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Dude, everyone messes up. That is why people (both magicians and the laiety) love magic- because they KNOW it's a trick, they just don't know HOW it's a trick. This knowledge makes them look at you and give you money (hopefully) or, on a good day, makes them see through you. See, being caught...

That was beautiful.

I'm pretty sure Dai Vernon used a second deal for maintaining the card at the top while he put the second card into the centre as a simulation of the first card. Might be wrong though. Of course, with AC, the second deal possibilities are endless- keep dealing through the deck and everywhere you...

A few things: Your shuffles and false cuts are very well done. Sometimes I can see your break in the front but it is only when I slow down the action quite a lot. At the speed that you're going it would be neigh impossible to catch a sleight- and I mean that as both a compliment and a critique-...

I get it Pav. I mean, I have some good friends who are flourishers and do things that shock and amaze me so I enjoy flourishes as much as the next guy (well, watching them. I'm a MAGICIAN magician- I blame the cards for what happens) I always equate flourishing to quick-change in terms of...

Yeah, I know Erdnase was a cheat. That is an excellent point, however with the "you can do miraculous things with a deck of cards" bit- so long as one is the sort who is a sleight based performer. It seems to me that there is a twofold split in opinions of showing skill based on how people...

"To be suspected of skill is the death blow of the professional"- S. W. Erdnase. I'm just wondering- How do YOU reconcile the high-flying card juggling with The Expert at The Card Table and Dai Vernon saying "LOOK NATURAL!" I have no beef with flourishes myself, I'm just wondering what your...

Oh, mainly the basics- Eating/ regurgitating them them, doing a version of "Russian Roulette" with one, putting one in a deck of cards and having it cut up all the cards but the spectators, using it to cut the spectator's card in half in my version of "AC", a little bit of "Coins Across"- I use...

Hello all, I've been dabbling in razor blade magic and was wondering if anyone knew any particularly sharp (oh god, the puns!) flourishes to use with razors. All I've come up with so far is a roll-down with the razors betwixt my fingers. Just wondering.

All right. I'm one o'those fellows who dresses up in a top hat and suit for most of my gigs- BUT I know that that is not how many magicians dress. Many modern magicians dress in tee shirts and blue jeans. So the question is: What do YOU do to make you look like a magician?

Wow! Thank you very much for the advice!

Wow! Thank you very much! I've recently been trying to branch out from cards and have been practicing a few effects in kind. What do you think of this routine(I've been doing this for the last week with moderate success) Draw the first few (like, 3) with a card trick such as Detective Aces...

Your terse comment cuts me to the quick.

It's the "Common Misconception" of a magician- that guy with the fancy gotee and the tails who produces rabbits from hats, foam balls from his mouth and flowers from silk. It's the guy who strides onstage and the entire audience watches. It's the guy who shouts "ABRACADABRA!" before revealing an...

A parapetetic nature and an annoying habit of trying to start up conversations in the que for the movies. Sorry. Joking. Really I'm in it for seeing the reations to what I'm doing- the joy or confusion or sheer derision in an audiences response to my act. That's what gets me up in the morning.

I am a humble busker who specializes in card magic. I'm quite good at what I do, make my own effects and practice twenty three hours a day yet the crowds I draw very rarely cross the 5-person threshold. I try to do the whole "Show that guy who's passing by your card too" thing, I've tried...

My advice: read the old magic books. There are millions of good card magic tricks that require little more than fancy shuffling. Stick to your guns and you'll do well.

Well, if you're asking my FAVORITE trick to perform it would have to be "The Overzelous Card"- but that doesn't actually get that much applause because the audience just says "Whoop di doo- you just manipulated the cards. So what" The interesting bit is that the best reactions I have gotten on...