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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Does this effect come with a crazy gimmick, do you have to make a crazy gimmick, or does it not involve a gimmick? Is it easy to perform, and is it practical?

The question every teenage magician would like to know the answer to. With the exception of Sexy from the Ultragaff deck, what effects are devised specifically to do on girls? Or any good patter lines you guys know about, I would love to hear about them.

I will be doing a close up performance in 2 weeks, and I have to use tricks that involve 2 decks. I would like a list of any 2 deck effects you guys think I should know about. I already have Akross by Sean Fields, Election by Eric Ross, Blind by Daniel Madison, and I might use the ever popular...

Does anyone know when the 2nd part of Andrei Jikh's 1on1 will be released(if it will be releaed) and how many Cardistry 101 1on1s there will be? And what moves he might teach on them?

I was doing some card tricks at Fantasma Magic Store in Manhattan, and I was doing some flourishes in the same routine. David Roth and Simon Lovell happened to be there, and after the performance they told me that my magic would be alot better if I did it without flourishes. They said that...

Lee Asher suggests that a begginer in magic should learn 3 great pieces of magic, and do them better than anyone else. If you would be a begginer in magic, which 3 effects would you choose? (I would choose The Biddle Trick, Search and Destroy by Aaron Fisher, and Sloppy Shuffle Triumph by Chris...

I have both TnR and Torn, and I was wondering which one you guys think is better to perform. And if you guys know about any other Torn and Restored cards I should check out, I would love to hear about them.

What are the most practical, powerful, and visual effects that wont break the bank?

Should they rerelease this great effect?And does anyone know why they stopped selling it?