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I feel like I am very boring while trying to perform a trick. My voice is already pretty monotone and I never really talk with my hands or with my body if that even is a thing.

When practicing a trick in front of my camera it just feels a bit empty when watching it back (I will not share a video because English is not my native language and I don't like cameras.) Anyways, I just feel like when I say certain things it feels forced to me because I don't usually talk like that. so for example saying a card has risen to the top of the deck and a card has sunk to the bottom is something I wouldn't say but I cant think of something similar that's entertaining enough.

Are there any general tips to get better at this? Or are there any magicians I can watch that might be similar (so very calm and monotone voice, not much body language or talking with the hands) I have tried searching for tips but to me it seems like all the tips I have read are either about saying specific things or they don't fit my personality maybe.

If you're fortunate enough to own one of them, pick up one of his books today and spend some time with a legend.

RIP Juan

I used to do the Erdnase bottom deal and recently decided to switch to Madison's. Even though they use the same grip, the problem I'm facing (after a very short practice period) is that after dealing several cards, I find myself gripping with my index finger instead of my middle finger. The grip shifts to being held between the index finger and thumb instead of the middle finger and the palm of the hand.

I’ve been seeing people do a trick where they take a picture with an empty wallet and then the card is selected then whenever they look at the picture their selected card is in the wallet, where could I obtain this wallet at?

Hello All,

I’m very new to card magic. I’m currently working on the Redford Stack. I’m halfway done. It’s coming along quickly and I’m having fun!

I don’t have, Patrick Redford’s book, “Temporarily Out of Order,” and I haven’t been able to find it to purchase it. 

So, when I’m done with memorizing the entire stack, THEN WHAT?

1. This is my general Mem-Deck question. Are there other books out there that will give me some tricks that I can start working on in the mean time that will work with the Redford stack?

2. This seems like a no-brainer but, don’t I need the book to reveal all that the stack has to offer?

3. Does anyone know where I can buy the book, new or used?

This is frustrating, I’m committed to leaning this stack but don’t know where to go for help or guidance with all of this knowledge when I’m finished memorizing it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks everyone,

Andy

If you perform a spread cull and you need to cull the second card how do you solve this? There is no spread to hide the card behind.

Is there a way to spread cull (or another trick would be good too) the cards face up to the bottom of the deck, so i mean like this: you look at the faces of the cards and normally you cull to the bottom (so they are on top), i want to cull and then have the card on the bottom of the deck after flipping the deck over. i hope someone understands what i mean because its a pretty bad explanation...

I have been learning the hermann pass by using my index finger to move the bottom part of the deck, is this a bad habit and should i relearn with my index extended or does it not matter that much?

any idea on how this trick is performed, few years back i saw a tutorial on youtube but am unable to find it again and really wanna perform this trick and dont remember how its done. Any help wuld be amazing.