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Versatile Card Magic 
Versatile Card Magic
By Frank Simon

Versatile Card Magic is one of the great card books. It features a very well thought out method for the Convincing Control, one of card magic’s most ingenious techniques, and looks at variations and applications in a degree that is truly rare in the field. In addition to learning the elegant technique and the numerous variations, you will also encounter one of the best sources for card magic effects on the planet.

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Versatile Card Magic is one of the great card books. It features a very well thought out method for the Convincing Control, one of card magic’s most ingenious techniques, and looks at variations and applications in a degree that is truly rare in the field. In addition to learning the elegant technique and the numerous variations, you will also encounter one of the best sources for card magic effects on the planet. Mr. Simon utilizes the Versatile Spread Control, or a variant, to accomplish nearly every major plot line in the catalogue as well as numerous not so major ones. If you only learned about the different effects possible by reading this book it would represent a true value. The excellent handlings and tools Mr. Simon details, in addition to the variety of effects, make this a highly valuable resource.

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We never dreamed that the book we published way back in 1981, written by an unknown author, would become one of the most sought after books in card magic with copies selling for over $200. Versatile Card Magic has become a bonafied cult classic. Those lucky enough to own a copy of the limited first edition know that Frank's methods are diabolical and the effects created by them are without equal. Here, at long last, is the much anticipated expanded edition of Frank's book but, like Earl Nelson's Variations Revisited, this is by no means a reprint. The text as been corrected and expanded, there are 283 brand new, crystal-clear photographs and the new size allows it to lay flat on the table for ease of study. The only thing that has stayed the same is the great magic and those famous Jerry's Nugget cards that appear in the photos.

Contents Include

Foreword Cy Endfield
Preface Frank Simon
Part One Versatile Spread Controls
Versatile Outjog Control
Pass the Sandwich
Catch the Sandwich
Toss the Sandwich
A.P.E. (Rich Marotta)
Versatile Even Control
The Card that Finds Itself
Cut and Count
Casual Control
The Informers
Versatile Re-Entry Control
You Shuffle as I Shuffle
Odds on Triumph
Handmade Triumph
Part Two Varieties
Benihana Aces
Pirandello False Cut (Jeff Semel)
Pirandello Undercut
About Faces Aces II
Teaser Bluff Shift
Cutiltillusion
The Collectavator
Pop-out Move (Piet Forton)
Ultimate Pop-out Move (Piet Forton)
Keep on Cloning
Topsy Turvy Faro
The Spread Double Lift
Christ-Kardyro Spread Switch
Spread Cull
Quorum Quota
Odd Color Out
Part Three Advanced Versatile Spread Techniques
Versatile Cull Switch
Numerical Affinity
Riff Spell
Classical Slickie
Thinking Touch
Holding Position
Versatile Bottom Reverse
Jim Patton Versatile Bottom Reverse
Spread 'em
Don't Forget to Remember
Versatile Cover Steal
Open Cover Steal
Guesstimation Special
Hot Zinger
Tre Choice
Elevator Sandwich
A Stranger Coincidence
Part Four The Versatile Spread Palm
Versatile Spread Palm
A Parting Shot  

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