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I think you're talking about in his performance of Daryl's Snowshoe Sandwich, which he does before his Pac Jacks effect. There isn't really much to it, you're just using the natural moisture of your fingertips to make the cards stick for a moment.

I have to agree with Medifro and Jack Spades here. There can be something very magical about something, cards, coins, whatever, vanishing and reappearing, however, neither Bill Goodwin's original effect or Dan and Dave's variation really acheive this in my view. With some good...

I have Banachek's manuscript and Mr Knepper's DVD, and, although I don't own Lior Manor's DVD, I know how it works. It's difficult to say whether they're "good" or not, because that depends on what you mean. They are all very hard-hitting effects, but none of them are easy to perform, because...

I don't think the teaching is that bad, and, to be honest, I wouldn't really say that the material is incredibly advanced. Yes, you will need to have a good grounding in basic sleights, but that's fair enough. If you don't have that kind of background, then you should probably be going for...

That's just a writing style. Although it's less common now, many writers, especially on technical subjects would use this. Marlo uses "we" in a lot of his writing, even when he's specifically claiming credit for something.

For some reason, no-one ever seems to mention Ken Krenzel's stuff in these kind of threads, but I think he's got superb material. I'd recommend you go for The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel.

I think it's difficult to learn any one of Erdnase's shifts on it's own. If you study his descriptions for all of his shifts you'll find snippets of information in the description of one that can be applied to the others, as they all share common features, like the balance of pressure between...

I think you're talking about Milton Franklin Andrews (Martin Gardner's proposed candidate). There isn't any evidence that he was ever know as "E S Andrews", which is one of the arguments against him being the real Erdnase, along with the fact that he was the wrong height, wrong age etc.

I think it's difficult to argue the merits of one control over another on an absolute basis. The best control is the one that fits the situation and the performer's natural way of handling cards, gesturing and moving. If you normally spread the cards for a selection to be made and returned, then...

As far as I can see, it's to do with what fingers you use of your left (or "deck-holding" hand). There isn't a massive difference between the two, and I imagine that many people, when learning the Cardini change, will have adapted it into the Ego change.

There are a few candiates for the identity of Erdnase. Martin Gardner's guy is Milton Franklin Andrews, who, for several reasons, seems to not fit the bill as far as I can see. Richard Hatch's proposed Erdnase is Edwin Sumner Andrews, who seems to be a better bet, but there are still some...

There are two reasons why I think you should have a few different controls available to you. Firstly, it helps in spectator handling. There will, every now and then, be an awkward spectator who calls you on what your doing. If you always do the double undercut, they'll probably let it go the...

I think it's important to know a few different controls to suit various situations, so you can mix and match as the occasion demands. Also, remember that not every move you learn has to come from D&D or Theory 11. If I were you I'd look at the Hofzinzer spread cull, some passes, a side steal...

Chris Kenner published two flourish cuts in Totally Out of Control. The Sybil doesn't really bear much resemblence to recent moves with "Sybil" in the name, looking more like Dan and Dave's Genesis or the end of Brian Tudor's Castro Cut. The other one, Five Faces of Sybil, is the one that looks...

The change is a variation on the Cardini change, and is very similar to the Ego change. The original Cardini change, published in Card Manipulations (or maybe More Card Manipulations, I can't remember off the top of my head), was performed without a break, whereas Dan and Dave's variation has a...

I hate to do this to you, but I'm afraid it is a trick (or, at least, there are "trick" methods of doing it, maybe Derren is using hypnosis). There are several PK-touch-type effects available, Banachek has PK Touches, Kenton Knepper has Touches and Lior Manor has Invisible Touch, which is...

In a lot of cases, a performer pretty much invites people to heckle by setting themselves up as someone trying to "fool" their audience. As I see it, magic isn't about getting one over on the spectator by doing something that they can't work out, it's about involving them in an experience of...

In cold weather my hands go extremely dry. I've got some of that "Magician's Lotion", and it's pretty good, it only takes a single drop to moisten up your hands. The downside is, a little bit too much and you get your cards sticky. If you work with coins, though it's absolutely brilliant, they...