More Commercial Killers – Chris Congreave

The new book from Chris Congreave is now!

Beautifully printed in HARDBACK by Haresign Press.

List of contents…

More Commercial Killers

• No Match – An impossible two deck prediction effect, self-working and extremely powerful!
• Signed Coin to Anywhere, Again – A simple to follow and easy to perform effect where a signed coin vanishes from an open hand, and appears, well…. anywhere!
• A Predictable Stroller – A brilliant in the hands card routine perfect for the walk around magician, show four cards all the same as a first selected card, then suddenly the name of the second selected card appears on the backs!
• No Bul l – A funny, modern interpretation of the classic “Lie detector” plot. You will have a lot of fun performing this.
• Card in Sharpie – Exactly what it says!
• Perfect Match – You place a card down as a prediction, then deal cards one at a time, the spectator says “stop” the prediction is the 6 of hearts, they stopped you on the 6 of diamonds, pretty good so far, the pack is shown, and they are all blank!
• Pickpocket – Signed card to SPECTATORS wallet!! Simple to perform, easy to follow, amazing reactions!
• Sharp Business – After having a card signed by your trusty sharpie, pop the lid back on then visually stretch the lid, then shrink it back to normal. A visual “bit of business.”
• Card under car – Great for family audiences, a card under a toy car routine. Chris used to perform this for many years at family restaurants, always went down a storm.
• Visible Deck – A card is selected by a spectator, then another card is named (totally free choice) the magician finds the selected card. Then removes an envelope from his pocket that has a card from a different pack as a prediction inside. It matches. The card is then turned over and the thought of card is written on the back.
• Visible Childish Deck – The same effect as above, but with a “hook” that gives it a totally different feel.
• MaC Sandwich – The cleanest, easiest sandwich routine ever!
• Die Another Day – A powerful mind reading/prediction effect using cards and dice, and it’s completely self-working, instantly resets and you’re left with a regular deck in play.
• Wave – A thought of card is the only card in the pack with a different colored back.
• Tip off Aces – The aces are used to identify a chosen card, then one of them becomes the chosen card, to finish the backs of the Aces are shown, and written on the backs is the name of the chosen card!
• Variant Variation – A super commercial variation of the classic “Kanes Variant” effect.
• Your Card – A gag card ends up actually being the spectators signed card. A great giveaway!
• Vanishing Card – A spectator’s signed card is said to have vanished, the magician shows a completely blank card and says it’s theirs, they want proof, so the magician makes the signed face reappear leaving the back vanished, and hands it out in this half/half state as a souvenir.
• A Swindle of Sorts – A great 50/50 opener!
• Misdirection Card – The magician gives a spectator a lesson in the art of Misdirection! A great signed card under box/glass routine. You will love performing this.
• The Bet – Another brilliant strolling effect, that gets gasps and some swearing from spectators! You have been warned.
• Stop it! – A card at any number with a killer kicker ending!
• Stop Messing About – Card at any number using a borrowed, shuffled deck.
• Out of this street – A different take on the “Out of this World” effect.
• A Joke Prediction – A commercial prediction effect with a funny ending they won’t see coming from a mile away.
• Perfect Prediction – An envelope is placed down, the spectator shuffles and cuts the deck, they turn over the card they cut too, you take out the card from the envelope, they match perfectly.

Plus, two mini essays, one on “Misdirection” and the other on “Pocket Management.”

Here’s what people have had to say so far…

“Chris never disappoints with his books and More Commercial Killers is no exception. It’s loaded up with more super practical, hard-hitting gems. You will definitely be adding quite a few to your repertoire!”
– David Jonathan

“Open the book to any page. Try whatever trick you landed on. Really. Try it…on REAL people. It doesn’t matter what trick you will try…they are ALL workers. Easy to understand and easy to do. What else do you want?”
– Michel Huot

“Chris Congreave just gets it. He truly understands how to create card magic that people love. I immediately started using 5 of these tricks, and that’s a bigger hit ratio than anything since I read the last Bannon book.I must give special mention to ‘Stop Messing About (Variation)’ as it is the sweetest card trick, I’ve seen this year and one that I’m performing constantly. Bravo!More Commercial Killers gets my highest recommendation.”
– Mark Elsdon