The magician shows the four Aces. He places the two black Aces on the table, and keeps the two red Aces in his hands. Mysteriously, the cards change places! Indeed, it was very fast; the magician agrees to repeat the effect… but it remains incomprehensible to the spectators. The magician then agrees to explain the trick… but in the end, he ends up fooling them once again! Success guaranteed!  

The Magician explains that he is able to cheat when playing cards. First, he shows that he can control a card freely determined by a spectator. Then he goes on to show that he can do the same with a complete poker hand. Then he repeatedly shows that he can instantly find any card! And finally, he shows that he controls ALL the cards in the deck! A crazy routine! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

A card freely chosen and signed by a spectator mysteriously travels into the magician's pocket! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The magician shows a scarf which is special in that it is endowed with invisibility! A spectator chooses a card and places it face up on the scarf. Instantly, and in full view, the card disappears! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

A blue-backed card is set aside, without showing its face. One spectator checks and shuffles a deck of red-backed cards. Two cards are selected under laboratory conditions. The blue-backed card is turned face up: it's one of the two chosen cards! And this blue-backed card changes mysteriously into the second chosen card! Success guaranteed! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - some regular red cards individualy click here. - some repositionable adhesive dots click here.  

From a deck shuffled by a spectator, the latter freely chooses a card, which is lost back in the deck. First, a card is magically turned face down into the face up deck. Then the name of the chosen card is spelled out, one card per letter being dealt; the card corresponding to the last letter is turned over... that's the chosen one! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

David Stone proposes the following tricks: « Card in Spectator’s Mouth », and « Ring in Tennis Ball ». We suggest you go and look at the French part of this publication, as it's a different recording, even if the tricks are broadly the same. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

The magician takes out nine cards: three jacks, three queens and three kings and alternates them, jack, queen and king. They are put back on the deck. With a wave of the magic wand, the couples are instantly separate: all the jacks are reunited, all the queens and all the kings. It's amazing! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

David Stone proposes the following tricks: « Split », « The Wig » and « Hologram ». We suggest you go and look at the French part of this publication, as it's a different recording, even if the tricks are broadly the same. To buy: - an ordinary deck of cards click here. - the Hologram trick click here.  

From a shuffled deck, a spectator first selects one card, then a series of three cards. The first card, the Leader card, is turned over... and it's the Ace of Spades. The other three cards are turned over... but they're three Kings! Never mind, the magician transforms the Ace of Spades into a King of Spades, but when he turns over the three kings, they are now Aces... and the King of Spades becomes an Ace of Spades! As a climax, the four Aces transform into Kings, and the Aces end up face-up in the middle of the deck! A maelstrom of effects that will leave your audience completely stunned! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

David Stone proposes the following tricks: « Double Zenith », « Card to Wallet », « Card to Balloon » and « Card to Watch ». We suggest you go and look at the French part of this publication, as it's a different recording, even if the tricks are broadly the same. To buy: - an ordinary deck of cards click here. - a gaffed wallet click here. - the trick Zenith click here.  

This extract from the DVD “L'Ecole des Cartes - Volume 1” is Alexandra and Dominique Duvivier's presentation of the program.  

David Stone explains the following tricks: "Mirage", "Glass and Bottle Production", "Easy Splash" and “Card to Foot - Tool”. We suggest you go and look at the French video, as it's a different recording, even if the tricks are broadly the same. To buy: - an ordinary deck of cards click here. - the trick Splash Bottle 2.0 click here.  

The spectator shuffles the deck and thinks of a card under absolute laboratory conditions. The magician puts one card in his pocket. The card is named, the magician takes the card out of his pocket: it's the one! An absolute miracle! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

The Tossed Out Deck is an extremely popular and possibly the best neo-classical plot in mentalism. For Luke Jermay, this trick is one of the best opening routines for a performance. He gives us here his own version of this wonderful effect! Several spectators peek at a card in laboratory conditions… nevertheless, the performer guesses all these cards! A real mystery!  

In the first part of the “Happy Lecture”, you can watch the performance part of the lecture; the tricks will be explained in subsequent videos. We suggest you go and look at the French video, as it's a different recording, even if the tricks are broadly the same.