"Tell me the last time ONE special playing card got SO MANY incredible moments of magic from it... I'll wait." - Lloyd Barnes

"When it comes to commercial effects Missing In Action ticks the boxes. It’s entertaining, has multiple moments of magic, a killer pay off and an incredible souvenir. I’ll be using this!" - Peter Nardi

"I hate Craig Petty. Every effect with his name is always clever, commercial, and brutally effective. His material absolutely murders real audiences, which is honestly quite rude to the rest of us. Missing In Action is the perfect example of how commercial and hard hitting his magic is. It’s truly mind blowing" - Pig Cake

"A wonderfully magical use of the 52 on 1 card. Three is the magic number and this three phase routine delivers just that. Three astonishing moments that build on each other to a stunning climax." - Matthew Wright

"My favorite gag card has been supercharged into a powerhouse routine. Visual, impossible, surprising and packs a huge punch!" - David Jonathan

"What a great idea to take a classic magicians “gag” and make it an incredibly strong effect with 3 huge moments of magic! This is awesome" - Chris Congreave

The fifty-two-on-one gag gets supercharged into a deeply fooling piece of card magic that ends with a signed impossible souvenir your audience can keep. What starts as a joke becomes real magic when a selected card vanishes from the fifty-two-on-one gimmick and transforms into the signed card in a moment your audience will talk about forever. This is Missing In Action by Craig Petty & Mandy Roth.

Here’s what happens:

1. A prediction in an envelope is placed out in the open before the trick begins.

2. A card is selected, signed, and lost in the deck.

3. The prediction is revealed, and it has all fifty-two cards on the back of it.

4. The signed card is brought to the top of the deck a few times, and then vanishes completely.

5. The fifty-two-on-one card is examined again, and the selected card has vanished from the gag.

6. In an impossible ending, the card is turned over, and the signed selection has fused to the back of it.

7. Everything can be examined.

Missing In Action is part gag, part ambitious card, part impossible souvenir, but all heavy-hitting magic. When you purchase Missing In Action, you get a deck of the very special gimmick cards that make this work. Each one is different, so you can perform it again and again at your restaurant or social gig. If you want to make a specific card the start of the trick, we have you covered. You also get a tutorial from Craig Petty featuring the main routine, a half dozen variations, and deep insight into how Craig and Mandy have made this trick truly stand out. The moment the selected card vanishes off the gag card is one that will make every audience do a double-take. You are going to love Missing In Action.