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A hobbiest performs a lot of tricks for the same people, a professional performs the same tricks to a lot of people.

I'm still offended.

If you explain why what you do is not amazing, your audience will believe you.

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Natural depends on the type of performance. Close up magic and mentalism should be like a conversation. Parlor or stage should be like a good TED talk or theatrical performance depending on the feel that you are going for. In both instances, proper scripting actually makes the performance more...

Wait for it... producing a rabbit!

I'm guessing that the control was invented byJohann Nepomuk Hofzinser in the 1800s who is typically thought to be the inventor of THAT card. I've got to read the NonPlusUltra to see if it is in there or in Hoffzinser's Card Conjuring. So, the earliest version of what you did that I can find is...

Bone Book

There is a great book called Gift Magic by Larry Haas that is all about these types of effects. There is an excerpt here with a trick: http://www.theoryandartofmagic.com/freebies/GIft%20Magic%20Excerpt.pdf. Unfortunately, it appears out of print. I do A Simple Gift (which is explained in the...

Superman does leave a barely perceptible mark -- which is worth it if you are doing it real time. You want to look at "soft jaw" pliers. Do not get needle nose or long nose pliers but some that have a wider base. You may also want to consider getting a vice which will give you more control...

Really, it is any effect you put effort into to make it your own.

Because you told them not to. People (especially teenagers) do not respond well to the word "don't." Your instructions need to be in the positive and not the negative. "I'm going to go through five cards, one of them might be your card. As you see each card, I want you to say as...

I was listing it based on @Casey Rudd ’s post about it being printed the first time. You haven’t missed anything.

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Calling the Cards The Upside Down Deck You Do as I Do Swimmers Nomenclature Hit the Deck New Deal Poker Hand Drunken Poker

Sonata Magic Rainbow Bulletproof Card Fictions In Order to Amaze All of Frank Garcia's Works (Have Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic want the rest especially Super Subtle Card Miracles) Castle Notebooks Vernon Chronicles

Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic (p. 384) Tarbell Volume 3 (p. 412), 6 (p. 329), 7 (p. 324) and 8 (p. 262). https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/book/1186 https://magicref.net/magicbooks/books/darwingaryinexpensiveillusions.htm

Generally, tricks where the audience thinks that doing it again will allow them to see something that they missed the first time.

Do people really ever ask that question? I've never gotten that question. My answer, "The magic I perform is theatrical magic but I hope how you feel when watching it reminds you of the real magic that is within our lives."