Starting Magic
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there is another thread on this already
http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=7979
and get a book
http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=7979
and get a book
as far as the card magic Royal Road to Card Magic is a great resource. So is Expert at the Card Table. Deck's wise buy a brick of Tally ho's or bicycle's. here's a good cheap site
http://www.kardwell.com/
dont get into buying the custom cards until you have the basics down. you will destroy several decks just getting basics stuff. plus you cant beat a good deck of bicycle's. as far as custom decks for major perfomances my favorite's are the Ghost deck, or the Centurion's. hope this helped
http://www.kardwell.com/
dont get into buying the custom cards until you have the basics down. you will destroy several decks just getting basics stuff. plus you cant beat a good deck of bicycle's. as far as custom decks for major perfomances my favorite's are the Ghost deck, or the Centurion's. hope this helped
Buy a bicycle
Buy a bicycle deck, or two of them, or three... You'll be destroying a lot of these
Buy a standard deck, red or blue, poker size.
Now, I started my cardistry (flourishes, etc.) with Ellusionist's Xtreme Beginners... It's not bad, and the fanning tutorial is actually really good. I dunno if I'd recommend the whole set, though. Don't start from things like The Trilogy... It might be tempting, but cover the basics before moving to more advanced flourishing.
Sleights you can learn from all sort of places, if you want to really get down and start from the base, there's Daryl's Encyclopedia of Card Sleights... It's a huge project, 8 DVDs, each about 100 minutes, and it is the most complete cover I've ever seen of basic card sleights, including controls, forces, changes, shuffles, double lifts, cuts, and many other things. I really recommend it.
And remember - always practice what you learn, and practice a lot!
Have fun
Buy a bicycle deck, or two of them, or three... You'll be destroying a lot of these
Buy a standard deck, red or blue, poker size.
Now, I started my cardistry (flourishes, etc.) with Ellusionist's Xtreme Beginners... It's not bad, and the fanning tutorial is actually really good. I dunno if I'd recommend the whole set, though. Don't start from things like The Trilogy... It might be tempting, but cover the basics before moving to more advanced flourishing.
Sleights you can learn from all sort of places, if you want to really get down and start from the base, there's Daryl's Encyclopedia of Card Sleights... It's a huge project, 8 DVDs, each about 100 minutes, and it is the most complete cover I've ever seen of basic card sleights, including controls, forces, changes, shuffles, double lifts, cuts, and many other things. I really recommend it.
And remember - always practice what you learn, and practice a lot!
Have fun