Hooked on Cards by Peter Duffie – eBook Download

Hooked on Cards by Peter Duffie is a collection of clever, practical and highly visual card magic routines designed for performers who appreciate strong effects with intelligent methods.

The collection contains ten original card routines covering predictions, transpositions, lie detection, ambitious card concepts, Ace effects, selections traveling to impossible locations and much more. Many of the routines are remarkably easy to perform, with several requiring little or no difficult sleight of hand.

Peter Duffie's thinking combines strong magical plots with practical handling, making these routines excellent additions to both the working professional's repertoire and the serious card magician's library.

Inside the Book

Card to Envelope
A near-self-working card-to-envelope effect with no palming or copping. A clean and practical version of an effect originally featured in Peter Duffie's earlier work.

Lie To Me
A selected card is lost in the deck while a spectator holds an old coin or medallion. The spectator answers questions about the card truthfully or deceptively, yet the magician reveals the correct answers. The routine concludes with the selection appearing in the spectator's pocket and the answer cards transforming into the mates of the selection.

Clouseau for Workers
The Ace through Ten of Diamonds are arranged in numerical order. A freely selected card is lost in the deck, yet when a spectator names a number, the corresponding Diamond has transformed into the selection.

JackAces
The black Jacks capture the spectator's selection, while the red Jacks are discovered reversed in the deck with the three mates of the selected card between them.

Countless Ace Turning
A clever solution to a classic card magic problem related to Dai Vernon's Twisting the Aces, allowing the effect to be performed without counting the cards.

Matter of Facts
A fresh approach to the classic Lie Detector plot. A four-card packet becomes a magical "cardboard lie detector" that reveals whether the spectator's answers are truthful.

Twister's Bluff
The Royal Flush in Spades is used for a visual sequence in which the cards turn face up one at a time before the Ace vanishes and appears in the performer's pocket – without palming.

Return of the 7
Seven cards are selected and mixed. One card stubbornly remains face down while all the others turn face up. The revelation is especially strong: the face-down card is the spectator's selection and the only red card.

Homing Cards
Two spectators select cards. The first selection repeatedly travels to the performer's pocket, before the card visibly protruding from the deck changes into the second spectator's selection.

Little Sympathy
A packet of eight cards is mixed face up and face down. After a magical gesture, all but one card have corrected themselves. The remaining card is revealed as the matching mate of the spectator's selection.

Bonus Routine

BLACKSTONE in My Pocket

By Chip Kleiman & Peter Duffie

A fascinating combination of mentalism and card magic.

Ten letter cards spell BLACKSTONE. A spectator secretly chooses one of the letters and keeps it hidden. A second spectator freely selects and signs a playing card.

The performer then reveals the thought-of letter and apparently uses it to locate the signed playing card. When the card at the corresponding position fails to be the selection, the performer reaches into an empty breast pocket and produces the signed card.

A strong bonus routine with a memorable presentation and a surprising finale.

Facts

• 10 original card routines
• Plus the bonus BLACKSTONE in My Pocket
• Practical material for card magicians
• Several routines require little or no difficult sleight of hand
• Includes prediction, transposition and lie-detector plots
• Multiple selection and card-to-impossible-location effects
• Detailed explanations
• Fully illustrated with color photographs
• Hyperlinked PDF format
• 40 pages
• PDF format
• Page size: 8.25" × 11.7"

Why Add Hooked on Cards to Your Repertoire?

Peter Duffie is known for developing practical and creative card magic with strong plots and clever methods. Hooked on Cards offers a varied selection of routines that can be performed in close-up situations and incorporated into a working repertoire.

From the deceptive Lie To Me and Matter of Facts to the visual Twister's Bluff, Return of the 7 and Homing Cards, there is plenty of material to explore.

Download Hooked on Cards by Peter Duffie today and add powerful, practical card magic to your repertoire!