M.I.N.T #1 & #2 by Edward Marlo

M.I.N.T (Marlo In New Tops) is a two-part collection of revolutionary card specialist Edward Marlo's incomparable contributions to The New TOPS Magazine. These volumes collect Marlo's submissions spanning nearly two decades, representing 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 #1 — 365 Pages, 53 Contributions (1963–1968)

M.I.N.T #1 collects Marlo's submissions between 1963 and 1968, a total of 53 powerful Marlo masterpieces. The text is fully illustrated with over 300 detailed line drawings.

Contents:

• Publisher's Preface: Louis Falanga
• Introduction: Jon Racherbaumer
• Foreword: Edward Marlo

1963: Clipped Thought • Cardician Makes Good • Remember And Forget • The Incomplete Faro • A Table Pass • The Homing Card • Gad-About Aces • Original Homing Card Routine (Trick Annual)

1964: Preview To A Chapter • Vanishing Aces And Face Up Switch & Effect • The Blue Thought • Atfus / Mental Reverse III • Marlo's Coin Pass (Bonus) • Mindreading Queen • The Mental Sandwich • The Fufu Switch • A Flourish To Reverse • Marlo's Princess • After The Princess • Siamese Strangers • Incomplete Faro Control

1965: Incomplete Faro/Multiple Peeks • Packet Switches • A Problem Posed • Card And Coins • Glide Variation • Table Reverse And Effect • Impromptu Coin And Cards • As An Opener • A Multiple Effect • The Olram Subtlety • Marlo's Aces

1966: New Palm Position • The M.P. Side Steal • The Action Lift (The Turn Around) • The Mental Topper • In Spectator's Hands • The Prayer Cull • The Matching Miracle

1967: Marlo Handles Mexican Joe • Ever Ready-Black Routine • The Opportune Miracle • Ultra Torn and Restored Card • One Hand Card Switches • New Tabled Palms • Simulated Pickup • The Promise • The Other Method • Pull Down Eliminator • The Cigar Bottom Deal

1968: Drop Sleight Technique • Visual Change - Appearance - Vanish • The Illusionary Bottom Deal • P. D. Mental Stab

M.I.N.T #2 — 404 Pages, 49 Contributions (1968–1979)

M.I.N.T #2 collects Marlo's submissions between 1968 and 1979, a total of 49 powerful Marlo masterpieces. For clarity, the text is fully illustrated with hundreds of detailed line drawings.

Contents:

• Introduction: Jon Racherbaumer

1968: More Deuce Sandwiches • Marlo's Logic • Beveled Edge Second Deal • Ace Vanishes • The Fake Pickup • Latest Ace Vanishes

1969: Somersaulting A-2-3 • Moveable Card Pass • Slip Count Principle

1970: Wrist Turn Passes

1972: Long Distance Collectors • Diminishing Universal/Colorful Surprise

1973: Notes on D.C.D. • Still Collecting/Reverso • Deuce Sandwich Switch

1974: Invisible Thought Transference • Think Touch Turn • The Marlo Shelf • Bottom Deal Exchange • New Approach Location

1975: Center Deal Effects • New Card Add • Instant Coin Assembly • A Radical Departure • Marlo's Wrist Turn Passes • Variations of a Palm

1976: More Mental Reverses • Olrarn Turnover Switch • Double Departure • Something to Borrow Again • Spectator Cuts Aces • Spectator Cuts to Locate The Aces • Marlo Switchout

1977: Inexplicable Reverse • Trite Trickery • A Voice From the Past • Wrist Turn Change Plus • The One You Choose Is The One We Use • One Way, Two Selections

1978: Two Limited Selections • Reversed Image • Simplex D.C.D. • Double D.C.D. • Touch Turn in Reverse

1979: Marlo's Almost Perfect Stop Trick • Block Turnover Principle Applications • Red Black Transposition • Variation of Phase Four • Mental Reselection

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.

Quotes

“A gold mine of some of the most important and useful work with cards ever published”
— Louis Falanga

“Serious students of card magic will heartily welcome the M.I.N.T volumes.”
— Jon Racherbaumer

“...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 really 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 deep secrets to power up your card magic, rest assured you can find them in these two books.”
— Phill Smith