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Thanks for the reviews. I may pick up "The Card Magic of Nick Trost" before "Subtle Card Creations." I love Acer's colums in Genii, so you've managed to get me very psyched about "Random Acts of Magic." Also on my list is Bannon's Smoke & Mirrors and Jennings '67. Unfortunately, I'm...

Sean... go back and read Prae's post again. Everyone else... go back and read Prae's post again. Effects aren't magical, magicians are.

I like balance. I say get the whole set but work through it one lesson at a time. Yes, that requires self-restraint and discipline, but you can do it. However, if you have something you are working on, feel free to jump ahead to lessons you haven't gotten to and read them. That way you get...

I disagree with most of the advice here (I'm not sure what Luis had in mind, so I don't disagree with that). Hecklers want attention. Little brothers want attention. Little brothers that are hecklers want attention. Ask him if he wants to learn magic and perform with you. Have him be...

Oops.. I knew that. My bad. And yeah, I'm jealous. My only consolation is that I have all of Card College (except Ligher and Lightest). Trost's Subtle Card Creations are on my list, as is Minch & Krenzel's Relaxed Impossibilities, DeSouza's Deceptions, Acer's Random Acts of Magic, The...

Sean: Whether you do close-up or parlor depends on the number of people at the event. A lot of effects can be used for both. I like the idea of a routine with at theme about blurring dreams and reality. Now, you need to tell us some more about you before we reccomend effects: What...

The Five Things I Would Love to Have: 1. Pure Effect and Absolute Magic by Darren Brown 2. Greater Magic by John Northern Hilliard 3. The Complete Works of Alex Elmsley (both volumes) 4. Apocalypse (All 4 Volumes) 5. Paul Osborne's File Box of Illusion Plans Five Things I'll...

Zac: Last summer I saw Kalin and Jinger perform. For one effect, they selected a an older bald gentlemen from the audience. Jinger was flirting with him and at one point she rubs her hand seductively across his head. That got quite a reaction from the audience. During another effect, Mark...

Actually, there are some things that transcend style. Usually, people who say "well, that's just my style" are avoiding critically thinking about how they perform. I agree that people should take their time in performing. I disagree with you suggestion that scripting causes people not to...

Hmmmm.... I disagree. Do you know what magician and effect this quote is advertising: "MAGICIAN divulges one of his most astonishing discoveries, an exquisite card miracle entitled 'EFFECT.' A revolutionary slight is involved which will be coveted by every magician." HINT: it was put out in...

As others have said, it really doesn't matter what "level" you are technically or otherwise. The truth is, the more you learn, the the more you realize how little you really know. If you are able to work through the Erdnase DVD, you can work through anything else that is listed as...

Instead of the bull dog clip, use a hotel shampoo bottle with the top cut off. Perfect. Could use a retention vanish too. Ditch it when going for the sharpie, wand, lighter, etc in the pocket. If he want's to be magician-ish and he is sitting at a restaurant table, he can cover the...

After a couple of PMs with ChrisWiehl (and some more thinking on my part), I agree that you can use a signed card with the control. Just takes a little adaptation and a different flow than in the .pdf.

The Losing Control is pure genius. My only (very minor) complaint is that it cannot be used with a signed card. Good review Draven.

Exactly. The Hermann pass is essentially the opposite of the classic pass in terms of how the packets are transposed. The Hermann Turnover pass is the same movement as the turnover pass but is done while turning the deck over (presumably under of guise of showing the bottom card). Hugard and...

I think you are actually looking for self-working card tricks. The effect you are talking about is from Royal Road to Card Magic (which teaches slight of hand) and is called Poker Player's Picnic. It also is in Scarne on Card Tricks and called Swimmers. I suspect it is in other books as well...

It is flipstick. It's in Tarbell Volume 7 and a DVD called "The Very Best of FL!P - Vol. 4." I learned it from Jay Sankey's Spontanious Combustion (which is about using flash paper). A great effect with a pen is "Recapped" in Art of Astonishment, Volume 1. A good book for cigarette...

Brendan: Great story. Made me think of this. That is one of my son's favorite effects to watch and perform. With a little slight of hand, you can have the spectator count out the nickels at the beginning and then change back the mini nickels to regular nickels. My best explanation is...

Here are some suggestions with some sources (not an exhaustive list of where to find the effects): 1. Finding A Selected Card / "All Red & All Black" (Scarne on Card Tricks) - deck is cut and two spectators pick cards and return them to the other spectator's half of the deck. The magician...

The proceedures aren't different in execution, but rather are only different in effect. The two phases of the procedure that begins on page 6 are done as a single shuffle resulting in the top and bottom cards ending up in their original positions. Also, see the sentence beginning "NOTE that...