Maxello Magic

After a moment of thought, the performer declares, The name of your card is Phil! You know, short for Phillip! The audience is understandably a bit surprised. The pack is removed and then shown to have different names printed boldly on the back of every card. When the deck is turned face up and the card named by the spectator is found, it is the one and only card named Phil!

• Only One Deck Is Used!
• Instantly Reset!
• No Force of Any Kind!
• No Sleight of Hand!
• Any Card Can Be Named!

Historical Note: The basic plot of this routine goes back to Fred Lowe's Christened Reverse. Over the past few decades, many methods have been devised. It turns out that Trevor Duffy reinvented a version that was created by Phil Goldstein in the early 1980s, entitled Final Fred. That routine had its debut in a lecture at the 1985 FISM convention in Madrid. The issue of this prior invention has now been discussed by Duffy and Goldstein, along with the ironic coincidence of its title, and we are pleased that an equitable arrangement has been made, and this item is being marketed with Phil Goldstein's approval.

Then the card is placed into the center of the deck and the spectator shuffles it. The magician then claims that with in 2 attempts, he can find the selected card, in fact, the magician is so confident that he bets $5 if the card is not found. Placing his wager of a $5 bill under his shoe, where it is safe and visible, the magician fans the deck and takes his first attempt to find the card. The revealed card is not the spectator's selection! One more incorrect guess and the spectator wins the bet! The magician using his last and final attempt pulls from the deck...a folded $5 bill! Since the magician's wager ended up where the selected card was in the deck, then the selected card should be where the bill was. Sure enough, there is now a face down card under the magician's shoe, picking it up and turning it over reveals the spectator's selected card and the magician wins the bet! Includes a US bill based gimmick and video instructions on a Video CD (VCD). NOTE: VCD may not play in some home DVD players. However, the video on this disc can be accessed on computers with either DVD or CD ROM drives.

A corner is cleanly and fairly torn from a selected card. (It really is!) The magician claims that he can restore this card to its former glory with the aid of a very special and ancient and magic-endowed instrument of necromancy. The spectators clutch their handbags to their faces and peek through the gaps in their fingers. The magician goes to his pocket and produces....a stapler! He talks half the audience out of leaving before re-attaching the torn corner with the stapler. The "restored" card is signed by the spectator as proof that this miracles was witnessed by human eyes. A man in the back row cocks the hammer on a large handgun, a woman in the front is picturing the magi with an axe in his liver....before things turn violent he gathers everyone around close and with a gentle rub (ooh!) he visually heals the torn corner and hands out the card ford inspection, there is nothing to find, just the two staples which once held the card together!

The Pom Pom pole effect has now been taken to the magical limit!

A large wand is shown. It has a long string on one side and a short string on the other. Tied to these strings are four smaller wands, a red one, a black one, a yellow one and a blue one. No matter which of the small wands is pulled out, it always raises the one already out.

The yellow wand is connected to the blue wand and the blue wand is connected to the red wand and the red wand is connected to the black wand.

To the spectators amazement, the large wand is disassembled into three components, the middle black section and the two white tips and the four small wands are not joined in any way at all.

The wand is reassembled and the effect is repeated again and again. Excellent visual magic with many comedy presentation possibilities. Suitable for children's shows, stage and parlour.

Measures 17 inches by 1.25 inches diameter. Precision machined. Effect includes complete instructions and wands.