Saturday Night Contest - Valentine's Day!

[CaseyRudd]

Hey guys, hope everyone is having a great start to the weekend! Today is Valentine's Day, and that means there is all kinds of love in the air. This week's contest has to do with love, but not the kind of love you're thinking about. Let me further elaborate.

For this week's contest, we want you to share with us the moment that you fell in love with cards, puzzles, magic, or cardistry. What was it that you saw, learned, or experienced that got you hooked with either genre? Was it a trick/flourish that you saw performed? Was it putting together a puzzle with your family? Was it learning a new sleight or cardistry move that gave you the spark? Did you attend a convention or meet up with other magicians/cardists? Whatever the moment was, we want you to share it with us. What made you fall in love with these hobbies?

Post your responses in THIS forum thread by no later than 11:00pm EST tomorrow, Sunday, February 15th. Once time is up, we will select TWO responses at random, each receiving 500 Elite Member Points and 3 Decks of Love Me Playing Cards, shipped on the house, anywhere in the world.

We are extremely excited to read your responses. We hope everyone had a happy Valentines Day!

 

[Lauren E]

The earliest moment I remember was performing a card trick that I learned from my brother for kindergarten show and tell. Even at that age, I loved seeing the wonder and smiles on people's faces. I think the idea of taking something ordinary and using it to add a touch of whimsy into life- whether it be through slight of hand, a beautiful cardistry flourish, or even the delight and satisfaction of solving a puzzle, is what made me fall in love with this world.

 

[neilvinzon]

It was around 2014 when I came across some videos by the Virts (Style and Reintroduction) and Andrei Jikh (Crazy Cardistry), and that’s when I really got hooked on cardistry.

 

[Motte]

Hello everyone,

I’m really excited to read how everyone fell in love with cards.

For me, it started when I was around 8 or 9 years old. I remember coming home from school one day, seeing David Blaine in TV performing some crazy tricks with playing cards and I was completely amazed. It felt impossible, so I couldn’t just look away. Eventually I got my hands on a deck of cards trying to figure out his tricks on my own so I practiced every day for hours, determined to recreate the tricks, that same feeling of wonder and tried to fool the other kids at school with my magic.

Later, in my teens, I learned my first real card trick on a music festival from a girl who was kind enough to share the secret of it with me after trying to amaze her with my tricks which to be honest weren’t amazing at all, but I loved the trick she showed me so much that I still perform it to this day, it helped me unlock new ways to perform many other card tricks and showed me that magic wasn’t just about fooling people, it was about creating moments they would remember.

Looking back, that’s where the key moments I truly fell in love with magic and cards. And that same spark I felt back then is still the reason I always keep a deck of cards on me.

 

[JamesonA]

I think the first time I fell in love with magic was when I got a kit from a kids program. It was interesting, puzzle-esque, and, well, magical. I like playing cards more than magic now, but that was what started it all.

 

[Signature-]

I still remember seeing my friend's purple avengers deck. Love at first sight. Next thing I knew I was getting variety card packs, and what to do with all those cards except learn some magic tricks?

 

[Eliyahu]

My aunt bought me the Klutz book of magic. Wonderful stuff

 

[Amit R.]

Watching one David Copperfield’s specials on TV as a kid solidified it for me.

 

[RyannLim30]

It was back in elementary school when I saw a kid did a vanishing coin trick and had massive reactions, that's when I knew the magic moment that magic can bring, and the rest was history!

 

[taycandefender]

2024 was the year I starting collecting cards and enjoyed magic but always had a thing for magic but never jumped into full on like I did a couple years ago.

 

[Goku52]

I fell in love with magic because of a friend ! We used to play football together and one day he showed me a trick and taught me how it's done ! That's the point I fell in love with magic and doing magic from that day !