51 entries for Mark Elsdon

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Al Baker A Telemirakel ten cards from shuffled deck tabled in a row, random person called (really assistant who never hung up a previous call and secretly listens) who names four cards, the cards corresponding with the last four digits of the phone number in the ten-card row are those cards
Related toAlso published here 1949
Mental Magic
21
Alex Elmsley Late Night Location spectator cuts off a pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles, packet returned and deck faro shuffled, selection found, stay stack with duplicates
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
19
Jerry Sadowitz The Whisperers four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Related toVariations 1982
Alternative Card Magic
8
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Ulta-plus! Close-up Mental Act multi-phase routine
  • one of several bottle caps is chosen, matching beer is produced from jacket
  • name of person written on paper is burnt and divined by performer
  • chosen zodiac sign appears on boiled egg, inside the shell
  • chosen tune is heard from box, which is later to be shown empty
Variations Aug. 1987
Magick (Issue 394)
1967
Steve Draun The Midnight Shift
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
37
Tom Stone Gold Wielder including Stone's showing of the rings to the three spectator
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1996
The Warpsmith Returns
27
Mark Elsdon Cardtoon, Too deck shown normal, card with stick figure put on deck and it animates when riffled, deck shown normal again
 		Jan. 1996
MAGIC (Vol. 5 No. 5)
69
Mark Elsdon The Pinch Pass with all-around square-up
Inspired by 1997
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63)
1237
Mark Elsdon Reel Floating Match match floats over playing card, invisible thread strings around card
 		Jan. 1998
MAGIC (Vol. 7 No. 5)
71
Michael Close (reviewer) The One with the Trivial PursuitTM Cards by Mark Elsdon Oct. 2001
MAGIC (Vol. 11 No. 2)
29
Mark Elsdon Boxed Tekel two cards pocketed, the Jokers whisper the names to the performer, Jokers put in case, then pocketed cards shown, then they transpose with the cased Jokers
Inspired by 2003
Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck
26
Robert Cassidy Card Memory deck is shuffled and memorized, two spectator get half the deck and performer names every card
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2004
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy
35
Barrie Richardson Rounders stripper deck in which the diagonally opposite corners are shortened, for divided deck, either fine or large preparation as discarded casino cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Concepts & Deceptions Lecture Notes, 1999
 2005
Act Two
48
Peter Duffie Mark Elsdon mini bio
 		2006
England Up Close
148
Mark Elsdon Station Master card in envelope is pierced by spectator with a needle, when taken out a whole is seen, map of London is on back of card and location is predicted with underground ticket
 		2006
England Up Close
148
Mark Elsdon KiLocator fair selection and loosing procedure out of performer's hands, faro
Related to 2006
England Up Close
150
David Regal (reviewer) Chaos 2 by Mark Elsdon Feb. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 2)
95
Jason England (reviewer) Chaos 2 by Mark Elsdon Apr. 2007
MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 8)
43
David Oliver (reviewer) The Riser Deck by Mark Elsdon Jan. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 1)
107
Mark Elsdon Bottle Capped one of several bottle caps is chosen, matching beer is produced from jacket, free choice of cap and switch
Inspired by 2008
Mind Blasters
185
Mark Elsdon Only the Best Telephone Trick in the World... ...ever, that's all! object, person, place, ... decided upon and random person from phone book called, the person tells the item, helper is already secretly on the line without ever hanging up
Inspired by
  • Norman Gilbreath routine in The Linking Ring, reference not given
Related to 		2008
Mind Blasters
187
Mark Elsdon Brainwave2 with two cards chosen by two spectators
 		2008
Mind Blasters
189
Mark Elsdon The Meridian Technique strategy for performing stand-up tricks in close-up and walk-around gigs
  • What is the Meridian Technique?
  • How was it developed?
  • Exactly how does it work?
    • An example
  • What are its benefits?
  • The Nature of the Macro-tricks
  • The Macro-tricks
Related to 2008
The Meridian Technique
4
Mark Elsdon Rubik Remembered solving Rubik's Cube blindfolded
 		2008
The Meridian Technique
16
Mark Elsdon A Lot of Bottle... coin signed by several spectators
 		2008
The Meridian Technique
18
Mark Elsdon Ninjutsu examined and marked rings, Ninja Rings handling
 		2008
The Meridian Technique
22
Mark Elsdon Smashing! staging for Krisjian Pipho's Big Bang, exploding light bulb
 		2008
The Meridian Technique
25
Mark Elsdon Mega-Memory deck is shuffled and memorized, two spectator get half the deck and performer names every card
Inspired by 2008
The Meridian Technique
27
Mark Elsdon Nailed! handling for Alakazam Magic's Cobra Fang, Russian Roulette with nail
 		2008
The Meridian Technique
30
Mark Elsdon Lord Of The Rings performance handling for Gold Wielder
Inspired by 2008
The Meridian Technique
33
Mark Elsdon, Edmund Rowland First, The Good News! revealing information from newspaper piece
Also published here
  • Edmund Rowland in Warlock's "Pentagram" Vol, 7. No.2. 1952. P. 11.
 2008
The Meridian Technique
34
Mark Elsdon FCA staging for Bob Kohler's Ultimate Three Fly, adapting the Meridian Technique
 		2008
The Meridian Technique
38
Mark Elsdon Pursuing The Trivial stand-up handling for Mark Elsdon's "The One With The Trivial Pursuit Cards", mind reading with Trivial Pursuit cards
 		2008
The Meridian Technique
39
Gabe Fajuri (reviewer) Rubik Remembered by Mark Elsdon Feb. 2009
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 6)
82
Peter Duffie (reviewer) The Meridian Technique by Mark Elsdon June 2009
MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 10)
81
Peter Duffie (reviewer) Whacked! by Mark Elsdon Jan. 2010
MAGIC (Vol. 19 No. 5)
84
Mark Elsdon Parlour Monte
Jan. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 1)
76
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Remote Coin and Date Divination penny, dime and quarter borrowed, spectator distributes them in two pockets and hand according to performer's instructions, performer knows where which coin is and also date of coin in spectator's hand, free will
  • Extra (bending addition, lie detector idea)
(PDF bonus effect from Dec. 2012)
Inspired by
  • "Sixty Two Pence" (Mark Elsdon, Conversation as Mentalism)
Variations 		Dec. 2012
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 9)
1
Jared Kopf (reviewer) In the Frame by Mark Elsdon Dec. 2012
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 4)
82
David Oliver (reviewer) In The Frame by Mark Elsdon Feb. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 2)
93
Alexander de Cova Killer-Kiwi bill in kiwi
  • Für Table-Hopper
  • Die Table-Hopping Sequenz
  • Die Meridian-Technik (Mark Elsdon)
Also published here May 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 6)
14
Mark Elsdon Foreword
2014
A Piece Of My Mind
7
Alexander de Cova Enthymemata Phil Goldstein's "Racer's Edge", Al Koran's Gold Medaillon, Mark Elsdon's "Meridian Technique"
Related to Jan. 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 4)
31
Peter Duffie (reviewer) Infallible by Mark Elsdon Sep. 2014
MAGIC (Vol. 24 No. 1)
84
Dustin Stinett (reviewer) Meridian Technique by Mark Elsdon May 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 5)
84
David Regal (reviewer) Last Laugh by Mark Elsdon July 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)
84
Alexander de Cova Killer-Kiwi bill in kiwi
  • Für Table-Hopper
  • Die Table-Hopping Sequenz
  • Die Meridian-Technik (Mark Elsdon)
Inspired by
  • Carl Cloutier's Bill in Kiwi
Also published here 		2015
Burners — Vol. 1
66
John Michael Wilson (reviewer) Conversation as Mentalism Volume 2 by Mark Elsdon Feb. 2015
MAGIC (Vol. 24 No. 6)
77
Peter Duffie (reviewer) Last Laugh by Mark Elsdon July 2015
MAGIC (Vol. 24 No. 11)
81
Brad Henderson (reviewer) The Trick that CAN be Explained! by Mark Elsdon Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
84
Brad Henderson (reviewer) EL3DON by Mark Elsdon Jan. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 1)
85