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You can do a bit of egg mentalism. You grab an egg and you tell someone that you predict that they are expecting a surprise in that egg. You crack open--an actual egg. They will be surprised that you cracked an egg open--yoke and all. 'I see you are surprised!' I wish I can be a little bit...

All right, thank you for clearing that up. It's making me think about one flourish that I have absolutely NO IDEA how to present it (right now, it's rather existentialist--you do the flourish. It exists). But I can now see where an explanation like that could be rather helpful.

Could it be said that that there needs to be a much larger emphasis on scripting and character building in the magic community? The stuff that doesn't require a prop, cards, or gimmicks. As stated earlier, Penn & Teller did a 'cups & balls' routines that was completely original to their style...

That's funny you mentioned this because when I first started shooting the tutorial for 'OH DEAR!', I actually had an intro similar to a couple of magic downloads I acquired. My question for this would be: What would people want to see in an 'intro'? The obligatory 'thanks' is a nice touch...

I started in the right and tried learning the same moves in the left. There's two cuts I haven't tried in left so that I can put more focus on a couple projects. Regarding the tutorials you mentioned earlier. SOME tutorials NEED over-the-shoulder (Looking at 'Jackfruit' and about 90% of...

Look up Magical Sneakers by Tenyo Magic. The second effect, 'Color Test'; 90% of it happens in the spectators hands. Of all the Tenyo effects I have done, Magical Sneakers has ALWAYS blown spectators minds apart.

I think this is crazy because all but ONE of the one-handed tutorials I have ever come across have been left-handed--I'm right handed.

So I'm working on a bunch of two-handed cardistry moves for a project and I've noticed a lot of things: 1) I've noticed that one drops the deck A LOT less. This it a bit relieving as a lot of the one handed stuff I've been working on for the last...well, ever; lands on the floor. Then again...

Cardistry CAN LOOK like magic. But it lacks several elements that would make it magic. The big thing missing in cardistry is that it lacks a plot. You're taking a deck, spreading it out in an elaborate formation, and folding it back like an accordion. It's a bit like MadTV's 'Stewart'...

Thank you for taking the time to make the recommendations! 'That Big Thing' looks more like what I'm looking for. But six packets? Man that just looks tough. I'm already having problems with 'Glitch' (I think it's the way the tutorial is done because I'm already making headway on 'Gravity...

Forgot that there is a 5 minute EDIT window. Do you know of any flourishes that ONLY have the backs or ONLY the faces of the cards showing. I saw that 'Glitch' does this in only showing the backs of the cards the entire flourish and it gave me a great idea.

I know it was a random challenge this week and it was only a 3 1/2 hour window; but good on everyone for making it out for making 3 pages of guesses! I did utilize a bit of 'mental magic' on this one. By that I mean a deck of cards and 6 darts. That's my secret.

Thank you! Sybling looks like it can do the job--even looks like a 'z-cut' can be incorporated in the beginning as well. Sybling is a go! Sounds a bit weird, but it'll make sense. And I think this is the first time that something 'harder' has been pitched to me and I'm not about it! Full...

1. 8 of clubs , 3 of diamonds 2. 4 of hearts, jack of diamonds 3. King of spades, 7 of spades

I feel a bit sheepish asking about this, since one-handed stuff is what I work on. I'm working on a project and lining up some moves to utilize for it. Here's the thing: I NEED a two-handed cardistry move. Difficulty and cliche-ness be damned. I probably lack A LOT of basics about two...

'Break' fake reveal!

I think, maybe, the best way to make a card trick NOT look like a card trick is to use cards that don't use the traditional number and suit values and the 'court'. At least for aesthetic value. Taking a bit further, if you want to make an even greater performance, I think you'd need to take...

I think Max Maven

^^^ THIS! It all really depends on what you are going for. I'm into only one handed stuff and I've only purchased 3 items from The Wire (Ace Cut, Mechanics Pass, and Knacky Hacky Sacky). I'm extremely picky and only get stuff that I intend on using for a very long time or see a way to improve...

I am completely fascinated by the works of Rene Lavand and has a lot of techniques I would like to learn from. The problem is that his works are rather costly to obtain (at least if you have a rather constrained budget). So I am in a dilemma: Which one do I get first? The Maestro DVD set and...