A la Anneman

A great opener from Paul Cummins. You can find it on his excellent "The Side Steal" DVD, as well as in his FASDIU notes. I can vouch for the DVD being one of the best investments any student of magic can make. Get it now!

Sorry about the poor framing of the shooting, by the way...

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[cecilouwaou]

Very nice, I was hesitating to learn it, but I think I will. There are few sleights and the effect is a killer to me, but the "main sleight" is quite difficult to perform.. I have the Revolutionary Card technique so I have already tried it : it will take some weeks/months of work to be mastered perfectly and naturaly...

[unmungo]

@cecilouwaou I encourage you to learn it. Since filming this I have performed this as an opener countless times, and it's always effective. It shows your audience that you know what you're doing, and you're not uncle Bob with a deck of cards. I suggest learning it from Paul Cummins himself, he teaches it on his "Side Steal" dvd, which is all around fantastic.

[musingan]

I like your pass man.... and your sense of humor....

[unmungo]

Thank you very much. I don't consider my pass very good, but I'm glad it doesn't look horrible...

[trickslover91]

i think it's an easy trick..but not suitable to perform it close up...btw..good handling..

[unmungo]

It is easy, and it isn't. It's direct and easy to follow, and uses few sleights, but they must be absolutely convincing for the trick to be effective. If the spectator has any inkling that something "sneaky" has happened after the card has been replaced, the power of the effect is greatly diminished.

I absolutely disagree: I perform it exclusively closeup, the closer the better. That's the power of it! The spectator gets to handle an indifferent card that turns into their selection!

[cecilouwaou]

@unmungo Yes he teaches the Marlo's Revolutionary Card Technique's side steal so I have seen how it's done : the Paul Cummins one is a little easier because you don't really palm so it's ok to do and looks very nice (as we see in the video). I have the video so I will train to do it ;)

[Tobelli]

@unmungo I agree.. I d even say it is a great opener

[macnolds]

99.9% awesome. 1:12 is a little

obvious, but wow. how'd you get so

good in such a short period of time?

[flyrodderdh]

I find your pass and top change to be very well executed.