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I have a question. I'd like to know what the community thinks about this. Let's say you're sitting around, and you come up with an idea for an effect. You play with it a little, and you create a pretty reliable method to achieve it. You practice a while, then go out and perform it for some...

I've been thinking about how to best add XCM to my magic, and the obvious first step is "learn some". So I'm in the market for a good first lesson set in XCM. The three contenders, from what I've seen, are Dan and Dave's Trilogy, The Dan and Dave System, and Ellusionist's Xtreme Beginnerz...

On page 201 of the Hugard/Braue volume Expert Card Technique, I found an interesting pair of excerpts from 19th century manuscripts. Henri Decremps, in the 1853 book La Magie Blanche Dévoilée, states of an effect: "...as we have not divined this method for ourselves, and since it has been...

I've been going through all my decks of cards and using one a day since I got them. Thus far, both decks of Bicycle Masters (regular and shadow), the Ghosts, and the 1800s are trashed. One day of use, and trashed. They're warped and clumpy and just generally look pretty sad. Which is...

Just a preliminary note. I've got one of every deck of cards Ellusionist carries. I've got a deck of Guardians. And I've got a couple commodity decks from local stores. I'm awaiting the delivery of one last deck, a pack of Aviators (spent two hours driving all over creation before just...

I've only been here for like a week, but I really like it here. This is a great place. It's run by great people. It has a great community. There's only one problem. There's nothing here I want to buy! I mean, honestly, I want to support the place. I really do. But the one and only shot I...

Okay, I've been ranting a little here and a little there about exposure ever since I got here, and I thought I'd collect all my thoughts in one place just so people know where I stand. There are two entirely different aspects of magic, the artistic aspect and the business aspect. These are...

In the "Blaming Spectators" thread, mattjones made mention of some basic rules he follows when teaching others. That got me to thinking. When someone comes to you and says "teach me", that's just about the highest praise you can get. But given that most people who start with magic will not...

When I was a kid, I had a magic set that came with a little plastic bottle which could pour out water repeatedly. I have an idea for a routine that could use one of these, and I could probably find one in a kids' magic set, but I'd rather have something nicer than some cheap plastic thing. I...