Below
you'll find every sleight and magic trick included in
The Basics.
The volumes are listed in order with each listing the
sleights, followed by the tricks that can be performed
with the moves learned.
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Volume 1
Card Control
Dealer
Grip
Quickly
learn how to handle the cards like a professional. You'll
learn how to hold the cards for optimal performance.
This lesson will give you confidence, knowing that you
appear comfortable with a deck of cards in your hand. |
Fanning
Did
you ever wonder how magicians manage to fan their cards
out so perfectly with what seems like just a flip of
the wrist? It's actually easy to do and it's going to
make you look like a pro right away! |
Getting
a Break
It's
not what it sounds like. You're not taking a break yet,
we're just getting started!
What is it then? Well, we don't want to reveal that
here but let's say that with this one bit of knowledge
you'll be able to let someone else put their card in
the middle of the deck and you'll know exactly
where it is. It's like you have a sixth sense! |
Quick
Cut Control
This
is a to the point, pull no punches card control. Of
all the ways to control a selected card in the deck,
this is probably the easiest and most straightforward.
Don't discredit it because it's easy to do. The Quick
Cut Control is the card control Steve Fearson chose
to use during most of his peformances for magicians.
It's simplicity is exactly what makes it devestating. |
False
Shuffle 1 - The Slip Shuffle
This
false shuffle is the partner to the Quick Cut Control.
This is an in the hands shuffle that looks 100% real..
they actually see the cards being mixed.. but you are
never in danger of actually losing track of a card.
You're going to feel like a riverboat gambler once you
learn this one! |
False
Shuffle 2 - The Dovetail Shuffle
Take
a shuffle everyone does.. throw in a tiny bit of sleight
of hand and what do you get? You get the most innocent
false shuffle on the face of the planet. You will be
able to do this the very first time you try it! |
False
Cut #1 - Straight Cut
This
is an open.. honest.. swindle! You seem to cut the cards
so fairly. It looks like you cut the cards. It sounded
like you cut the cards. But you didn't cut the cards! |
False
Cut #2 - Swing Cut
Another
great false cut that comes in handy when you're not
near a table. Out on the street for instance. This one
looks very casual. Deceptively casual.
Both cuts in this volume keep the deck in it's original
order. Not one single card is disturbed! |
MAGIC
TRICKS IN VOLUME ONE
Signed
card in wallet
A
freely selected, signed card appears inside your wallet!
The card really is a free selection and it is the same
card that is found in your wallet at the end of the
trick.
The
wallet is ordinary and is not gimmicked in any way.
The deck can be borrowed.
You do not need to know how to palm a card to perform
this trick. All you need to know are the simple techniques
you'll learn in this volume.
This is a blockbuster of a trick. You won't believe
how easy it is to perform! |
The
Magic Breath
A
card is selected and lost in the deck. You tell your
spectator that magicians blow on the cards sometimes
because they respond to magical breath.
You have someone select a number and then blow on the
deck to cause their card to travel to the selected number
from the top. It doesn't seem to be working until you
offer a breath mint to the spectator. That seems to
do the trick. Now when you ask them to count through
the cards to any number of their choice, their selected
card is found at the exact position they stop! |
The
Card Shark
A
card is named and.. BAM! You cut right to it! This is
as direct as it gets.
As a magician, this is exactly the type of thing
people expect you to be able to do.
And now you can.
This is a quickie that commands respect, and gets their
attention. |
Volume
2
Forcing Cards
Criss
Cross Force
Magicians
call this force "The old standby". It's useful
in most any situation where you're looking for that
special someone.. to pick that special card. It's hard
to call it a sleight because you barely even touch the
cards. |
Cut
Deeper Force
This force is so easy and soooo convincing you'll find
yourself using it all the time. You'll fool yourself
with it, it's that good! You'll be able to do this very
popular force immediately after reading the description. |
Riffle
Force
This
move is bold and it takes balls to pull it off. It's
not physically difficult to perform or understand. The
mechanics of it are actually very simple. It just takes
a strong will to pull it off without giggling. It's
that bold. |
Countdown
Force
You
ask someone to name a number between 1 and 20. You let
them count down to that number in the pack and remember
the card at that number. You already know what the card
is though because the card is your force card!
This is super strong because it happens in their hands!
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Classic
Force
The
Classic Force is the purest of all the forces! This
move is a little more advanced than the other moves
but if you take the time to learn it, people will believe
you are a true mystic. Because when you perform a Classic
force correctly it seems like you really do have an
unseen force working in your favor.
You won't have to learn this move to do any of the tricks
in this volume. It's been included as a bonus, or a
goal to shoot for. Good luck! |
MAGIC
TRICKS IN VOLUME TWO
Simple
Mind Reading
You're
getting something.. it's.. it's.... it's..... the name
of their card! Magic doesn't get any more direct than
this. Just when they're wondering what's going to happen..
you say it. And their jaws drop. |
Ashes
on Arm
The
identity of a selected card unknown to you is magically
revealed in ashes rubbed on your arm!
This is a classic of magic which was performed on television
recently. It has stood the test of time and so will
the impression you make on your audience when you perform
this terific effect. |
Sealed
Envelope Prediction
A
sealed envelope contains a single piece of paper, on
which is written the name of a freely selected card!
Kreskin, watch out! You've got some competition. After
this one they'll think you can talk to dead people. |
The
Royal Flush
You
fold a selected card up in a small packet and then you
do the strangest thing.. you flush it down the toilet
with an Aloha, which means both hello and goodbye.
So what happens next?
Let's just say that you do get the chance to say Aloha
to the card again. And when you do it's in a very surprising,
and funny place.
And it's not in Hawaii. |
Volume
3
The Double Lift
The
Double Lift
The
double lift is probably the most important move in card
magic. It is the most useful and can be the most devestating.
It can produce effects that look like real magic. Cards
magically change places or mutate into other cards.
The double lift makes cards come alive.
This is a move that is easy to learn but challenging
to master. Don't worry, you will be able to use this
move after just a few minutes of practice but it is
something you will continue to study and refine for
as long as you do card magic.
The number of effects that can be performed with this
one move is virtually endless. It is the axis on which
most of card magic revolves. |
The
Block Pushoff
Like
a genetically altered version of the double lift. Or
maybe a double lift on steroids. It's an enhanced version
that is only appropriate in certain situations.
You wouldn't use an Elephant gun to hunt Rabbits right?
Well it's the same thing with this move. You will only
need it in a certain situation, but when that situation
comes up.. you'll be really glad you had it ready. And
to make sure that situation comes up, we've included
a really great trick that uses it! |
The
Spread Break
This
little tip is a gem. There is a philosophy in magic
regarding conservation of motion. The basic idea is
that you want as little extraneous motion during your
sleights as possible.
If you're not sure what that means, you will after you
combine the Spread Break with your Double Lift. |
MAGIC
TRICKS IN VOLUME 3
Card
Mutation
You
display a card and place it on someone's outstretched
hand. As you set it on their palm, you announce the
name of the card incorrectly. When the spectator points
out your mistake you snap your fingers over the card
and let them turn it over. They are shocked to
find that the card has magically changed into the card
that you named!
Warning: This trick gets
extremely strong reactions and should not be done by
anyone with sensitive hearing because there is going
to be a lot of screaming. |
Ambitious
Card
A
card is inserted into the center of the deck and with
a snap of your fingers it magically rises to the top!
You may recognize this trick as it is very popular with
magicians. If you've ever wondered how they do it, now
you can do it too. |
Signed
Cards Change Places
Two
cards are selected and signed. One by the spectator
and one by you, the magician. The spectator's card is
lost in the deck and your card is placed into your pocket.
You tell the spectator to spread through the deck to
find their card and they find one card face down in
the spread. That card turns out not to be their card
at all. In fact it is your signed card.
If you stopped at this point it would be enough.
But instead you let them reach into your otherwise empty
pocket and remove the card inside, which of course turns
out to be their signed card.
The two signed cards have apparently changed places.
This one is an absolute killer! |
#1
Stunner Aces
The
black Aces prove they're still the biggest pimps in
the deck by changing places with the red aces right
on some girl's hand and she don't even know what's up.
This is one they'll talk about for a long time after
you've gone. |
And remember.. As a bonus each
volume contains a "Pro Tip" from Steve Fearson,
a piece of advanced knowledge. Not necessarily anything
difficult, just a tip you couldn't get any other way except
from a professional with years of experience.
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"This
series will really make you feel like you have the
power. And you will have the power. The power to fry
the brains of other humans with just a deck of
playing cards."
- Steve Fearson -
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