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The Poor Man’s WikiTest Approach
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Meeting of the Masterminds
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To Put Too Fine a Point on It
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The Zen of Magic: Avoiding Method Overloading
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Double Blind Control, or Move Them With Your Mouth
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Memorability: A Misguided Proxy Metric
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Mnemonic Possession: The Arc of History Bends Towards Oblivion
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Spectators as Mirrors
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No One Is Keeping Your Souvenirs
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History in Flames: Why Magic Needs Public Museums Now
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The Stripper Fakes A Breather
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Prisoners Passing the Pat Downs
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Banachek’s Salad: Eggplant Is the New Broccoli
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Taking a Peek to the Cinemas
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In Memoriam of Katakura Yuichi, a Japanese Underground Legend
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Thinking Through Methods, Pt. 2
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Thinking Through Methods, Pt. 1
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“Sorry, I Have To Ditch This”
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Why Do People Hate Crazy Sam’s Mind?
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Magic Mirror on the Wall, Who Has the Fairest Dribble of All?
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Curse You, Andy
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The Forbidden Library: A Prelude
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Monkey Business
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Stop Using the Same Damn Decks
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Dr. Strangelike or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Like Dariel Fitzkee
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Challenge Mentalism: A Follow-up to How To Be Suave
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How To Be Suave: Jason Ladanye vs Brian Tudor
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What’s All The Flap About Prop Quality?
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Chinese Black Magic (The Last Method You’d Think Of)
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An Ultra-Mental Memory
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Happy Valentine’s Day, Ya Filthy Animals
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Odds and Ends #4: The Fig One
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Shit, I Forgot About Craig Petty’s Evoke: A Follow-Up
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Like Cards In Rain: Why Card Tricks Are Forgettable
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Jazz in Social Magic #7: Tripling Down
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Jazz in Social Magic #6: Doubling Down
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Jazz in Social Magic #5: Cloud Seven
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Aesthetics: A Damn Principle In Magic
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(Fuck) DJ Hawkins
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12 Magical Bad Habits (#13 will shock you!)
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Death of a Blogge (Jolly Almanac of Card Knavery Download)
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House of the Rising Peek
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Vanishing The Fucking Moon!
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Start A Resolution
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Odds and Ends #3
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Happy Counting: Advocate Addendum
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A Visit From St. Trick
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For Your Convenience
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Rubiked Mentor
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Happy Counting
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…And Then You Show Your Shirt
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Dying People
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Gemini Twins Reloaded
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The World’s Greatest Trick Review
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The Akinator Peek Presentation
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Odds and Ends #2
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(Card) Monogamy is Overrated
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A/B Testing
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Action Button
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Ten Second Star Sign Tip
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The Study Center Tear
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Imagination Thieves
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Berglas: The Man, The Mystery, The Legend
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Jazz in Social Magic #4: Wrap-Up
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Odds and Ends #1
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Jazz in Social Magic #3: Rhapsody in Marked Blues
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Jazz in Social Magic #2: Lightning Strikes Twice
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Jazz in Social Magic #1: The Greatest Jazz I Ever Played
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All Hallow’s Eve
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Checking Your ID
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Camouflage Bands