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.  

Card technique : This technique gives the illusion that all the cards in a small packet are identical, when in truth they are all different. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

In the magician's arsenal, it is very practical to be able to "force" a spectator to take the card you want. Here is one possibility! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Card techniques : Dominique Duvivier explains three extremely effective classic false cuts. In all three cases, the deck appears to be cut, whereas it remains in its original state. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

With the magician's back turned, a card is chosen and lost in the deck. Despite these impossible conditions, he finds the card! Incomprehensible! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Two matches are held side by side at the magician's fingertips. By the power of thought alone, the matches move apart! A real mystery!  

The magician ties a knot on a rope. Miracle! A silk instantly appears in the middle of the rope, imprisoned by the knot! To buy: - some rope click here. - One silk click here.  

The magician mysteriously sends a small amount of cigarette ash into the palm of a spectator's hand, closed into a fist!  

A very cute routine to entertain your friends, while fooling them! The spectator chooses a card, and puts it back into the deck. The magician explains that he's going to turn the cards over one by one, and the spectator will have to remain "Poker Face" when he sees his card... but he'll betray himself by having an imperceptible sign on his face; this is indeed how the magician finds the card. He then explains that the spectator can do the same trick himself, even if he has no notion of morphopsychology. The roles are then reversed: the magician becomes a spectator, and vice versa. And indeed, the spectator "guesses" the chosen card, but in a completely unexpected and funny way! This trick allows you to have a special interactive moment with your audience. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

This trick is a classic of card magic. It was created by Al Leech in 1950, and popularized by Frank Garcia under the name "Chicago Opener". The magician causes a freely-selected card to change its back color (say from red to blue), which is then tabled. The performer then claims to be able to repeat the effect and a second card is selected. This second attempt fails - no second blue card is found - but the performer makes good by turning over the first blue card and showing that it has now magically changed into the second selection. To buy: - one regular card click here. - an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

You explain that your thumb has a special ability: it's an Ace-seeking thumb! And you prove it, because thanks to it, you make the four Aces appear one by one! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

An original sponge ball routine: the balls appear, change size, disappear, multiply... and at the end of the routine, the last ball gradually disappears! To buy: - some 1.5 inch sponge balls click here. - some 2 inch sponge balls click here.  

Two ordinary matches are gripped by the magician's fingertips. One rests on top of the other. By the power of the magician's thought, the first match mysteriously begins to jump, without the action of any external aid! Extremely intriguing!  

Basic Technique: An easy to master technique that will allow you to move a card to the top of the deck when it is underneath. This technique is one of the basics you must know to evolve in card magic! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Basic Technique: To control a card in a deck. An easy and practical alternative to the Classic Pass. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

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