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I've been performing every time I see my nephews and nieces (same age group you mentioned) and each time I try to zero in on their interest more and more. I've received the biggest reactions so far from card transpositions, extremely quick & visual tricks, and effects where the magic happens...

You are correct, that is exactly what I'm referring to. Thank you @MohanaMisra, I'll try using less tension and less pinky too. I think to hide the discrepancy I've been overcompensating by using too much of both.

Correct, that is what I mean. Thanks, I'll try that.

I find this is one area I'm struggling a bit. I go through the deck out jogging cards while holding a break between the deck and a small stock of cards but when thumbing through the cards, the deck slips off my stock below my break and I need to keep adjusting to hide the fact the stock is...

Ok I just watched this movie with the family. We all really liked it. I even got a little teary eyed at the end lol.

I'm going to check it out. Thanks for providing such a nice detailed review

I bought the Rick Lax Mnemonica trainer and had the stack memorized in a week.

I have also been on the lookout but only seen them for sale twice used. They were going for quite a bit of money too. I wish I could recall how much. I think close to $200 both times. Good luck.

@Liderc that's exactly what I was picturing (only way cleaner than what I'm capable of as I was practicing it lol)

What if you change it back to the original card? Maybe not always a good idea. Anthony Owen (in his book SECRETS) has a move called the Caravan move which would in itself end with a different color change after the Manhattan, changing the top card into a facedown card while cleaning up the dirty...

How about any card trick that starts with, "I will reveal a completely thought-of card!" and proceeds with, "now take the value of your card and multiply it x 2 and add 3 if it's a spade, 4 if it's a club, etc.. and count down in the deck until we find your new card!"

Thank you @RealityOne!

Interesting, thank you!

Are there any non magic related books you've read that have really helped your craft so much that you'd recommend them? Maybe it's a book on how to present yourself professionally and it's helped your stage show or maybe it's a mystery series full of mental puzzles and it's helped you develop...

I'll add The Magic of Jonathan Friedman - The Musical Tricks with Guitar Picks, Chop Sticks & Fortune Cookies, Paper & Pen, Cards & Common Coins, Gum, Post-its, a drumstick, a marker, & even a Peanut.

I haven't read the Card College books so I'll leave that part of the answer to someone else. What I will mention though, is a great follow up to RRTCM is Expert Card Technique. If you're looking for the next step in the world of sleights with no redundancies after reading RRTCM, that's my...

That makes sense. Card Devilry is what I bought. I'll be starting there. Thanks for the response!

I don't want to misquote but I was reading Strong Magic by Darwin Ortiz not long ago and he has similar comparisons. Magic vs feats Skill and so on. He also talks about 4 Of A Kind and Royal Flush productions. What I got out of his thoughts on the subject were that spectators needed a preface...

Thanks @RealityOne that's actually exactly what I was hoping to hear.