when you open your hands

Although magicians can rely on sleeves and tables to load and unload props during performances

your participant settles upon one card from 52 possibilities in their mind

but with any brand or type of paper - or even with other materials such as rope

-David Vernon

Unexpected Card Book | Ed Marlo Maxwell when you open your handsEd Marlo created so much magic that at the peak of his career, he struggled to have it all published. So, on the advice of David Solomon, he printed and produced small amounts of his own manuscripts, which quietly circulated among serious card magicians. Decades later, these "private manuscripts" have become some of the most sought after and influential works in modern card magic. The first, and most notable of these is The Unexpected Card Book. It