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I like the TCP (Tamariz Perpendicular Control). Very versatile control. Can be used to palm cards, bring cards to the bottom or any other position in the deck.

Mine too...

Indeed. I'm a fan and he`s one of the best, most promising (young) magicians of the new generation IMO. Incredible how good he has become in a relatively short time. His first book is so good that it could easily be a book of a veteran in the card magic area.

Absolutely. Sometimes an effect that I considered strong wasn`t as interesting for my audience as I thought. And vice versa. My main premise is "easy to follow" effects, not complicated, complex ones. I often see magicians who are in love with their card handling. I prefer minimal handling of...

I love Through and Through! I don`t know what the strongest trick is but with Tamariz "Total Coincidence" I usually get great reactions. Sometimes I do Woody Aragon`s one deck version "Coincidences with Incidences". Also simple effects (simple to follow, not necessarily simple to do) such as...

I'm not 100% sure but it might be in the Definitive Sankey. Have to check that when I'm back at home.

Sorry, I did get it, and edited my post. I just want to make clear that "Designing Miracles" is not a book which talks about laypeople as a degenerated, inferior "species". Quite the opposite is true. It`s rather the magician`s magician attitude which is being criticized ;) Oh believe me I have...

Ortiz is in NO WAY disrespectful towards lay audiences. In contrary. He just pointed what someone with no background in magic thinks about the way we do things. He also mentioned that`s this doesn`t mean it`s EASIER to do magic for lay people. The thing about this is, he doesn`t care at all...

I would also recommend "Designing Miracles" by Ortiz. While "Strong Magic" focuses on the presentation part, "Designing Miracles" is more about the construction of a trick and how laypeople think about the magic. AFAIR in "Magic in mind" (which Scyne mentioned and linked) you will find excerpts...

I recommend the pinky count to get a break ;)

First of all I have to say I don't think any method is more deceptive than the other. I've seen PS and SS which both look absolutely convincing. However for general magic purposes I'm with Roberto Giobbi and find the pushoff second a bit more useful. I don't do any routines with rapid and long...

Doug Edwards also has a very nice Zarrow which he shows in his latest book and http://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-downloads/card-magic-downloads/doug-edwards-on-the-zarrow-shuffle/

"Thought Transference" by Jason Ladanye is my prefered variation. Can be found in his book "Confident Deceptions".

He learned it from David Blaine, who learned it from Jesus.

I refer to Tommy Wonder and John Carney who both said that direction/misdirection/attention control is NOT something you should only use when it is absolutely necessary (for example a sleight which requires misdirection to be deceptive, e.g. top change), it is something that should be used ALL...

I researched a bit and I came across a book dedicated to OOTW, called "Best of All Worlds". I assume it also contains the version by U.F. Grant (he`s on the list of contributers) unless he had published several OOTW-routines.

Oh sorry, didn`t get it ;) I'm also a Minch fan. Great Writer. "Carneycopia", "Collected Works of Alex Elmsley" (although I just own the ebooks) and "Books of Wonders" are my favorites. Other gems on my list (which I hope to get sometimes in the future) are "Kort", "Vernon Chronicles" and "Ultra...

He was kidding. There was a well known joke when the Elmsley videos were first released: "Have you seen the four Elmsley videos?" "I haven`t seen the third one, but I have seen the first one twice" ;)

@RealityOne I mean "Card Classics of Ken Krenzel", which was written by Harry Lorayne. I`m not referring to "Ken Krenzel`s Relaxed Impossibilities" or "Ken Krenzel's Close-Up Impact" by Stephen Minch.

I'm not endorsing Lorayne`s silly childish behaviour in any way, and I despise his viral marketing. I really think he suffers from narcissistic personality disorder. But to be honest, his (Green Monster)-fanboys are even worse than him. Despite all that he wrote some good books (Regal book...