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If you can't describe the effect in a single sentence without taking a breath... you've got a problem. It really seemed like he "tried" to make his magic more than say-do-see but the effect just doesn't relate to the theme. Honestly, his whole demeanor came across as the magician everyone...

They are very different books. Webber is more general performing advice. Haas's book is more about adding meaning to your performance and presentation. One is more "how to perform" and the other is "what to perform."

Yes. It's simple.

Look at the Bigger Card effect (the bag), the Magazine Test (the method) and the Three Way Test (use of equivoque) in Mark Wilson's Complete Course. Doing a TnR with mentalism would tend to confuse the effect. Having the page turn into something else really confuses the effect. Here is what...

What are you trying to force? One of four lemons? A color? An animal? What else is going on in the routine? There are so many ways of forcing things that the context is what decides the best method.

@Arconik obviously meant PIN code.

Darwin Ortiz has a chapter on on kicker endings in Strong Magic. Ken Webber talks about multiple climaxes being bad. So you are right on both counts. Historically, you are right about the kicker ending for Triumph. The original effects were merely righting cards reversed in the deck so that...

@DavidL11229 said, Scarne on Card Tricks is your best bet - Calling the Cards, Upside Down Deck, Traveling Aces, Do As I Do, Nomenclature, Hit the Deck and the Betting Card Trick - and those are the good ones off the top of my head of the first 43 tricks. There are a total of 155 tricks. I'd...

Ken Weber's Maximum Entertainment - It is a practical guide to better performance. Larry Hass' Transformations - The subtitle explains it all, "Creating Magic Out of Tricks." Peter McCabe's Scripting Magic - Examples of presentation, some good and some better. Jeff McBrides's The Show Doctor -...

This is the problem with kicker endings - in most case they distract from the clarity of the theme of the effect. An effect cannot simultaneously be a prediction and a coincidence. It would be like forcing a card and having that card be reversed in another deck and THEN showing that the card...

Two words: Shoot Ogawa.

Magic storks, of course. Street magic is done outside on a street. Parlor magic is done inside in a parlor. But seriously, street magic can really be one of two things. It can be busking, which is very close to parlor magic. That is, the magician is standing up in front of a group of...

Stick with Card College... there is a lot more stuff that doesn't involve tables as you work your way through 3, 4 and 5. Check out the Art of Astonishment series. You may like that better.

@Alex33 please don't bump old threads. This one is seven years old...

The balls have a crocheted cover and I guess you could have a knitted bag to store the cups in. Other than that, I have no idea what you are talking about.

I'm closing this thread because it has become apparent that @fred77 is continually bumping this thread beyond the level of curiosity to the point of advertising the effect. The thread bumping and advertising violate our rules.

Every method has its advantages and disadvantages. It is easier to control cards using an overhand shuffle. It is easier to cover the back of a stranger card (different colored back) using a hindu shuffle. You can't force a card using an overhand shuffle, but you can with a hindu shuffle. If...

That is, figure out a different method for the "technical" stuff that doesn't use the billet for the reveal.

Use the method in Juan Tamariz's book Mnenomica. It makes it as easy as learning your ABCs.

Card College is amazing and essential if you want to master card magic. You will learn sleights and effects that you will use. Tarbell is an amazing resource about all types of magic... whether you will use it or not. Much of Tarbell would need to be adapted for use in that the presentation...