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Even better if you force the one card in the deck that also has "Your Card" written on it and have them sign the face.

Vernon's Triumph evolved from a variety of effects where cards are placed face up and face down and then "corrected" so they all face the same way. The original effects were dealing effects rather than shuffling effects. The shuffling and having a selected card remain reversed was then added...

I guess that is the difference between a passion and a profession. If you think you have the ability to make a living by performing magic, that is a profession. If you enjoy cardistry but can't make a living from it, that is a passion. My advice is to find a profession that you enjoy most of...

The method described in Mnemonics is probably the best.

Exactly. The additional phase adds something to the plot. This is why the classics are classics. To do what you are doing, you could use a tilt followed by a top change (recognizing that a top change is more difficult to pull off on video where the focus is your hands). For what you are...

The tilt allows a two phase routine. The audience sees the card is inserted into the middle, it is shown not to be the top card, it comes to the top, it is again cleanly inserted into the middle, it is shown not to be the top card, it comes to the top or is dealt to the table.

On YouTube, I love Kalin and Jinger's stage magic videos, Jeff McBride's Miser's Dream and Slydini's Helicopter Card. I'll be honest, on most videos the performances are technically good, but I find very few get to the point of being entertaining. There are some L&L videos where some of the...

Nice, but I'm not sure it is any better than a Marlo Tilt / Vernon Depth Illusion and question the angles from the side in real life. The double has multiple tells and the lift is too close in time to the get ready. A strike double would have been better. As a note, magic should seek to be...

Heirlooms - The Show [A large keepsake box is placed on the table and alongside it is a cardboard card file box] I've always been the family historian and a collector of family heirlooms. So let me start with a simple statement, my family has always, going back generations, been... well... a...

Robert, welcome to the forums. I like the thought you put into the routine. My only thought is that you could do Giobbi's Intuition from Card College Light as the climax? "Let's see if you can do this with the whole deck...."

How cool is that?! Walking into a magic shop with Jeff. I've got Magicana. Bammo Flim-Flam looks great -- l love Bob Farmer. I'm not that into flim-flam and scams but it might make interesting reading.

@Dustrod Thanks for the feedback. I hadn't heard of Sleights and Insights -- it sounds like my kind of book. Thanks for the insight to the Jennings book -- again, sounds like something I'd like. I do have an autographed copy of The Show Doctor and enjoyed it (did you get yours autographed...

Michael Close - Workers #5 Simon Aronson - Bound to Please Scams and Fantasies (with a lot more card magic) - Darwin Ortiz

😬 Maybe I'll pick books based on weight... that would make for some heavy reading. 😎 Who doesn't like puns.

@DavidL11229 I get it about the Jennings book. The Deland book is pretty much the same size. I don't have any of your other suggestions. So thank you for giving me a lot of options to look at. I appreciate it.

Not that extensive: Bobo's Modern Coin Magic Troy Hooser - Moments & Destroyers David Roth - Expert Coin Magic Chris Kenner - Totally Out of Control (OK, not all coins) Kauffman's Coin Magic I was also thinking of Rubenstein's new coin book.

It's been a while since I've picked up some books and I'm getting anxious that I'm missing out. I'm thinking of Mr. Jennings Takes it Easy and Eugene Burger's Final Secrets. Any other books that I should think about getting... new or old... to expand my library?

What contributes to a powerful card trick? 1. The effect needs to demonstrate impossibility by not having an obvious method and by not encouraging the audience to care about the method. As long as the method is not obvious, you should be fine. I'm one who will choose an easier method than...

I don't understand why the trick is necessary. For a lay spectator, the printing of the deck of cards is a very strong effect. Your double kickers with the backs changing color are actually progressively weaker in that you have demonstrated the ability (changing what is on cards) already and...

Much of 2021 is a blur. I've rekindled my interests in cooking good food and enjoying wine. I lost 30 pounds (by only cooking and eating good food on weekends). I started going to the gym and working with a personal trainer. I got a lot of projects done around the house. I had a lot of fun as a...