A technique that you have to practice in order to produce aces and create many other effects during complete routines.  

In the magician's arsenal, it is very practical to be able to "force" a spectator to take the card you want. Here is one possibility!  

Another technique that will allow you to conceal a card while counting them. You can show four red backs, while a blue back is hidden!  

Something to have at your fingertips! This technique of Arturo Di Ascanio is an indispensable part of the magician's knowledge. Here is the principle: you show four red cards and, when you want, you can make a black card appear!  

A must. This very versatile technique will allow you to create your own effects. It allows you to show eight cards when you only have four.  

An IN-DIS-PEN-SA-BLE technique. In a normal deck of cards, one card is chosen and then lost. Yet you manage to control it to the top of the deck!  

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). This version allows you to secretly exchange four cards for four others. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Enter the wonderful world of this expert and great magician. Philippe Socrate lectured at the Double Fond on February 15, 1999, which you can enjoy in seven parts. You will discover a fabulous artist, who will share with you extraordinary secrets, including stage magic, close-up magic, and mentalism, using cards, ropes, newspapers, invisible thread, and more…  

Dominique Duvivier performs one of Eddy Taytelbaum wonders (no explanation). The card box manufactured by Taytelbaum! You can not only transform one card into another, but also make it appear or disappear… or even force it! A real gem!  

Dominique Duvivier demonstrates a new Eddy Taytelbaum wonder (no explanation). A little Chinese magician finds the card chosen by a spectator in a completely unpredictable way.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

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). This version allows you to perform an instant transformation right before the audience’s eyes without appearing to touch the cards. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Four Kings change places with four Aces, then all these cards are lost in the deck. The magician then makes four piles, mixes the cards together, and makes the Aces appear on top of each pile, followed by the Kings. To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

The magician's name gradually appears on the backs of the cards of the deck. When the deck is spread out, there is only one card left with writing on it: the one that was chosen beforehand by the spectator! Highly visual, highly effective! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.