The overhand shuffle is one of the easiest and most common ways to shuffle a deck of cards. It’s an excellent shuffle for magicians, because laymen are already familiar with it and it allows you to do some excellent controls and false shuffles while shuffling the deck this way. Ariel Frailich explains the techniques used, various applications (controls, stock shuffles, false total shuffles, etc.), as well as several tricks in this video, which is divided into five episodes. To buy an ordinary deck of cards  click here.  

A card is chosen and lost. The magician takes 10 cards from the deck; by “chance,” the chosen card is among those 10 cards. But when he shows them again, there are only 9 left, the chosen card has disappeared from the deck... and is found face up among the rest of the deck, which is face down. Everything is handed out for examination at the end. To buy: - a regular deck of cards  click here. - a double face single card click here.  

He is known as one of the best mentalists in the world, the most influential of his generation. But he is also a great lover of card magic. He is a true enthusiast, the likes of which are rarely seen. His secrets are revealed here in five episodes. Not to be missed at any price! This exclusive lecture took place at Le Double Fond on April 2, 2024.  

A card is freely chosen and lost in the deck. The cards are shuffled; the magician spells out the name of the chosen card, placing one card per letter, and on the last letter, the card is turned over... it is the chosen card! The trick can be repeated immediately! Guaranteed success! To buy some decks of cards click here.  

John Bannon explains his variation on Stuart Gordon's double lift technique. To buy an ordinary deck of cards  click here.   

Two cards are freely chosen by two spectators from a deck that has been previously checked and shuffled. The two cards are signed, one on the front, the other on the back. The signatures magically teleport from one card to the other. Everything is handed out for examination at the end. 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's how you can force FOUR cards using the Hindu shuffle. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The magician takes four black cards from the deck: these are the "ordinary" cards; then a single red card: this is the "extraordinary" card. And so begins the saga! The “extraordinary” card is magic: it transforms everything it touches! The “ordinary” cards are turned over one by one, and transformed into red cards, then into a four of a kind in Aces. At the end, the magician shows that all the cards in the deck are now gathered in four of a kind! To buy: - the basic trick click here. - a regular deck of cards click here.  

In this card trick with multiple twists and turns, you will show that in magic, “there are no coincidences”... and so the effects follow one after another, ending with multiple surprising climaxes. And everything is handed out for examination at the end! To buy: - an ordinary deck of cards  click here. - a one way forcing deck click here.  

The magician displays two decks of cards: the blue deck is a prediction deck, while the red deck allows two spectators to decide on a card: one determines the suit, the other the value. The cards from the prediction deck are taken out, and spread face-up on the table; only one card is face-down: it's the chosen card! Everything is handed out for examination. To buy some regular decks of cards click here. and click here.  

This is undoubtedly one of the most visual and practical versions of “Open Travellers” that Yannick Chretien has graced us with. 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.  

A highly visual routine in which a four of a kind is transformed into the signed card, previously torn up, the four pieces of which were nevertheless placed in the magician's four pockets... Of course, the four cards from the four of a kind end up into the pockets... To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - a regular deck of cards click here.  

A spectator names a four of a kind at random. The magician pulls out these 4 cards, betting that they'll travel invisibly into his pockets... in a fraction of a second. And guess what? It works! No gaffed cards or gimmicks for a clean, straightforward effect! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

A coin disappears cleanly and is found into the center of the deck... on top of a chosen card. No gimmicks, no gaffed cards! The disappearance of the coin is simply brilliantly simple, and has fooled many experts! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - a half dollar click here.  

Here's a nice simultaneous production of the four Aces from the deck. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.