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  • The Transport Peek

    Drew
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    This is a way to ascertain the identity of a freely chosen playing card. What separates the Transport Peek from other methods is that the selection procedure is done entirely in the participant’s hands, and you do not need to look at the deck before, during, or after the procedure. That’s right. You never look…

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  • Making Your Anagrams Commute

    Franklin
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    Editor’s note: After introducing frontloaded progressive anagrams, which give your typical progressive anagram a couple of the perks of a perfect progressive anagram, Franklin announces the definition of a new category of branching anagram based off of perfect transgressive anagrams. This post assumes you are familiar with the concept of transgressive anagrams (TAs), perfect TAs,…

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  • 21 Savant (Degaffing Petty and Barnes)

    Franklin
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    So, yeah, the Savant Deck. Murphy’s is now hawking a gaff deck from Craig and Lloyd whose core purpose is to make you look like a mathematical genius or a Grandmaster of Memory (as they call them in the competitive memory sports arena). And, you know what? I don’t mind it. It’s a plot that…

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  • Bits and Bobs #2: The SUMS Out

    Editor
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    This post is written by both the editor and Drew, but there is no way to indicate that on WordPress. Hello, my friends. It’s been quite a while, I know. I wish I could say that I had a good reason for my absence, but in truth I was overseas enjoying myself at a [redacted]…

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  • Notes on the Number Forcing Stack

    Franklin
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    Editor’s note: Now that we don’t have a schedule, I can do important things like schedule posts for the 7th day of the month. There’s a long history in magic of using a deck of cards to force a number by adding up the values of cards. A significant portion of this history is devoted…

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  • Conducting Trains and Bones

    Drew
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    This is an idea for those of you who use bone conduction devices. I always thought it was great that you could play your own audio file (on most if not all of the devices currently available). The stock audio preloaded onto the device was always some creepy robotic sounding voice. The script would usually…

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  • Decoding the Matrix Multi-Force

    Franklin
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    Update: We now have a post explaining how to make your very own multi-force matrix! “I’ve got something really special here. An old friend of mine just got in touch with me. She was fired from Coca-Cola after working there in top management for the last 30 years. She knows for sure that it was…

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  • Meeting of the Masterminds

    Drew
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    In the previous post, I wrote about my preferred way to mark Bicycle “end-for-end” or “misindexed” gimmicked decks. To be honest, I only use that specific marking system when I perform with the magnificent Mastermind deck, created by Chris Kenworthey. Familiarize yourself with this first if you’re unaware of its genius simplicity. I figured I’d…

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  • Double Blind Control, or Move Them With Your Mouth

    Drew
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    In one of his projects, Peter Turner told a story about someone complaining that an effect was not “angle proof”. He said to the person: “Well, tell them to move then! Just move them with your mouth.” I found that amusing but also profound. I have since endeavored to look for potential weaknesses in my…

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  • The Stripper Fakes A Breather

    Jerry
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    “Pick a card, any card.” She does just that. I move the deck from one hand to the other, rotating it 180 degrees as I do so. “Put it back, and give these a shuffle.” She does, and gives the deck an overhand shuffle like she always does. “Set the cards down now, and give…

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