M.I.N.T #2 by Ed Marlo is the first in a two-part collection of revolutionary card specialist Ed Marlo's incomparable contributions to the New TOPS magazine (Marlo In New Tops). M.I.N.T #2 collects Marlo's submissions between 1968 and 1979, a total of 49 powerful Marlo masterpieces, a diverse and exciting range of tricks, sleights and subtleties, many of which have since become staples of the magician's arsenal.
Ed Marlo's name is regularly invoked by the most skilled and knowledgeable magicians, but his out-of-print contributions to the New TOPS magazine have been hard to find and have commanded top dollar on the collectors market. With this new reprinting students can finally get their hands on these inspirational collections and begin using Marlo's fascinating toolkit of powerfully fooling techniques and engaging tricks to level up their own magic.
M.I.N.T #2 is 404 pages, covering 49 of Marlo's contributions to the magazine and covers a huge range of ideas, techniques, utility moves, visual sleights and complete tricks. For clarity, the text is fully illustrated with hundreds of detailed line drawings.
Marlo's creative exploration of the art of magic is second to none and M.I.N.T represents an unmissable window into his hugely influential thinking.
Contents:
Introduction: Jon Racherbaumer
1968 May: More Deuce Sandwiches July: Marlo's Logic August: Beveled Edge Second Deal September: Ace Vanishes October: The Fake Pickup December: Latest Ace Vanishes
1972 August: Long Distance Collectors December: Diminishing Universal/Colorful Surprise
1973 April: Notes on D. C. D. August: Still Collecting/ Reverso November: Deuce Sandwich Switch
1974 February: Invisible Thought Transference June: Think Touch Turn August The Marlo Shelf November: Bottom Deal Exchange December: New Approach Location
1975 March: Center Deal Effects April: New Card Add June: Instant Coin Assembly August: A Radical Departure October: Marlo's Wrist Turn Passes November: Variations of a Palm
1976 January: More Mental Reverses March: Olrarn Turnover Switch April: Double Departure June: Something to Borrow Again August Spectator Cuts Aces September: Spectator Cuts to Locate The Aces November: Marlo Switchout
1977 February: Inexplicable Reverse April: Trite Trickery June: A Voice From the Past July: Wrist Turn Change Plus August: The One You Choose Is The One We Use November: One Way, Two Selections
1978 January: Two Limited Selections February: Reversed Image March: Simplex D. C. D. April: Double D. C. D. August: Touch Turn in Reverse
1979 January: Marlo's Almost Perfect Stop Trick February: Block Turnover Principle Applications March: Red Black Transposition April: Variation of Phase Four May: Mental Reselection
QUOTES:
"A gold mine of some of the most important and useful work with cards ever published" - Louis Faraga
"Serious students of card magic will heatrily welcome the M.I.N.T volumes." - Jon Rauchenbaumer
"...there is EXCELLENT material in these volumes that very few magicians know and even fewer perform." - Scott F Guinn
"I think every cardician should study the materials by the real card master-Ed Marlo. Although some of the materials may not suit the taste of the younger generation, the quality of the magic inside the book are realy top-notch." - Alex Hui
"Ed Marlo was the most prolific creator in the history of card Magic. He had work on pretty much every effect and move with cards. In MINT 1 and 2 you will be in for one hell of a treat as you discover the genius of the man. I can't recommend these volumes enough!" - John Carey
"...even the most zealous critic would be hard-pressed to ignore the wealth of ideas, sleights, effects, methods, and plots that Marlo bestowed upon us all, and the sea-changes in cardicians' thinking that were caught in Marlo's wake." - Jamy Ian Swiss
"Marlo's M.I.N.T collections 1 and 2 are jam packed with exactly the kind of material serious magicians whisper about - fiendishly clever, doable in the real world and so obscured by time and inaccessibility that they will still fool the pants off even knowledgable wizards. If you're looking for deepsecrets to power up your card magic, rest assured you can find them in these two books." - Phill Smith
