An easy to master technique that will allow you to move a card to the top of the deck when it is underneath. This technique is one of the basics you must know to evolve in card magic!  

One of the most common techniques used in card magic to show four identical cards when you only have one. Essential!  

Basic Technique: To control a card in a deck. An easy and practical alternative to the Classic Pass.  

The magician shows two ropes. On one of them, he ties three knots. The knots travel mysteriously from one rope to the other. In addition to the routine (inspired by one by Pierre Switon), you'll learn how to make false knots on a rope. Success guaranteed! You can buy some ropes in our magic store Mayette: https://mayette.com/en/various/991-rope-ecru-10-mm  

Three ropes of different length change size, and become identical... then return to their original size. Everything can be examined at the beginning and at the end. This is one of the greatest classics of magic. You can perform the trick in all conditions: close-up, parlour and stage. Success guaranteed! You can buy “Professor’s Nightmare”: in our magic store Mayette: https://mayette.com/en/tours-de-magie-faciles/1591-professor-s-nightmare or in the « secret shop » of Double Fond TV if you have a subscription « I’m addicted to magic »  

Basic technique: Named after its inventor Alex Elmsley, this count allows you to count 4 cards, but hide one of them. It is the most commonly used false count.  

Basic technique: how to give the illusion of shuffling a deck of cards by making a series of cuts, but in reality, the deck ends up in the same order as it started. An easy and convincing false shuffle. You can also control a card using this technique. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

Basic Technique: How to hold the deck so that you can control it perfectly. This technique is complementary to the Deal grip, which explains how to hold the deck with the other hand.  

Basic Technique: How to hold the deck in such a way that you can control it perfectly. This technique is complementary to the Biddle grip, which explains how to hold the deck with the other hand.  

A coin appears in the hand of a member of the audience and is transformed into a jumbo coin ! With explanation of the Spider Vanish, the Utility Switch, and an easy practical method to produce a jumbo coin. To buy: - some half-dollar coins click here. - jumbo coins click here.  

A complete course for beginners, amateurs and professionals. Designed for anyone who wants to improve their skills or simply discover one of the most popular magic specialties. A Little Trick and Then They're Gone: A routine in which a coin and a pen alternately disappear and reappear thanks to excellent misdirection (with an explanation of the Finger Palm and a False Transfer). To buy some half-dollar coins click here.  

The magician shows 6 coins. He takes 3 in each hand. The coins mysteriously travel from one hand to the other: they disappear in one and gather together in the other. Optionally, we explain the Han Ping Chien technique.  To buy some Eisenhower dollars click here.   

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 complete course for beginners, amateurs and professionals. Designed for anyone who wants to improve their skills or simply discover one of the most popular magic specialties. The Wallet Pen: A coin disappears and re-appears several times from a pen cap! (with explanation of the Classic palm and Classic palm Vanish). To buy some half-dollar coins click here.  

John Bannon explains his variation on Stuart Gordon's double lift technique. 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.