Everyone’s life is often filled with binary choices: when it comes to making an important decision that could shape the rest of your life, it’s often a coin toss—a fifty-fifty chance. With this mentalism experience, you’ll feel confident for the rest of your life!  

Le Double Fond opened its doors on June 1, 1988. These exceptional archives offer a glimpse of Dominique Duvivier during rehearsals for his early shows at Le Double Fond in 1988 and 1989. These rehearsals have been divided into two episodes. Not to be missed under any circumstances!  

Dominique Duvivier demonstrates a new Eddy Taytelbaum wonder (no explanation). A clever and original trick that makes a black dot mysteriously travel along your paddle. Yet another masterpiece from the master of magic!  

The magician displays two decks of cards. Two cards are chosen under laboratory conditions, one from each deck; one of the cards is even thought of! The cards will mysteriously travel from one deck to the other without the slightest touch! A true miracle! To buy: - a regular red deck click here. - a regular blue deck click here.  

In this multi-phase routine, the magician will help the audience experience what an illusion is: it can be visual, acoustic, or even tactile—or simply an optical illusion! To buy: - one standard Half-Dollar click here. - one Chinese Coin click here. - one silk click here. - one Jumbo Coin click here.  

The original version of one of Dominique Duvivier's "signature" tricks, which he came up with in the 70s. "I wanted to do a trick in which the spectators would be surprised visually, mentally, as much as possible, and as frequently as possible... a cascade of crazy, colorful, visual effects, where everything transforms to the fullest.” Don't miss it!  

Three spectators each freely choose a card. Using his Joker, the magician reveals the three cards one by one in a playful manner. This is followed by a series of transformations in which all three cards turn into Jokers, and then back into themselves. Everything is handed out for examination at the end of the trick! Brilliant! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Since he’s a bit superstitious, the magician shows his lucky charm: it’s a card he’s folded into quarters and held together with a clothespin. A card is freely chosen, signed, and lost in the deck using various shuffling methods from different countries. He finishes with the Chinese shuffle, which mixes the cards haphazardly, face up and face down. All the cards mysteriously end up facing the same way, except for one; when the spectator names their card, the magician reveals the face of the card on which “Exact” is written! He ends with a mind-blowing climax: the chosen card turns out to be the folded card that was stuck in the clothespin—and which had been in plain sight since the beginning of the trick! (bonus explanation of the “Mercury Fold”) To buy: - a regular red deck click here. - one blank face card click here.  

The magician explains the three aspects he takes into account when practicing: technique, misdirection, and how to make money! He follows this up with a magnificent routine using a small deck of cards, with completely unexpected and colorful effects that will leave your audience completely spellbound!  

The magician and the spectator perform exactly the same actions with the banknotes they are holding in their hands. When they each unfold their notes, the magician's has changed from €20 to €100!  

A prediction deck is handed to a first spectator beforehand. The magician now writes a prediction on a piece of cardboard. In another deck, a second spectator chooses a card. The magician shows his prediction... he has written a number, for example 38. The prediction deck is now taken out, and  38 cards are counted... the last one turns out to be the spectator's card! This trick is included in the VHS program “Les Etoiles de la Magie Moderne: Boris Wild” (Stars of Modern Magic: Boris Wild), published by Mayette Magie in 1997. To buy: a Boris Wild Marked Deck (Phoenix Edition) click here.  a regular 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.  

Boris Wild explains how he designed his marked deck and how you can mark your own deck yourself. This video is included in the VHS program “Les Etoiles de la Magie Moderne: Boris Wild” (Stars of Modern Magic: Boris Wild), published by Mayette Magie in 1997. To buy: - a Boris Wild Marked Deck (Phoenix Edition) click here. - a regular deck of cards click here.  

The magician shows a few playing cards and says that they are recycled parchments by Leonardo da Vinci. And he proves it, because instantly, all the playing cards turn into parchments on both sides! An original plot with an extremely visual effect! To buy some repositionable adhesive dots click here.  

To make the four Aces appear in the wink of an eye! This variation, discovered by Dominique Duvivier in 1998, allows several random cards to be shown before performing the effect. Hyper flash, hyper effective! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Enter the wonderful world of this expert and great magician. Javi Benitez lectured at the Double Fond on June 4, 2025, which you can enjoy in seven parts. You will discover a fabulous artist, who will share with you extraordinary secrets.