All New Sharpie Thru by Mark Mason

All New Sharpie Thru by Mark Mason

A card is freely selected from a genuinely shuffled deck. A Sharpie is pushed slowly through it. And then you show both sides of the card while the pen is still through it. The card is intact on both sides. The pen is visibly through the middle. And there is nothing to find.

That alone would be enough. But then you pull the pen out, flip the card face up, and push it through again from the other side.

Fully reversible. Fully repeatable. And no flaps, no dental dam, no double-backed card anywhere in sight.

Mark Mason has taken Don England's classic Sharpie Through Card effect and rebuilt it from the ground up with a brand new method that solves the one thing every previous version got wrong: you could never properly show both sides of the card while the pen was through it without giving something away. That problem is completely gone here. The handmade gimmick is constructed to look absolutely stunning from every angle while the Sharpie is visibly penetrating the card, and the moment you hand it back for examination the spectator finds a completely intact, completely ungimmicked playing card.

The effect is super clean, visually striking, and works beautifully for any close-up performance, any size audience, and any camera angle. Whether you are working walk-around, shooting content, or performing at a table, All New Sharpie Thru is the kind of visual that earns immediate gasps before anyone in the room has had time to process what they are looking at.

Available in red and blue to match your deck of choice.

Key highlights:

Show both sides of the card while the Sharpie is through it, a first for this type of effect

Fully reversible and repeatable in performance

No flaps, no dental dam, no double-backed card

Handmade gimmick with a stunning visual appearance

Difficulty: Beginner
Best for: Close-up, walk-around, table magic, social media content