Prepare to be amazed! “Card Cavalcade II” by Jerry Mentzer unveils 7 chapters of top-tier card magic. Commercial routines & clever sleights await! A must-have for card enthusiasts. Abracadabra!
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Master Commercial Card Magic with Card Cavalcade II
Elevate your performance with Card Cavalcade II – Jerry Mentzer’s legendary compilation featuring 7 action-packed chapters of professional-grade card magic from 19 top-tier magicians. Unlike theory-heavy manuals, this book delivers 75% complete, performance-ready routines with the commercial impact audiences love.
Why This Belongs in Your Magic Library:
- Over 70 professional card routines – from quick bar miracles to full-stage productions
- Contributions from Eddie Fechter, Peter Kane, Tony Binarelli and 16 other legends
- Balanced content – 75% complete routines, 25% essential moves/sleights
- Commercial focus – every effect selected for real-world performance potential
Chapter Highlights Include:
- Marked (Mike Boden) – Impossible location mastery
- Peter Kane’s Jazz Aces – Blistering packet trick upgrade
- Fifty-Fifty Aces (Paul Swinford) – Devastating ace assembly
- Joker Stab (Mentzer) – Knife-edge visual transposition
- Trabucco’s Twist – Spanish deck deception at its finest
Perfect for Working Magicians
While containing some self-working gems, most material requires intermediate card skills (controls, forces, basic sleights). The 225-page, perfect-bound volume (5.5″ x 8.5″) features spine-stamped titles for professional shelf presence.
Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced | Pages: 225 | Format: Perfect-bound book
“The card worker’s encyclopedia of commercial magic” – Why this book outperforms theory-heavy texts:
- Teaches audience-tested material from working professionals
- Prioritizes complete routines over fragments
- Blends classic principles with original handlings
- Delivers instant workforce material for every performance context
Seven sparkling chapters of high quality card magic by top card magicians! Card magic you can and will use. The book is literally “loaded” with the sort of commercial magic working performers will appreciate. Over 75 percent of the items in the book are complete routines. The remainder consists of explanations of new moves, etc. There are a few excellent self-working effects, but the majority require a basic understanding of card skills. If you are comfortable performing with a deck of cards, you will enjoy this book.
Contributors include Eddie Fechter, Peter Kane, Tony Binarelli, Bill Okal, Dr. Dick Cook, Paul Swinford, J.G. Thompson, Jr., Ian Baxter, Vic Trabucco, John Miller, Jim Lee, and many others. A total of nineteen contributors in all.
The book is perfect bound with title stamped on cover and spine. 225 pages, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inch size.
Contents:
Chapter One – Features
- Marked (Mike Boden)
- Marked Alternate Handling
- Ace-X-Ace (John Quine, Bruce Cervon)
- Queens Over Kings (Jerry Mentzer)
- Double Prediction (Tony Binarelli)
- Packet to Packet (Eddie Fechter)
- Three Card Surprise (Jerry Mentzer)
- lternate Presentation Three Card Surprise (Bill Okal)
- Swivel Switch
- Color Changing Deck (Dr. Dick Cook)
Chapter Two – Fifty Fifty Aces
- Fifty Fifty Aces (Paul Swinford)
- Ascanio Spread
Chapter Three – Magic By Arrangement
- Highly Improbable (J.G. Thompson)
- Pairs (Ted Gillam)
- Deck Memorization (Mike Boden)
Chapter Four – Information
- True or False (Jack Chanin)
- Shooting Star Lapping Move (Ian Baxter)
- A Lapping Move (Jerry Mentzer)
- Torn and Restored Card (Jerry Mentzer)
- Concealed Reversal (Jerry Mentzer)
Chapter Five – Packets
- Peter Kane’s Jazz Aces
- A Different Sound (Roger Divella)
- Jazz Combo
- Four and One Revisited (Jerry Mentzer)
- Odd Color Four and One (Jerry Mentzer)
- Bi Psychle (J.K. Hartman)
- Aces and Threes (Jim Lee)
- Trabucco’s Twist (Vic Trabucco)
- Ambitious A-2-3-4-5
Chapter Six – Quickies
- How Do You Want Me to Find Your Card (Eddie Fechter)
- Speller Positioning (Eddie Fechter)
- Cull Speller (Jerry Mentzer)
- Flourish Aces (Hank Wocjik)
- Flourish Elevator (Hank Wocjik)
- Seconds and Thirds (Bill Okal)
- Four for Four Switch
- Cook’s Elevator Ace (Dr. Dick Cook)
- Joker Stab (Jerry Mentzer)
- Airborne Card Change (Jerry Argetsinger)
Chapter Seven – Face Up Face Down
- Flip Over Undercut (Paul Swinford)
- Nearly a Triumph (Jerry Mentzer)
- Riffle Ups and Downs (John Miller)
- Card Mix Up (Jerry Mentzer)
Emphasis in Card Cavalcade 2 is upon complete tricks with playing cards as opposed to just sleights and bits of information. Some card sleights are described, but the majority of the effects described are complete routines.
Details: Card Cavalcade II
225 pages, perfect bound, size: 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches.
SKILL LEVEL-Experienced/Medium
