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Plunger Control

For you oldies-but-goodies out there, you may be familiar with ye olde plunger principle. If you’re not, try this fun little experiment. Go grab your trusty deck of Bikes. Then place a card protruding from the front of the deck about in the middle (figure below). While holding in the …

Broken Key

This is a simple idea that I’m sure has been around forever. It’s a simple technique for controlling a card, or better said, getting a secret key card. It’s very straightforward and simple to do. If you can do an overhand shuffle, then you can easily do this. Procedure A …

Stupid Faro

Stupid Introduction Man! Stupid Faro Shuffle. I have a love/hate thing going with the Faro. On the one hand, you can be an amazing, talented, entertaining, professional magician without ever learning the Faro. On the other hand, however, there are so many great effects that can be done if you …