A good piece of magic is magic that looks totally impossible

most practical solution to the legendary "prediction on back:" effect that I've ever seen

The magician shows a coin and a Boston Box

bar bets and scams to make you look like a magic wizard or the life of the party

Comes complete with special gimmick and detailed instructions

Expert At The Card Table | Dover Erdnase Adair A good piece of magicThe Classic Treatise On Card Manipulation For almost a century, this book has been considered indispensable to attaining the highest level of card mastery. In it, S. W. Erdnase, a supreme master of card manipulation, teaches card enthusiasts how to perform the dazzling tricks and sleights many of them how own creations that made him famous. The first section of the book deals with card table artifice, or, to put it more bluntly, cheating at cards.