Oscar Hugo: Magi-Card System

Hugo, Oscar: Magi Card System
©1942 Oscar H. Gutheil, F.J. Heer Publishing Co., OH
Hardcover, no d/j, 6x9", 98 pages

Revised Edition, B.W. McCarron, editor
© 2022 Magic World Publishers
Softcover, comb-bound, 6x9", 112 pages

Oscar Hugo: Magi Card System
1942 Edition
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Oscar Hugo: Magi Card System
Revised Edition
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Comments: 2022 revised edition adds some additional content. A treatise on memorized card work.

Contents (from revised edition ToC):

3 Advertisement: original ad for book
4 Dedication
7 Foreword
9 Introduction

13 Chapter One Learning the Magi Order
13 Laws Of Learning
15 The Practice Deck
16 Ten Practice Lessons

33 Chapter Two Magi Calculation Routine
33 Name Any Card In The Deck
35 Hellstrom Card Trick
37 Cards By Weight
38 Magi Pairs Remembered
39 Group And Number Trick
40 First Magi Switch

42 Chapter Three Magi Routine
45 Magi Spelling Bee
48 Magi Poker Deal
49 Magi Triple Thought Speller
51 Magi Indicator Card Trick

54 Chapter Four Magi Miracle Routine
54 Magi Vibratory Trick
59 Magi Four-Way Speller
61 Second Magi Switch

63 Chapter Five Magi Unprepared Routine
63 Magi Four Ace Trick
66 Audience Deck Stacking
67 Thought Cards To Pocket
68 Magi Push-Out Sleights
69 Riffle Counting
70 Magi Take a Card

72 Chapter Six Magi Mentality Routine
72 Magi Mindreading
78 Magi Pulse Detection
80 Chapter Seven Magi Advanced Routine
80 Calculate A Card’S Location
83 Calculate To Place A Card
84 The Magi Peek
86 Third Magi Switch

88 Chapter Eight Preparing The Magi Deck
88 A Magi Deck
88 Magi Case
89 Magi Key Card
90 Stack Your Cards
91 Strip Your Cards
92 Mark Your Cards

95 Chapter Nine False Shuffles
96 Hugo Dovetail
97 Hugo Overhand
99 Hugo Stripper

102 Chapter Ten The Last Word
105 Psychology

109 About The Author
110 Special Index
112 Recommended Titles


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