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The Daniel Madison thing got me... Roses are red, violets are blue. Your cards in my shoe. B.

Very cool. I tend to carry a deck of cards and a card clip. A few home made gaffs are usually shoved in the deck to some tricks of mine but otherwise not a lot. B.

I've tried quite a few. Most store bought cards here in Australia are either Queens Slipper (Which is Australian but.... very average) or Chinese printed. I've only found two types that have been really well made compared to the others. First is EPCC - They have a Chinese printer and the...

One of my best friends is a fellow magician. We both pursued different paths in magic which makes testing ideas on each other very interesting and often very helpful. It's good to have friends that understand your art but it can also be fantastic to work from isolation. Some of the best work...

I'd agree with the message that 20 hours of dedicated focus can make someone reasonable good at an isolated task. It is a fantastic way of approaching steps to a system. the 10,000 hours approach has never been a perfect number. Many people will be naturals at some things and pick up the knack...

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Well, I've had the same chain of thought you likely went through... the spool is the same price as 5 loops, can't be that hard. I've bought the 5 packs of loops ever since. I'm sure there is a knack to it but even with the many loops DVDs I own, my fingers just seem to large to get...

Do you own the effect? B.

Not so much a question focused on whether they'll be back or not but I really loved Propagandas. I was devastated when they never came back. I felt at the time that the border thickness and stock was different to other T11 decks and they just handled incredibly. What was the reasoning behind...

Don't know if it's specifically a full piece that could be referenced but I can think of a few ways to replicate it. Think this - https://store.theory11.com/products/dead-cut-jason-england B.

It's an expensive product that generates brilliant results but again, very expensive. Easily over the $1000 mark, even second hand. I don't own the product but have a close friend who is a full time magician and even then he uses it sparingly to get the most out of it. I would argue that...

I've got a bunch of Vernons books signed by the main himself. David Blaine decks and signed posters, original Cardini Peau Doux's and heaps of rarer books I've come across at auctions or in others collections and made reasonable offers for. Nothing truly exceptional but I love them all none...

Absolutely fantastic book. Includes triumph which is easily worth the cost of the book alone. B.

The cards do certainly play a part. If they are brand new they tend to go everywhere! If you work them in a little so they grip to each other a little they work out really nicely without flying all over the room. I'm sure with enough practice it can be done effectively with a brand new deck...

All good questions. I've done mine with my ring finger simply for the size of my hands. They're on the larger side and using the one gives me a little better control without looking like I'm holding the deck in an unusual way. Like most techniques with cards, books teach the principal really...

Hey, I've found hidden gems in almost all the card magic books I've bought. Whether it's simply an approach to the same effect you've always done or something totally new. A couple of easy to find books that have great material are the Encyclopaedia of card magic and Scarne on Cards. Both...

In the past I would open a routine with a think of a card, check the top card style thing. When it hit I would just walk because I couldn't top it. people were blown away. If it didn't I'd say "that would have been good but let me show you something better!" It hit a few times and people...

Magic is a powerful art. Sometimes seeing something out of this world can put other things in perspective. B

Hey, When I started learning magic the first thing I wanted was to perform those things I had learnt. Rarely did I perform something that I had perfected. I learnt quickly that for the most part it didn't matter. I'd always start with "I'm learning something new and I'd like to show you" or...

Hey Gale_, You can certainly buy any deck you think looks the part. Cost may be something inhibitive and if thats the case you can start with bicycles or Tallys. As for tricks, I'd say to jump into a book - Royal Road to Card Magic is a fantastic book and super affordable and contains...