Thanks for your input, but at least from the video, it looks like the top half of the deck pretty suspicious. And there is the feeling that the top half is arranged in specific order due to several false cut and a turned over Hindu shuffle. So at least from the video, I'm hesitated to buy the trick. I would still prefer similar effect with possible similar method in The Card College, which I already possessed.
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Thanks for your input, but at least from the video, it looks like the top half of the deck pretty suspicious. And there is the feeling that the top half is arranged in specific order due to several false cut and a turned over Hindu shuffle. So at least from the video, I'm hesitated to buy the trick. I would still prefer similar effect with possible similar method in The Card College, which I already possessed.
You are right the top half odd the deck is stacked, however a simple jog shuffle would take that out of the spectators mind.
That is because he is handling it in such a way to teach the effect to relatively new magicians. I don't use that effect until after three phases of an ACR, three different flourish cuts,, a few different false shuffles, and a spectator cut.
My recommendations for you, similar to others I have heard btw
-learn a few false cuts
-explore breather crimp or short card
-learn a Zarro shuffle(one of the best tabled false shuffles)
-learn a good in hands false riffle shuffle(I use the Truffle shuffle but the Heinstein is a bit more convincing)
-Study culling
-Learn the perfect faro
Once you are confident in those skills study some of the stacks and effects that have already been mentioned. ie. the stuff from Tamriz, Hollingworth, ect.
If you already have an effect in Card College that is similar to the Big Deal, then by all means, save your money. But don't criticize effects because they are taught using less convincing techniques. Try to remember that magicians often can't teach how they handle an effect because they may be using techniques that are not theirs to teach.
My recommendations for you, similar to others I have heard btw
-learn a few false cuts
-explore breather crimp or short card
-learn a Zarro shuffle(one of the best tabled false shuffles)
-learn a good in hands false riffle shuffle(I use the Truffle shuffle but the Heinstein is a bit more convincing)
-Study culling
-Learn the perfect faro
Once you are confident in those skills study some of the stacks and effects that have already been mentioned. ie. the stuff from Tamriz, Hollingworth, ect.
If you already have an effect in Card College that is similar to the Big Deal, then by all means, save your money. But don't criticize effects because they are taught using less convincing techniques. Try to remember that magicians often can't teach how they handle an effect because they may be using techniques that are not theirs to teach.
I agree with you. I probably didn't make it clear. I love the concept, especially the half deck is entirely clean, this have so much potential. The only down side for me is I already saw something similar in Card College. I learned Zarrow Shuffle from Jason England's DVD, I love it. And learned circulation concept from a friend, which at least in my opinion, could imitate Hindu shuffle effectively. And to be honest, perfect faro is tricky. I could do it but in a very very slow way....
But anyway, is there any good reference on culling? Many books mentioned, but didn't give a lot of detail. Some times it seems a little bit hard for me to do it in a natural way.
Thanks
Culling is just hard to make smooth. That said, I have heard good things about the Roadrunner Cull by Kostya Kimlet. For me personally, I got Ian Moran's Cull Father. I found that to be a great resource.
Thanks.. I learned culling from Lu Chen's book, and also in couple DVDs, but still can't do it smoothly...