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So I just watched the trailer for Shin Lim's effect Flawless, and I must admit I'm very curious - has anyone ever seen this in print before? I ask because although I've not bought the move, I have an idea about how it's done, and if I'm correct, then I'm certain it's not original (that is, it's...

Usually when I start a topic, it's sure to be a long one, but not so much this time. I haven't really thought this through at all actually, it's just that I have a small anecdote to share and think it might be interesting. As a small number of you may know, I live in Sydney, Australia, but for...

So if y'all are on Ellusionist's mailing list, you should have gotten an email about a new product they're putting out by Peter Eggink called "Cased" - basically a deck of cards melts up through the card box to re-case itself. I happened to be on the computer when it arrived, so I took a quick...

Good morning folks (it's 2:51 AM down here in Sydney), I'd like to find out about magic in general in Atlanta, GA - I would be grateful to hear from anyone in this area, or about this area, including magicians, magic shops, clubs, and so forth. Please PM me or reply here. Thanks, ~P.

A month or two ago, I had a party with a group of magician friends. One of things that came up in the early hours of the morning was a conversation between myself and a good friend of mine who primarily performs card magic and flourishes (I'm a mentalist, incidentally) about failing in magic...

Hello all, I'm posting to ask for your help on something. I'm looking for a way for the spectators to mix up a 12 card packet such that the 12 cards will be controlled to a known order. Basically, I need the illusion of the spectator mixing up a 12 card packet. Whatever process is used has to...

I wanted to relay the news that Tony Corinda has been reported to have passed away on July 1, 2010 in Norfolk, England. R.I.P.

A quick thought to share. From T. Nelson Downs' book The Art of Magic: This passage was written in 1908. Vernon held the book in high esteem. Downs writes that just over a century ago, a performer who could not conceal 12-15 half dollars in their hand was considered average at best. To conceal...

Ok. Crazy idea, spur of the moment. Tell me whatever you first think of, see if you can create something interesting. I want you to create a coin trick/routine/sequence. But it can't use any coins. By which I mean, no real coins, nothing resembling a coin, nothing in place of a coin... No...

Hey guys, I was thinking the other night - a couple of months back I got into something of an argument with a respected member of the cardistry community over what I perceived as a lack of real world application of the skills we spend so much time honing. This particular person carried...

Hey guys, For once, a really short post from me. Over the time I've been here, every now and again a post has come up asking what the difference is between a Cardini Change and an Ego Change. And more often than every now and again, a video is posted claiming to be one, when it is in fact the...

Hey everyone! I'm coming to you guys to ask for help again, as I do once in a while, for my specific pursuits. Very recently, I read about a book something along the lines of that it has "a detailed chapter on the top card cover pass". But I've since forgotten what it actually was. So that's...

Here comes another long one folks, so... yeah. This actually isn't a new topic per se - a large part of this post is build upon a post I've made previously. But thinking about it recently, I think that it's important enough to deserve its own topic. There seems to be this budding wave of...

On the apparent eve of the release of the S&M 3rd ("Luxury) Editions, I was thinking about something interesting. As many of us are card men, and most of us if not all will have at least some history with a pack of playing cards, I wanted to talk about a subject that is very close to our hearts...

This is going to be a rather short post by my standards, so don't get too lazy now. Recently, there's been some talk about a particular book - I'm not going to say which one. It's a book that I own, and enjoy, a lot. Now, recently, more and more, talk of this book has popped up occasionally in...

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is a popular saying which many abide by. It's been used in the context of everything from large scale political disagreements and social reform to high school debating and personal mottoes. One could even go so far as to say that in many, it is an ingrained...

What's up guys, I just had a really weird experience and I just wanted to share it with you guys. Hopefully you'll take something from it; and if not, at least you'll have heard an interesting story. But I will tell you now that the moral of the story is in the title. In effect: weird ****...

Hey guys, I was just wondering, has anyone actually been able to get this effect to a performable state? I've just started tackling it today, and I must say I love the method. Damn, it's hard though. Doing 4 or 5 things at once is ridiculous. Really, I was just curious to see if anyone else was...

Hey guys, I just had kinda a weird thought so I wanted to try something. I'll explain after a few responses have been made, but for the time being, please answer this question: How many of you have performed an effect you have purchased from Theory11 or Ellusionist in the past week, and which...

Hi guys. So I was just wondering, like, I'm totally lost. See there's this superawesomebrandspankingnew DVD that's out, Product X, and apparently like 95% of young magicians have it. It full looks mad modern and stuff and it's popular and new so it must be good right? Everyone must love it...