The "Linking Rings" are one of the greatest classics of magic. Quoc Tien Tran invites you to a complete overview of this subject. In this video, he explains his close-up routine. This routine is performed with four small rings, specially adapted to this type of configuration. To buy a "Chinese Rings for Close-up" click here.  

"Gypsy Thread" is a great classic in close-up magic. A length of sewing thread is broken into many small pieces. The whole thing is rolled together, forming a small ball of thread. The ball is now unrolled and you are left with only one length of thread, the broken thread is completely restored. And the icing on the cake: you can hand out the thread as a souvenir, which will allow the spectator to examine it more closely!  

Card techniques: Dominique Duvivier explains one false cut of his own. The deck appears to be cut while it remains in its original order. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Basic technique: named after its inventor, Elmer Biddle, this count allows you to count 4 cards, but secretly extract one of them. At the end of the count, spectators will think you've still got four cards in your hand, when in truth you've only got three - the fourth is hidden under the deck. A maelstrom of effects that will leave your audience completely stunned! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Card Technique: This technique allows a card to be controlled while to the spectator, it is clearly buried in the middle of the deck. The deck is clean at the end of the technique: no break, the deck can be put down and squared on the table.  

Tabletop technique: the Riffle shuffle. Learn how to properly shuffle a deck on the table.  

Basic technique: Named after its inventor Alex Elmsley, this count allows you to count 4 cards, but hide one of them. It is the most commonly used false count.  

Basic Technique: One of the fundamental techniques of card magic, which allows you to transform one card into another.  

Basic technique: how to give the illusion of shuffling a deck of cards by making a series of cuts, but in reality, the deck ends up in the same order as it started. An easy and convincing false shuffle. You can also control a card using this technique. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Basic Technique: How to hold the deck so that you can control it perfectly. This technique is complementary to the Deal grip, which explains how to hold the deck with the other hand.  

Basic Technique: To control a card in a deck. An easy and practical alternative to the Classic Pass.  

The spectator chooses a card under laboratory conditions and turns it face down in the middle of the deck, which is face up. The magician takes a second deck that had been set aside in full view of the audience before starting. A card is turned over in the deck... it is the same as the spectator's! A true miracle! This trick is included in the VHS program “Les Etoiles de la Magie Moderne: Boris Wild” (Stars of Modern Magic: Boris Wild), published by Mayette Magie in 1997 To buy: - a Boris Wild Marked Deck (Phoenix Edition) click here. - an “Invisible Deck” click here.  

Basic Technique: How to hold the deck in such a way that you can control it perfectly. This technique is complementary to the Biddle grip, which explains how to hold the deck with the other hand.  

This trick is included in the VHS program “Les Etoiles de la Magie Moderne: Boris Wild” (Stars of Modern Magic: Boris Wild), published by Mayette Magie in 1997. The spectator shuffles the deck and then cuts to a card. The magician then chooses a card at random from the deck and the spectator’s card then changes into the mate of the magician’s card. At the end, the spectator's card ends up mysteriously sandwiched between the two mates! To buy a Boris Wild Marked Deck (Phoenix Edition) click here.  

This is the trick where the spectator does the trick himself (in appearance, of course!). He shuffles the deck, cuts it, freely chooses his card, reshuffles the deck after the card has been lost... and it is found at the number he has himself designated! Boris Wild also gives us several variations for revealing the chosen card! This trick is included in the VHS program “Les Etoiles de la Magie Moderne: Boris Wild” (Stars of Modern Magic: Boris Wild), published by Mayette Magie in 1997. To buy a Boris Wild Marked Deck(Phoenix Edition) click here.

Here is the introduction to the VHS video program “Les Etoiles de la Magie Moderne: Boris Wild” (Stars of Modern Magic: Boris Wild), recorded at Le Double Fond and published by Mayette Magie in 1997. The tricks are explained as they are published on our streaming platform.