Ebook - Weapons of Mass Destruction by Steven Youell (Digital Download)
Description & Effect
Unleash a Devastating Arsenal of Card Magic
Steven Youell's 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' isn't just an ebook; it's a comprehensive training manual for card magicians ready to elevate their craft. This digital download delves deep into the art of card manipulation, offering a unique blend of powerful routines, innovative systems, advanced sleights, and profound performance theory. Prepare to add an arsenal of truly inexplicable effects to your repertoire, designed to leave audiences bewildered and amazed. You'll explore captivating showpieces like 'The Card Trick That Has No Explanation', a speller that defies logic, and 'The Ultimate Weapon', a demonstration of photographic memory with a deck of cards.
Master The Hacker Stack & Unseen Miracles
At the heart of this collection lies 'The Hacker Stack', an ingenious cyclical stack system that can be set in less than 30 seconds. This section provides not only the stack order but also clever methods for concealing it and integrating it into breathtaking effects. Discover variations of classic routines like Ortiz's 'Ultimate Cardshark' and learn how to leverage principles such as Gene Finnell's Free Cut to create 'Sealed Deck Miracles'. You'll learn to perform pseudo-mnemonics that appear impossible, transforming a simple deck into a tool for boundless wonder.
Refine Your Technique with Hybrid Sleights
Beyond full routines and systems, Youell shares his 'Hybrid Sleights', essential tools for any serious card worker. Gain mastery over a variety of peeks, including the Henry Hay Peek, Dribble Peek, Flex Peek, Riffle Glimpse, Flicker Glimpse, and Pivot Glimpse—each offering subtle ways to obtain crucial information. This section also details the nuanced 'Cardini Multiple Shift', enabling you to control multiple cards with deceptive ease. These techniques are explained with the clarity needed to integrate them smoothly into your performances.
Elevate Your Performance with ProActive Control
True magic extends beyond just the moves; it's about presentation and psychology. 'ProActive Control' offers foundational performance principles and mental strategies to ensure your magic is always impactful. Learn fail-safe guidelines, discover clever ways to salvage potentially tricky situations, and understand the implications of the 'Fight or Flight' syndrome in performance. Steven even applies these concepts to Paul Chosse's 'Triple Header' card revelation, providing a practical framework for delivering polished, unforgettable magic every time you step into the spotlight. This ebook is an indispensable resource for the modern card magician.
Original Specs
Content:
3 Preliminaries
3 - Acknowledgements
3 - Dedication
3 - License
4 Showpieces
6 The Card Trick That Has No Explanation: speller
10 The Ultimate Weapon: card photographic memory demonstration
14 The Image Fades: card in spectator's hand looks like selection, and then it isn't
16 Infamous Non-Working Self-Working Card Trick: Steven's variation of a Sid Fleischman effect
18 Dead Solid Perfect: another speller
21 Gaffus Maximus: spectator selects the only blue-backed card in a red-backed deck
24 Te Perfect Choice: the magician knows the identity of the card dealt to by the spectator
26 Blinded by the Sleight: magician finds the card while blindfolded
28 The Hacker Stack & Sealed Deck Miracles
29 The Hacker Stack: a cyclical stack shuffled in less than 30 seconds
30 Flummoxed: hiding the stack
31 The Adequate Cardshark: version of Ortiz' Ultimate Cardshark
32 Setting the Combination: uses Gene Finnell's Free Cut Principle
34 Harry The Hacker: pseudo-mnemonics demonstration
36 Hacker Stack Basics: the order provided
36 - Step One The Phonetic Alphabet
37 - Step Two Turning Numbers into Pictures
38 - Step Three Translating Playing Cards into Pictures
38 - Final Step Learning the Stack
41 Hybrid Sleights:
42 The Power Of Peeks
42 - The Henry Hay Peek
43 - The Dribble Peek
43 - The Flex Peek
44 - The Riffle Glimpse
44 - The Flicker Glimpse
44 - The Pivot Glimpse
45 The Cardini Mulitple Shift
46 ProActive Control:
47 The Foundations of ProActive Control: performance principles
51 ProActive Strategies: mental strategies
55 Fail-Safe Guidelines: with many ideas for shifting what might have been a failure
61 The Implications of "Fight or Flight" Syndrome
64 Paul Chosse's "Triple Header": applying the ProActive concepts to a card revelation
