Learn How to Shuffle for Card Magic Tricks

By Wayne Kawamoto, About.com Guide

If you’re performing card magic tricks, you’ll want to know how to perform a basic shuffle. Learn this shuffle and follow it with the bridge, and you’ll have a flashy move that will enhance your card magic.

You can watch a video of the shuffle in action here.

Here’s how, step-by-step.

Hold the deck in your right hand on the short edges with the fingers on the bottom and the thumb on the top. Note the position of the right first finger that is pressing into the middle of the back of the deck.

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• Shuffle for Card Magic Tricks - Introduction
• Shuffle for Card Magic Tricks - Run the Cards
• Shuffle for Card Magic Tricks - Left Hand Takes the Cards
• Shuffle for Card Magic Tricks - Bow the Cards
• Shuffle for Card Magic Tricks - Shuffle the Cards
• Shuffle for Card Magic Tricks - The Cards Are Shuffled
• Shuffle for Card Magic Tricks - The Bridge
• Shuffle for Card Magic Tricks - Let the Cards Fall
• Shuffle for Card Magic Tricks - Finish the Shuffle

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