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Top Color Change

March 3rd, 2010

For a great visual effect, a sleigh-of-hand that’s a color change, the top color change is one of the killer moves in the ambitious card routine. It’s almost a card magic trick in itself but it’s best combined with other moves to create a great performance.

The idea is simple, you flip the card on top of the deck so it’s face up and cover it with a face down card. Now you’re free to create the illusion at any moment when you cover the card with your hand.

I hope you enjoy this one, it’s definitively worth being in your card magic arsenal!

Have fun!

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Tags: ambitious card routine card manipulation Sleight of Hand Vanish & Productions visual effects

The Spinning Card

December 22nd, 2007

This is the first post in the card manipulation section; how great! It’s nothing too hard on fancy moves or dexterity, you’ll be able to lend the move in a few minutes at most.

It’s a good move to reveal a card.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/327826/

Start reproducing the steps as slow as you can and get on with the speed later. Your only goal is to be able to copy the move no matter how it looks, but once you get there you are not recommended to use it until you have mastered the move that can execute it with style to leave an impression on your audience.

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Posted in Card Magic, Manipulation

Tags: card magic tricks revealed card manipulation card reveal Sleight of Hand

Dead Card Change

December 22nd, 2007

This is the dead man’s color change card trick. Be very careful if you intend to rely on it in a trick or cardistry routine. When using this color change you have to check and be sure all your angles are under control or you will become the reason your audience will be laughing!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/438420/

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Drop Change

December 22nd, 2007

This is a nice little color change, only this time it will require you to practice quite a few times before attaining perfection…

It is basically the same methode as seen in the Shapeshifter that is the only unrevealed trick on magicopen.com by the way.

Hope you enjoy it!

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The Switch

December 22nd, 2007

The Switch is a card trick often used by popular street magicians, I remember seeing David Blaine performing it in one of his television series. It’s a good trick in the sence that it’s so simple everyone will miss it.

Another great video tutorial from the masked magician in one of his “Secrets Of The Street Magician Revealed” episodes…

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Posted in Card Magic, Misc, Street Magic, Tricks

Tags: card magic tricks revealed card manipulation card reveal dribble Sleight of Hand Street Magic

Common Colour Change Tutorial by CardShark88

December 22nd, 2007

This is a clean colour change and might be the best I’ve seen in a long time, the tutorial is made by CardShark88. I could not resist linking the video, it adds good value to the Colour Changes section. Watch.

This colour change is not hard to perform but that doesn’t mean you will be performing it like CardShark88, I’ll call that extra-fluid-dexterity

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Smooth Wave Colour Change

December 22nd, 2007

This colour change is very close from being the exact same colour change as the Shapeshifter, you will need to do a Pinky Break to control the top card subtly and flip the cards held back to back quickly to give the impression of an immediate, unreal change.

There is no spoon… LoL. Have a nice day!

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Tags: card manipulation color change Sleight of Hand

James-Ellis Insert Move

December 22nd, 2007

This is a beauty used to bring a card back to the top of the deck in one of the most convincing way; watch it in the next video (at 00:34):

Still wondering how it is done?

The magician is holding a break at the very last card of the pack of cards from which the selected card is taken from its top and then placed on top of the other packet (at 00:30).
While pushing the selected card to let it stick out of the deck (00:36 to 00:38) the bottom card held by the magician’s break is dropped on top of the selected card.
The magician then shows the card that is sticking out of the deck (Ace of spades) while hidding the card that was dropped on top of it. (00:39 to 00:41)
The top card, that appears to be the card just shown is then inserted in the middle of the other pack of cards, this pack of card is then inserted in the middle of the other pack of card (with the ace of spaces on top).

The selected card was put back on top of the deck in front of everyone without a single fancy, suspicious move. Simply efficient!

Did you find the instructions clear enough? Let us KNOW!

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The Dribble Pass

December 22nd, 2007

This is a though one but keep practicing if you’re into card magic! This is a total convincer if you can break it down and master it! Great tutorial from magic-bible.com:

Other passes: classic pass, turn-over pass and riffle pass

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The Classic Pass

December 22nd, 2007

The pass is a sleight of hand used in magic tricks to control a card that is apparently inserted in the deck back on to the top of the cards. The following video is quite descriptive, it will show you a few variations and different methods to get your pinky break.

Here it is explained slowly (you can also use the finger next to your pinky instead):

This is a video of what this card magic trick or sleight of hand should look like when you learned it well (it also has a very nice variation that is a magic trick in its own):

Let us know what you think about thes card magic video tutorials!

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