Unreal Card Magic 1 is a comprehensive guide to creating powerful moments using the correct techniques, routine structure, and foundational theory. Unreal Card Magic 2 is the next level.
This is not for casual viewers looking for the next neat trick. The ten effects taught here are the top-shelf work Ben's been sitting on and refining in secret (eight of which have never been published anywhere else).
10 top-tier routines:
Head Box
A card is plucked from their mind and then physically plucked from the boxed deck!
Real ACAAN
A number and card are freely named. The spectator shuffles the deck, deals down to their number and their named card is there! It's that clean!
The In-between
A deeply mysterious visual discovery of a selected card which happens in their hands and under the cleanest conditions.
Fingerprints
A startling and extremely direct transformation of a card which is apparently located by a spectator's fingerprints.
The One
An impossible transformation that takes place with just a single card in their hands while the rest of the deck is in their pocket! The performer holds nothing.
Superego
The deck is shuffled by a spectator and they freely name a card. The performer skilfully finds all four Aces from the shuffled deck... and then their named card.
Manifest
A card is placed face up for all to see, even though it is not covered and remains out in the open, it changes into their selection without anyone seeing when or how.
Three-Way Squeeze
A card is freely named and every card slowly vanishes into thin air, leaving only their named selection.
Red Handed
A prediction is made. The deck is shuffled by a spectator and one is freely chosen… all without the performer touching the deck. Under these impossible conditions, the prediction is correct.
Octopus 2
An ultra-clean handling of Out of Sight Out of Mind. This is an advanced handling of Octopus from UCM 1.
Theory
A nuanced examination of the social context of magic, transitions, building to impossible, confidence, hecklers, changing plans, pitfalls to avoid, ego, presentation, and finding inspiration.
These effects are streamlined to the extreme. They use fundamental techniques but take them to greater heights. Simple doesn't mean easy.
We don't want you to waste your money; this is only for die-hards willing to put in the work.
This is your next step if you already have Unreal Card Magic 1. If you skipped out but are at an intermediate level (5+ years in card magic), then you can jump right in.