The Chronicles of Declan Pierce - Volume 4

The Chronicles of Declan Pierce – Smoke & Mirrors

When the Mist take hostages and issue an impossible ultimatum, Declan Pierce is forced into a dangerous game of deception. With his friends' lives hanging in the balance, Declan must master new abilities drawn from a stolen Nether amulet—powers that push the boundaries of his bloodline magic.

As illusion and reality blur, a carefully orchestrated rescue mission unfolds against the clock. But the Mist have plans of their own—and secrets they’re willing to kill to protect. Shadow clones, hidden agents, and double-layered traps turn a simple exchange into a high-stakes confrontation where every move counts.

The effects presented in this volume offer a couple of applications for the tipover change, an introduction to the automatic placement principle, and a new secret subtratction sleight that is easy to perform.

Tricks

• Countdown - A transposition effect that will have your participant questioning whether or not they truly have magical potential.

• Treducio - A clean introduction to the automatic placement principle. Two participants attune with one another finding their own card in an impossible way.

• Duo Dectectivo - A sandwich effect using two Jokers that are presented as detectives who use magic to impossibly nab the perpetrator.

• Shadowcast - A transmutation effect that magically transforms 3 randomly selected cards into the matching 3 cards to your participants secretly selected card via shadow magic.