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Four years later, introducing The Skyscraper Method 2.0…

We’ve always thought the memorized deck is without a doubt the most powerful tool in all of card magic.

(For those of you who don’t know, a memorized deck is exactly what it sounds like—52 playing cards in an order you’ve memorized. When any card is named you instantly know where it is in the deck, from 1-52.)

But over the last 5 years of selling memorized deck training courses and apps, here are the problems we’ve found with it.

1. Mem deck magic normally cannot be comfortably performed impromptu nor can the deck be shuffled for obvious reasons.

2. Many otherwise incredible magicians simply can’t face the upfront work of memorizing an entire deck of cards.

3. Many magicians start trying to memorize a deck and give up before they finish (without realizing that even with just 6 or 13 cards memorized they had a whole world of memorized deck magic at their fingertips!)

4. Some learn stack in order to perform one or two specific tricks but aren’t sure where to find the many more incredible effects they could quite easily pick up (this is a little bit like spending a year lifting weights just to carry your groceries from your car to your house once)

We’ve spent years researching these issues and figuring out how to solve them, and in this course we’ll share those solutions with you. Here they are…

Solution 1: Memorized deck magic but you don’t care if they drop the deck or shuffle the cards halfway through your set

For years we’ve been trying to create a method that will allow you to perform mem-deck magic ‘on the go.’

For example, if we walked into a room and someone handed us a deck of cards, we wanted to be able to start performing instantly—rather than hiding in the toilet for 5 minutes setting up our stack and hoping nobody noticed that we took the cards with us.

This course contains all our thinking and ideas on the method we eventually settled on.

It’s not perfect, and it won’t entirely replace the memorized deck, but when added to your repertoire as yet another ‘tool’ we’re confident it will let you perform incredible mem-deck level magic from a shuffled deck.

It’s not:

* Dependant on anything other than you or your spectator having a deck you can use.
* Easy (this will take you some time and practice to get down.)
* A gimmick, an app, or a cheat sheet.

The more you train this technique, the more you’ll be able to achieve with it.

This is a method you’ll carry in your mind ready to deploy anytime, anywhere—meaning it’s COMPLETELY invisible.

We can’t say this enough though.

If properly applied, this can enable you to perform mem-deck magic 100% impromptu from a borrowed, shuffled deck—anytime, anywhere.

For example, here’s some more evidence of this principle in action:

Please remember these tricks were performed without using any preset memorized stack, from a completely shuffled deck.

(the above video, although cut down includes the WHOLE method)

Solution 2: A method for the magicians that are tired of saying “one day I’ll learn the memorized deck”

How often have you heard yourself saying “No I still haven’t learned the memorized deck, I’ve been meaning to?”

We’ve all been there, there’s no shame in it.

We live busy lives and learning complex magic can often be pushed to the bottom of our very long to do lists.

However, seeing as the mem deck is literally the most powerful tool in card magic, it’s really not worth sleeping on.

In 2020 we released a course containing something we called ‘The Babylon Secret’. This method used the same principles studied by memory-athletes worldwide to give customers, once the method was learned, the ability to memorize any order of cards (also known as a stack), in a matter of minutes.

Here are some of the reviews people gave when we first taught this method:

“The best method out there to learn a mem deck. Period.” – Louis

“I had already independently memorized a popular stack before purchasing this resource. But, I wanted to see how efficient it would be to memorize a second stack, and I used [this] method to do it! This is an incredible resource!” – John Burns

“Reenergized the mem deck for me. Showed me how to apply a variety of techniques that help you not only memorize a single deck order, but multiple decks. Bravo!” – Jonathan Lebowitz

The biggest flaw with our original method was this:

Making the leap from sequential memory (i.e reciting the order of the cards in the same way you can recite the alphabet) to instant recall (i.e if I ask you for the 16th letter of the alphabet, can you tell me?) wasn’t as smooth as it could have been.

In this updated training we modify our initial approach so that by the time you’ve memorized the deck sequentially, you can also ‘drop in’ to any position and name the card at that position.

We also don’t want you to overlook the other huge benefit of this method—that you can use it to memorize ANY stack. Our memorization training isn’t tied to any one stack.

(In fact, you can use it as many times as you like, with as many different memorized decks as you like.)

To prove we really believe this is the best method possible for people new to the memorized deck, we actually recorded ourselves learning a new stack from the ground up in just 20 minutes…and then used that same stack to perform effects straight away.

Solution 3. How to perform ‘memorized deck’ magic without actually memorizing a deck.

Fun fact:

Approximately 68% of the tricks we teach in this course don’t require a complete stack.

With our course there’s ZERO need to memorize the entire deck to get started. If you’ve previously tried learning a stack and only achieved a ‘partial’ knowledge of it—we’ll show you how to use that partial knowledge to start performing today.

For example, many magicians don’t know this but it’s perfectly possible to start performing tricks even as sought after as an Any Card at Any Number with just 6 total cards memorized.

We firmly believe anybody is capable or memorizing 6 cards, meaning this course is accessible to absolutely anyone.

None of our tricks bar one are stack dependent, so learn ANY combination of 6 cards and you’re good to go.

We also teach you a whole range of effects you can perform using just 13 cards in a memorized order, along with some incredibly powerful effects possible with a ‘half stack’ i.e. 26 cards.

The number of memorized cards we use in our effects increases as the course progresses—from just 6 all the way to 52.

We wanted to give people new to memorized deck work something they could sink their teeth into from the very start, rather than forcing them to wait until they have the whole deck memorized. Doing this gives you a chance to perform right away and see the power of these principles—which in turn should give you more motivation to finish the job and memorize the rest of the deck.

NOTE: we don’t want you to think the effects that use more cards are necessarily stronger than the effects that use less cards. In fact, some of our favorite effects are in the ‘13 card stack’ section.

Solution 4. No more takebacks. We really can’t make memorized deck magic any easier (or stronger).

Now let’s get into the real ‘meat’ of the project.

The effects.

There are close to 50 effects in this project, along with a ton of techniques and theory. Here’s a quick compilation of magic performed based on this course…

Effects

NOTE: Many of the following effects (although not all) can easily be done from a shuffled, borrowed deck using the principles we teach in the course.

A.C.A.A.N. or ‘Any Card at Any Number’

One spectator names a card. Another chooses a number. In a deck that has been in full view the whole time, you count down to the chosen number to find, impossibly, the card named.

This effect has long been called the ‘Holy Grail’ of card magic, and it’s a plot that we’ve always been fascinated with. The memorized deck allows you to perform the cleanest A.C.A.A.N that we know of, and in this course we of course teach you how.

But it’s not just that.

We also wanted to figure out how we could perform an A.C.A.A.N that’s equally strong without using a full stack. So throughout the course we’ll teach you how to perform this incredible effect using either a half stack, quarter stack…or just 6 cards in stack!

(or even starting from a shuffled deck)

Blue Herring

This course features a couple of variations on an effect inspired by Ben Earl. Here’s what they look like…

Variation 1:

You shuffle the deck and hand it to the spectator. They deal cards to the table, and you explain that they can shuffle the deck while they deal—or even deal from wherever they want in the deck. They stop dealing whenever they feel like it, leaving a pile of randomly dealt cards on the table.

The spectator now picks up the pile of cards and deals again. Again you tell them to stop whenever they like. They look at the card they stopped on.

Despite the most apparently impossible of conditions, you can instantly tell them the card they’re thinking of.

Variation 2:

In this effect, you never even touch the cards. The spectator simply cuts the deck, takes the remaining cards and starts dealing them. As they deal they shuffle the deck periodically.

Eventually they stop dealing, leaving a pile of cards on the table. You ask them to square up these cards and then cut this packet of cards. Once again they take the remaining cards and deal, stopping when they like. They look at the card they stopped on.

Once again, under even more impossible feeling conditions…you correctly guess the card they’re thinking of.

Thought Card From Pocket

You shuffle and then spread the cards for the spectator. They look at a single card without naming it out loud.

You place the cards in your pocket and ask the spectator to count down from 10. Before they reach zero, you announce that you’ve found their card in your pocket.

The spectator names their card and without hesitation you remove a single card from your pocket—revealing that it’s the card they’re thinking of.

This trick originates with Jean Hugard, however we adapted the handling for this course.

Trickery

Your spectator takes a packet of cards and places them in their pocket. They remove one, look at it, and put it back. Then they remove the cards and give the packet a couple of cuts.

You take the same packet, place it in your pocket, and remove one card.

Somehow, even though the spectator never named their choice…it’s the same card!

This trick was inspired by an effect called Trickery by Theodore Annemann however uses a completely different method.

Instinct For Cards

The spectator cuts the deck, looks at their card, and replaces it. Then THEY shuffle the deck. Yet you somehow still know the identity of the card.

Inspired by the effect originating with Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue, with some differences.

Chan Canasta’s ‘Pockets’

This is an effect we’ve always been fascinated with. It looks something like this…

The spectator cuts the deck anywhere they like and takes two cards. They place one card in each pocket.

First, you attempt to name the cards. Next, you ask the spectator to tell you which pocket they would like each card to be inside—even offering them the chance to change their mind.

Whatever they decide…the cards, exactly the ones you named, appear in the pockets called for by the spectator.

We also show you our system of ‘outs’ whereby you drastically minimize the chances of this trick failing. This is something we found missing whenever we tried to learn this effect before.

We explain a simple subtlety (that takes less than 5 seconds) you can do during this routine that can lead to the incredible kicker ending featured in the performance video above.

Weighing the Cards

The spectator cuts the deck anywhere they like, and places that packet on your hand. You ‘weigh’ the cards and then name how many cards you’re holding. You count the cards to show that your guess is exactly right. You repeat this as many times as you like.

Usually this trick requires a full memorized deck, however we show you a streamlined handling that can be done with a quarter of the cards you would normally need.

Color Sense

The spectator cuts the deck and holds the cards out of your view. You tell them, one at a time, the color of the cards as they remove them from the deck.

Once again, we’ll show you simple ways to perform a trick that many would assume requires a complete stack.

Think Stop

Your spectator takes any card, replaces it, and then cuts the deck a few times.

You tell them that you’ve been tracking their card and think it’s currently somewhere around the 20th position.

You then tell them that you’re going to count down from 20 in your head, and they should tell you to stop whenever they like. When they do, you’ll name out loud the number that they stopped you on. For each number you count down, you say that their card will travel to that position.

Let’s say they stop you and you say ‘7’.

You deal 7 cards to reveal the chosen card.

This trick was another idea from Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue that we combined with the principles taught in this course.

Marlo Spades

You split the deck in two, and hand one half to your spectator. You both shuffle, swap packets, and then you shuffle these two packets back together.

Next, the spectator cuts the deck, looks at their card, and replaces it.

Without anything else happening, you can spread through the cards and figure out the chosen card.

This is based on an idea from Ed Marlo. The conditions for this effect are ridiculously clean, however it’s one of the more difficult effects to pull off.

Chudna Harmony

In the course we teach three variations on a Hofzinser plot called ‘Strange Harmony’. Here’s what they look like…

Variation 1:

Your spectator names any card. You pick up a shuffled deck and give them a few chances to ‘find’ their card. Each time they pick a card, it’s revealed not to be the card they named.

Eventually you lay the selected cards out on the table and say that even though it doesn’t look like they found their card…they actually did.

To prove it, you take another deck that has been sitting untouched on the table the entire time. One at a time, you deal the value of the selected cards.
(For example, if they chose a Seven, a Nine and a Five, you deal seven cards, then nine, then five more.)

You turn over the card you dealt to to reveal the freely named card.

(and no—this isn’t just using forced cards.)

Variation 2:

One spectator picks a card and remembers it before replacing it in the deck. Spreading the cards face up, you then ask your other spectators to try to find the chosen card. They select a handful of cards that aren’t the chosen card.

But then you pick up a second deck that has been in view the whole time and count down the value of the selected cards.

The card you end up with is the chosen card.

(we also show you how to flip this routine so it begins with YOU placing a card aside face down, and then asking your spectators to try to find it—with the same kicker ending. This version works even if you’re performing for one spectator.)

(again, this isn’t just using forced cards.)

Variation 3:

In a shuffled deck, four spectators freely select four cards from a face up spread. Next, you ask the spectators to select one card to place aside.

In a second deck, you count down the value of the three remaining cards.

The card you deal to in this deck and the card placed aside are an exact match!

Out Of This World

This is one of the most popular effects in magic, with a twist…

You begin this effect by shuffling and spreading the cards face up to show that red and black cards are mixed throughout the deck.

Next, you withdraw cards at random and have your spectator guess whether they’re red or black, placing them in one of two piles based on their answer.

You finally turn over the piles to show that they somehow correctly guessed every single card…

…except one.

In another deck, you spread the cards to show that the one card they failed to guess is the only face up card.

(note: the kicker ending is optional for this one)

Instantaneous Card Memory

Your spectator begins by shuffling the cards. Next, you separate the cards into red and black.

You announce that you’re going to try to memorize one of these piles. (Let’s say you’re memorizing the red cards.) The spectator picks up the red packet and shuffles them thoroughly.

You deal through the red cards and attempt to memorize them.

Once you’re done, you turn the red cards face down and prove that you’ve memorized them by naming them one at a time.

You apologize that it took you so long to memorize the cards. You explain that you were distracted by also trying to secretly memorize the black cards.

You take the black cards face down and again name every single card correctly!

This effect is based on one from Theodore Annemann but with a big difference.

Packets

You allow multiple spectators to grab packets of cards from various places in the deck. Once by one you name every card held by every spectator!

This is the trick that Juan Tamariz, one of the ‘founding fathers’ of the memorized deck, says to do for an entire year before you do anything else. In the right hands, it’s incredible.

Any Card At Any Dice

Your spectator names any card, then rolls some dice. You count down to the result of the dice roll and reveal the chosen card.

This is a fun variation on the ‘A.C.A.A.N.’ effect and will help build your confidence and fluidity with the memorized deck.

Albania

This trick is usually performed with three or four people.

In this description, we’ll imagine we’re performing for four people…

Before the effect starts, you ask your audience to freely name any card—which you’ll come back to later.

You split the deck up into four packets and hand them out. Everyone shuffles their packet, looks at any card, and swaps their chosen card with someone else. They shuffle their packets again and you collect them all back up.

You spread through the cards and can not only name the four chosen cards, but WHO chose which card.

Just when everyone thinks the effect is over, you remind them that they named a card at the start of the performance.

In another deck that has been sitting on the table, you count down the value of the four chosen cards.

You slowly turn over the last card to reveal the card named at the beginning of the effect.

In the video above we perform this effect with three spectators and handle it slightly differently…

Ultimate Lazy Man’s Card Trick

Here’s what this effect looks like…

You lay all 52 cards out on the table face down, and ask your spectator to try to select a red card. Next you ask them to select a Club. Finally you ask them to select a Queen.

You turn the three cards over to reveal a red card, a Club, and a Queen.

This is a clever little effect that we’re very proud of. The way this effect looks will likely be different each time you perform it, and you can ask the spectator to select more than three cards if you wish.

Polygraph

The spectator shuffles the cards, then cuts them. Then they spread through the cards so you can’t see them, and start naming the cards they see. Whenever they like, they can lie to you about the identity of a card. Somehow…you ALWAYS know when they’re lying.

Final Countdown

The spectator cuts their deck as many times as they like, before cutting face up. Once they do, you make a prediction in your notepad. Next, you cut your deck and turn it face up.

Your cards don’t match, but at this point you read out the prediction you made beforehand.

What does it say?

“Your right card will find my wrong card, and my wrong card will find your right card.”

To demonstrate, you use the identity of the card you cut to to deal cards, ending up on their card.

E.g. You spell out ‘King of Clubs’ to land on their card. 

In other words, your ‘wrong’ card found their ‘right’ card.

But even more impressive, when the spectator deals the identity of their card…they end up on the card you cut to!

(Their ‘right’ card found your ‘wrong’ card!)

There are ZERO forces, and this works for EVERY card in the deck—right in the spectator’s hands.

These are just some of the MANY effects taught in this course and that’s just the effects.

Here’s just a tiny taste of everything else you’ll learn in our theory and general teaching sections…

* The 4 ‘core’ categories of effects you can create using a memorized deck (there are others, but we think these are the MOST powerful)
* The ‘Jazz Band’ secret to creating routines that make your audience FEEL like they’re seeing real magic (this is admittedly a difficult idea to ‘grasp’, but once you do—you’ll be rubbing shoulders with the best magicians of all time)
* The ‘key card’ concepts on steroids (if you can just understand THIS, the power of your effects will be miles ahead of most magicians)
* Why the ‘secret identity’ of playing cards makes performing incredible magic laughably easy.
* Why a creaky elevator in Boston tells you everything you need to know about the danger of NOT making your mem deck invisible.
* The 8+ different ‘greases’ we use to make it nearly impossible to spot we’re using a stack.
* Why it ‘pays’ to act like you don’t care (Dani DaOrtiz does this all the time, and it’s genius.)
* Why you have more control over the audience’s attention than you might think (even if you don’t know the first thing about ‘misdirection.’)
* How to ‘estimation cut’ to any card in the deck .
* A variety of false shuffles (that you can ‘mix and match’ to your preferences.)
* How to implant ‘false memories’ into your audience.
* How to make the audience SWEAR they shuffled the deck (when really, everything was under your control the entire time.)
* A simple tip that puts the classic force on ‘easy mode.’
* The ‘Pg 146’ secret to maximising the power of the faro (this literally feels like ‘cheat codes’ to magic)
* The one faro shuffle fact that audiences have ZERO clue about (this is so astonishing that it almost feels UNFAIR)
* An alternative method for people who can’t do a perfect faro shuffle (that achieves the exact same thing but is basically foolproof – even your spectators can perform this shuffle)
* How to genuinely shuffle the deck yet simultaneously place a key card at every 4th position (trust us when we say this is going to be VERY useful)
* A variety of forcing techniques (all of which come in handy for some of the most powerful mem deck effects!)
* The power of the ‘divided deck’ principle (this principle is SO easy to learn, but creates almost infinite possibilities)
* A 30-minute ‘Jazz class’ that might genuinely be the most valuable teaching in the whole course when it comes to performing engaging and fun impromptu magic.

Here’s some of the kind praise we’ve received for our teaching on the memorized deck…

All that being said, there is as you can see, GENUINELY no reason to not take us up on this incredible offer.

We honestly might remove this ‘double-refund’ offer at any time as we genuinely don’t know if it’s a silly thing to do.

(we’ve never seen anyone else do it and there are a lot of obvious reasons for why this could be a really bad idea!)

However if you’re reading this, we haven’t taken it down yet and it does currently apply.

Please take it as a gesture of good will and don’t abuse our trust, and we’ll be more likely to keep it.

We can however guarantee that the price of £87 will be valid for the duration of the next few days.

After that this product WILL increase in price, this offer will not last long.