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I learned about the psychological force in Derren Brown's Pure Effect. I think I got that book for $30 or $40 like a decade ago. But I just looked on amazon, and, well, wow, that thing ain't cheap any more! Those were just card forces, though...

Hey Steven. That's a really good question. I always wonder that about other magicians. When friends and friends-of-friends ask me to do something, I do it about 90% of the time. If I don't have a trick on me and I don't see anything in the immediate vicinity that can be used for a trick, I'll...

No prob. Let me know how it turns out. :)

Hey Eric, I don't think it'll be released in a digital format because you do actually need the DVD shipment to perform the trick, if that makes any sense. Or maybe I've just confused you further... :/ -Ricky

Hi gang. Rick Lax here. You're right; the box can't be examined. But on the DVD, you'll learn to perform Vertigo in a way that takes all suspicion off the box. Nobody will want to examine it. When you're done with the second phase (the one where the cards balance on the box), if anything, the...

Not bad, Katy! Yeah, her personality/on stage persona was just right for quick change.

I'm just now watching the prosecution's opening statement in the Conrad Murray trial. A couple times, the prosecuting attorney mentioned how excited Jackson was to add some big illusion into the show. (Sounds like MJ passed before they actually got to put the illusion in the show.) Of course...

It's a really good questions. There's been so much movement from full length DVD sales to individual trick sales. My guess is, 30 years from now, the best DVDs (like the Ammar tapes) will still be around (in digital form), but only us old guys will be talking about them. I mean, we'll be old 30...

Okay, I don't have card fictions, but I have gone through drawing room deceptions. I learned to perform some of the tricks, but no longer perform any of them because they're each so difficult in their own ways. That said, the tricks in that book are fantastic, and I'm sure if you show me one in...

Alright. You've got my attention.

I liked your confidence. I liked how you started by throwing the box away...gave the whole video a cocky/cool vibe. I only wish you could have thrown in a couple more things like that. On its own it felt kinda naked.

Sounds like you've got the right guidelines. I'm pretty good about guessing how trick is done, but I can't tell whether something is practical or doable. I always seem to guess wrong. And I hear what you're saying about common sense and knowing that we're not buying miracles...but...

Sometimes charging more is actually a better way to go. Psychologists will tell you that we perceive more expensive things as actually being better than their less expensive counterparts. So we'll believe a $20 bottle of wine tastes better than the $10 bottle we just drank, even if they're both...

Hey Rneogy, Randomly, I'm an attorney, so I suppose I can chime in on the copyright issue. You can't actually copyright a card move. Even if you write up a really long, complex description of it in a book. (Though your wording and the book COULD be copyrighted). BUT, that said, t11 still has the...

So many tricks are sold with the line, "This trick has been in my act for ten years," or something like that. I'm curious if that's a big selling point for a lot of you. I ask because I heard it said ALL the time--not necessarily on t11, but lots of places--and when I hear it, I often think to...