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The pass is a pretty ugly control. All the covers for it look weird. I think you can make it good with a lot of practice and attention to detail in all of its parts, but that could take forever. Some people have really good passes, but they've been doing magic for years. Check out Jason England...

I would suggest buying a bunch of decks (Costco sells a brick (12 decks) for ~$16) and then just getting used to handling cards when they're slippery. I've had a brick of bikes that I've been practicing with for over a month and they're still all slippery. If you want your decks to last you a...

Yeah. Slightly different handling on Dan & Dave's Swiss Made, TiVo and TiVo 2 Transpo.

Henry (i think was his name) makes the magic feel cheap. His reaction is great, but he is in damn near every shot reacting astonished to tricks he has seen "8 times". He should only be the spectator for maybe one group that you perform for, not multiple groups. He gives off the vibe of a paid...

A lot of these are just combinations of sleights that I already know about. The combination of the sleights might be unique, but not the individual parts. I don't know if that helps.

My mistake First of all let's not even talk about patents and magic tricks. I don't know why you even brought that up. The reason this is faulty, as you should know, is that patents are open to the public. Ding! Which means the trick is revealed. Patents can't protect a trick, only reveal it...

It does matter. I can perform the same play at a school for the parents without ever needing permission. The moment you monetize something it becomes subject to copyright infringement. State your source on this matter? To my knowledge a school can perform anything as long as no admission fees...

I don't have to justify anything to anyone on an internet forum filled with a bunch of people I don't know. I'm simply stating my opinion on the matter and encouraging healthy conversation on a topic. And people on these forums keep bringing up intellectual property, without any real...

I agree and disagree here. Your opinion makes a lot of sense to me, but it is also derived from the vantage point of a magician who makes a living doing magic. What about people like me? I am a hobbyist or whatever magicians call people like me. I do it for fun. I perform for college students...

Depends on the definition of allowed. If you are asking literally, then yes. You are allowed to do whatever you want following the rules and law of the land. No effect can be protected so that only the creator can perform it (I think Penn & Teller actually do have one performance protected like...

Smoke and Mirrors and all the other ones (Rouge, Denim, Carbon, Eco) are nice, but take note that the Eco, Carbon and Denim won't have standard pips. The red cards will be the color of the deck. I don't know if that bothers you. White Lions has a 7D reveal on the box. No big deal. Standard...

Can you elaborate more on this? I'm genuinely curious. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the method to french kiss isn't even original, nor is the effect (a transpo). He only changed the presentation (a kiss). Ramsay performs the transpo I'm talking about in the video below at around 1:25. I believe...

From what I've learned playing basketball for years, it isn't really about how long you practice, but how you practice. Sounds cliche, but hear me out. I know a lot of players who will practice free throws and three point shots for hours, but they're mindlessly doing it. Repetition helps to an...

I know what scene you are talking about. It is the monarch. The back is not, but the front is. They are throwing around an Ace of Spade that has the same design as the Monarchs. Perhaps the back was designed specifically for the movie. Either to hide the chip they were trying to steal, or so it...

Wouldn't shooting up against gravity be harder than shooting perpendicular to it?

There is no real relationship between ethics and legality. It can be legal tomorrow to kill people, but that wouldn't make it ethical to do so. It is NOT against the law to download a video revealing the method of a magic trick anyway. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think most...

My friend has the one you linked which I've used before for gaff cards. Particularly double facers. Does it work better and faster than a heavy book? Mmm yeah I would say so, but not $60 better. I've never used it for bent cards, only when creating gaffs. It's definitely faster than just using a...

Indeed. That was raw and clean.

Kostya Kimlat did one on Penn and Teller's Fool Us. I think it uses some really difficult though. I don't know if it is worth the price and time to learn.

Truffle Shuffle looks pretty good to keep stack.