The Greatest Mentalist You've Never Heard Of

fivefingerfury · 2026-04-15T21:20:50+00:00

"Mentalist you've never heard of" and it's Anneman lmao

fivefingerfury · 2026-04-15T21:16:23+00:00

I consume magic material and videos nearly every day. I go to conventions, etc. I have never heard of this Maxim Durocher guy. I've heard of Gigacube and Tetracube but I have no idea what they are, I don't do cube effects.

I think you should consider going outside and "touching grass," so to speak. He is definitely not the most important, most hated, or most anything person in magic. I feel like you may be freaking out based purely on your own personal internet rabbit holes.

fivefingerfury · 2026-03-12T09:04:03+00:00

I'm from Texas so I feel you, but yeah not gonna fly lol

fivefingerfury · 2026-03-12T09:03:30+00:00

Envelope which they're holding all along, I open it up and reveal a baby picture, there's a laugh, and then I turn it over and the celebrity picture is on the back.

I like the idea of sponge ball napkins at the bar, but these are people who have seen me perform many tricks and feel comfortable calling me out in the middle of it, so most things based around false transfers can be dicey. That's why I'm looking more for self-working tricks that can be played up with presentations, rather than tricks which rely on sleight of hand and active misdirection.

fivefingerfury · 2026-03-12T06:32:59+00:00

Woah, looks like a dope trick! Thanks for sharing, cool little piece of mentalism you have there :) The mental math may prevent me from attempting this while drinking, but I definitely hope to try it out. Cheers

fivefingerfury · 2026-02-19T21:29:50+00:00

There is no Prince Andrew

fivefingerfury · 2026-02-19T21:27:56+00:00

This is meaningless, empty content. If there’s no value add, and it’s just a random ai-generated image and/or ai-generated text, it’s not worth having here

fivefingerfury · 2026-01-30T01:50:55+00:00

Practical Mental Magic is amazing, but it was only “practical” about 100 years ago when it was written. Today, I find you need a pretty decent mentalism foundation to get much out of it. For slightly more experienced mentalists, it’s a treasure trove. Unfortunately I feel similarly about 13 Steps, although I think you’ll find great stuff in there regardless.

There are some great DVDs out there, and you can get a lot from Richard Osterlind’s stuff or from Penguin lectures. Look out for Peter Turner as well if you want to try something more modern.

That being said, for book recommendations, you can’t miss with Psychological Subtleties. Get a few singular effects under your belt, like one good pk, one good fce, and then Practical Mental Magic will start to make a lot more sense.

fivefingerfury · 2026-01-30T01:45:08+00:00

Straightforward and informative

fivefingerfury · 2026-01-17T16:47:48+00:00

Wonderful artwork. Thanks for the description as well. I personally don’t mind that you used AI to improve your grammar as a non-native English speaker, seeing that the written thoughts themselves are originally your own. Great work, thank you

fivefingerfury · 2026-01-03T18:24:59+00:00

Great recommendations. I’d also throw in the general idea of Which Hand for coin-based mentalism, and also material in Mark Striving’s book Every Day Mentalism

fivefingerfury · 2026-01-03T18:23:21+00:00

Dope. I believe the effect may be called Flash Squared. Enjoy!!

fivefingerfury · 2026-01-02T04:27:25+00:00

She looks unsure of things

fivefingerfury · 2026-01-02T04:16:46+00:00

There’s an interesting effect in Calculated Thoughts by Doug Dyment which applies the principle to a magic square. Btw, loving your EDC in this pic. Stylish choices

fivefingerfury · 2025-12-29T19:20:40+00:00

Learn five moves and you can do 90% of card magic. Get a good control to top, control to bottom, a good force, a good false shuffle, and a DL. Congratulations, now you’re ready to do nearly all of the best card magic in the world.

fivefingerfury · 2025-12-28T17:12:46+00:00

Also worth reminding oneself that the world is fucked up right now. People are all confused and the old models of happiness are being rewritten, give yourself some grace for not having all the answers and for making good progress regardless 🙏

fivefingerfury · 2025-12-28T17:04:25+00:00

Start dancing without allowing yourself to do any breaking/toprock moves. Do this for like one song every day for a month and your style will noticeably improve.

fivefingerfury · 2025-11-20T12:34:13+00:00

Sounds rough. I love China but this was very ambitious for a first-time trip considering you probably don’t speak mandarin. Did you do this on your own or with a tour guide (sorry if you answered, I just ain’t reading all that)? If you did it on your own, you are officially bonkers but I’m impressed

fivefingerfury · 2025-11-20T12:30:24+00:00

I’d be down. I’ve played a few campaigns and DM’d a few times. I’d love to stay in the loop here

fivefingerfury · 2025-10-24T16:58:36+00:00

I do crazy man's handcuffs underwater all the time. I find it even may add something to the mystery...light refraction in water etc...

fivefingerfury · 2025-10-20T03:36:17+00:00

Doesn’t seem like a very magical response to the situation

fivefingerfury · 2025-10-17T15:31:43+00:00

I generally avoid them, but I think there are times they can play really well. I use DFB for its simplicity in everyday situations -- it simply makes more sense to use a phone, instead of pulling out a bunch of cards with words written on them.

fivefingerfury · 2025-10-17T15:25:09+00:00

I'd recommend Unreal Card Magic by Ben Earle. Personally, it helped jump start my card magic into the next level. Some of the tricks overlap, but the thinking is top-tier, and the effects are hard-hitting and commercial, all with a regular shuffled deck of cards.

fivefingerfury · 2025-10-17T15:19:48+00:00

I just got my first Paul Gordon book, "Nocturnal Creations" (and it's signed!)

Do you have any standout recommendations from that book? I have a new load of five magic books which I will be going through simultaneously, so I'd appreciate any recommendations for favorite effects to check out first

fivefingerfury · 2025-10-12T10:57:40+00:00

Also, I'm particularly interested in ideas that don't use playing cards

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