{"id":20925,"date":"2023-04-21T22:49:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T20:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/uncategorized\/ultimate-3-card-monte\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:10:07","slug":"ultimate-3-card-monte","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/beginner-friendly\/ultimate-3-card-monte\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate 3-Card Monte"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Three Card Monte by Mark Elsdon<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ultimate Take on a Classic Con Game<\/p>\n<p>Three Card Monte is one of the most iconic street scams \u2014 and it\u2019s also become one of the most performed effects in modern close-up magic. Over the years, magicians have created countless variations of this trick, but none hit quite like Mark Elsdon\u2019s version.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Effect<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You show your spectator three cards and give them a simple challenge:<br \/>\nFollow the Ace of Hearts.<br \/>\nIt sounds easy. It looks fair. But no matter how closely they watch, no matter how many times they try \u2014 they can\u2019t win.<br \/>\nThe Ace is always somewhere else.<\/p>\n<p>This is <strong>Mark Elsdon\u2019s professional handling<\/strong> of the Monte plot \u2014 a powerful, fast-paced routine that is easy to perform and gets strong reactions every time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What You Receive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A custom set of gimmicked Phoenix playing cards (red-backed)<br \/>\n\u2022 A durable plastic wallet to protect your cards<br \/>\n\u2022 Printed instructions with Mark\u2019s professional handling and tips<\/p>\n<p>This is the perfect trick to carry in your pocket \u2014 always ready to amaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The classic card effect made famous by Michael Skinner, with an easy-to-learn routine by Mark Elsdon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_shipping_email":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[792,471,715],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-20925","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-beginner-friendly","product_cat-d50-en","product_cat-packet-tricks","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable","has-default-attributes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/20925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/20925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=20925"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=20925"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.card-shark.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=20925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}