Beyond Svengali: applying the svengali principle to mentalism by Chris Wardle & Paul Hallas

Here, Chris Wardle explores the use of long and short cards (Svengali Deck style) for mental magic presentations. Whilst initially he gives some background to the Svengali deck and how to make and handle one, some routines use variants on the deck and several don't use playing cards at all. There are thirteen routines from Chris plus some additional commentary and a bonus routine from publisher Paul Hallas. Chances are after reading this you'll not think of the Svengali deck in the same way again.

Since the appearance of this booklet (his third) Chris authored Magic For Everyone (2006) and Math-o-Magic (2011) aimed at parents and teachers to introduce children to math through magic.

1st edition 2006, 1st digital edition 2012, 29 pages.

Table of Contents

3. Beyond Svengali Introduction
5. Construction and General Handling of The Svengali Deck
6. The Force of The Tarot
7. Location, Location, Location
8. Elimination
9. The Christmas Carol Prediction
11. Domino Svengali
12. Number Time
13. The Critic's Choice
17. Synonym Toys
19. The Unquiet Dead
20. The Princess is Out
21. Take Your Pick
23. Four In A Row
24. One Up
26. Further Thoughts
27. Additional Commentary From Paul Hallas
28. Trainee Mind Reader

word count: 12953 which is equivalent to 51 standard pages of text