One Degree (Soft Cover) Genre|Mentalism

One Degree (Soft Cover) Genre|Mentalism"I am excited about this book This collection oozes style and substance from a true auteur." John Bannon (from the foreword) John Guastaferro embodies everything one admires in a magician: he is smooth but not flashy, soft spoken yet in control. And he is an expert at crafting intelligent magic tricks. With over 150 pages and 240 photos, this elegant, refined collection is comprised of 20 professional card routines and five essays. One Degree features

You display four jumbo blue-backed cards (said to be four queens)

Two Card Location

a new gimmick

The card the mayor himself slides out of the deck is immediately turned face-up

a chapter on techniques explains the most important sleights-the overhand shuffle

It’s a completely different method that makes no noise whatsoever

Meticulously redesigned and perfected

vanish or exchange any small item (sponge balls

The performer tears out a second match

The New Spell

A lesser-known corollary to this is: The more that happens there

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