These are the original notes written by Tyler Wilson in 2013, featuring a brand new introduction by Tony Chang.
This material was cherry-picked from a list of content originally slated for Tony's book - however that project has still not come to fruition (despite all who know him begging for it) - as Tony is a perfectionist and never stops developing, progressing, evolving.
Tony Chang is one of the best card technicians alive.
His written notes have been long sought-after but nearly non-existent. We’re pleased to finally put them back in the hands of similarly like-minded card perverts
Contents:
- That was a Freebie: It's rare that you can have a spectator do your dirty work for you. It's even rarer when that dirty work is a spread cull. But if there was anything more rarefied than Unicorn poop - it's the thinking of Tony Chang.
- Precrastination: Taking inspiration from that LePaul control, this is an instant favourite - and also a slow burn that will have you discovering more on every subsequent read-through.
- Looper: The only non-card magic item in this set, Looper is guaranteed to be overlooked as a novelty by most magicians. Don't. It is a treatise on eliminating the trap of the too-perfect method, a visible separation of cause and effect.
- Queens Gambit: It's said that 'perception is reality' - and 'magic happens in the mind of the spectator' - Tony takes the banal out of these clichés, using indifferent cards to divine the identity of a spectator's selection. Then throws in a four-of-a-kind transposition. Because he's Tony Chang.
- Deck Void: A deck vanish. A card to pocket. A deck vanish to pocket. If you already know how to do a supposed deck vanish, that's great. You should forget it, because it's not as good as this.
- Side Effects May Occur: This combination of 'Twisting the Aces' and four-for-one transposition will bring just one result; shock and awe.