By the way, in addition to all the superb effects mentioned, I would like to add the elegant New Hitchcock Aces and, one that is not often discussed, the fabulous'Four to One'. Vincent perform the likes of 'The Cross' and then seeing the impact I've personally had on people with these effects, I too would rank this as one of the best card magic books of the century. I haven't seen Darwin perform these effects in person but having the priviledge to see such wonderful performer as Mr. Even if you never perform any of the effects, reading Darwin's comments which describe his thought processes behind each trick's construction and pschology is invaluable and truely an embodiment of all he taught in his wonderful book Strong Magic. I have to echo everybodies comments so far as in short the effects in this book are nothing short of staggering. A wonderful book and one of Darwins best. Of the non gambling routines, Blind Aces is a very entertaining ace cutting effect for the layman and I also like Beyond Sleight of Hand a great sandwich effect, Blockbuster and Museum Piece. These last two are not difficult to learn. 'Beat the Dealer' is a great gambling opener where the spectator plays blackjack with the dealer who pulls back a clearly lost hand in a surprising and amusing way. And I especially like Mr Lucky, a sneeky 10 card poker effect which looks impossible. From the Cellar is another false deal demo, the bottom deal in fact, with the sprectators being entertainingly led up the garden path into believing the magcian has fluffed the deal. Face Up Centers is a great middle deal demo showing how to deal out aces shuffled to different depths within the deck. The dealer is then found to have the four aces instead.
Also, The Cross is another excellent deal with the kings arriving to the dealers hand only to then magically appear in the sucker hand. So far I have seen nothing impromptu to touch it save for Jack Carpenters D.C. Among my gambling favorites are The Sting, an amazing triple duke from a borrowed and shuffled deck. I managed to get hold of a second hand copy of Cardshark recently. I have to echo Michael Vincents thorough post.
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