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.  

The magician sets one card aside, saying that “this card doesn't exist... or almost doesn't”. Then he displays two small packets, saying that he has foreseen in advance what the spectator will choose; the spectator points to one packet, and the magician shows that it is made up of a four of a kind in sevens... but the other packet is made up of 7 cards! He reunites the packets, and there are now only 8 cards: the four sevens... and four Aces! He then adds the card that doesn't exist... and indeed, it disappears! Everything is handed out for examination. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Card Techniques: Dominique Duvivier explains a false cut in 3 packets ; the deck seems to be cut, but it remains in its original order at the end of the move. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The magician shows four blank cards on each side. Four cards are chosen at random from a deck, and then placed back into the deck. The blank cards are dispayed again: they now each have a back. Then the faces are printed one by one... and we now have four cards with backs and faces, which are the chosen cards! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - some blank cards click here.  

A card is chosen, and lost in the deck. The pack is wrapped with a rubber band... and still, the chosen card pops out of the deck! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Peter Din is a specialist in magic for kids. In this interview (in several parts), he answers the question: Why magic for kids? More than that, he explains the “how”, and his vision of this particular type of show. Peter Din presents the “Six Cards Repeat” trick... with teddy bears! This routine is completely suitable for children, even the very young (aged 4 and over).  

Tsunami: Japanese word that means "tidal wave". It is a trick that will devastate the brains of your audience, whether they are laymen or magicians. This variation is based on a Bob Hummer principle. This routine is a completely atypical Tsunami, as there are no chosen cards, but this time the cards are shuffled completely randomly, face-up, face-down, and yet, as the deck is cut into two parts, there are the same number of face-up cards in each! To buy an ordinary deck of cards click here.  

The spectator shuffles the deck. The magician draws a card at random. The spectator freely names a card... and it's the card that had been set aside! A true miracle!! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The spectator chooses a card, which is lost in the deck. A magic pass, and a card mysteriously turns up face up in the center of the deck; but against all odds, it is not the one chosen by the spectator: it is the 5 of Hearts. The magician then counts the cards one by one from the 5, and the fifth one turns out to be... the chosen card. The four cards that were counted to get to the 5 of Hearts are turned face up... they're the four Aces! And as the icing on the cake, the magician shows that he couldn't have done it any other way, since the other cards in the deck are shown: they're all blank! A completely automatic trick, but devilishly effective! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - a blank face deck of cards click here.  

Card technique: how to secretly fold a card into quarters. This versatile card fold is used in a variety of card tricks, particularly those where a signed playing card ends up in an impossible location such as "Card to Mouth", the various “Mystery Boxes”... To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The spectator chooses a card from a shuffled deck. The magician draws two cards from the deck: one represents the value of the chosen card, and the other its suit! John Bannon developed the trick based on a Rick Aviles principle, and Dominique Duvivier shares another one of his personal versions, with which you will repeat the effect a second time in a row! Success guaranteed! To buy: - a regular deck of cards click here. - a Mini Duvivier Wallet click here.  

The spectator chooses a card from a shuffled deck. The magician draws two cards from the deck: one represents the value of the chosen card, and the other its suit! John Bannon developed the trick based on a Rick Aviles principle, and Dominique Duvivier shares his latest personal version. To buy a regular deck of cards click here. >  

The spectator chooses a card from a shuffled deck. The magician draws two cards from the deck: one represents the value of the chosen card, and the other its suit! John Bannon developed the trick based on a Rick Aviles principle, and Dominique Duvivier shares yet another of his personal versions. To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

The spectator chooses a card from a shuffled deck. The magician draws two cards from the deck: one represents the value of the chosen card, and the other its suit! John Bannon developed the trick based on a Rick Aviles principle, and Dominique Duvivier shares one of his personal versions. Success guaranteed! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

This trick is a kind of “testimony” to the evolution of magic in the context of the revelation of a chosen card; we move from ancient Egypt to the Middle Ages... to the present day! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.  

Dominique Duvivier's version of Steve Freeman's “Time Machine”. How to “stop time”, and make it “go backwards”... with a deck of cards! A guaranteed hit! To buy a regular deck of cards click here.