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The closest connection I've got is that I buy props at a shop that has items for "Wicca, Witchcraft, Shamanism, Santeria, Norse, Asatru, Druidism, Mysticism, Occult, Buddhism, personal spirituality, and many other divine and religious traditions." I'll admit that I don't know enough about those...

I disagee with the cheaper the better. If you buy something cheap, you end up replacing it with something more expensive. As a result, you spend more money than if you bought something expensive to begin with. Basically, the more you pay the better the cup. The Uday and Premium Magic are...

I did an effect using a one-way deck to select a card from a face-down tabled spread. The card was reinserted into the deck and then it turned face down in the deck (one face down card in the middle of a face-up spread which didn't have their card face up) and then all the other cards were...

I think the first presentation piece has to get their attention. Whether you do that through your script, something very visual or something that is more in-depth and intriguing. The second presentation has to entertain. It is your chance to let them get to know your character. The final...

Done correctly, the subtlety is that you actually start to put the card in the deck in the middle of the deck, pause, say or do something and then reinsert the card. Done right, you wouldn't really notice it because it would look natural in the context of the effect.

The card magic in Mark Wilson's book is interesting to read through. The sleight of hand is simple, but it makes good use of various gaffed and gimmicked cards. Although there is a little overlap with Card College, most of the stuff is a bit different since it doesn't use sleight of hand. You...

The effect is a variation of Dai Vernon's Triumph. You can find a bunch of variations by looking at the books in this link:http://www.conjuringarchive.com/show.php?search=triumph. The faro shuffle makes me think of Paul Harris's Unshuffling Rebecca which uses a weave shuffle.

Part of this issue is one of nomenclature. Let me start with how I define the various terms. I prefer the word "effect" which conjures (pun intended) a sense of what the spectator sees over the word "trick" which has a connotation that you are trying to pull one over on the spectator rather...

For me, Gambler's Cop is used to get it in the left hand and a bottom palm is used for the right hand. However, you can do a left hand bottom palm (a little knacky if you are right handed). The Gambler's Cop requires the deck to leave the left hand and a wrist kill / drop while you can bottom...

If you mastered everything in all five volumes, you would be one of the top card magicians in the world. If you just get the first two volumes and master them, you would have all of the fundamentals down. What do you perform out of Art of Astonishment? There is a tremendous amount of great...

Generally, your grip on the cards is too deep. The deck should float above you palm and the edges of your fingers should be even with the deck. It is very subtle, but holding the deck more openly makes it seem that you have less to hide. I don't like the face up selection from a spread...

My questions are what do you currently have, what effects do you like to perform and what is your budget?

Control to top, flip deck, gambler's cop.

What is done before and after the ditch? I'd palm and then go to a pocket to get something or to put something away.

@Maaz Hasan, I think you already know the answer.... it depends on what you need to use your lap for in the effect. For example, if you need to ditch and then recover a coin, using a metal coin and a magnet in your back pocket. You can use pulls for ditches and belt clips for pick-ups. For...

After a show, a woman came up to me and said, "I've seen a bunch of magic shows, but this was a different kind of magic. The last piece you did was really beautiful. Thank you." I was doing some mental magic for a bunch of Boy Scouts on a campout and I asked one of them to think of an animal...

1st Card Trick: A variation of Elmer Biddle's Transcendent. 2nd Card Trick This sounds like a variation of a reveal called hittting the pack. I learned it as "Hit the Deck" from John Scarne's book Scarne on Card Tricks p. 73. It is also in Greater Magic on p. 44.

I got your PM and will respond.

If they could make frozen pina coladas from coconuts using telekinesis, that might demonstrate a level of divinity.

I'm waiting for someone to introduce the magic book of the month club.