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I can think of a couple ways to do the first one, but wouldn't want to say it as it would reveal it too much. PM me if you want more info. I suspect that for both, you truly watched the performance and did not try and "outsmart" the magician, which is a VERY good thing. It means you've been...

Be very careful about this. If it's a bic style lighter, you can make a fairly large flame by opening up the casing and going to the "settings dial". Move the dial to the right (to the "high" setting). Then pull the dial straight up. You can then bring it back to the left without changing the...

Don't draw any attention to the move. Drop your hands to your sides in a natural position. Start a patter and be gesturing slightly with your hands. As you talk, do a second deal (preferably a strike second) and tilt the deck upwards or however you like. Hold the crd for a while as you speak...

Top change is one of my favorite card switches. I have also experimented with Necktie style second deals as a change in a street/stand up setting Control a card above their card (I use a Herrmann Pass to get a card above their card at the top, and with some misdirection, you can easly switch...

Where are you learning it from, and in what scenario will it be used? I've started learning the second deal, and am no where close to acceptable, but I do have some tips that can help you get started on it. Also gonna call in @FunkyBottoms for this one :D

What all these guys said is great. At the end of Action Palm, Marlo has a section called "Holding out". It is very useful in learning how to hold your cards in palm naturally, and then adapting that to the modern world is fairly easy.

1: The top packet normally gets tilted upwards. If you have the Royal Road , look at the picture in the pass section (and if you don't, I highly suggest buying it). This will keep it from going outwards. 2: Whatever feels more comfortable. I highly recommend reading through this thread...

Yes, if you do it right. If you make a move out of it, it wont be getting past anyone. But if you practice it until the point that you can trick yourself in a mirror or a video, you can get past any spectator. Go try it out. Practice it, then go see how it really looks.

So generally the deck is always stacked prior to the performance an switched in. There is a such thing as "cold stacking", but that's more so for cheating at card games and isn't super useful outside of a few forces. For a full deck stack you will have to have the deck stacked before the...

Just keep practicing, I'm sure you'll get it! It might be that your hand is closed up though. You can try a couple things that might help. First, flatten out the hand that is receiving the cards, so that there is more space for the cards to land on your palm without hitting the heel of your...

First off, Welcome! Next, maybe it would be easier for us to help you if you were to make a video about what you are doing? From what I read (and I may have understood it completely wrong), you are trying to get the in-jogged card to be flush with the other packet. However, it is supposed to...

What actually is the effect? there seems to be no performances of it...

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Yup. Or, what I do is, I already have the gimmick on, no one suspects anything. I go through 3 or 4 moves in Odyssey. I then switch it out for the regular ring using patter. I then perform parts of reflex and end by dropping the ring in their hand and flipping mine clean. They spend quite a...

So seeing as this thread is fully functioning again, has anyone tried Daniel Madison's new "Villain" Roughing Device? Looks like a regular ROughing STick to me, but I guess the formula is different.

If you pair it with another ring routine and switch out the gimmick for a real one midway through, you can drop it in their hands in the end and they are left dumbfounded.

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Hey guys, So as some of you may remember, I got a knee injury over a year ago that hasn't gotten better too much (yet). I've been on crutches for over 2 months now I think, and due to my lack of an ability to stand normally (due to crutches and/or the pain in my knee), I honestly have not been...

I will say that buying the Angle Z DVD gave me a ton of ideas, and I do have it set up as one of my most powerful effects (based on the reactions I've gotten).