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Aliski30, A toppit is used specifically with a piece of clothing which has an opening in the front. Even a button up shirt can have the idea of a toppit applied to it. So to answer your question, a hoodie won't do. It is perfectly possible to make your own toppit without buying an expensive...

ScottS2, A few things: You mentioned the thumb pushing off the top card - this actually has more to do with which kind of deal you're simulating than "covering" the bottom deal. A strike deal means the thumb stays "dead" and the card is drug out from under it. In most cases the thumb pushes...

Brett, Head over to: lostartmagic.com/pages/session And let Xavior know I sent you and that you're interested in the move. He is a master of it. I only know 1 person who does it better. Edward

Learn to work with cards in any condition. The struggle you go through will pay dividends when someone hands you their old deck of cards and nothing has changed. Don't let your props become crutches. Edward

DS, Just use coin that are in circulation. Quarters, nickels, dimes, pennies. Much else and I'm afraid a spectator just wont be able to relate. Regards, Edward

Brett, Absolutely. Think of it in this way: while it's true that it is in your power to make the card, or object, float indefinitely through increasingly complex acrobatics, etc. it is not in your best interest to do so. It breaks a fundamental rule of magic which is so often forgotten...

Brett, If I could chime in, I just posted a related response in the thread regarding the UFO card/Hummer card. To summarize, simplify the effect, and minimize the amount you affect the bill/object which is attached. Edward

Sum, Try wrapping the thread and kneading it through the wax like dough. That should assure a good connection. I would also recommend shying away from the traditional, "make it spin and fly around my body" presentation I too often see. Instead try placing it in a spectators hand (wax down...

Justin, I guess I just don't see it as a, "lack of tact" to call someone out who's having a conversation with me. It would be like if someone was talking out their ass to impress others about something which they really couldn't do (and I knew for a fact.) I just want to keep it real. Edward

Gamerfreq, It's hammondedward9 Thanks, Edward

Jgabor, I have hear this plot referred to by several names; The reoccurring card, the persistent card, reoccurring coincidence, the list goes on. This particular plot is usually used as a short running gag throughout an act or effect, not a stand-alone effect. Hope this helps, Edward

Marco, I agree that it's our job to control spectators in every way possible. I can also say with certainty, that you can't control everyone 100% of the time. I have had spectators look for certain cards while they were supposed to be mixing them several times - Aces, favorite cards, jokers...

Brett, The gambling "throw" of the card is called "sailing" the cards and it can be applied to any method as it happens after the card has left the deck. Edward

My apologies Josh! Had I known the full set up to the situation I wouldn't have bet. If the shoe were on the other foot though...

Brett, (and Bryant. You will find this information useful) Good call moving this out of that thread! The bottom deal actually becomes progressively easier with a smaller packet. Many of the greats have strategies to make sure they use half of the deck or less when they must bottom deal. As...

Well said David!

All, Style aside (music or not/ scripting or not) this act leaves soooooo much to be desired: 1. TERRIBLE hands. Watch just his hands for 10 seconds - they look like dying spiders. There is so much tension in every sleight he does and the covers for most (including ditches and steals) are very...

David, It was not my intention to give the impression that I believed that magicians should verbally illustrate all of these stipulations, simply that they need to be addressed, else the spectators will have an easy time dismissing what they have seen. Nor was it my intention to lead you to...

Joey, The conclusions I have made about the center deal are my own. I have come to them with this line of logic: 1. The center deal is a sleight. Namely, it is a false deal. I.e. - it should give the appearance of dealing the top card while actually dealing a card from the innards of the deck...

Josh, I always welcome responses to my posts and I never take the things I speak about with other magicians personally (unless you say, "Edward you suck") I just wanted to say that in the situation it was veeeeery obvious to everyone involved that the card had not only been controlled, it was...