If you or someone you know wants to learn card magic, it would be tough to find a better place to start than with the Cool Card Tricks magic kit (in fact this magic kit has even impressed many professional magicians.) The enclosed instructional CD-Rom (Windows and Mac OS compatible) makes it super easy to learn, as you can watch card man Jim Karol perform all 12 cool card tricks and then learn how to perform them yourself. The kit also includes a very special trick deck of cards along with 20 special additional cards and a 12-page booklet to help you get started in performing card magic right away. Here are just a few of the 12 tricks you'll see and learn: Whiteout--12 cards are placed face down on the table and the spectator selects one. Their freely selected card matches your prediction. But that's not all...when you turn over all the other cards, they're seen to be completely blank. Poker Hand Bet--You remove 10 cards from the deck and challenge your spectator in a game of five card poker. Even though you let the spectator shuffle the cards and pick his own cards, you'll always win. Sleight of Mind--You show someone a fan of five cards and let them simply think of any one of the cards. You then remove one card and place it in your pocket, stating you'll try to read their mind and remove their card. When you show the remaining four cards the spectator's see that their thought-of card is the only one missing. The Cool Card Tricks kit contains CD-Rom with 17 minutes of performances and explanations for all 12 tricks, 12-page booklet, special trick deck, and 20 special extra cards. A great gift idea for anyone interested In card magic (ages 7 and up).