Learn an all time classic flourish in card magic! The Thumb Fan is a graceful flourish, we read in The Royal Road to Card Magic. And that´s just true! It´s such a beautiful way to display a deck of cards. But it´s not only good looking and kind of magical on its own. The Thumb Fan is a very useful tool when it comes to creating stunning illusions with playing cards. Shrink a deck with it! Make the cards go blank! Or use the Thumb Fan to display an „ordinary“ shuffled deck, when you are actually performing a card trick with a gaff or prearranged deck. You simply can not miss out on the Thumb Fan, when you are serious about your card magic. And with this in-depth tutorial you should learn to do this card flourish in no time. This is the 4th tutorial in the series THE FIVE MOST VALUABLE FLOURISHES IN CARD MAGIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmxj2g5-3y0&list=PLHJE3NxS5tsMWHHydDIKKB4pfM194nRi1 FLOURISHES ARE ARTISTIC, LITTLE PRESENTATIONS OF ELEGANCE IN HANDLING CARDS designed to please the eye and delight the onlooker. In card magic they appear to be accessory, but take a greater part for the success of the illusions to be performed on the contrary. This tutorial series pilot introduces you to the five most important card flourisches you simply can not miss out on. The Dribble, the Thumb Riffle, the Spring, the Ruffle and the Thumb Fan are indispensable tools in card magic. Especially FANNING cards, DRIBBLING and SPRINGING them has become a general expectation of a performance of card magic for quite a while now. Which makes these flourishes even more useful than ever! So have fun watching this rocking introduction to these moves and SUBSCRIBE not to miss the upcoming tutorials and future performances! TUTORIAL #1 THE RUFFLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSEDzB1Bko&index=2&list=PLHJE3NxS5tsMWHHydDIKKB4pfM194nRi1 The Ruffle is not a fancy cardistry style move. But this card flourish is out there in the wolrd of card magic for centuries. Mainly used as magical gesture, it comes with some very useful applications. Bend cards back after performing a bold Spring or holding cards in the Classic Palm, or break the cards in before performing a Dribble or a Riffle Shuffle in Air. It´s up to you! But don´t go nuts with this! "Some performers get into the habit of using this flourish almost continuously with neither rhyme nor reason. This is not only inartistic but also irritationg to the audience, and it betrays nervousness on the part of the performer.“ We read in the Royal Road to Card Magic. So keep this flourish rare and use it wisely! TUTORIAL #2 THE THUMB RIFFLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq76y8Zx8uE&list=PLHJE3NxS5tsMWHHydDIKKB4pfM194nRi1&index=3 The Thumb Riffle is a basic card flourish. It´s fantastic for having a spectator selecting a card out of the center of the deck, whenever you perform a card trick of that kind. The Thumb Riffle also takes part in some of the finest forces in card magic. You simply have to know how to perform this flourish super smoothly. This tutorial will teach you everything you need to know. Don´t just learn another trick, become a magician! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se5p6pDbozs

The One Handed Triple Shifter is a rocking awesome way to cut a deck of playing cards. This stunning looking, extended Charlier Cut can easily be modified into an extremely deceptive false cut. Overall The One Handed Triple Shifter is the undisputed champion among them one handed cuts, when it comes to card magic. It won´t come easy, but it´s absolutely worth tackling! Watch this sleight of hand move in action in THE MOST AMAZING FOUR ACES CARD TRICK you will ever see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q01YL2_3p-o This is "Cutting the Aces" single handed. SINGLE HANDED !!!! Real card sharp advanced sleight of hand card magic stuff!!! A MUST SEE!!!! Feat. The Charlier Cut, The Scissors Cut, the Revolution Cut and a very neat One Handed Triple Cut. Wanna learn more AMAZING ONE HANDED CUTS ??? There you go: THE CHARLIER CUT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGQlC6_RyWU Introduced as a fancy card flourish for card magic in the book: The Royal Road to Card Magic, The Charlier Cut is just a beautiful way of cutting a deck of cards single handed. It´s just a classic move in card magic! Kind of every child seems to know it! ;-) Yes it´s probably the most famous move in card magic and conjuring! The Charlier Cut is just magical. Puts a big smile on peoples faces every time! So do not hesitate learning this easy, beginner flourish type one handed cut. It will serve you well for a very long time! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjvZ0sW59Zw