Moves in Cards: page 6

Palming cards, and getting away with it, is one of the most difficult skills in the magician's toolbox. If you've ever wanted to master this sleight here is your chance. This concise tutorial will get you started, or improve your current technique, in order to raise your confidence level. This lesson covers the one-hand top palm.

1st edition 2021, PDF + video (length: 16 s)

Steal a card from the deck during a card selection process. (Also part of Move Mastery 1.)

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Steal a card from the deck during a card selection process. (Also part of Move Mastery 1.)

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Steal a card from the deck during a card selection process. (Also part of Move Mastery 1.)

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Learn the In-The-Hands Faro Shuffle

Many magicians consider the faro shuffle to be one of the toughest moves in card magic. The thought of performing consistant, perfect faros seems an impossible dream - until you read this ebook.

The ability to do perfect faro shuffles is a powerful weapon in the card magician’s arsenal of sleights. It is a genuine shuffle; the cards are truly being mixed. But it is also a controlled shuffle, meaning that the resulting order of the cards is not random. For this reason, it is an excellent adjunct to memorized deck work. Michael likes to start with a memdeck...

This is a neat technique to split a deck into four packets of exactly 13 cards each without counting.

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You will learn how to quickly check if a card is missing from your deck, or if a certain card is exactly at the 26th position from the top.

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This is an amazingly easy but equally deceptive card revelation that can be done over and over to reveal a sequence of cards.

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Four Aces that are spread throughout the deck are being 'culled' to the top by two faro shuffles.

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Use a little fan to cover a pass. (Also part of Move Mastery 1.)

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A terrific control from a fan, created by Paul LePaul. You insert a selected card into a pressure fan. After closing the fan you have the selected card jogged, which allows you to take a break above or below.

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Once you have mastered the Maintain Break With Fan technique you can use this idea to rather glimpse a card than keep the break.

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Use the Minus One Bottom Deal as a fake center deal. (You will need the description of the Minus One Bottom Deal to perform this move.)

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The three mates to a selected card pop out of the deck all at once. (Also part of Move Mastery 1.)

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This is a one-handed cut from Expert at the Card Table by Erdnase.

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Erdnase on Edge is a finessed Erdnase top palm.

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This is a tabled false riffle shuffle from The Expert at the Card Table by Erdnase.

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From John Bannon's book Smoke and Mirrors here is another 2-4-4 count - a variation of Larry Becker's Mirage Count.

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The Elmsley count, developed by Alex Elmsley, is probably the easiest and most deceptive count there is. Allan calls it 'the monster move of the 20th century'. Countless of routines have been devised using this move. The most famous of all is Twisting the Aces by Dai Vernon.

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"Devin Knight has done it again. If you have ever struggled to make your double lift look and feel more natural, then look no further. I've been around the block more than a few times when it comes to finding just the right double lift, and this one is a winner. Period." - D. Ulin

"Looking at Devin's performance clip of his double lift turnover I was wondering what on the earth is he doing? Devin smoothly turned over the top card only. Now I was anxious to see his explanation - and at once I tried to follow Devin's instructions and to my surprise I could easily perform Devin's turnover...

To many, this will look like the flustration count but different. Many call it the FRUSTRATION count, so here's a good alternative to use in your effects.

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This is a Herman style pass developed by Steve Draun.

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This Steve Draun idea allows you to peek the card while you do fan cards using a pressure fan. This is in contrast to techniques where you glimpse at or after closing the fan.

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