Maxello Magic

Thanks For Playing! Try Again! Trick How would you like to win $100! I bet your spectators would. This fun-filled trick gives three spectators a chance to win the big money.

The magician displays four envelopes and each spectator has a chance to choose an envelope. The magician is left with the last envelope. Everyone has a free choice. NO FORCE! The spectators then open their envelopes and find a card which has written on it...Thanks For Playing! Try Again! Imagine the spectators amazement when you open your envelope and pull out a crisp, new $100 bill! The envelopes are ungaffed, one of the spectators can even open the envelope and take the bill out! This is one of those miracles that the audience will remember long after the performance!

CHILDREN SHOWS... Sticks of gum can be substituted for the cards. Now, three of the kids can win a stick of gum and you are left with the $100 bill. The kids have fun and are entertained, and the adults are fooled!

CLOSE-UP OR STAGE... This trick can easily be performed close-up, perfect for restaurant or walk-around because of the quick reset. It is also a great way to approach tables. It is perfect for stage because it packs small but plays big! You can immediately add it to your act!

The performer brings out a paperback book and a cloth scroll. The book can be examined and verified as being a regular book. The scroll is opened and seen to be covered with numbers, as well as arcane symbols and pictures of snakes.

The snake, the performer explains, is a mystical magickal creature, and is associated with the ability to prognosticate. Being bitten by a snake himself as a child the performer now has this ability!

Taking the paperback book between his hands momentarily, the performer seems to go into a deep trance-like state. When he opens his eyes a moment later, he writes something on a piece of paper, folds it up, and places it to the side. The performer now gives the spectator the scroll, as well as several strips of "snake skin" and five "copperheads" (pennies). Using the snakeskin and the coins, the spectator selects five numbers from the scroll. The numbers are totaled. Let's say the total is 87. The performer instructs the spectator to pick up the book, open it to page 87 and read aloud the first word on that page. Let's say the word is "excitement". The spectator is asked to open the paper and in the center the performer has written the word EXCITEMENT!

• The book is not gimmicked in any way, use any book!
• It is possible to repeat the effect with a different person and have a second different prediction made!
• Spectator freely chooses the numbers on the scroll!

Comes complete with scroll, 8 "snakeskin" leather strips and instructions sheet.

Scroll Dimensions Approximately 11 inch x 9 1/2 inch (28 cm x 24 cm)
"Snakeskin" Leather Strip Length Approximately 7" (17.75 cm)

A standard pack of ESP cards is displayed to the audience, and one of each symbol is removed: circle, star, wavy lines, square and cross. The performer sticks a small white sticker to the back of each one (the spectator can check that they really are stuck) and mixes them up. The spectator freely decides which of the five symbols to draw on each card, with no forces, equivoque or other hokey magician's ploys.

One by one the cards are flipped over (the spectator can flip the cards over himself) and each card perfectly matches what is drawn on its back! Oh yeah, and the cards may be fully examined.

Zenner-Tech is a very direct and commercial ESP test. No extraneous props, no sticky cards and no sleights. It is perfect for a formal close-up or mentalism performance or as an encore piece when you need to perform a killer closer. The spectator makes all the decisions and yet the outcome is guaranteed, every time! If you want to add a stunning mental effect to your repertoire, then Zenner-Tech fits the bill.