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Being a magician doesn't make you lame. Being lame makes you lame. If you look lame and say you're a magician, well then you'll be perceived as lame. Imagine a skinny kid with nerd glasses, pimples, braces, and a bow tie stand up in your class and say in a nasally voice, "I like to play League...

Everyone is already saying it, but I wana jump in too xD! Looks crazy, dude. Will definitely buy.

I think we end up in the same place if done correctly. Start with puzzle as the root or start with entertainment, the destination is the same: Create an enjoyable experience for the audience. If you start with entertainment as the root and fail, the audience looks for method. If you start with...

Actually yes. A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue. When you say: Then you're doing exactly what I just said; granted, I think @DisasterTheory and @RealityOne said it better: The root of our craft is a puzzle. People are not stupid. They...

If you have to do that, then doesn't that mean you've recognized that the nature of our craft is a puzzle and need to use a red herring on the audience just so they don't focus on the method?

Yeah I'm on board with that. @ChristopherT and @RealityOne are adamant that this is not the case. So I think it might be this: The character some magicians want to portray are just not inherently magical. If you only use a deck of cards, it's going to be harder for you than if you have the...

All I’m saying is you have to justify a deck of cards, but for a coun or ring you don’t. Why is that? Because a deck of cards isn’t really magical.

For my casual performances, like for friends and acquaintances, I'll still use cards, but mostly coin magic nowadays. Sometimes even rings. There is something about playing cards that is just no longer magical. Perhaps because it's not organic enough? Overused? It could be for a variety of...

I'd argue that it isn't the performer every time. If you've performed something a bunch of times and it's usually a hit, but maybe every few dozen performances you run into "that guy", then wouldn't it be more logical to say the fault is with the spectator and not the performer? To be honest, I...

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If you were serious about card magic: Books. More value for your money. It has a steeper learning curve than a DVD, but you get so much more. Which book? Depends.

Correct They still sell them at Wallgreens where I live in California. Blue and red versions.

If it is a sleight, I will look for a DVD download, but won't buy it. Since you're reading the method, the trailer for the move is all you need to help you visualize what it is suppose to look like. From there you work on your technique until you reach mechanical perfection. Google or a...

These are the only covers for the Herman pass that I think are any good. Turnover pass is basically invisible, but you need to justify turning over the deck. I don't think it has to be completely silent. If you turnover the cards normally, it isn't completely silent, so your pass shouldn't have...

Tilt up a little bit when turning the deck over. It'll cover it more. Also you don't really want the spectator paying attention to your hands when you're doing this move. So either already have the card flipped over when you pull out the cards, or misdirect them as you do the move. They...

I have detailed notes about every trick in the Royal Road. What trick in the overhand shuffle section do you seem to be struggling with in particular?

There is already a deck like this currently out; granted, I like your design a little better.

https://www.artofmagic.com/products/manfred-shuffle