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"One of the greatest card tricks ever invented." - George Anderson

"It fooled the hell out of me!" - Ted Annemann

"Without any possible doubt, Stewart James' 'Miraskill' is one of the greatest self-working card effects to have appeared in print. Apart from its own value, it is the ideal prelude to 'Out of this World'." - Peter Warlock

Miraskill came into being in 1935 when Stewart James self-marketed it. According to him, only one copy was sold. But it leaked out and Dr. Jacob Daley demonstrated it to Ted Annemann, who eventually published it in the Jinx, which was the starting point for much thought and commentary by other clever minds.

• IN THE BEGINNING...
• PAY OFF / Walter Gibson
• STEWART JAMES' COLOR PREDICTION / Martin Gardner
• NO-HOLD-OUT MIRASKILL / Ed Marlo, Don May, Jean Fare
• MARVELSKILL / Ian Baxter
• MIRROR-SKILL / Paul Gordon
• NO STEAL MIRASKILL / Bob Farmer
• MIXED REACTION / Peter Duffie
• KINGS CAN COUNT / Sam Schwartz
• MIRA-KILL / Stephen Clark
• MAGNETIC MIRASKILL / Alan Slaight
• BIPOLAR MAGNETIC MIRASKILL / Michael Weber
• MINI-SKILL / Bob King
• MIRASKILL TO THE MAX / Jon Racherbaumer
• THOUGHTS ON MIRASKILL TO THE MAX / Gene Castillon
• POINT SPREAD / Simon Aronson
• A VIEW TO A "SKILL" / John Bannon
• EXPLANATION OF MIRASKILL PRINCIPLE / Arthur F. MacTier
• BIBLIOGRAPHY