Automatic Placements by Nick Conticello: Witness mathematical card magic revealed! No sleight of hand! Discover incredible placements & routines. A magician’s must-have! (157 characters)
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Automatic Placements by Nick Conticello
Discover a treasure trove of mathematical card magic with Automatic Placements by Nick Conticello. This book introduces groundbreaking variations on the Automatic Placement principle, including the Inverted Placement and the Symmetric Placement. Perfect for both novice and experienced magicians, all effects require no sleight of hand, making them accessible and easy to perform.
What’s Inside:
- ABC/123: Perform Alex Elmsley’s Spell by the Numbers without the complexity of the Faro shuffle.
- NO LOOKING ORACLE: Astonish your audience by locating and naming a mental selection without ever seeing a single card.
- SELF-PROMOTION: A modern classic featuring the Inverted Placement, this effect is a Nick Conticello Miracle!
- THINK STOP: Engage in a simultaneous discovery of two mentally chosen cards using the innovative Symmetric Placement.
- THINK STOP VARIATION: An enhanced version designed for larger audiences, minimizing the risk of spectator memory failure.
- DOUBLE POSITION PREDICTION: Predict the exact positions of two thought-of cards, adding a layer of mystery and intrigue.
In addition to these compelling effects, the book includes a brief historical introduction and a comprehensive bibliography for further reading. With its fresh perspective and practical applications, Automatic Placements is an essential addition to any magician’s library.
If you’re passionate about sleightless card magic, original thinking, and direct, practical material, Automatic Placements is a must-have for your collection.
1st edition 2014, 23 pages.
Word count: 7595 (equivalent to 30 standard pages of text)
Tarbell Course contributor Nick Conticello is back with his biggest and best book yet, a series of refreshingly new takes on that venerable standby of mathematical card magic, the Automatic Placement. Nick introduces new variations of the principle with the Inverted Placement and the Symmetric Placement. No sleight of hand is required for ANY of these effects! Contents include:
ABC/123: Alex Elmsley’s Spell by the Numbers without the Faro shuffle.
NO LOOKING ORACLE: Without seeing the face of a single card, the performer locates one mental selection and names another.
SELF-PROMOTION: A Nick Conticello Miracle! Destined to become a classic, this effect introduces the Inverted Placement.
THINK STOP: A simultaneous discovery of two mentally chosen cards. No cutting off and counting of cards by the audience; two small numbers are merely thought of by the selectors. Introducing the Symmetric Placement.
THINK STOP VARIATION: A refinement, making the previous effect suitable for larger audiences and reducing the chance of spectator memory failure.
DOUBLE POSITION PREDICTION: This time the performer predicts the positions of two thought-of cards.
And there’s more! Also includes a brief historical introduction and bibliography.
If you LOVE sleightless card magic…if you LOVE original thinking…if you LOVE practical, direct material…you just have to own Automatic Placements!
1st edition 2014, 23 pages.
word count: 7595 which is equivalent to 30 standard pages of text
