Explained here, on video, are merely a few of his finesses and details of technique, so important to deceptive card magic: The Riffle Shuffle Action Palm was developed after an interesting mishap occurred during a shuffle sequence. The procedure takes a note from “Ackerman Varies Kelly” and was then...
Behold one of the oldest and most beautiful color changes in card magic. In this tutorial Ricky Smith teaches how to visually change one card into another along with one of our favorite card tricks by Victor Farelli called Up His Sleeve....
Staircase Studies is a beautiful collection of original cardistry performed and explained by Alix Becle. Her smooth style and innovative concepts are inspiring to watch and will surely influence ideas of your own. From the fluidity of Velvet, the abstract construction of Opium, or the nimble mechani...
More of a stunt or display of skill then an actual magic effect but in either case this quick little fooler will take any onlooker by surprise. A selection is lost in the pack, then the Ace is removed and tossed into the deck from afar only to land perfectly positioned next to the selection à la nin...
As the cards are sprung face up from hand to hand, the dealer is able to stop dead on an Ace. This is repeated three more times until all four Aces have been found. An impeccable feat to say the least. Spring St. Aces was created by Steve Forte and originally appeared in Channel One magazine as Spri...
Before he created the Clip Shift, Chad Nelson began work on the Spread Pass. 10 years in development, Chad finally tips his own thoughts and finesses behind this truly classical card sleight by Paul LePaul....
This quick little effect is wonderful for both a close up and a parlour setting as it's not only very open and visible, but Will has constructed it in a way to automatically bring the audience's attention back up to the performer at the end. Not only is it a great trick, but a superb lesson in the d...
The Slipshift is a visual color change done at the fingertips. Within this video Chris explains several variations of the change along with a method to control a selected card to the top of the deck. Slipshift as well as most of my original material has been derived in one form or another from flour...