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Luis: What is the performance space? Outdoors? Stage? Convention Hall? Video?

Thanks for posting and welcome to the forums. To me, your idea sounds like an awful lot of effort to transport decks but I like your creativity. I have a soft sided travel pouch with a strap that I fit four deck in along with other props for when I travel. I also have one of the aluminum...

Do an internet search for Carat display cases. You should be able to find something suitable for what you want.

I think the best part of 2020 was to be able to connect virtually with other magicians. I've become friends with a number of people that I really didn't know that well before this year. They have inspired me to explore both iterations of the Princess Card (or Prince's Card) trick and their...

Happy New Year to a bunch of people that I consider friends. If you are reading this, I'm talking to you.

A control is a method of controlling one or more cards to a specific position within a deck. For example, an overhand shuffle can be used to control a card inserted in the middle of a deck to the top or the bottom of the deck (or second from the top or second from the bottom if you would like)...

Total of 900 Elite Points. That one 500 on Christmas Eve really put me up there. Thanks T11!

So a little bit of research... Roy Walton's Restless Colors was first published in Epilogue, Issue 5, Page 40. It was based on Alex Elmsley's "Dazzle" which is in the Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Volume 2. Nick Trost has a version called Razzle-Dazzle in Subtle Card Creations, Volume 2...

That reminds me of a quote from Richard Bach's Illusions: "Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah." The reference to a "fake messiah" makes sense in the context of the...

So, there have been a number of routines that are "almost done" for years or that I've got so many ideas about I can't seem to decide how to do them. My resolution for 2021 is to get those routines performance ready. Here they are in order that I'm going to do them: 1. Jim Steinmeyer's...

It looks like a variation on Roy Walton's Restless Colours. Aldo Colombini taught that for years (with permission) and sold it at his lectures. You can find a video of Aldo performing it. I think you can get the instructions for that routine on Lybrary.com. I think Restless Colours is better...

@CWhite, I'm sorry to hear about your dad. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. @Gabriel Z. - I'm working on my resolutions... will post something soon.

So, I've looked at the new flat spine clips. If Joe Porper says they work the same as the old clips, I'd go for that. I've never seen them without the signature, but my memory on the clips only goes back around 12 years.

I'd go with the original indented spine.

For guidance on use: How to Use a Porper Card Clip

For the Porper clip that I have (maybe 10+ years old), I can fit almost all of types of decks with 56 cards - 52 +2 jokers+ 2 add cards. Occasionally, with thicker deck, I'll have to remove an add card or two. Remember, the deck goes in the card case and then into the clip. The color...

Maybe the question is wrong. After seeing both shows, the question should be which was the better show. I think this is correct if you substitute "technically superb" with something that conveys the level of impossibility of the effect. Take three effects: 1) a coin vanishes from one hand...

That was my point... using a $1 doesn't make it substantially more interesting than using a signed card. If my memory is correct, Ortiz made a broad statement that any effect involving money is interesting. The use of the money in the routine needs to be interesting... not just the fact that...

I think that having a perfect balance is impossible. Either the magic or the presentation will be stronger. The key is that both the presentation and the magic are individually strong and the combination makes them stronger. In my egg bag routine, the story is stronger than the magic. Both...

Other people's ideas are to be tested against your experience. Find what is true for you and discard the rest. I have a number of strong effects looking for a great presentation and a number of great presentations looking for strong effects. It is like sorting sock... the more you get that...