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A friend of mine thought she was doing me a favor (and, truly, she was). She did a stint teaching in China, and she found a magic shop that sold gaffed cards. The guy at the shop showed her...well, it goes by a lot of names. Million Dollar Monte, maybe? It's a version of the classic three-card...

Hi all, ]If you don't want to read this entire post, there's a red, boldfaced question toward the bottom that tells what I'm looking for.] Perhaps I'm a purist. Maybe I'm dragging some of my physical book collecting hangups over to my e-book collecting. Regardless, I seem to be flummoxed by...

So let's say you carry several decks of cards to your gigs. A couple of regular decks, maybe a Svengali and a Brainwave deck, and a Si Stebbins stacked deck. Does anyone have a method of labeling these decks so that you know one from another? I've noticed some magicians used several deck...

I’m reminded again why I chose to use bridge cards at 18 when I started card magic. Returning to it at 50, I am switching to Poker size. No going back. The glide as described in Royal Road (Left Hand holds the deck with thumb and index finders; the rest of the fingers are used to execute the...

Hi all, I know I’m not the first person to have this problem, so I’m sure there’s wisdom out there. I’m returning to magic (mostly cards, since that’s what I used to do) after about 35 years away from it. I decided to switch to Poker-sized cards since, well, it’s the right thing to do. I...

Someone, please, remind me if the name of this trick. I remember learning it when I worked at a magic shop in the mid-1980s, but I've forgotten the name (which has decades off the directions). The directions are particularly unclear, so I'd like to see if I can find someone performing the...

Does anyone know a source where I can get a French version of a Bicycle Deck? I’m sure you know that a French deck is marked using a 1 rather than an Ace, and uses French names for the court cards: Roi, Dame, and Valet. I’ve got a few decks that I bought in France, but they are sort of off...

Several years ago, I bought several decks of cards at a garage sale, since I do card magic and like having “trashable” cards and decks to work with. One deck, it turns out, is a trick deck that I can’t exactly figure out, so I’m hoping you can help me ID it. 1. The box and instructions are...