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Yes! you should have your 1 - 2 tricks you know how to perform. And i mean you know what to say, when to say, what to do, etc.. For example: if i was asked to do i trick, the answer would be YES, with any deck, anywhere, and i would do the biddle trick. But it would be MY version, with my own...

I totally agree, i use that grip as well. The mechanics grip is a bit harder in my opinion, i suggest learning all about one you feel comfortable with, to improve everything at once, then move to the mechanics if you want to. the short pause your refer to is due to the fact that you "do" much...

the 365 days of magic is a cool idea. the appear on another day not that much, in my opinion.. just for the fact that you are building a climax that goes nowhere since you are not going to appear. Not to mention that the incomprehension is a bit too much, you break the consequentiality of a...

I don't want to appear rude or arrogant, but i think you're underestimating the difficulty of a great illusion, you're also misunderstanding the MEANING of such an illusion. With no further instructions, an effect like this is just "showing off". You fit in the box, you get tossed into a river...

totally agree, illusions requires a lot of work and experience, not something you "dunno lol" details matter. You sure have realized it's not easy to achieve such effect, bear in mind the "perfect levitation" doesn't exist in our gravitational field. That being said, you should narrow your...

The grip you refer as "modified" is actually the Erdnase grip, that's how it's explained in the book. Maybe the drawings don't look like it, but it is I want to clear a point: the deck should be locked in position, yet the grip must not be tight! Vernon said "almost floating" although this may...

it's your nails mostly, and the edges and the corners of other cards

It's more like mentalism to me. Plus, i'd perform other effect than an ACAAN since you have 2 degrees of freedom here. I get your point, if it can be performed it can be done.. Yet, note that you can now access to some nice ACAAN. Many years ago the only reference of this trick was on the...

let's be clear about it: ACAAN is an effect for magicians. For a layman this trick looks impossible like every other effect, for a magician this trick looks impossible period. Simple tricks like the chicago opener or the biddle trick will trigger the same emotion, in my opinion. The boundary...

The Erdnase grip feels a bit stiff. If you try to lock the deck in the position you will contract too many muscles to even attempt to buckle the card, try to get comfortable with the grip, in such a way that it fits your hand. The second thing is the buckle: it's not too much of a buckle, you...

using few cards is a very clever way to include a bottom deal into magic, because it's much more easier and reduces the amount of practise. you can go with a classic bottom deal with the buckle, but you can also perform a "strike" bottom deal, that is just taking off the bottom without any...

totally agree, i get upset when magicians say they do magic in order to fool people. that's not what we do. The spectator doesn't know what's happening, it's a intrinsec part of them being spectating. If a person is watching a magic trick you have to lead the pace, otherwise the audience is...

I believe thay manipulating the audience at your advantage is similar to a sleight of hand. In a way you try to invisibly convey people toward decisions you make. It's the magician leading the action, so if the spectator decides to do something on his own, you found an heckler, and that type of...

You can go with a gambler's cop into the bottom deal sequence without shuffling the deck yourself, or you can go with the Marlo's Punch Deal. The sleight you need is a good second deal, but the process has problem iwht 4 of a kind production, that's why Marlo used it to deal a full house OR a...

I hope you're familiar with the bottom deal, since it's a move that requires months to get it done bad. To match your desires you have to do a perfect bottom, no flash, no miss. This is not meant to descourage you, on the opposite, you have a lot of work to do and i think it's good. I have about...

I'm working on my own version of Scarne's Aces. It's the closest to the original i could possibly think: borrowed shuffle deck, one or two shuffles, and then cut to the ace. The move is very hard to do, yet a very simple concept, but its utility is uncertain, might be a useless sleight. Anyway...

it's a matter of taste. i don't like it, although it might fit well in certain flourish. i don't usually likes all kind of flourishes that "hits" the camera or the spectator, it's too invasive and excessive. The cardist is a performer, not a ninja. So feel free to ignore some motions and focus...

Right, Dan and Dave made a bunch of videos for a beginner cardist as well as a beginner for card handling. You can find it on their website with some other advanced stuff or on their channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCD6E9BE96053C09D

Don't ever rush, feel free to study at your own pace. i remember when i started i was looking at the riffle shuffle and saying "this is so difficult!". With practise, nothing in magic is too hard to learn, even when a move seems impossible. At the same time, if you struggle on something, take a...

For me, the erdnase grip works fine for everything, after practising the bottom deal for a while i get used to that grip for all the deals (top and seconds), and it actually feels better for me than the mechanics grip. Yes the mechanics grip is more familiar, but if you happen to play poker or...