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Corbuzier's Free Will - Perfect for walk around. @RickEverhart recommended it to me and I know he uses a lot in his walkaround sets. You Pick My Card in Kirk Charles's Hidden in Plain Sight is one that stumps spectators. You need a gimmicked deck which should be obvious is you look at any...

Any "cold reading" or "mind reading" routine that is "super easy" and "impromptu" probably isn't that good. Cold reading is a skill that requires a bit of learning and practice and mind reading is something more than simply guessing which card they have or what word they wrote down. When...

Use citrus fruits like oranges and lemons.

I blame Fitzke. He thought magic couldn't be presented without all the smoke, music and sequined assistants. I also blame the boxes. All of them. It is too easy to come to the conclusion that the secret is in the box and then to speculate how it works. I've seen some really bad stage...

Exactly. "Telling" always raises suspicion. "Showing" in context of an effect doesn't. It isn't that simple. I can essentially hand a spectator a card and have them convinced that they had a free choice of a completely normal deck (something I learned from Dani DaOrtiz). It isn't what you...

I guess we can all draw our own lessons from the video, but what was apparant to me the first time through is that SOMETHING happened even though it appears from looking at the cards that NOTHING happened. The second time through I could tell what was being done. I suspect that if you look at...

Use whatever deck fits with your performance style. I saw Steve Cohen last week in NYC and he used White Tycoons. Nobody said a thing because they perfectly fit his character. I love using white and black Ghost or Arcane decks for Halloweeen shows. For most of my shows, the card effects are...

Ha, the reference to British pounds threw me off. So, if I had $100 to spend on magic, I'd get all three books in the Art of Astonishment series.

Tell us about yourself. How long have you been doing magic? What are your favorite effects to perform? What types of magic do you like? Assuming you are in Great Britain. my recommendation is to start here:https://www.davenportsmagic.co.uk/acatalog/Books2-p1.html

Ummmm. See link the @ParkinT posted below: Best. Movie. Ever. Indeed. Next time... busking.... I get the grassy area over by the playground with the kids. That is the key.

The effect is known as "The Chinese Egg Bag" and was developed by Joe Karson (the guy who came up with the Zombie Ball). You can get it here: http://www.abbottmagic.com/Chinese-Egg-Bag-ABBchineggbag.htm And Celini teaches some expert moves here: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S4589

It depends on the context of where you are performing and who you are performing for. "Hello, my name is Indigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die" is a great line, but if you say it too often it gets a little unsettling. Walking up to someone wearing a trench coat and sandals and...

A couple of issues with the pass as the be all and end all of controls. Most people who do the pass don't do it well. The spectators still know SOMETHING just happened. Most covers for the pass are not natural. The pass has angle issues. And, as @christopher T said, it is like using a...

Final C&B load of sponge balls? Please? And thank your for not pointing.

Sigh.

Having a spectator pick a card and then just revealing it, no matter what the reveal, is amazing boring and uncreative.

@Timewise64, you have come upon a wonderful discovery. What you are refering to is typically called a "combo" cups & balls set. If they are machined well, you cannot tell the difference between the cups. There are two moves that you can do (a vanish and an appearance) with a combo set that...

Although your opinion is shared by most folks just learning magic off of Youtube, most knowledgeble magicians would use a different control that is more suited the the circumstances of an effect. You do laugh a little inside every time it works.

So here's the rub... would you rather do something you that "most people won't... say anything" or you can "get away with" or use something you "have to dress up a bit" or something that looks natural? A lay person thinks they know what you did if the think they know when you did something...

The first force is a variation on Jay Sankey's Wichita Slip, the difference being the location of the force card. The Wichita Slip is better because the location of the force card covers the discrepency. The change is apparant in method and isn't an improvement over Marc DeSouza's Shapeshifter...