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Before You Do Card Tricks, Learn These 6 Things

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Tom Interval

By Tom Interval In the 37 years I’ve been teaching magic, many students hired me specifically to learn card tricks. Before meeting me, some of them didn’t know a spade from a club or how to properly: Remove the deck … Continue reading →

Posted in cardistry, Cards, Tricks | Tagged card games, card handling, card magic, card play, card tricks, cards, cut, cutting, deal, dealing, handling, muscle memory, playing cards, poker, practice, shuffle, shuffling, spread, spreading | Leave a comment

How to Do the Ribbon-Spread Turnover

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Tom Interval

By Tom Interval If you love movies, you might have seen Paul Newman in The Sting (1973) manipulating cards like a magician or gambler. Of course, there was expert manipulation going on, but it mostly wasn’t Newman doing it. Why … Continue reading →

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Cardistry in 1899

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Tom Interval

By Tom Interval Modern cardistry, the art of card flourishing and manipulation for the sole purpose of showing off, dates back to about the early 2000s with its pioneers Brian Tudor and Dan and Dave Buck. Although its origin is … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Deck Tutorial

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Tom Interval

By Tom Interval Very few easy beginners’ magic tricks pack a triple punch like the Rainbow Deck. I’ve been doing it on and off since the 1980s and even recently performed it on CBS News 8 (KFMB) as an example … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, Learning, Lessons, Multimedia, Productions, Rokfin, Rokfin, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos | Tagged card tricks, cards, magic, magic tricks, nick trost, playing cards, prediction, rainbow deck, rainbow miracle, tricks | Leave a comment

Easy Card Prediction Tutorial

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Tom Interval

By Tom Interval Let’s keep it real. If you could actually predict the future, you’d use your talents to play the lottery, not to guess which card someone will choose. But as prediction card tricks go, this one is among … Continue reading →

Posted in Cards, crowdfunding, Lessons, Rokfin, Rokfin, Tricks, tutorials, Videos | Tagged card tricks, cards, cut deeper, magic tricks, mental magic, mentalism, predictions | Leave a comment

Easy Card Find Tutorial

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Tom Interval

By Tom Interval “Pick a card, any card.” As cliche as that phrase is, identifying a chose playing card can be both amazing and entertaining. For those who haven’t yet learned a simple pick-a-card trick, the following old video tutorial … Continue reading →

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How to Control a Card the Easy Way

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Tom Interval

By Tom Interval I haven’t frequented the local magic clubs for years, but one thing that stands out is how some magicians insisted on doing magic using difficult sleight of hand to achieve the desired effect on the audience. Judging … Continue reading →

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Swing-Cut Four-Ace Production

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Tom Interval

By Tom Interval Who doesn’t like a good ace trick? Well, okay, some experienced magicians might not. Why? Because most magicians need another ace trick like they need a pet rock. But some ace tricks are better than others, and … Continue reading →

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Double Prediction Card Trick Tutorial

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Tom Interval

By Tom Interval There are two old principles in card magic I love, and I’ve combined them to create this super-simple prediction effect. What is an effect? In magic parlance, an effect is basically what the audience sees. Or, more … Continue reading →

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Obsessed with Magic Since the 1970s

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Tom Interval

By Tom Interval What captured your imagination as a child? For me, it was magic. About six years before I sprang from the womb, a young illusionist named Mark Wilson developed The Magic Land of Allakazam, the first magic show … Continue reading →

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