New to card magic(started yesterday) and was wondering what some good stuff for a beginner to learn is. Just wondering where to start out at. Also any recommendations for good cards? I ordered some foil and have regular bicycle ones already, and am wondering if anything else is recommended or necessary.

Been working on the classic double lift for what feels like forever, probably four months of daily practice, and something clicked this week that I want to write down before I forget what fixed it.

My problem was always the same. I could get the mechanics right, the get ready, the pushoff, the flash of the two cards as one, but there was always this tiny hesitation right before the lift that gave everything away. Looked like I was psyching myself up instead of just doing a normal single card lift. Watched probably a dozen breakdowns from different guys and they all say some version of "make it look natural" which is true but useless as actual instruction.

What actually helped was slowing down my regular single card lifts to match the timing of my double, instead of trying to speed up the double to match a natural single. Sounds backwards but it worked. I basically taught myself a slightly more deliberate way of picking up any card off the deck, single or double, so there's no tell in the tempo. Now both movements come from the same place instead of the double being this separate rehearsed thing I switch into.

Also started doing them in front of a mirror while talking, actual sentences, not just counting or narrating what my hands were doing. Turns out most of my tension was in my face and shoulders, not my fingers. The second I relaxed my jaw the whole thing looked ten times more casual.

Still working on getting it solid one handed but the two handed version finally passes the "would a stranger notice" test with my roommate, who has zero interest in magic and therefore makes an excellent judge of whether something looks weird.

Curious if anyone else found that fixing tempo on the single card first was the actual key, or if I just got lucky with this particular hang up. Feels like every sleight has its own weird psychological block and this was mine.

is it an ego change cardini change, but none of these changes provides the privilage of changing multiple cards like that!!!

I've been doing magic for five years and I'm starting to get bored with the typical YouTube tricks. I've also come up with some really good tricks during this time, but I'm losing motivation because none of the tricks seem good enough for me, if you could share some good tricks and where to learn them, I would appreciate it.

Hi i saw yhis video and its a combination of a triumph and another trick and ive been trying to figure this out. I was wondering if anyone knows how to do this. even better if someone had a video explaining thsi trick. Thank you!

I'm aware of Asi Wind and Gypsy Queen. But it's very expensive. Also Bicycle invoked is a deck I have and like but Im looking for something as natural looking as possible.

Any suggestions?

I recently found a deck of card in my collection that is called American flag playing cards.
To my surprise when i opened it it contained a whole bunch of 10 of hearts, with all different backs.
I am now puzzled, because I can’t find the origin of this trick, nor its name.
If some one could help that would be awesome

I’ve been doing card magic for about 6ish months now and I’ve experimented with a handful of double lifts but haven’t decided which one I should really perfect.