"A remarkable performer and the epitome of skill..." — Dai Vernon

"I never saw anything like that! That was a sick trick!" — Annie Duke, World Champion Poker Player

"You’re freakin’ me out." — Matt Lauer, The Today Show

"I like him! I like him a lot!" — Craig Fergusson, The Late, Late Show

What will he teach?

This new lecture by Jamy Ian Swiss will cover the gamut of close-up sleight-of-hand magic. This lecture is absolutely full of amazing card magic, from original card-in-impossible location plots (and a fresh new handling of the Card on Ceiling); to apparent displays of extraordinary skill that don't demand as much as they appear; and a simple but mystifying and commercial memorized deck routine.

Then comes the non-card magic; including an impromptu cup-and-ball routine with an original and amazing new climax; a practical mentalism routine that turns any peek into an engaging four-effect routine; and coin magic that includes a lesson in pure misdirection, and an amazing no-gaff vanish of four coins.

A Peculiarly Strong Card Trick: a perennial favorite where a signed card is found folded inside a container of breath mints and that ends clean. This solution is unexpected, organic, and minty-fresh.

Self-Contained Card on Ceiling: a practical method to carry and access all the items you need to perform one of the strongest card tricks in the world.

SandSwitch: a two-phase “isolated sandwich” routine in which the first selection appears between two queens, and then, while on the table at a distance, the sandwiched card changes into the second selection.

Stabbed in the Sandwich: a card tossed into the air is caught between two selections. The feat of skill is repeated with a tabled deck and surprisingly accurate results.

Premonition Redux: a clever combination of mind and moves... any card named is discovered to be missing from the deck, only to be found hidden in the card case.

Me-Fly: no gimmick version of hand-to-hand coins relying on well-choreographed moments of misdirection and ending clean.

Two Empty Hands: a beautiful one-at-a-time vanish and re-appearance of four coins.

Free Association: a psychological game of Free Association that leads to the revelation of two geometric shapes and two words.

Solid Glass: an impromptu cup-and-ball routine with an original and amazing new climax.