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  1. avihoffmanmagic

    Card tricks that don't involve picking a card

    I was having a conversation with a certain magician who will remain nameless. This magician was of the opinion that card tricks are extremely overused by most members of the magic society, and that all card tricks have the same basic structure and plot: Pick a card, lose it in the deck and find...
  2. avihoffmanmagic

    A step back into the classics

    I have posted many time my thoughts on the ACR. For the most part I believe the ACR is usually the worst constructred effect that people do. For the most part the plot goes nowhere when it really should be progressivly more impressive. Unfortunately most of the time it really gets less...
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    Paul Wilson On Demands

    no no, you guys are putting words in my mouth slightly. I LOVE books. I only read 3, but they were AMAZING, and I learned a LOT from them. (Expert Card Technique, Expert at the Card Table, and Scarne on Card Tricks). I think that the books are where the real secrets are, I always thought that...
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    A step back into the classics

    What is the most used trick in card magic? What is the most classic trick in card magic? What is the oldest trick in card magic? The first two questions are more opinion based, but I think we can all agree that there is one answer to all three questions. The Ambitious Card Routine. (Don't...
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    Paul Wilson On Demands

    So, on www.DanandDave.com, I have a bit of a problem with some Paul Wilson On Demands, and I'm wondering if you guys have the same issues. When I buy a trick, I would like to know exactly what I am buying. However, for most of Paul Wilson's On Demands, they show very little of the performance of...
  6. avihoffmanmagic

    Snap Change Clean Up????

    Generally, people use the top of the deck to do it, as they flick the card with the hand holding the deck. So since the deck is already there, they make use of it. Or, if you don't hold the deck when you flick, you can palm away the back card by keeping it in tenki palm, and then going to your...
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    Cardini Change Advice

    Why don't you try practicing with a Bridge-sized deck?
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    You know you're a card artist when...

    My principal announced in school a while back: "Cards are now banned from school. I understand that a few people here play with them recreationally, but the gambling has reached an uncontrollable level, and I can turn a blind eye no longer..." at that point, I was going into cardiac arrest (<---...
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    I wasn't totally wrong! Eclipse can be USED in an Ambitious Card Routine. So your wrong, Zach...

    I wasn't totally wrong! Eclipse can be USED in an Ambitious Card Routine. So your wrong, Zach Mueller. YOUR WRONG.......your wrong.
  10. avihoffmanmagic

    Saturday Night Contest - Match That Deck!

    A is Pneumatic No. 1 - 1894 B is Bee 203 C is Bee 200 D is League -1893 E is Cyclist - 1898 F is Motor No. 1 - 1901 G is New Fan - 1894
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    New Year Resolutions

    1 - Design and print business cards 2 - Perform more often 3 - Perform for money 4 - Come up with more ideas that advance my magic, and the art of magic as a whole 5 - Design a website 6 - Design my own deck of cards 7 - Expand my areas of magic to things like rubber bands, ropes, coins, rings...
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    Dan Buck's FA card trick

    What is the Dan and Dave lecture DVD called, and where can I get it?
  13. avihoffmanmagic

    Stealing Effects

    Thank you guys, you guys are bringing up some really valid points. I also wanted to say that if you invent an effect which is similar to something else, contacting the person who invented the other effect, he probably knows a little about the history, and can give you further sources for further...
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    Credit Know-How

    well, that is an interesting concern. I would say that if the buyer of your effect will be able to figure out the other person's effect based on what you teach him, I would not publish it without permission. I would get permission either way, but thats just me. And of course, give credit where...
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    Stealing Effects

    Allrite, I just wanted to discuss what I believe to be an extremely controversial topic. Stealing magic effects and concepts, and selling them as your own. Take this case for example. Lets assume I invented a completely original effect. I publish it. Then, someone else takes my effect and...
  16. avihoffmanmagic

    Tarantula's Web

    Thanks! Yeah, I got alot more fluidity, and a whole different perspective of the flourish. This actual video was just taken 3 months ago. I changed the flourish from what you see now into a card revelation, and I will be posting the new version soon.
  17. avihoffmanmagic

    Tarantula's Web

    Watch this video, and please give me an honest opinion. Its just a flourish I constructed when I was tossing around some cards. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktPVk_D6lIk
  18. avihoffmanmagic

    Why are Jason England's downloads so expensive?

    Before I start, just know that I have not read through every post in this thread, I am just commenting based on the headline, and topic. According to your standards, why buy it at all? I mean doesnt the title itself give away the method(for some of them)? What is a bottom deal? You deal the...
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    Diagonal Palm Shift

    To answer your question, it can be applied to card cheating: If you deal a hand, and lets assume one of the players was dealt a blackjack. When the cards are returned to you, (the dealer), you perform the diagonal palm shift on that stack of cards, making sure the blackjack is on bottom. Then...
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    Michael Ammar Lecture (Phoned In, Albo)

    I went. It was awesome, although I have not been to many other lectures. He teaches some realy good card effects, specifically torn and restored concepts. Also, he goes into detail about Top-Its, and the cups and balls routine, and some realy cool other gags, tips, and principles that are...
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