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That was my point... using a $1 doesn't make it substantially more interesting than using a signed card. If my memory is correct, Ortiz made a broad statement that any effect involving money is interesting. The use of the money in the routine needs to be interesting... not just the fact that...

I think that having a perfect balance is impossible. Either the magic or the presentation will be stronger. The key is that both the presentation and the magic are individually strong and the combination makes them stronger. In my egg bag routine, the story is stronger than the magic. Both...

Other people's ideas are to be tested against your experience. Find what is true for you and discard the rest. I have a number of strong effects looking for a great presentation and a number of great presentations looking for strong effects. It is like sorting sock... the more you get that...

No. It is only magical if there is a reason for it happening. Magic needs motivation. No. I saw an auditorium of people gasp at an Erdnase change done in an introductory video for a performer. Think like a lay person. It typically adds to it. See magic needs motivation above. Agree...

That work? None.

It is an unfortunate fact that cards have a limited lifespan. Changes in humidity can cause the dreaded "click bend" where the cards warp because the level of the humidity in the cards along the edges is different than the level of humidity in the middle of the card. The solutions are to...

Here is the trick.... Press the seal down so you can see the indentation of the half circle on the front of the box. Use an X=Acto knife to cut the seal along the half circle and then cut along the top of the front of the box. The seal remains in place and you can open the deck.

I've never seen any printed double face cards for bridge decks. My advice is to learn to split cards and make your own or find someone who splits cards and purchase from them. Alternatively, switch to regular sized card.

So, I don't have Tarantula 2 -- just the original. I suppose the routine could be done with Tarantula. I don't know what is on the video that comes with Tarantula or Animation so it is possible it is on there (if it was, I suspect you wouldn't be asking). This is what you want to get...

Animated Miracles is for sale at most magic shops. You do have to pay for it. Same with Banachek's book and Garcia's Loops V.2 video. You will also need a DIFFERENT gimmick than Tarantula. Mesika's / Manor's routine and Garcia's routine uses Loops NOT Tarantula.

1. Decide the venue for your show -- someone's home (parlor), street busking, restaurant (table hopping), stage, etc. 2. Decide you audience - kids, all ages, teenagers, college students, adults, senior citizens. 3. Determine your character - what is your performing personality? That really...

I think what you are looking for is in Yigal Mesika’s Annimated Miracles booklet (available with gimmicks and storage as “Inner Circle”). That contains Lior Manor's routine for Invisible Touches using Loops. There is a variation on Daniel Garcia's Loops Volume 2. Note that Loops are different...

This thread has run its course. I'm closing it. May the wheel always land in your favor.

I think that there is some merit to what you are saying about "cancel culture" and oversensitivity. But that is not what this thread is about. What was said or done in the examples in this thread is wrong - regardless of your age, politics or social status. Whether the focus is on race...

So far this year, I've won 150 bonus points. One year I did win a free deck. It's more the fun of spinning than the prizes.

@Gabriel Z. do you have a license to handle those cards? Well done. Love it.

So, I "grew up" in the 1980s (graduated college in 1990). None of those comments were "fine" when I was growing up. I don't think objecting to putting down people because they are different and pushing people to simply treat everyone else with human dignity is "politically correctness." I've...

@Liderc Those comments are absolutely disgusting. I'm just amazed about how some people lack basic decency. Each of those comments really says more about the person saying them then they do about you. I have no respect for people who have to put others down just so they feel superior.

@ChristianMagician, Josh is saying that if you submit a trick and Theory11 sells it, you will need to fill out forms for tax purposes. Theory 11 is required to report any money you make from selling your trick to the government (at least in the United States) and you are required to pay any...

I had actually bought a bunch of those Royal props after reading seeing routines using them in Marlo's Arcade Dreams and Gaten Bloom's Full Bloom. They really do seem like "toys"!