Basic Magic Technique
Easy Magic: Finding a Spectator's Card
A classic plot in card magic, you ask a spectator to select a card. You lose the card in the deck and then later find it. We teach a basic technique for locating a spectator’s card.
A classic plot in card magic, you ask a spectator to select a card. You lose the card in the deck and then later find it. We teach a basic technique for locating a spectator’s card.
Basic Magic Technique: The One-Hand Cut
The one-handed cut allows you to hold a deck in your hand, break it apart into two sections and exchange their positions. It’s a flashy card move that is also known as the Charlier cut.
The one-handed cut allows you to hold a deck in your hand, break it apart into two sections and exchange their positions. It’s a flashy card move that is also known as the Charlier cut.
Beginning Magic Technique: A Shuffle and Bridge
Adding a bridge at the end of a basic shuffle results in a flashy variation. Here’s how, step-by-step.
Adding a bridge at the end of a basic shuffle results in a flashy variation. Here’s how, step-by-step.
Beginning Magic Technique: The Basic Card Shuffle
Every magician needs to know how to perform a basic shuffle. Here’s how, step-by-step.
Every magician needs to know how to perform a basic shuffle. Here’s how, step-by-step.
Making a Spectator Select a Card - Version 2
Some card tricks rely on a technique that makes a spectator think that he has a free choice of selecting any card in the deck, but actually has a choice of only a single card. Magicians call this "forcing a card." This technique makes use of a count and a clever switch of the positions of the cards.
Some card tricks rely on a technique that makes a spectator think that he has a free choice of selecting any card in the deck, but actually has a choice of only a single card. Magicians call this "forcing a card." This technique makes use of a count and a clever switch of the positions of the cards.
Making a Spectator Select a Card - Version 1
Some card tricks rely on a technique that makes a spectator think that he has a free choice of selecting any card in the deck, but actually has a choice of only a single card. This technique makes use of a count and a clever switch of the positions of the cards.
Some card tricks rely on a technique that makes a spectator think that he has a free choice of selecting any card in the deck, but actually has a choice of only a single card. This technique makes use of a count and a clever switch of the positions of the cards.
Basic Magic Technique: The Swivel Cut
Here's another flashy way to cut a deck that’s harder than the pivot cut. The upper half of the deck turns 180-degrees as it separates from the deck.
Here's another flashy way to cut a deck that’s harder than the pivot cut. The upper half of the deck turns 180-degrees as it separates from the deck.
Magic Technique: The Pivot Cut
Here's an impressive way to cut a deck of cards. While it’s not as flashy as the one-handed cut, it's a nice flourish that shows that you know how to handle cards.
Here's an impressive way to cut a deck of cards. While it’s not as flashy as the one-handed cut, it's a nice flourish that shows that you know how to handle cards.
Basic Technique: The Coin Vanish
This basic magic technique allows you to make a coin seemingly disappear. It’s a basic sleight-of-hand move that is well known among magicians.
This basic magic technique allows you to make a coin seemingly disappear. It’s a basic sleight-of-hand move that is well known among magicians.