
The book posits and analyzes various theories regarding the perception and cognition of lay audiences and provides practical examples and advice on the construction of effects, aimed at maximizing their impact and deceptiveness to a lay audience.Ortiz's major work for the lay public on gaming protection is Gambling Scams 1984. Ownership of the copyright has recently returned to the author (along with two other books Darwin Ortiz At The Card Table and Cardshark) and the books are once again being made available to the trade.Ortiz's second book on magic theory, Designing Miracles is an exposition on the design of powerful magical effects, and is subtitled Creating the Illusion of Impossibility. Demand for the book has been high, despite the initial inability of the original publisher to reprint the text.

The book has been broadly embraced by the professional and amateur magic community but initially met with negative reviews from the two major US trade publications MAGIC and Genii.

His book Strong Magic focuses on practical presentational techniques for close-up magicians.

During that time, he initially supported himself playing (using card counting techniques) and as an instructor at 's memory school in. In 1974, he dropped out of NYU Law School and pursued card magic full-time. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially or harmful.Find sources: – ( November 2018) Darwin Ortiz (born 1948) is a, who is an authority on and.Ortiz was born and raised in, where he had a keen interest in card tricks since childhood.
