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Tag Archives: playing cards
Before You Do Card Tricks, Learn These 6 Things
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
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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
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How to Do the Ribbon-Spread Turnover
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 →
Posted in cardistry, Cards, flourishes, Productions, tutorials
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Tagged 1973, card magic, card sharks, card sharps, card tricks, cardistry, cards, films, flourishes, gamblers, movies, paul newman, playing cards, ribbon spread turnover, the sting
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World’s Easiest False Shuffle and Cut
By Tom Interval If you’re a beginning magician, the most important thing you can do is master a few fundamental moves and build on them as you progress. Take card tricks, for example. You’ll find an overabundance of then on … Continue reading →
Posted in Cards, Productions, Resources, Tricks, tutorials, Videos
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Tagged card magic, card tricks, classes, false cuts, false shuffles, fundamentals of magic, instructions, lessons, magic, magic classes, magic lessons, magicians, playing cards, san diego, sleight of hand, utility moves
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Rainbow Deck Tutorial
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
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Tagged card tricks, cards, magic, magic tricks, nick trost, playing cards, prediction, rainbow deck, rainbow miracle, tricks
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How to Control a Card the Easy Way
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 →
Posted in Cards, Learning, Lessons, patreon, Productions, Resources, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
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Tagged break, card tricks, cards, cardtricks, classes, double cut, double undercut, learn magic, learnmagic, lessons, magic, magic classes, magic lessons, magicclasses, magiclessons, moves, pass, pinkie, pinky, playing cards, san diego, sandiego, sleight of hand, sleights
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Swing-Cut Four-Ace Production
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 →
Posted in Cards, Learning, Lessons, Multimedia, patreon, Productions, Resources, Services, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
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Tagged card tricks, cards, cuts, cutting the deck, cutting to the aces, false cuts, four-ace cuts, harry lorayne, kick cut, magic tricks, paul rosini, playing cards, swing cut, swivel cut
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Double Prediction Card Trick Tutorial
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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Tagged card magic, card tricks, cardmagic, cards, cardtricks, classes, double prediction, easy, easy card tricks, easy magic tricks, effect, lessons, mental magic, mentalism, playing cards, prediction, tutorials, videos
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