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  • House of the Rising Peek

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    What the Rising Peek looks like: You start off by having two cards freely selected from a freely shuffled deck, while the magician has their head turned. They are placed in different parts of the deck, all while the magician is still looking away. The magician shuffles the deck some more before placing it back…

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  • Happy Counting: Advocate Addendum

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    Guest post number two comes from Spain. Dani Marko, legendarily famed and renowned for recording a performance of every Art of Astonishment trick on his YouTube channel, kindly provided an insight he gained after trying the Advocate at our recommendation. This is a little specific to Madison’s Advocate, but could be adapted to other indexes.…

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  • Happy Counting

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    Here’s a tip for using a card index. This will help you retrieve cards faster, and it has no drawback nor does it need any extra practice. The index that I‘ve used for the last decade is Daniel Madison’s Advocate. You only need a deck of cards to make one, it all fits in one…

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  • …And Then You Show Your Shirt

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    (With apologies to The Roots and their excellent album …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin.) This post is a bit of a rant, with a moral and actual advice at the end. I’m warning you, today we’re going to be looking at YouTube comments. Don’t worry, this isn’t a feature where we’re going to look…

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  • Gemini Twins Reloaded

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    Alright, I was too modest about the Ultra-Mental/Invisible Deck tip. I’ll be honest here, this is a great tip. This will change Gemini Twins in your repertoire from a self-worker with great reactions to a nearly self-working powerhouse with even better reactions. I have a better presentation for Gemini Twins coming up, Astrology Twins, but…

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  • (Card) Monogamy is Overrated

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    Foursomes are better than using mates. If you can watch the entire video above I applaud you, but it is merely used to serve a point. Method aside, there is one presentational thing I primarily dislike here (despite it being an awful video overall). I hate the use of mates. Whenever I see a magician…

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  • Jazz in Social Magic #4: Wrap-Up

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    It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of David Berglas. In a very Berglas-appropriate coincidence, he is featured in this article, which we have left as written save for the painful decision to change present tense to past tense. Magic has truly lost a titan. It’s been fun doing this series. There’s…

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  • Odds and Ends #1

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    JISM #4: Wrap-Up, the thrilling conclusion (for now) to the not-a-trilogy, will be coming tomorrow. Here’s some lighter fare. We’re gonna be switching to Wednesday and Saturday after tomorrow. That means there will be an extra post this coming week on Wednesday. Occasionally bonus posts not unlike this one will publish on Sunday, but mostly…

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  • This is a continuation of the previous two posts, so check them out if you haven’t read them. Whenever I perform, I look for opportunities. I try to tailor what magic I do to the situation that I am in. I think most of us do. I do the same with a marked deck. I…

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  • The way I use a marked deck might be obvious to some of you reading this, especially after the last post. Regardless, I figured it was best to document an experience I had with marked cards.  A while ago, I traveled to visit some distant family members I had not seen in over a decade.…

    Read more: Jazz in Social Magic #2: Lightning Strikes Twice

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