The Royal Road to Card Magic – Complete Video Course

The Royal Road To Card Magic - A Complete Video Course

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1. Watch This First. New Intro 2026
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2. 1 - Welcome
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3. 2 - Preface. On Practice, Performance and Naturalness
4. 3 - The Rules Of Card Magic
1. Introduction to The Overhand Shuffle
2. The Overhand Shuffle
3. The Overhand Shuffle. OTS.
4. Controlling the Top Card. Top to Bottom.
5. Controlling the Top Card. Top to Bottom. OTS.
6. Controlling from Bottom to Top.
7. Controlling from Bottom to Top. OTS.
8. Retaining The Top and Bottom Card In Position/Top Card Next To The Bottom Card And Back To The Top.
9. Runs and Injogs.
10. Running Cards.
11. Running Cards. OTS.
12. The Injog and Outjog, Holding a Break.
13. The Injog and Outjog. Holding a Break. OTS.
14. The Overhand Shuffle Control.
15. Top Stock Overhand Shuffle Control.
16. Top Stock Overhand Shuffle Control. OTS.
17. The Overhand False Shuffle.
18. Overhand Shuffle Practice Drill.
19. The Topsy Turvy Cards.
20. The Topsy Turvy Cards. Explanation and Development.
21. The Topsy Turvy Cards. The Weave.
22. The Topsy Turvy Cards with a Chosen Card
23. A Poker Player's Picnic.
24. Poker Player's Picnic Plus Presentation 1.
25. Poker Player's Picnic Plus Presentation 2.
26. Poker Player's Picnic Plus. Explanation.
27. A Pocket Discovery.
28. Telepathy Plus.
29. Telepathy Plus. Explanation.
30. Thought Stealer.
31. Thought Stealer. Explanation.
32. Pinkie Does It.
33. A Card and a Number.
1. Introduction to The Riffle Shuffle.
2. The Riffle Shuffle.
3. The Riffle Shuffle. OTS.
4. Riffle Shuffle Controlling Top and Bottom Cards
5. In the Hands Riffle Shuffle.
6. In the Hands Riffle Shuffle. OTS.
7. An Instinct for Cards.
8. An Instinct for Cards. Explanation.
9. An Instinct for Cards. Close-up.
10. If They Can't Riffle Shuffle Cards.
11. Mirror of the Mind.
12. Mirror of the Mind. Explanation.
13. Ultra Card Divination.
14. Ultra Card Divination. Explanation.
1. Introduction.
2. Displaying the Top Card.
3. Displaying the Top Card. Explanation 1.
4. Displaying the Top Card. Explanation 2.
5. The Ruffle and the Click.
6. The Ruffle and the Click 2.
7. Spread and Turnover (Ribbon Spread).
8. The Ribbon Spread.
9. The Ribbon Spread with Top Card Control.
10. The Ribbon Spread. OTS.
11. Springing the Cards. Introduction.
12. Springing the Cards.
13. A Flourish Count.
14. A Flourish Count. Explanation.
15. Throwing a Card
16. Throwing a Card. Explanation.
17. Waterfall Shuffle (In The Hands Riffle Shuffle). Again.
18. Waterfall Shuffle. Explanation.
19. Waterfall Shuffle. OTS.
20. The Fan
21. The Thumb Fan.
22. The Thumb Fan. OTS.
23. The Pressure Fan.
24. The Pressure Fan. OTS.
25. The One-Handed Fan.
1. 1. Introduction to The Glide
2. 2. The Glide
3. 2.1 The Glide OTS
4. 3. Tricks With The Glide: Design For Laughter
5. 3.1 Design For Laughter: Explanation
6. 4. The Observation Test
7. 4.1 The Observation Test: Explanation
1. 1.Introduction To The Glimpse
2. 2. Bottom Glimpses
3. 3. Top Glimpses
4. 4. Tricks With The Glimpse. Gray's Spelling Trick
5. 4.1. Gray's Spelling Trick: Explanation
6. 4.2. Gray's Spelling Trick: Additional Ending
7. 5. Round And Round
8. 5.1 Round And Round: Explanation
1. 1. Introduction To The Key Card
2. 2. Working With A Key Card
3. 3. Do As I Do
4. 3.1. Do As I Do. Explanation
5. 4. The Three Piles
6. 4.1. The Three Piles. Explanation
7. 5. The Twenty-Sixth Card
8. 5.1. The Twenty-Sixth Card. Explanation
9. 6. A Meeting Of The Minds
10. 6.1. A Meeting Of The Minds. Explanation.
11. 7. The Non-Poker Voice
12. 7.1. The Non-Poker Voice: Explanation
13. 8. Intuition With Cards
14. 8.1. Intuition With Cards. Explanation
15. 9. The Sliding Key Card
16. 9.1. Sliding Key Card. Explanation
1. 1. Introduction To The Palm
2. 2. The Top Palm
3. 2.1 The Top Palm Close-Up/OTS
4. 2.2 The Top Palm (Original CMC Video)
5. 2.3 The Top Palm OTS (Original CMC Video)
6. 3. Palming Several Cards/More Palming Theory
7. 3.1 Palming Several Cards
8. 3.2 Palming Several Cards OTS
9. 3.3 Palming Several Cards. Update.
10. 4. The Palm Glimpse
11. 4.1 The Palm Glimpse Close-Up
12. 5. Replacing Palmed Cards
13. 5.1 Replacing Palmed Cards Close-Up
14. 6. Card In The Pocket
15. 6.1 Card In The Pocket. Explanation
16. 7. Now You See It
17. 7.1 Now You See It. Explanation
18. 8. Grab Bag Card
19. 8.1 Grab Bag Card. Explanation
20. 9. Good Luck Card
21. 9.1. Good Luck Card. Explanation
22. 10. Do It And Fail
23. 10.1 Do It And Fail. Explanation
24. 11. Gathering Of The Clan
25. 11.1 Gathering Of The Clan. Explanation
26. 11.2 Gathering If The Clan. Close-up Details
27. 12. Spring Catch
28. 12.1 Spring Catch. Explanation
29. 13. A Vested Interest
30. 13.1 A Vested Interest. Explanation
31. 14. Piano Trick
32. 14.1 Piano Trick. Explanation
1. 1. The Backslip.
2. 2. Lightning Card
3. 2.1 Lightning Card. Explanation
4. 3. The Tantaliser
5. 3.1 The Tantaliser. Explanation
6. 4. Under Your Hat
7. 4.1 Under Your Hat. Explanation.
1. 1. The Overhand Shuffle, Injog and Break Intro
2. 1.1 Overhand Shuffle Control (Original Video)
3. 1.2 Overhand Shuffle Control OTS (Original Video)
4. 2 Overhand Break Control
5. 3. Overhand Lift Shuffle
6. 3.1 Overhand Lift Shuffle (Original Video)
7. 3.2 Overhand Lift Shuffle OTS (Original Video)
8. 4 Lift Shuffle Force
9. 5 Spread and Break
10. 6 Holding A Break
11. 6.1 Holding A Break (With In Jog and Out Jog)
12. 6.2 Holding A Break (With In Jog and Out Jog) OTS
13. 7 Spread and Break Control
14. 8 The Sevens
15. 8.1 The Sevens. Explanation
16. 9 Obliging Aces
17. 9.1 Obliging Aces. Explanation
18. 10 Leapfrog
19. 10.1 Leapfrog. Explanation
20. 11 Spectator's Card Trick
21. 11.1 Spectators Card Trick. Explanation
22. 12 A Poker Puzzle
23. 12.1 A Poker Puzzle. Explanation
1. 1. Introduction
2. 2. Optical Shuffle
3. 3. Charlier/Haymow Shuffle
4. 4. False Cut 1
5. 5. False Cut 2
6. 6. False Cut 3 and 4
7. 7. The Palm Cut
8. 8. An Incomprehensible divination
9. 9. Circus Card Trick
10. 10. Black Jack Detective
1. 1. Introduction
2. 2.The Double Lift And Turnover
3. 2.1 The Get-ready
4. 2.2 The Double Lift And Turnover OTS
5. 3. The Double Lift Glimpse
6. 3.1 Double Lift Glimpse OTS
7. 4. Top Card Reversal
8. 4.1 Top Card Reversal With Glimpse
9. 4.2 Top Card Reversal OTS
10. 4.4 Second Card Reversal 1
11. 4.5 Second Card Reversal 2
12. 4.6 Second Card Reversal 2 OTS
13. 5. Rapid Transit
14. 6. The Trey
15. 7. Ambitious Card
16. 7.1 Ambitious Card Move OTS
17. 8. Throughth and Consequences
18. 9. Insidious Dr. Fu Liu Tu
19. Original Video. Double Lift.
20. Original Video. 'Steve's' Double Lift.
21. Original Video. Double Lift OTS
22. Original Video. The Dingle Double
23. Original Video. The Stuart Gordon Turnover
1. 1. Introduction
2. 2 Main Concept
3. 2.1 Left Hand Emphasis
4. 2.2 Right Hand Emphasis
5. 2.3 Tidying It Up
6. 3 The Riffle Pass
7. 4 The Spread Pass
8. 5 The Spring Pass and Dribble Pass
9. 6. Off Agin, On Agin, Finnegin!
10. 6.1. Off Agin, On Agin, Finnegin! Explanation.
11. 7. Kangaroo Card
12. 7.1. Kangaroo Card. Explanation
13. 8. Righting A Wrong
14. 8.1. Righting A Wrong. Explanation
15. 9. The Blindfolded Pack
16. 9.1. The Blindfolded Pack. Overview Explanation
17. 9.2. The Blindfolded Pack Fold. OTS
18. 10. Double Speller
19. 10.1. Double Speller. Explanation
1. Introduction
2. 1. Colour Change and Double Colour Change
3. 1.1. Colour Change. Explanation
4. 1.1. Double Colour Change. Explanation
5. 2. The Changing Card
6. 2.1. The Changing Card. Explanation
7. 3. The Self-Cutting Deck
8. 3.1. Self-Cutting Deck. Explanation
9. 4. A Pretty Cut and The Swing Cut
10. 4.1. A Pretty Cut and The Swing Cut. Explanation
11. 5. Pop-Up Card
12. 5.1. Pop-Up Card. Explanation
13. 6. A Bit of Byplay
14. 6.1. A Bit of Byplay. Explanation.
15. 7. Charlier Cut
16. 7.1 Charlier Cut. Explanation
17. 8. Acrobatic Aces
18. 8.1. Acrobatic Aces. Explanation
1. Reverses Introduction.
2. First Method
3. First Method. OTS.
4. Second Method
5. Second (and Bonus) Method. OTS.
6. Third Method
7. Third Method. OTS.
8. Fourth Method. Braue Reverse.
9. Fourth Method. OTS.
10. Reversed Location
11. Reversed Location. OTS.
12. Spellbound
13. Spellbound. OTS.
14. A Tipsy Trick (Slop Shuffle).
15. A Tipsy Trick. OTS.
16. Double Reverse.
17. Double Reverse. OTS.
18. Mountebank Miracle.
19. Mountebank Miracle. OTS.
1. The Hindu Shuffle Introduction
2. The Hindu Shuffle
3. Hindu Shuffle. OTS
4. The Hindu Shuffle Control
5. Hindu Shuffle Control. OTS
6. The Hindu Shuffle Force
7. The Hindu Shuffle Glimpse
8. Hindu Shuffle Glimpse Ideas. OTS
9. The Step
10. The Step. OTS
11. Natural Jog
12. Natural Jog. OTS
13. Twelve-Down Riffle
14. Twelve Down Riffle. OTS
15. Ewephindit. Demo.
16. Ewephindit. Explanation. OTS.
17. All Change Here. (Frankly Rather Rubbish) Demo
18. All Change Here. Explanation Part 1. OTS
19. All Change Here. ExplanationPart 2. OTS
1. Introduction to The Classic Force
2. Getting Into Position
3. Above or Below?
4. Above or Below Close-up
5. Which Position?
6. Main Mechanics
7. Main Mechanics and Details Close-up
8. If You Miss? Outs.
9. Outs Close-up
10. One-Hand Force
11. One-Hand Force. OTS
12. Bottom Force
13. Bottom Force. OTS
14. The Slide-Out (Knife) Force
15. The Slide-Out (Knife) Force. OTS
16. Two-Card Force
17. Two-Card Force. OTS
18. Riffle-Break Force. OTS
19. Sliding-Key Force. OTS
20. Double-Lift Force
21. Cut Force (Cross-Cut Force)
22. Trick 1. Justice Card Trick.
23. Justice Card Trick. Explanation. Blindfold Work.
24. Justice Card Trick Explanation. Main Method
25. Trick 2. Fours of a Kind
26. Fours of a Kind. Explanation.
27. Trick 3. Pulse Trick
28. Pulse Trick. Explanation
1. The Top Change. Introduction
2. Main Mechanics
3. The Top Change Isolation 'Rule'
4. Timing, Speed and Misdirection
5. The Changing Card
6. Top Change Byplay
7. Bottom Change. Introduction
8. Bottom Change. Main Mechanics
9. Bottom Change. Alterative Methods
1. Arrangements Introduction
2. Selective Touch
3. Selective Touch. Explanation. Main Method.
4. Selective Touch. Explanation Part 2. Alternative Considerations.
5. Selective Touch. Selecting The Cards in the Pocket.
6. A Future In Cards
7. A Future in Cards. Explanation
8. A Future in Cards. "Improvements"
9. Jacks Wild
10. Jacks Wild. Explanation
11. Think Stop
12. Think Stop. Explanation
13. Think Stop. Reset
14. Deal Away
15. Deal Away. Explanation
16. Educated Cards
17. Educated Cards. Explanation
18. Reds and Blacks
19. Reds and Blacks. Explanation
1. Conus Ace Trick
2. Conus Ace Trick. Introduction. Tips on Audience Management and Misdirection
3. Conus Ace Explanation. Part 1. Palming and Spectator Load
4. Conus Ace Explanation. Part 2. Ace Control.
5. Conus Ace Explanation. Part 3. Spectator Choice
6. Conus Ace Explanation. Part 4. Spectator Wind-Up and Switch
7. Conus Ace Explanation. Part 5. Ace Revelation Sequence
8. Conus Ace Explanation. Part 6. Finale
9. Ladies Looking Glass
10. Ladies Looking Glass. Part 1. Set-Up.
11. Ladies Looking Glass. Part 2. Forcing
12. Ladies Looking Glass. Part 3. Palm Addition
13. Ladies Looking Glass. Part 4. Revelation Get-ready
14. Ladies Looking Glass. Part 5. Revelations
15. Ladies Looking Glass. Part 6. Final Revelation
16. Everywhere and Nowhere
17. Everywhere and Nowhere. Part 1. Set-Up
18. Everywhere and Nowhere. Part 2. Forcing the Card
19. Everywhere and Nowhere. Part 3. Three Mistakes
20. Everywhere and Nowhere. Part 4. Righting the Wrong
21. Egyptian Pocket
22. Egyptian Pocket. Part 1. Intro Waffle
23. Egyptian Pocket. Part 2. Selection Process
24. Egyptian Pocket. Part 3. Spectator Collects the Cards
25. Egyptian Pocket. Part 4. Controlling the Cards
26. Egyptian Pocket. Part 5. Deck Placement in Spectators Pocket
27. Egyptian Pocket. Part 6. Card Revelations
28. Egyptian Pocket. Part 7. Practice and Outs
29. Egyptian Pocket. Part 8. Cards From Spectator-s Pockets
30. Egyptian Pocket. Part 9. Cards From Spectator-s Nose
31. Cards To Pocket
32. Cards To Pocket Moves 1. Count and Break
33. Cards To Pocket Moves 2. Palming Off
34. Cards To Pocket Moves 3. False Counting Five as Seven
35. Cards To Pocket Moves 4. Showing Two Cards as One
36. Cards To Pocket Moves 5. Palming One Card from Two
37. Cards To Pocket Moves 6. One Card Vanish
38. Cards To Pocket. Routine and Choreography
39. Enlarging and Diminishing Cards
40. Enlarging and Diminishing Cards. Various Takes
41. Enlarging and Diminishing Cards. 1. Introduction
42. Enlarging and Diminishing Cards 2. Enlarging
43. Enlarging and Diminishing Cards 3. Diminishing
44. Enlarging and Diminishing Cards 4. More Diminishing Tips
45. Enlarging and Diminishing Cards 5. The Vanish
46. Three Cards Across. Spectator Edit
47. Three Cards Across. Uncut
48. Three Cards Across 1. Introduction.
49. Three Cards Across 2. Forcing Procedure
50. Three Cards Across 3. The Count, Palm, Count
51. Everybody's Card. Live Performance
52. Everybody's Card Part 1. Top Change Tips for Larger Audiences
53. Everybody's Card Part 2. Two Forces and Two Top Changes
54. Everybody's Card Part 3. Fourth Selection and Spectator Confirmation
55. Everybody's Card Part 4. Triple Transformation of The Card
56. Everybody's Card Part 5. Full Recap
57. Everybody's Card Part 6. More Performance Tips
58. Everybody's Card 2. Alternative Version.
59. Thank You

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