The Buena Vista Shuffle Club is not your run-of-the-mill magic book. It’s a delightful concoction of original methods, plots, and scripts, all served up alongside “jam sessions” featuring a fictional mob of magicians who dissect the book's effects like a bunch of over-caffeinated critics (but in a fun way). If you fancy playing with a memorised deck, you’re in for a treat—nearly 100 pages are dedicated to effects that’ll have you chuffed to bits. But wait, there’s more! Expect jaw-dropping mentalism, impromptu card and coin effects, and clever twists on underground mathematical concepts, not to mention cheeky “one degree” spins on classics like Matrix, Shuffle-Bored, and Bill in Lemon. Inside these pages, you’ll discover:
An interactive murder mystery inspired by the game of "Clue".
A mind-boggling Three Card Monte routine performed with coins.
A magician-slaying, fresh take on the classic 21 Card Trick.
Intriguing new applications of the Gilbreath Principle.
Routines that sneakily restore your memorised stack from a shuffled deck (shhh!).
An impromptu mentalism effect using borrowed change, where spectators make all the choices (including the prediction itself!).
A new presentation AND method for Simon Aronson's classic "Shuffle-Bored".
A re-imagining of Paul Harris's "The Anything Deck" (which Dan Harlan has dubbed the best version ever, so you know it’s good).
And much, much more...
"Matt Baker creates the kind of 'thinking man's' magic that I admire. He's constantly pushing the envelope, so even when you think you might know what's happening, there's an extra 'twist' that renders it impossible. Matt's creativity, combined with his humour and his imagination, make it a pleasure to spend time with the Buena Vista Shuffle Club." - Simon Aronson
"The Buena Vista Shuffle Club is an excellent, funny, and personal collection of magic that is a joy to read. Matt's memorised deck work was smart and novel." - Joshua Jay
"I've just finished the first of what I expect to be many enjoyable readings of The Buena Vista Shuffle Club. Matt Baker's charming magic creations hit the sweet spot of being both clever and practical, but the concept and style of the writing make reading his book an entertainment experience in its own right. This is a valuable contribution to the art." - Joe M. Turner
