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Everything ChristopherT said will work if you just want to switch the top card for the card under it; however, if you specifically want to change a face up top card for a face down second card, then you would have to either do Shapeshifter or a Duck Change among some others. The latter is more...

You're implying either that you will not recover and never be able to perform again, or that you plan to never perform again once you recover. If either of those are false, and you do plan to perform again once you have fully healed, then that should be motivation enough to stay sharp and...

I think he was okay to release it, but we're talking about originality. By the videos definition, though vague, I'd say French Kiss isn't very original. If I invented Switchcraft circa 2004, would Wayne's be original? I have many effects where I've changed the presentation. Are they original...

I thought the video was a little vague. They say that your effect, in order to be original, should add significant value if you're basing it off of an effect that already exists. That makes sense, but who decides if what you're adding is a significant change? On the forums we use French Kiss a...

Blame often tends to shift to the victim, especially women. "Why were you there at that time? Why were you in his room?" Perhaps a person doesn't want to relive the experience, or they know the person and it can be dangerous to come forward. Lots of reasons.

I was looking through my closet where I keep boxes filled with decks of playing cards. I opened this really beat up box to find a special deck of cards I hadn't seen in a while. When I first started card magic I performed the same ambitious card routine over and over to different people...

Not sure why you put audience in quotation marks, but I assume it's because you know the REAL target audience for these prank / street magic videos isn't the people in the video, but the people at home. Which means the people in the video don't matter. I'm not saying that is right or wrong, but...

Erdnase color change and Cardini color change. I like these because they have applications beyond just a color change.

New or old NOCs? I have the new Black NOC deck which is printed by USPCC, but haven't used it enough to notice any wear and tear. The older NOCs were printed from EPCC and I've heard a lot of bad things about them as well; however, I only use NOC decks when performing and all of them are still...

The handling perhaps is what he meant? It's a different method/handling versus the way I know how to do it. His is harder. Also requires an extra move. Or maybe the ending. The ending was new to me.

Costco sells a brick of bikes for ~$15. So I use those for practice. I would use NOCs for everything else. I like the plain design. Looks good, and also makes spectators feel confident they're normal even though they're not. I don't really use the making system, but it's nice to have it there...

I call cups and balls! Nobody else use it.

You made me laugh, sir. Kudos.

The subjects would have to give a damn. So no. No risk.

Get the pass silent. I think that is priority number one. The pass is fast, but has violent movement. You can hide all movement by getting the audience to look some where else, but they will still hear it. Get a silent pass first. Then work on having the packets end up as square as possible...

I bought them at walgreens too. They feel really nice and the back design is elegant.

“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.” -George Carlin

He is saying he is comfortable with it either way, but which is preferable.

I do. Yes. On the grounds that you feel you have a moral obligation to do so because you, as a reasonable person, see imminent danger; however, I don't agree that one should call a psychic out, or disprove something mystical just because we can't agree with something that sits outside of our...

If done correctly, be it magic or displays of psychic ability, people want to be fooled. If you're a good magician. If you're entertaining, engaging, the audience will want to see you succeed, which by definition means they want you to fool them. That is what we do. I think the same goes for...