Prepare to be amazed! John Bannon’s ‘The Royal Scam’ will astound you. Aces morph, backs change, culminating in a Royal Flush! Easy to master, yet impossibly fooling. A pocket miracle awaits!
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The Royal Scam by John Bannon
Experience the magic that has left audiences and experts alike in awe with The Royal Scam by John Bannon. This innovative card trick combines simplicity with shocking revelations, making it a must-have for any magician’s repertoire.
“Entertaining, original, and doubly surprising.”
– Markobi, Card Magic FISM Winner 2022
Watch in amazement as a small packet of cards, all Ace of Spades, defy logic and expectation. Through six escalating phases, the cards reverse orientation, from face down to impossibly face up. But the true magic begins when four discarded Aces reveal different back designs—each from a completely different deck! And just when your audience thinks they’ve seen it all, the final reveal stuns them with a fully examinable Royal Flush in Spades.
John Bannon’s The Royal Scam is a masterclass in economical handling and multi-phase magic. With just nine specially printed cards, you’ll deliver a routine that’s easy to master, impossible to forget, and leaves you 100% clean—no gimmicks, no sticky stuff, nothing to hide.
Why Choose The Royal Scam?
- Self-contained magic – Uses just nine cards, no deck required.
- Portable – Comes in a stylish wallet for easy transport.
- Beginner-friendly – No hard sleights, just pure magic.
- Examinable – End clean with nothing to hide.
- Visually stunning – Impossibly fooling multiple revelations.
- Premium packaging – Presented in a faux-hardback book, perfect for display and protection.
What Experts Are Saying
“I remember when John first showed this to me, it felt like I’d been hit with a right, left, right combination. Just one surprise after another.”
– Tim Trono
“This trick is an absolute killer!”
– 9.5/10 Straight Talk Magic Reviews
“The Royal Scam is a perfect, neat little package of yummy John Bannon goodness!”
– Harapan Ong
“John Bannon’s routines never fail to make my insides happy. Royal Scam is such a satisfying routine to watch and perform!”
– Ben Prime
“It only takes a small amount of a deadly substance to get the job done, and John Bannon’s The Royal Scam is a lethal dose.”
– Ryan Matney
“Entertaining, original and doubly surprising.”
–Â Markobi, Card Magic FISM Winner 2022
THE ROYAL SCAM – You display a small packet of cards that are all Ace Of Spades. Through six increasingly staggering phases this packet of cards keeps reversing it’s orientation, first all face down, then impossibly all face up. Now most tricks would end there… but The Royal Scam has yet to unleash the truly impossible, because next four of the discarded Aces are revealed to have different back designs – each one from a totally different deck!
While your spectator is reeling at this utter impossibility you’ll be gearing up to unveil your REAL coup de grâce, because the remaining five cards are then flipped faceup to reveal that they are not the generic Aces Of Spades they expected. Nope – those five cards are a fully examinable ROYAL FLUSH IN SPADES!
The Royal Scam is classic John Bannon – brilliant economical handling, easy to master method, fully examinable cards, multiple phases – a huge amount of magic from just the nine provided cards!
Where most routines come to an end, Bannon is just getting started.
- A self contained pocket miracle. Uses just the nine provided cards (no deck required).
- The 9 specially printed cards (on beautiful USPCC stock) are supplied in a wallet for easy transport.
- Easy to do. No hard sleights.
- No extra cards or sticky stuff
- Totally examinable. End 100% clean with nothing to hide.
- Impossibly fooling.
- Packaged in a beautiful faux-hardback book – just right to slip onto your shelf and protect your set of gaff cards!
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUTÂ THE ROYAL SCAM:
“I remember when John first showed this to me, it felt like I’d been hit with a right, left, right combination. Just one surprise after another. Economy of method combined with multiple revelations makes it a must have.”
–Â Tim Trono
“This trick is an absolute killer!”
–Â 9.5/10 Straight Talk Magic Reviews
“The Royal Scam is a perfect, neat little package of yummy John Bannon goodness!”
–Â Harapan Ong
“Once again John has showed us that he is the Babe Ruth of packet tricks. Fans of Sizzle will love this one.”
–Â The Magic Portal Reviews
“John Bannon’s routines never fail to make my insides happy. Royal Scam is such a satisfying routine to watch and perform!”
–Â Ben Prime
“It only takes a small amount of a deadly substance to get the job done and John Bannon’s The Royal Scam is a lethal dose”
–Â Ryan Matney
“I’m so glad that The Royal Scam is available again. I love John’s Fractal tricks, and this is one of the best. Classic Bannon!”
–Â Steve Faulkner
“This is incredibly powerful and surprisingly simple. Very, very clever.”
–Â The Daily Magician
