Shaken, Not Stirred
Shaken, Not Stirred
An idea we found in an old Howard Thurston book. This fools magicians.
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Benji’s take
— Benji
Why we like it
The honest bit
Watch it performed
What you get
Practical details
- Difficulty
- 3/10
- Reset
- 2 minutes
- Angles
- 360
- Props required
- Regular deck of cards (and one everyday household item)
- Format
- Download
- Teaching time
- 22
If it isn’t for you
Send us an email and we'll refund you. There's no time limit on it — next week or in five years — and you don't have to explain yourself. We'd rather you spent your money on something you'll actually use.
What people said
From reviews left on our previous store.
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"Excellent tutorial. Very clearly explained, including all the important nuances. Though I don't see myself performing this, it was great learning the secret. It's another technique that I may be able to use in the future. Very fairly priced. I'll gladly pay $7 to learn to the secret to an illusion/trick I'm interested in! As usual, outstanding work on putting this together - You guys are awesome!"
— Darryl Brooks -
"Thank you guys for pulling an oldie out of the archives, I had never seen this before and I really like it. I will definitely use this."
— Blair -
"This. This is what The Daily Magician does best. This is why I've been an Inner Circle member for as long as I have. This is why I continue to support them. They take an old principle that, let's be honest, I don't have the time to discover by pouring over old magic books. Then they fool with it, craft an AMAZING routine and release it for a super reasonable price. OH! and if you don't like it, they'll give you a refund? Seriously!? Also, you WILL like it. So amazing. A real miracle."
— Jim Taone -
"Fun trick. Well taught. Uses an everyday sort of gimmick to make it work well. A possible complication is explained so you can be share it."
— Doc Hughes -
"I was expecting the unexpected and wasn't disappointed! The method is ingeniously simple, I can't wait to try it in front of an audience!"
— Florian Samain -
"I very much like the effect. The simple method was surprising and well explained. The only thing I missed was your thoughts about any impronto possibilities, as you advertised that it could be performed with a borrowed deck."
— Yunus Hentschel -
"Shaken not Stirred is great trick. Its exactly as they billed it, easy enough for a 10 year old but will fool adults. I can't wait to try it out!"
— Charles Crumpton -
"It was great! The trick is so simple and yet extrememly effective. Sometimes you see an impossible trick and get nervous for the reveal because it disappoints, but this one was perfect. Clever and good enough, yet not ridiculously complicated."
— TH -
"For me as a novice magician this is a truly delightful deception, and so easy to do with nothing much to remember, it does it itself really...brilliant"
— Hugh -
"It is a great trick with a great secret that I could not have thought of. The only problem with it is that it would be good if you did some close up angles of sleights so it is easier to know how something should look"
— Ben Gibbons -
"5 stars it is a fabulous trick and has given me plenty of ideas for tricks"
— Ben -
"For not a lot of effort, you get a nice pay-off. I see this as a parlor effect -- it requires a set-up (30-60 seconds), two decks, and a decent sized bag. Too much for walk-around or EDC, in my opinion. It's a demonstration of card-sensing, a power that's part of my character, and I can see myself using it for the right occaision. I'm glad Jacob and Benji brought it to my attention!"
— Phil Franklin -
"I think it was fairly original, quite a decent trick, will look to perform it to friends first to see how it is"
— Lucas -
"This is a great example of using the easiest method possible! I was very happy to learn this and can now think more clearly about other effects where a very simple method beats skill! Those old magic books have some real good stuff in them."
— Millard Longman -
"Very well taught and explained video tutorial from the daily magician team. Very happy with my purchase"
— Paul Warren -
"This trick certainly deserves consideration for anybody looking for something to perform on stage. A simple trick that actually entertains."
— Watt Hyer
What trick would fool the Magic Circle but could also be performed by a 10-year-old?”
Dear friend,
TRUE STORY:
Almost a year ago, we were sent an email by one of our clients that read something like this:
“My ten-year-old son needs a trick that’s easy to perform but will get impress the magicians in our local IBM ring. What do you recommend?”
Together, we created the following criteria for the effect:
* It needed to be an extremely obscure method (that even lifelong magicians wouldn’t be aware of!)
* It needed to be easy (so easy a ten-year-old could perfect it!)
* It needed to be impactful (if he was going to get into the magic circle, it couldn’t be with a garbage-stolen YouTube effect!)
* It needed to be unique (magicians love to see something they’ve never seen before)
Which led us to this…
The FORBIDDEN magic trick from Howard Thurston.
Honestly, we’re probably one of the only 200 people in the last century to even read about this trick.
Even if you found it (which is incredibly unlikely as it’s crazy obscure) you’d probably have glossed over it considering the name…
See by today's standards, the name seems a little…well…let’s just say we wouldn’t post it on Facebook.
Meaning the method for this trick has been well and truly buried in a $0.25 pamphlet Thurston used to sell after his 19th-century performances.
It doesn’t get much more secret than that.
Yet, this method is INCREDIBLY easy and crazy powerful.
As you might have guessed, when one of our readers reached out asking how his child could fool their local IBM ring, this was the trick we recommended.
So what does it look like?
* This trick requires little to no sleight of hand.
* Can be performed using a borrowed deck.
* Can be learned in minutes.
* We think it works well for stage, close up, and walk around.
We genuinely can’t wait to get this method out there - its been hiding in for far too long.
Here's what a few of our customers had to say about this effect:
"Excellent tutorial. Very clearly explained, including all the important nuances. Very fairly priced. As usual, outstanding work on putting this together - You guys are awesome!" - Darryl Brooks
"Thank you guys for pulling an oldie out of the archives, I had never seen this before and I really like it. I will definitely use this." - Blair
"This. This is what The Daily Magician does best. This is why I've been an Inner Circle member for as long as I have. This is why I continue to support them. They take an old principle that, let's be honest, I don't have the time to discover by pouring over old magic books. Then they fool with it, craft an AMAZING routine and release it for a super reasonable price. OH! and if you don't like it, they'll give you a refund? Seriously!? Also, you WILL like it. So amazing. A real miracle." - Jim Taone
"I was expecting the unexpected and wasn't disappointed! The method is ingeniously simple, I can't wait to try it in front of an audience!" - Florian Samain
"Shaken not Stirred is great trick. Its exactly as they billed it, easy enough for a 10 year old but will fool adults. I can't wait to try it out!" - Charles Crumpton
"It was great! The trick is so simple and yet extrememly effective. Sometimes you see an impossible trick and get nervous for the reveal because it disappoints, but this one was perfect. Clever and good enough, yet not ridiculously complicated." - TH
"For me as a novice magician this is a truly delightful deception, and so easy to do with nothing much to remember, it does it itself really...brilliant." - Hugh
But, if Thurston’s trickery plus our modernizations aren’t something you enjoy as always we’re happy to offer a 100% lifetime refund guarantee.
That means you could perform this trick for years, become famous because of it, create your own show based all around it, and still, if you start thinking to yourself I don’t really like the method, you’ll have your money back before you can shout “bag!”
In fact, here’s what one of our customers recently had to say about our refund policy…
“When I decided a certain trick was not really for me, I was immediately offered a refund with no questions asked. So ordering is risk free, which gives clients absolute confidence when ordering.” - Trevor
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