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I believe there is a section in "The Encyclopedia of Card Tricks" that goes over R & S, in case you need some effects to do with it. But honestly, once you create an R & S card/deck, it's pretty easy to figure out what you should do. Assuming that Villain is essentially a new Roughing Stick...

This is perfect advice. I'm quoting it just to emphasize it.

Routines will come when you learn the basics. A routine is essentially any 3 or more tricks linked together in a plot.

What these guys said is true. I don't want to demoralize you, so take this as constructive criticism: The performance itself was pretty bad. You do need to work on your DL, and you exaggerated random movements and just made it look suspicious. And you did flash a bit. Furthermore, there was no...

Glad your taking this road! One thing I would suggest right off the bat is that you should go through "The Royal Road to Card Magic" by Braue and Hugard prior to Expert Card Technique. Expert Card Technique is kind of the "Sequel" to it, and the Royal Road has all the per-requisites you need...

I would make my own. I would suggest buying a regular performance/practice card mat, then either buying or making (if you are somewhat experienced with basic wood working) slab of wood that has been sanded and flattened down well and has the edges rounded over (I suggest either Walnut, as it...

Yeah. I mean, you're not performing or anything, right? Literally no one asked me anything, and I doubt more than a few people even saw it, and I'm pretty sure no one payed attention to it. And if they do ask you, why not take the opportunity to go into a small performance?

I think it's great that you want to perform, but maybe you're getting a little ahead of yourself. You just asked to see an example of a routine. Let me ask you this: If you were the client, would you hire a magician who knows 2 tricks? Would you be satisfied with him performing for 2 minutes...

You really need to learn the basics first. After that, work on performing to people casually. Then you can start performing for real out on the street. Seriously, study the basics. From what I can tell (and I mean this in the nicest way possible), your performance will be horrible. There is no...

First work on getting the actual handling. Then, put a card in Tenkai and walk around town for a day. I drove over to Downtown DC one day, kept a card in classic palm the whole time I walked around the city. It doesn't do much practice wise, but it somehow boosted my confidence. I wasn't trying...

The first thing you need to do is really learn the basics. Assuming that you want to start in card magic, go ahead and buy "The Royal Road to Card Magic". It is a cheap introduction into performing, and will really help you out.

I personally prefer a Tenkai palm when I'm seated at a table. You can turn your hand so that the exposed view is only to you, and block out the left side by naturally putting your other hand on the table. The Tenkai is difficult to use when you surrounded, I would suggest using a Cop over it...

The first thing you should do is actually practice and study the basics. How much do you know, how long have you been learning, and from where?

Pretty much the exact ones I was gonna mention, plus a few others. I mean the cat paw isn't even original (and they do not claim it to be so). It's from an Old Paul Harris effect and then the Michael Ammar version. Pot of Jam made me question a lot of things. I mean, it doesn't seem like an...

... Holy S*** That was one of the best performances I have seen in a LONG long time (yeah, it's old, but it was amazing).

Is it just me, or has there been an influx in random products that seem like half-baked ideas? I've been getting updates about a lot of products, and they either seem like they are made to sell quick, or they are just not very practical as actual products. Don't get me wrong, there have been...

The Clip shift is one of the hardest moves to get down smoothly. It'll take at least a week of off and on practice to actually get down the moves, and probably another month or 2 to get it down smoothly

So after doing a bit of research, your edition is definitely old! It was a Drake publication, which means it's somewhere from 1905 - 1918. I got info from a few places, but post 9 here really helped: https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/the-expert-at-the-card-table-1st-edition.35064/

Not entirely sure what you're referencing, but I'm assuming it's this https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic/card-magic/tiny-plunger/

I'm willing to bet it's a Martin Gardner trick, but don't quote me on that. If it's not, then it probably comes from a self worker, or a math principal from a long long time ago. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it's called the 21 Card Trick right? If so...