The Card Magic of Nick Trost

Expand your card-magic repertoire with The Card Magic of Nick Trost, a hardcover collection of 122 tricks using subtle moves and principles rather than difficult sleight of hand. The tricks come with easy-to-follow instructions and clear illustrations, making it easier to work through the material and choose effects for your performances.

Explore coincidences, court cards, the four aces, gambling tricks, revealments, special decks, packet tricks, and ESP cards. Featured effects include Double Pinochle with an Elevator Finish, Matched Picture Cards, Eighteen-Card Poker, and Blind-Sight.

Key Features

• 122 card tricks — Includes variations by fellow magicians, along with new, previously unpublished material.
• Revised material — Tricks gathered from Nick Trost’s column in The New Tops, manuscripts, books, and marketed items have been revised and rewritten for this volume.
• Illustrated instructions — 161 illustrations by Joseph K. Schmidt accompany the explanations.
• Sleights and subtleties — An appendix offers additional material to support your card magic.
• Hardcover, 331 pages — A substantial reference for exploring Trost’s card effects.

With a range of card-magic plots and a style centered on subtlety, this collection gives you plenty of material to explore and adapt for your repertoire.