One matchbox is full of matches and the two others are empty. The purpose of the game: to find THE matchbox full of matches, of course... well, it's not that easy!  

"More than a routine, it is a real theater play". It is a card trick without being a card trick. 12 minutes of complete routine; the narration is logical and sustained; Jean-Luc gives you everything: technique, anecdotes, tips, lots of humor and his incisive tone made in JLB! Set-up your notes, you are going to learn a routine from 20 years of magic (24, but we stopped counting).  

The magician shows his lucky card, the King of Hearts. Thanks to that card, he bets that he will find the Aces one by one in the color order that he announces beforehand, while the spectator thoroughly shuffles the deck between each Ace! In the end, the spectator freely chooses a card; it disappears from the deck and reappears in the magician's pocket. No palms, no sleight of hand. Success guaranteed!  

Dominique Duvivier demonstrates a new Eddy Taytelbaum wonder (no explanation). A string runs straight through a cube with a hole in it. The entire setup is shown from all angles. A spectator holds both ends of the string, and despite these impossible conditions, the magician frees the cube! You can see more of Eddy Taytelbaum’s wonderful works by clicking on the category “Dominique Duvivier => Taytelbaum”  

The magician tries to find the four Aces "blindly"; but he fails; but his mistake is not a mistake because these cards were planned; but these "wrong cards" finally change into Aces! And the chosen card that he couldn't find appears... in several duplicates! A series of misunderstandings... which are no longer misunderstandings, thanks to magic!  

3 Chinese coins in the left hand swap one by one with 3 copper coins in the right hand; the hands are shown empty each time. To conclude, the copper coins change into 3 Chinese coins; you end by showing 6 Chinese coins, no trace of the copper coins left! With this routine, you will discover new techniques, including the power of the "Palm to Palm Change" which allows you to exchange one coin for another with only one hand, or even a group of coins as in this routine. With this routine, you will take your first steps into the restricted world of the experts!  

A card is freely chosen, then lost in the deck. The magician then produces the four Aces. Then, after a little "magic interlude" where the four Aces mysteriously switch place, a fifth card appears between them: it is of course the spectator's one!  

Before anything else, the magician takes a card that he does not show, and places it face down on the table. This card will always remain in view. It is a card that has nothing to do with a card trick, but it is a card that can "predict the future". A second card is taken out and signed by a spectator; this card, let's say it's the 4 of Hearts, is lost in the deck. A succession of magical effects follows: the magician finds the Aces one by one; then the Aces turn into Kings; then the cards travel, transpose themselves; the deck that has been copiously shuffled during the trick is now arranged in four of a kind in descending order: first the four Aces, followed by the four Kings, then Queens... to finish with the four Deuces. But there are only three fours? Yes, the 4 of Hearts is missing, which is the card signed by the spectator... but where is it? Surprise, when the magician turns the card that "predicts the future", the one that has been placed face down since the beginning of the trick, and that has never been touched... it is the signed card!  

A funny effect at the speed of light! The four aces are placed on the table to the left of the magician, and the four kings to his right. The cards are lost in the deck and instantly, they mysteriously reappear, but this time the four Kings are on the left, and the four Aces on the right!  

"Wild Card" is one of the greatest classics of small packet tricks. It was created by Peter Kane. Dozens, even hundreds of versions have been conceived to this day. Dominique Duvivier's version is one of the purest ever. Nevertheless, he went even further with this +++ version, because now you can hand all the cards out for examination at the end of the routine. A real miracle!  

You are the magician of the evening, your spectators are sitting very tightly around the table and surround you... HARD FOR THE ANGLES OF VIEW! This coin routine is nice for this situation. You will produce several coins one at a time with a white, almost transparent silk. It's a great way to introduce yourself. As a bonus, Jean-Pierre explains how you can make the coins you have produced disappear with this same silk.  

The freely chosen card turns mysteriously face up in the middle of the deck in a flash. A striking trick with a big impact!  

You will enjoy this very elegant and mystifying trick which uses a coin and a silk which, for the beauty of the trick, must be transparent. You drape the silk over the palm of your left hand and place the coin on it, closing your left hand for a few seconds. Magic formula: the coin is under the silk in your palm. You do it again but this time, the coin disappears completely: it is not under the silk! Your hands are empty and the silk can be examined.  

Dominique Duvivier's version of Brother John Hamman's trick. The four aces magically pass one by one through the table. The crazy climax: at the end of the trick, the four cards turn into Kings! Impact guaranteed!  

Two cards are freely chosen from an examined and shuffled deck, and then they are lost. The first card will be the first to be found, then it will disappear and reappear several times under different conditions. At the end, the second card will magically turn face up in the middle of the face down deck! A succession of effects as mysterious as they are incredible!  

The magician shows the four Aces, and twelve indifferent cards (which are the 12 court cards of the deck, to make the contrast as clear as possible). The cards are arranged in four packets: one Ace under each packet, three indifferent cards on top. The Aces magically pass one by one into the leader packet. Each time, the packets of four cards are shown clearly: no extra cards, no missing cards. The trick is completely clean at every stage of the routine. This is as close to perfection as you can get!