Haines House of Cards

The Original and still the Best Martin Lewis' Sidewalk Shuffle routine involves four jumbo bicycle 4½" x 7" cards, 3 Blanks and an Ace. One Blank goes on the table. The spectator tries to keep track of the Ace, but he fails, for the Ace is now on the table. All of the cards in your hand are blank! You try it a second time, with the same results. The third time is the kicker. The card on the table really is a Blank! And, all three of the cards in your hand are now Aces!

With Close-up Cardiographic, Martin has taken his classic sketchpad Rising Card to the next level. The effect is the same as Cardiographic, but built for close-up performances; a drawing of a selected card rises from a drawing of a deck of cards. The resulting impossible object is handed out as a souvenir.

Never has there been a more articulate manifesto declaring magic a true art. And never has one man offered a more detailed and coherent plan for achieving art by the practice of magic.

A guy endorsed by Vernon, Warlock, Mullica, and a large host of others can't be all bad.