Here we describe the basic positions for holding a deck of cards: Mechanic’s Grip and Biddle Grip. These two grips are the basis for the majority of card techniques. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

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. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Basic Technique: One of the fundamental techniques of card magic, which allows you to transform one card into another. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

A wonderful trick created by Dai Vernon decades ago. A classic card trick with a small packet. The four Aces from a regular deck are displayed. The cards mysteriously turn over one by one at the magician's request! A true miracle! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Olivier Bridard offers us different magical ways to determine whether a coin is "real" or counterfeit: by friction, by sound, and by air! To buy: - some half-dollar coins click here. - one Chinese coin click here.  

Card technique: With this technique, you'll not only be able to perform a double lift, but you'll also be able to transform the card shown into another in the same move. An instant transformation that's as visual as it is powerful! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

One of the favorite themes of magicians. First, you make four coins appear under four cards. These coins are then placed in the four corners of your magic mat, each covered by one of the cards. Magically, the coins gather one by one in one of the corners. This effect is performed a second time, and at the end, when all four coins are under the same card, they mysteriously return to their original position - a single coin under each of the four cards! Superb! To buy: - some half-dollar coins click here. - 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.  

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.  

Card technique: How to perform a Slip Cut with just one hand. A technique that you have to practice in order to produce aces and create many other effects during complete routines. To buy 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.  

One hell of a way to control a card, when the deck has really been shuffled with the help of the spectator before the card is chosen, and just after it's lost in the deck! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Three coins pass one by one through a transparent bag. Very visual and intriguing! A guaranteed hit! To buy some “Regular Half Dollar Coins” click on the following link: https://mayette.com/en/pieces/1036-demi-dollar-ordinaire  

The spectator chooses a card that no one, not even himself, looks at; this card is set aside. The spectator now cuts the deck wherever he wishes, and three piles of cards are formed from the cut half. The top card of each pile is shown; these are any three indifferent cards. These cards should give some indication of the spectator's card... but they don't! The spectator's card is displayed, and now the random cards have transformed to form a four of a kind with the spectator's card! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Card technique: Thanks to this move you will have in your bag of techniques another way to control a chosen card to the of the deck. 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.