Slydini's Helicopter Card – Legacy Edition (2025) Limited to 100 Numbered Units Sold Out Forever

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Slydini's Helicopter Card - Legacy Edition (2025)
by Bill Wisch

All-New 2025 Legacy Edition
This is not the 2023 Tour DVD; the 2023 DVD has been discontinued.
This is the version magicians have been waiting for.
Greatly expanded, newly filmed and updated for 2025.

What You're Getting
Slydini’s Helicopter Card taught in unprecedented detail
Both versions taught: Slydini’s original + Bill Wisch’s enhanced routine
Full performances, step-by-step breakdowns, slow-motion captures and multiple angles
Detailed psychology: Why Slydini loved the effect, and why it devastates spectators
Drills, timing, and theory — learn exactly how to practice
New theoretical insights: Why “crossing the gaze” is incomplete — and what really matters
Slydini’s “Rope-a-Dope” object-focus principle, prosody, and voice control
Bonus content:
First-time-ever 1974 audio of Slydini showing the routine to Bill
Exposed live performance with analysis​

Taught by Slydini’s Only Authorized Protégé
Bill Wisch was hand-selected and trained by Tony Slydini — and this is his final word on Slydini’s most advanced, mysterious routine.

What You Receive
1hr 40min 58sec video on a copy-protected USB drive
Includes signed & numbered certificate of authenticity
Strictly limited to 100 units. Numbers will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Custom USB Flash Drive case
Windows or Mac computer with a USB-A port required to view.

NOTICE:
This exclusive video release will not be offered again. Once the two-week window closes, that’s it. It will not be sold at future lectures. It will not be sold online ever again. It will not be streamed. No downloads will be created. And it will not be reissued. Ever.

Copyright 2025 – Wisch-Craft Productions & Bill Wisch. All Rights Reserved.

Table of Contents
Welcome
Performances
Complete Routine Performance – Slydini Version
Complete Routine Performance – Bill Wisch Version
Introduction/Overview
Why did Slydini love the effect?
Why do spectators love the effect?
Who can you perform this effect for?
Performance environments
Slydini’s Hardest Effect
Why is it the hardest effect?
The Helicopter Card is a situational effect
Choosing the right spectator – techniques
How long will it take to learn this effect?
Do Not Imitate Slydini – Insights
Foundations of Learning
Proper Body Position - Not Getting Caught
The importance of physical independence
Example from Drumming
Usage in “Crossing the Gaze”
The Slydini Palm
Demonstration - Finger Technique and Positioning
More insight on angles
Phase 1
False Placement of card in fan – Full Explanation
Full Speed
Slow Motion
Reverse Angle Full Speed
Breakdown of Moves (Step-by-Step)
From Above Angle
Slow-Motion from Above Angle
Third Angle
Index Finger Card Clip
Explanation
Real Time
Slow Motion
Spectator View
Bill Wisch additions to Phase 1
The False Peek
Placement of Card in Fan- Additional Instruction
More Natural Than Natural (Crossing the Gaze)
The Eyes and The Voice
Why Juan Tamariz's Name/Description is Too Simplistic
The Timing
Clipping the Card
Detailed Instruction (Multiple Camera Angles)
How is it done?
Why it works
Specific Practice Drills
The timing “eliminates the beat”
Prosody
Definition
The Importance of the Rhythm of Language in Slydini’s Magic
Additional Research
Object Focus
Slydini’s “Rope-A-Dope”
Slydini’s Focus on “the card”
The importance of repetition
Phase Two
Slydini Version
Slydini Palm/False Insertion
Beat Explanation
Performer’s Angle
Demonstration
Bill Wisch Version
Advantages of Bill’s technique vs. Slydini’s
In-depth explanation of Bill’s improvements
Misdirectional techniques
Setting up the second phase
Comparison of Bill’s version vs. Slydini’s
What makes the second phase so strong?
Additional Explanation of Slydini Wrist Palm
Palm Change Background
Irv Weiner’s Simplicity Jog Variation Number 1
Real Time Demonstration
Phase Three
Slydini Version
Overview/Explanation
The “Double Tap” (Not in Fulves Books)
Imp Pass (Rear Angle)
Double Tap (Rear Angle)
Bill Wisch Version
Overview/Explanation
Imp Pass Further Explanation
Double Tap Further Explanation
Bonus Material
Lake Charles Exposed Performance
Introduction
Live Performance
Unreleased Slydini Performance Audio - May 16, 2074
Introduction
Slydini Audio Performance uncut