The Long and the Short of it

The Best Svengali Routine in Existence

2001
Written by Mark Lewis
Work of Mark Lewis
38 pages (Spiralbound), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Susan Kern
Language: English
41 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Mark Lewis Dedication to Joe Stuthard
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Mark Lewis Acknowledgements
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Ariel Frailich Foreword
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Mark Lewis Introduction
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Mark Lewis Mechanics and Handling the make-up of a svengali deck
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Mark Lewis Handling the Svengali Deck basics
  • Main Points to Remember
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Mark Lewis The Run on the dribble run into the other hand
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Mark Lewis The Double Lift top card short
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Mark Lewis The Riffle Shuffle
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Mark Lewis The Overhand Shuffle
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Mark Lewis The Fan
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Mark Lewis The Spread (and Turnover)
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Joe Stuthard The Drop cards dribbled onto the table so they make a full revolution
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Jack Cook The Jackie Cook Spread near table edge (same person)
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Dave Walker The Hand Spread dribble onto the hand in fan configuration
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The Lambert Spread
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Mark Lewis The Mark Lewis Svengali Routine eight phases, with credit commentary on each phase (Ali Bongo, Ron MacMillan, Eric Ward, Johnny Neptune, Nelson Holt, Sammy Holmes, David Cronin)
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Mark Lewis On Ron MacMillan
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Mark Lewis On Ali Bongo
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Mark Lewis The Rehash on the concept of Rehash in a svengali pitch
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Dave Walker The Larceny Trick card comes to top as bet, then all shown alike with presentation as if the spectator lied
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Mark Lewis False Explanation Trick
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Mark Lewis Tricks with a Svengali Deck chapter intro
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Mark Lewis Stabbing Trick #1 with knife in the deck
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Mark Lewis Stabbing Trick #2 with knife in the deck which is wrapped in a paper napkin
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Mark Lewis Reverse Card reversed card apparently rights itself
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Mark Lewis Finding Card at Given Number
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Mark Lewis Clock Trick
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Mark Lewis Torn and Restored Card
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Mark Lewis Mental Miracle card cut to is predicted, then it travels to other half
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Mark Lewis Dice Trick six cards tabled and throw of die used to count to selection
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Mark Lewis Thought Card card selected and card thought of during riffling, they end up next to each other
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Mark Lewis Blindfold Effect
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Mark Lewis Card from Pocket cards taken out of pocket one by one, spectator stops at selection
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Mark Lewis Pile Trick piles made on table, spectator choses one, selection is on top
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Mark Lewis Chapter Five more comments on performing with a svengali deck
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Mark Lewis Switching a Deck
  • performing a non-card trick
  • under a newspaper
  • taking handkerchief from pocket to wipe sweat
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Al Baker A Prediction svengali deck dealt into two piles repeatedly until one card remains, with half-deck clean-up switch
Also published here 35
Joe Stuthard Svengali Deck Switch key card location with half-deck switch to clean up svengali deck
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Mark Lewis Miniature Svengali Routine with an Ordinary Deck to do after switching in a regular deck
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Mark Lewis Final Word
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Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2020.