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Video Resources

These videos go with your workbook. Find the one you need, watch it as many times as you like, and head back to the book when you are ready.

Card Handling Basics

Beginner Edition Intermediate Edition Advanced Edition Complete Edition

You do not need to be a card expert before you start. You just need to look comfortable. This video covers everything you need to handle a deck confidently before you perform a single trick.

In this video:
  • Parts of the deck
  • Overhand shuffle
  • Riffle shuffle
  • Tabled riffle shuffle
  • Basic cuts
  • Simple card control
  • Ribbon spread

Card Thru Handkerchief

Advanced Edition Complete Edition

This trick is difficult to learn from text alone. Watch this video carefully before you attempt it. Pay close attention to the pickup under the cloth, the back pocket, and the shake-out. Watch it more than once.

In this video:
  • Controlling the card to the top
  • The pickup under the cloth
  • Forming the back pocket
  • The shake-out and reveal
  • Showing the handkerchief clean

Torn & Restored Card

Advanced Edition Complete Edition

One of the most powerful tricks in the book. Also the one that requires the most careful handling. Watch the full video before you touch the cards. And the restoration at the end? Slower than you think.

In this video:
  • Holding two cards as one
  • The fold and the open
  • Tearing the outer card
  • The finger palm
  • The pocket ditch
  • The slow restoration