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    Presentation : Your Views

    What makes great magic, a magicians presentation of course. what makes great presentation is it great patter, confidence or just having fun? your views guys :D how can you better your performance? Does great patter always make magic stronger? or does it take away from magic at times? I admit i...
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    Great Reads

    Hi guys, im wondering if anyone can point me to any good sources for card magic books. Im already planning on picking up the paper engine and by forces unseen. Im looking for some material which isnt too advanced. Yea i know me saying that and getting by forces unseen, ironic :rolleyes: im...
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    By Forces Unseen

    Is By forces unseen a hard cover book? and do i have to know any certain sleights before hand or do they go into detailed teaching on sleights required or do they require you to know certain sleights before hand? And if there are sleights required to be known/perfected before hand what are they...
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    Signed card to wallet

    Anyone knows any material for great signed card to wallet? thanks.
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    A huge problem...

    i have realised in recent times that iv been showing stuff to my friends so frequently that they know whenever i shuffle or cut the deck im controlling their card lol... they just keep watching the hands.. iv tried some quick cuts but no matter what they still suspect the card is at the top or...
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    Opinions

    i was wondering how would u feel if u bought an expensive magic dvd, and then realised that some magicians pass the secrets in these dvds to other magicians. So technically these magicians did not pay for these effects but learnt them from magician friends who did, and u paid good amount of...
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    Arrcos vs Red Split Spades for Magic

    are arrcos as good as they sound on dananddave.com? are they thinner then bikes? and how do they compare to split spades lions for magic?
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    Believe or Dangerous ?

    i was wondering if i should get believe or dangerous. i hear angle zero is a good trick but so is believe. i cant get 1 on 1 for angle zero so i have to get the dangerous dvd. i was wondering for angle zero and believe do they end clean? other things i worry about is about the angles for both...
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    Approaching people to show magic and reactions

    hmm just wondering what u guys say to strangers when you want to show something to a stranger. Today me and my friend was fooling around at he train station and we decided to approach strangers to show them a little card magic. my friend cheated as he saw a relative and did a riffle force using...
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    Polaroid Change

    where can i learn polaroid change?
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    Smoke and Mirrors Playing Cards - Reviewed

    This is my first review but ill try to make it a good one. i was just bored and couldnt wait for the next day to go to my magic shop to get 2 more of smoke and mirrors. Anyways. Looks, Appearances: Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I personally did not think the Ds were an eyesore when...
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    Ego Change Help

    im having problems with my ego change. i cant get it to square perfectly at the end and im having a slight problem with the sound. any suggestions or tips would be appretiated.
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    Are these 2 books worth buying?

    i was just wondering if i should pick up The Expert at the Card Table : The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation by erdnase and Expert Card Technique : Close-up Table Magic with 318 Illustrations by jean hugard and frederick braue if i already have a copy of the royal road to card magic?
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    Opinion about Double Lifts

    which is the type of double lift you most frequently use and which in your opinion is the least obvious type of double lift?
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    Advice on furthering my card magic

    i just bought the book the royal road to card magic. i just started card magic several months ago and i was just wondering whats the next step to take. smooth operations by kev ho or trilogy tricks by dnd. im from singapore and im a fan of kevin ho and dan and dave but i only can get 1 thing...
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    Card Clips

    are the card clips sold on E (eg.ghost card clip) all looks and no substance? or do they function just like porpers too?
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    cards on the beginners get started link

    anyone knows what type of cards are those on the beginners get started link when u first enter the theory11 website (the ones with the weird, cool looking clubs pips)
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    Royal Road to Card Magic on dananddave.com

    is the Royal Road to Card Magic worth buying and if so what is its contents?
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    Cards, cards, and more cards.

    Just looking for an opinion about different cards.:p rank these cards from best to worst in overall handling,durabilitly,looks and value for money : guardians, shadow masters, regular tallys, regular bikes, centurions, brown wynns, ghost, bicycle masters and splitspades lion. im pretty into...
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    Questions about Trilogy

    For the tricks trilogy, do i need any prior knowlegde of certain sleights or would dan and dave teach all sleights and everything required to perform all the tricks in the trailer? And which would u consider is the best volume among the trilogy and why?
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