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The four aces are fairly inserted into the fanned deck, in different locations. The fan is closed and the deck is cut, then shuffled twice. At the completion of the second shuffle, all four aces are on the top of the deck.
Continue reading “Fan control”Effect:
Four aces are displayed on top of the deck. They are turned face down and inserted (and left protruding) in the front of the deck in different locations. The deck is turned face up to display the aces, then turned face down and the aces are pushed flush into the deck. The deck is then cut and shuffled once. The four aces are back on top of the deck. An alternative is a faux demonstration of a center deal.
Continue reading “Bluff Shift, bluff center”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….”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”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/
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.
Continue reading “Double Lift”This is what I do for a practice routine.
Continue reading “Practice Routine”This is an alternative to the previous post, but basically the same effect.
Continue reading “U.S. Playing Card Co. Prediction V2.”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.
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”