JeanLuc Bertrand shares his version of the “Card in the Cigarette”, an extremely powerful finale to your close-up performance. He explains his very personal way of setting up the trick, the simple techniques he uses, and his presentation. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Basically, “Hand Mucking” is a gambler's technique for secretly exchanging one or more cards during a card game. Applied to card magic, these techniques allow you to magically transform one card (or several) into another (or several others). To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Four kings are placed face down on the table; four Aces are in the magician's hand. Instantly, the cards change places! A real killer! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

A fast-paced routine in which a chosen card disappears and reappears on numerous occasions, in places as different as they are unexpected... Each time, spectators will blink and wonder: did I see what I saw? To buy: - a regular red back deck of cards click here. - a blank face blue back deck click here.  

A card is first placed in a spectator's hand. Another spectator chooses a card, which is clearly placed back in the middle of the deck. The magician shows that a card has turned face up in the middle of the face down deck ... but it's not the spectator's chosen card... And when the first spectator turns over her card, it's now the one that was in the middle of the deck, while the latter has turned into the chosen card! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - one regular card click here.  

The magician sets one card aside, saying that “this card doesn't exist... or almost doesn't”. Then he displays two small packets, saying that he has foreseen in advance what the spectator will choose; the spectator points to one packet, and the magician shows that it is made up of a four of a kind in sevens... but the other packet is made up of 7 cards! He reunites the packets, and there are now only 8 cards: the four sevens... and four Aces! He then adds the card that doesn't exist... and indeed, it disappears! Everything is handed out for examination. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Card Techniques: Dominique Duvivier explains a false cut in 3 packets ; the deck seems to be cut, but it remains in its original order at the end of the move. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The magician shows four blank cards on each side. Four cards are chosen at random from a deck, and then placed back into the deck. The blank cards are dispayed again: they now each have a back. Then the faces are printed one by one... and we now have four cards with backs and faces, which are the chosen cards! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - some blank cards click here.  

A superb routine with a succession of astonishing effects: a borrowed pack of cigarettes is transformed into a deck of cards, then four chosen cards are transformed into four Aces, which disappear one by one and reappear. Finally, one card is chosen by a spectator, and another spectator guesses it! To buy: - an ordinary deck of cards click here. - a one way forcing deck click here.  

A card is chosen, and lost in the deck. The pack is wrapped with a rubber band... and still, the chosen card pops out of the deck! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Card technique: this allows you to conceal a card while counting them. For example, you can show four reds, while a fifth black is hidden among the four reds! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

John Bannon lectured at Le Double Fond on October 23, 2023. It was an unprecedented encounter with a great artist who gave us the best of his art. The Ace of Spades from a deck of cards is placed under a stem glass, and the Queen of Diamonds on top. The two cards are about to change places! Superb! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The “Invisible Deck” is one of the strongest effects of card magic. JeanLuc Bertrand offers you a version with a regular deck, which you can hand out for examination! A real killer! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

The spectator's chosen card disappears... and when he gets up from his chair, he realizes that he was sitting on it! The effect is immediately repeated! A third time?... but this time, all 51 other cards disappear, and the spectator was still sitting on them! One last time? But this time, the chosen card is folded between the watch and the spectator's wrist! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

A card chosen at random is found among four cards, then disappears and finally reappears upside down in the deck! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Peter Din is a specialist in magic for kids. In this interview (in several parts), he answers the question: Why magic for kids? More than that, he explains the “how”, and his vision of this particular type of show. Peter Din presents the “Six Cards Repeat” trick... with teddy bears! This routine is completely suitable for children, even the very young (aged 4 and over).