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I actually found this site by buying a set of Guardians at a local book shop. I don't feel cheated because they are now in wallmart, lol. I think you overestimate how much an average person thinks about a deck of cards. lol.

My whole problem with this exposure argument is simple. Respect for the artist that created the trick is the only -real- reason why exposing tricks to people is bad. If you love the effect and use the effect, then not giving the artist the credit for it by just giving it away is absolutely...

I voted for it because I didn't need to understand it. The 'magic' was obvious. He's obviously not English, so I can't comment on the culturally diverse metaphors that may be employed by magicians from cultures that I'm not a part of, but I can say that just by watching the cards you see some...

King James your steal from the top is just way too fishy and obvious, which is a real shame, because you're deck handling was good throughout. But the reality is you clearly take the selections from the top of the deck one at a time initially for the first 2 'sandwiches', and it isn't going to...

I'm leaning towards this not being the real deal. I was contemplating voting but then thought....nah I don't buy this. I've seen some of your other videos and your handling isn't that good, (don't get me wrong it's not bad, but it's not genius), so either all you've done is practice a pass at...

Man Cardini's performance in black and white and all is just masterful. I was laughing out loud at some of the card productions. I have no idea how he did the whole routine, and it just works perfectly. The timing, everything just works. These guys set a really really high bar. Some great...

I think its telling that the most read books are still Erdnase, and a lot of people's favorite slight is the Cardini change, lol. If you read Huggard's work you find a lot of the basis for the flourishes that are now in vogue in cardistry. The fact is, magic has come a long way since then...

I never said their wasn't a big difference. Blaine attempts to share the reaction the spectators have on the street with the audience at home and uses some camera hyperbole to make them part of it. Angel's whole approach to magic is create an illusion based on seemingly impossible settings...

I can totally see me getting this effect, lol. It has fire, and a flickering card. What more could I want? I did hear someone mention that it doesn't work particularly well under neon, or strip lighting. Are there recommended conditions where the effect should be performed? Or lighting...

Chris Angel is everyone's love to hate magician, because he brings the TV audience into it. His shows aren't for the live audience all the time. (I saw his live show in Vegas btw, and it was absolutely off the hook, he is definitely a great performer.) His TV show does what David Blaine did. The...

I've been curious about this for a while, and I've seen it attempted a few times around the place, so I thought, why not. The only problem with the video is the camera going in and out of focus at points during the introduction which just made my head hurt. Other than that this is a good...

That pass was dope. It literally is the 'invisible pass' lol. Though it really really doesn't look like a Herman pass at all.... And I'm not voting in this battle.

Eventually your deck will die a slow and painful death. Buy lots of cheaper bicycles to practice on, and maybe keep a deck you really really love for when you're performing. Any deck of cards, no matter what it is (unless it's one of those 30 buck plastic immortal water proof gun proof lion...

Some posting in this thread may not have experienced this yet, due to age restrictions, but if you rock up to someone in a loud night club or a bar (situations directly referenced by D&D in the Trilogy's 'booklet') it's really hard to start going into some ridiculous patter about your mystical...

You need the Trilogy to make the most of this DVD. It's an extra disc to the Trilogy and so they don't re-explain stuff that has already been explained on the Trilogy. Thus things like the center double etc aren't re-explained. I'd recommend the trilogy anyways. It's a great DVD set to own and...

I watched this download and liked the trick. It's awesomely simple to perform, but if you want to end clean, you can add a pass in the mix and that limits both the set up, and the clean up required on the trick and you can produce a near identicle effect. (I actually was doing that after...

I'm shocked by how badly Exile has gone down. Watching the demo video it's pretty clear that it's not going to be something that can just be done there and then without some presentation, and quite obviously it's going to require some tweaking to get right. I bought it elsewhere, but knew...

This is a good DVD. My orange signed version arrived 2 days ago. Unfortunately the trilogy which I ordered at about the same time is somewhere in the US postal service's priority mail system. (bleagh) This isn't a stand alone DVD, so you can't really call it a quadrology. To make the most of...

Both were dope. lol. I preferred the queens just because it was more jaw dropping and as a n00b my knowledge of correct handling ends there.

That 4 card Tivo thing was awesome. There was too much shennanigans getting the cards positioned however which made it less effective than it could be, but the actual transposition was smooth. I was trying to figure what the change was, but couldn't, lol. It was like a cardini with no finger...