Tutorial
See:
Royal Road to Card Magic
Expert Card Technique
Gambling Tricks with Cards, Part 2 (Nick Trost)
Daryl Circus Card Trick Performance
Tutorial
Tutorial 2
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Circus Card Trick
The Circus Card Trick is a card trick where the performer uses verbal misdirection to prompt the participant into betting that the performer has failed to execute the trick correctly. The performer exploits the ambiguous wording of their patter to win the bet in a manner unexpected by the audience.
Tutorial
See:
Royal Road to Card Magic
Expert Card Technique
Gambling Tricks with Cards, Part 2 (Nick Trost)
Daryl Circus Card Trick Performance
Tutorial
Tutorial 2
Tutorial
See:
Royal Road to Card Magic
Expert Card Technique
Gambling Tricks with Cards, Part 2 (Nick Trost)
Daryl Circus Card Trick Performance
Tutorial
Tutorial 2
Monday, September 24, 2018
Double/Triple Lifts/Turnovers
The double lift/double turnover is a card sleight where the identity of the top card is kept secret by lifting the top two cards as if they were one. Similar techniques may be applied to more than two cards to perform a triple or even quadruple lift.
Technically there is a distinction between the double lift and the double turnover. The double lift is where you pickup the top two cards as if they were one, show it, then place them back down. The key point is that the cards are not turned over. The double turnover, then of course, is when the top two cards are turned over as if they were a single card. Then turned back over. Though this distinction is clear, in actuality many magicians refer to a double turnover as a double lift.
Get Readies
Some double turnovers rely on first getting some sort of break under the top two cards. To acquire this break, some sort of 'get ready' is used.
The Lift Up
-Lifting up two cards from the back of the pack. A version of this from Gary Ouellet requires you to first push on the front of the deck to create a bevel in the back making it easier to acquire the two cards. After acquiring the break, the magician will often act as if they were squaring the pack to provide cover or justification for the move.
Pushover Break
-Left thumb pushes over two cards. Your little finger slightly pushes up to get the break. Square the packed up by pulling the top two cards back with the left them (one hand version) or use your right hand to assist (two hand version).
Pinkie Count
-Using the left pinkie riffle through two cards one at a time to acquire the break.
*Xavior Spade Tutorial
Double Lifts
Book Turnover
-After acquiring the pinkie break, the first and second finger and thumb of the right hand pinch the two cards and turn them over. When turning over you have three options. 1) drop the cards flush with the pack (which means you have to use something like the lift up get ready to acquire another break) 2) drop the cards bellow the pack (down jog), then use the right hand to push the cards up to acquire the new break 3) drop the cards above the pack (up jog), then left first finger pushes down on the pack while squeezing with the other fingers to create a buckle for your little finger to go under. Once little finger is under the two cards allow the left first finger to push the cards down square with the packet.
Strike Double Lift
Tutorial
See:
The Double Lift Project
Technically there is a distinction between the double lift and the double turnover. The double lift is where you pickup the top two cards as if they were one, show it, then place them back down. The key point is that the cards are not turned over. The double turnover, then of course, is when the top two cards are turned over as if they were a single card. Then turned back over. Though this distinction is clear, in actuality many magicians refer to a double turnover as a double lift.
Get Readies
Some double turnovers rely on first getting some sort of break under the top two cards. To acquire this break, some sort of 'get ready' is used.
The Lift Up
-Lifting up two cards from the back of the pack. A version of this from Gary Ouellet requires you to first push on the front of the deck to create a bevel in the back making it easier to acquire the two cards. After acquiring the break, the magician will often act as if they were squaring the pack to provide cover or justification for the move.
Pushover Break
-Left thumb pushes over two cards. Your little finger slightly pushes up to get the break. Square the packed up by pulling the top two cards back with the left them (one hand version) or use your right hand to assist (two hand version).
Pinkie Count
-Using the left pinkie riffle through two cards one at a time to acquire the break.
*Xavior Spade Tutorial
Double Lifts
Book Turnover
-After acquiring the pinkie break, the first and second finger and thumb of the right hand pinch the two cards and turn them over. When turning over you have three options. 1) drop the cards flush with the pack (which means you have to use something like the lift up get ready to acquire another break) 2) drop the cards bellow the pack (down jog), then use the right hand to push the cards up to acquire the new break 3) drop the cards above the pack (up jog), then left first finger pushes down on the pack while squeezing with the other fingers to create a buckle for your little finger to go under. Once little finger is under the two cards allow the left first finger to push the cards down square with the packet.
Strike Double Lift
Tutorial
See:
The Double Lift Project
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