ask one of your spectators to remove a card from the deck and conceal it. A lighter is ignited as you thrust your thumb and forefinger into the fire. Your face twists and contorts as you wince in pain. The tension is almost unbearable as you slowly withdraw your fingertips from the flame. You turn your hand toward the onlookers. Your skin is reddish and blistered. You've got two distinct blisters. But this isn't just a stunt... it's magic. Your skin has blistered in the shape of your spectator's chosen card!


Psychic Mystery Watch - £39.99
Skill Rating: Easy
Mike Bornstein's original Psychic Mystery Watch stops the show with an unbelievable card revelation. The perfect card revelation for mentalists and magicians. Have a spectator select a card, then concentrate on the image of it in his mind. Pull back your sleeve to show a beautiful slim goldtone Movado style wristwatch with a black face. Take the watch off your wrist and give it to another spectator to hold. The spectator is told to stare into the watch's face, pretending it is a crystal ball, and see if she can visualize the name of the thought of card.

Unknown to everyone else in the audience, the watch mysteriously causes a miniature playing card to materialize behind the crystal. It is the selected card. As the spectator announces the name of the card, the image slowly vanishes from the face of the watch.
An impossible effect where one spectator apparently reads the mind of another. The Psychic Mystery Watch is so unexpected, so impossible seeming, that the spectator will just remember thinking of a card and then being told what he is thinking.

Mike Bornstein's Psychic Mystery Watch includes the specially manufactured goldtone Movado style wristwatch with black band. Unlike previous releases of the routine this watch has a genuine Quartz movement, which allows for more deceptive routines.
Currently Out of Stock

Secret Marked Deck (Royal Cards) - £4.99
Secret Marked Deck (Budget Deck) - £1.99

Skill Rating: Easy
These cards have secret markings on the back, which allows the magician to know what card it is just by looking at the back of the card. Great for mind reading tricks.
Secret Marked Deck Style:

Derren Brown Lecture by International Magic (DVD) - £44.99
A radical and new thinker in the world of close-up magic and mentalism. Derren performs forty-five minutes of hardcore mind-reading and close-up hypnosis. Volunteers are slammed into trance-states, achieving bizarre mental connections with each other in some mind blowing routines that are now earning Derren a dynamic reputation.
The following effects are performed:
LIFT: A spectator’s arm is immobilised. Then controlled remotely, by the will of another volunteer.
PLEROPHORIA: A deck of cards is thoroughly shuffled by a spectator yet Derren, while facing away, names each card in order.
SMOKE: An incredible routine, where a card that has been merely thought of by a spectator, is first named by Derren then disappears from an untouched deck only to impossibly appear...well, wait and see.
COIN READING AND BENDING: The date and denomination of a volunteer’s coin, unseen and untouched by Derren, is identified. Then slowly bent at the will of another volunteer.
REMINISCENCE: A hypnotised spectator merely thinks of a memory, a number and a picture. All are then perfectly described in immense detail by both Derren and audience members. This mind-blowing routine is Derren at his very best.
The performance is followed by an explanation of Plerophoria and a demonstration of mentally forcing an imaginary card, plus some extremely valuable discussions on presentation and Derren’s philosophy of ‘Invisible Compromise’. An immensely useful video for both the budding and established mentalist.

Mental Masterpieces DVD - Larry Becker - £36.99
Larry Becker is considered one of the most creative and respected mentalists in the field. This program features Larry performing a 40-minute show in front of a live audience and then explaining the routines, strategies and techniques involved. Although performed on a stage many of the routines are suitable for parlour or close-up work.
Routines performed and explained:
H.G. Wells' Time Machine: An audience member thinks of a year in the seventeenth century and writes it on an envelope containing a modern coin. The coin envelope is held by the audience member and remains in full view throughout. Upon opening the envelope an old pirate coin is found to have the thought of date engraved on it. Proving that the coin went back in time to the thought-of year.
Out of Body: A spectator cuts to any card, removes it and places it in his pocket. The rest of the deck is placed back in the box and held by the spectator. With no hesitation you can immediately name the selected card with one-hundred percent accuracy.
Casino Royale: One of Larry Becker's most popular and favourite routines where a spectator randomly selects one of fifty casino chips, a handful of bills and two playing cards. A prediction envelope, which has been in full view the entire time, is opened and inside is predicted the name of the casino, how much money was taken and the Blackjack hand selected by the spectator.
Kolossal Killer III: A streamlined version of a marketed routine where a thought-of card is revealed by removing a prediction from your wallet that has been held by the spectator the entire time.
Clearly Predictable: Prior to the show a spectator is handed a prediction envelope and the classified section of a newspaper. She is instructed to circle any ad and initial her choice. She also removes a bill from her purse and initials it. An audience member then selects a playing card from a jumbo deck. In rapid succession the selection is revealed printed on the newspaper and when the prediction envelope is opened it reveals the exact wording of the selected classified ad and the serial number of the initialled bill.
Calendar Caper: A sealed prediction reveals the month a spectator was born and his favourite card.
Ultimate Flashback: Larry's Becker's marketed effect where a series of mind-reading feats are performed using books and thought-of words. (Performance only). Larry Becker knows what makes strong mental magic and this program features some of his best creations.

Mental Miracles with Bob Cassidy - £36.99
Bob Cassidy, one of America's foremost mentalists, has been a professional entertainer for more than 25 years. Author of The Art of Mentalism, a modern day classic, he has the unique ability to convince any audience that he can read their innermost thoughts. In the process he amazes and entertains them. On this DVD Cassidy performs his professional show in front of an amazed audience of mentalists and then explains everything. If you ever wanted to make people believe you can read their minds, you must see this DVD. Cassidy teaches many of his original routines and discusses how to structure, present and create a mind reading show.
Routines taught:
Chronologue: A predicted card matches what is written in a diary on a freely selected date. New work and psychology including stage and close-up versions.
Name/Place Routine: A couple of spectators think of a person and a place and you divine their thoughts.
Psychomatic Deck: A spectator looks at a card in the deck and you read their mind, telling them what card they are thinking of.
Fourth Dimensional Telepathy: You reveal the name of a childhood friend, the name of a pet, and reproduce a previously drawn illustration.
Card Memory: A rapid memorization of a shuffled deck of cards.
Techniques taught:
Includes dozens of technical and psychological tips, theories and advice about prop management, pocket management, staging, checkpoints, prop construction, mnemonics, establishing actions, taking advantage of coincidence, prop selections, miscalls, billet preparation, covering of errors, precautionary measures, giving clear instructions, deck stacks, making mentalism credible, and much more. Also includes discussions on how and why the show is structured, getting the whole audience involved, presentational ideas, patter and more. All items are easy to execute and are within anyone's reach. After watching this program you will want to be a Psychic Entertainer.
Special DVD Features: §Access to Bob Cassidy's Ultimate Mind Trip. ©Instant access to 12 scenes. ªSuperior video quality. ¨Dolby Digital sound. §Digitally re-mastered. ©Interactive menus.ªMulti-region encoding for worldwide viewing.

Nothing by Max Maven (2 DVD set) - £90.00
Max Maven traveled from Hollywood to Lake Tahoe. He brought NOTHING but a nice suit. On the way from the airport to the studio, he stopped at a supermarket for less than ten minutes and spent less than ten dollars. Once in his room, he spent less than half an hour preparing, and proceeded to go on stage and do a 50-minute performance of mentalism. Featuring Eugene Burger, Brandon Combs, Gene Matsuura, Stephen Minch, Jan Rose and Michael Weber.
NO Pre-Show Work
NO Stooges
NO Clipboards
NO Nailwriters
NO Playing Cards
NO ESP Cards
NO Billets
NO Wallets
NO Gaffs
NO Gimmicks
NO Special Materials
NO Muscle Reading
NO Hypnotism
NO Threads
NO Mirrors
NO Electronics
NO Rough & Smooth
NO Gilbreath Principle
NO Filler in fact,
NOTHING but solid mentalism and great entertainment. Let’s be clear. This is not a cluster of “substitute” stuff to make up for having lost your props. It is a full-length show of top-notch real world material, much of it revealed for the very first time. The complete work, including variations and options, plus discussion of performance structure, scripting segues, audience management, blocking, timing—everything thoroughly explained with an unprecedented degree of detail. Included is the rare “Para-Sight” routine, out of print for over 25 years; copies of the original limited-release manuscript have sold for as much as $400. And that’s something!
A two-DVD set (with as much content as most three-DVD sets).
Running time: 230 minutes, plus Easter Eggs and bonus material.

Catch-A-Sketch trick - £21.00
Skill Rating: Easy

The performer announces that he`d like to try an experiment, and invites a volunteer to the stage to help him. He asks her to think of a simple object. Once the picture is clear in her mind, she is asked to try to draw the object using an Etch-a-Sketch. To make it more of a challenge (and funnier), she is asked to draw it while holding it upside down. While she is doing this, the performer attempts to draw what she is thinking on a sketch pad. When she is done, the volunteer turns over her drawing to show just a random pattern of lines. She didn`t do such a good job at trying to draw the object. (No one could under these conditions!) The performer shows what he drew, and the drawings match exactly! The drawing is given to the volunteer as a souvenir. Completely mechanical. Easy to do. Instructions, routine and special gimmick enclosed, you supply the pad, marker and Etch-a-Sketch.

Dynamite Book Test (Complete three book set) - £75.00
Skill Rating: Easy
Read every word carefully. Nothing has been left out. If the description fools you, you will be devastated by the effect. A spectator is freely chosen, not a prearranged confederate or stooge. You walk to the other side of the stage and turn your back or are legitimately blindfolded. No peeking. The spectator is given an absolutely free choice of one of three paperback books. The spectator picks up any book, thinks of any page number, does not tell anyone the page number, writes nothing down, no force, and the spectator can change his mind as often as he wishes. The spectator opens the book to that page number and thinks of the first word on the page. With no pumping, nothing written, no letter by letter spelling, you name the word. The spectator thinks of any other page number, tells no one the page number, he can change his mind as often as he wishes, and turns to that page. The spectator looks at the last word on the page. You tell him the word he is looking at. The climax is beyond belief. The spectator thinks of any other page number, changes his or her mind as often as he or she wishes, tells no one, turns to that page, and is instructed to look at ANY OTHER WORD on the page. You do not know the page number. You read his mind and reveal the word he is staring at. No prearranged stooges or confederates. No peeks. No mirrors. No reflectors. No force of the book. Nothing written. Absolutely free choice of book and page number at every stage. No assistants. No electronics. No pumping. No progressive anagrams. No cribs. A streamlined version is also available which uses only one book. You do the first two phases as above. For the third phase, there is a prediction in an envelope that has been in full view since you started. You never go near the prediction. Any spectator opens the envelope. You never touch it. The spectator thinking of any other word on any page announces the word. The other spectator opens your prediction. In big bold letters, on a letter-size sheet of paper, is the word the spectator is thinking of. Comes with ten pages of very detailed and thorough instructions.

Mental Epic Slate - £39.00
Skill Rating: Easy
The magician writes a prediction of a colour on his mental slate board. The prediction is covered and the spectator is asked to freely name their favourite colour, their choice is noted. The magician then writes a prediction for a favourite food, which is covered. The spectator again freely names any food they like. This is repeated for a chosen ESP symbol. When all three covers are removed, it is seen that the predictions are 100% correct every time. Size: 18”x14”

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