Some of the most magical effects are effects that have an element of luck involved. While such effects are often impossible to repeat, they are also impossible for the audience to figure out. They are effects that build reputations.
Continue reading “Using Luck….”Memorize deck tool
If you want to learn to use a memorized deck stack such as the Aronson stack then you can use my Faro shuffle simulator as a training aid.
Continue reading “Memorize deck tool”My first web site
I worked for Intel Corporation from June 1994 to June 1998 (approx.) I eventually came to my senses and left the company. When I first started working there I was in the Supercomputer Systems Division (SSD) and published this page which has been saved Jan. 9th 1997 by the Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/19970109235501/http://ssd.intel.com/
Double Lift
This is not a tutorial on the double lift, there are a lot of sources for that already. Instead this is a look at how lay people turn over a card compared to how magicians turn over a card.
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This is what I do for a practice routine.
Continue reading “Practice Routine”U.S. Playing Card Co. Prediction V2.
This is an alternative to the previous post, but basically the same effect.
Continue reading “U.S. Playing Card Co. Prediction V2.”U.S. Playing Card Prediction
This is a prediction effect using a feature of some Bicycle Brand playing card decks. The decks that I purchase have two ways of showing a “prediction”. One of the advertising cards shows the King of Spades and the box show the Ten of Hearts. What follows is one way I use this as a prediction.
Cut deeper as a key card location
The cut deeper force is one of the easiest forces, but I have noticed that many spectators expect to remember the card they cut to that is face up. A way of using this is to use the process to set a key card as follows.
Continue reading “Cut deeper as a key card location”Christ Aces
This was one of the first four ace tricks I learned. It is easy to do and is a little different from the “Let’s cut the aces” routines.
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