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Do you know how to do a bill switch? If not I recommend learning it. You can always do an entertaining routine by borrowing a large denomination bill, like a 10 or 20, changing it into a dollar, and then back again. The only apparatus required is a TT, and that's hella cheap if you don't already...

Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic is very easy to read. It is filled with many excellent tricks of all kinds with nice clear illustrations. I believe a person could build a professional act (close-up or stage) just from the well-explained material in this book.

Yes, I do agree that color changes are amazing and super visual, when done well. I have been working on two in particular for years, and can't say I'm satisfied yet; still feel like I have a ways to go. I practice Marlo's snap change a lot. It totally fried me the first time I saw it...

I am very sorry for your loss. And when we lose a brother magician, especially a member of this Theory 11 Community, we all feel a sense of loss. I am 95% sure that those coins in the tins marked "ungimmicked" are ordinary currency. Ordinary in the sense of not being some sort of magical...

Justin, I think you hit upon it when you said that your choice of routine takes into account who you are performing for. I think that is a highly significant factor, because even the most creative routine can fall flat if the demographic you are performing for can not relate to it. When I am...

@ Reality One: "I don't think the force-a-card / name-a-card or the pick-a-card / find-a-card plots are particularly interesting to laymen." I couldn't agree more, and when you think about it, why would or should they be? I think Vernon hit the nail on the head when he said, "You must have an...

There are and have been so many great card men, past and present, there can be no "right" answer. It's a bit like saying what the best flavor ice cream is or what the best wine is. It's the one you like. Personally, I'm going to go with Bill Malone. It may be because I have seen him at work...

Yes, I would certainly agree that when having a card signed, a force is irrelevant. I have always (like many) done the ambitious card with a signed card, and could not imagine doing it any other way. But interestingly, I have found that the most convincing "control" in that routine (and one of...

Hope it gets better soon, Maaz. I guess magic can be an addiction (a good one!), but we can "O.D."

@ Matt Hasan: "In reality, a force is just a card control done with specific timing." Well, that might be true in a sense of a classic force and probably some others, like where the magician cuts packets to the table until they say "Stop." However, even then, the card is forced, as opposed to...

@ Reality One: Al e Cat Dabra commented: "However, with a force, as long as it is done well and it is convincing, you are home free...." Reality One Replied: "Unless, of course, you need the card in a certain position in the deck for the effect to work." Yes, I would generally agree with that...

I know that the answer I am about to give is not a direct response to the question regarding "favorite card controls,' but I decided to post it anyway, just to give my thinking on the issue of tricks where a card is selected by a spectator. First of all, I do very few effects where a card is...

I would advise against ever discussing or even mentioning the word, "method" or anything similar, to a layman. It takes away from the atmosphere of magic we are hopefully trying to create, and they won't know what you're talking about anyway - they see only "effects." I would just say, "I do...

Maaz, Christopher is right. I found out the hard way about the cheap ones - they are absolutely worthless, to the point of actually being totally non-functional. Even the somewhat more expensive, better-made reels have problems with them, and the fix is not easy. Michael Ammar has a method...

I like it DT. What medium did you use (Oil Paint? Acylic? Water color?)

LM, is this an event you mentioned sometime ago, or am I confusing that with someone else? If you don't mind, a couple questions that may help me give an opinion on this: Who exactly are the main organizers? What city/town is this event going to be held at? What is the venue (school...

Tyler, that was excellent!

Semloh88, thank you for posting this unique video. I enjoyed it and I agree with Tyler Scott's comments. You have a nice relaxed way about you. The only thing was I would have liked to see a little bit more of your presentation and to understand what the effects were, as opposed to just...

PS A bit of a correction to the above post: Malone does the trick with a signed one HUNDRED dollar bill, but a bill of any denomination can be used really

Eugene Burger Bill Malone Daryl Honorable mention: Michael Ammar