| Of all the different kinds of magic tricks | | | | you move the cards in order to perfect the |
| that you can find, the easiest and most | | | | illusion.Practice Makes PerfectNever practice |
| varied ones are those that use cards. The | | | | in front of an audience until you have |
| number of magic card tricks available reaches | | | | mastered the trick to the letter. The |
| the thousands; any of them can be taken for | | | | process of creating magic is a mental one, |
| granted. Card tricks are a dime a dozen, so | | | | and you need to know the way a trick is done, |
| it takes a good magician to make a card trick | | | | step-by-step. Once this is accomplished, |
| an unforgettable one. As with any magic | | | | your hands will follow until your illusion is |
| trick, things always start with the magician. | | | | seamless.Try It OutThe real test begins in |
| Here are some tips for would-be magic card | | | | front of a discriminating audience. Being |
| trick aficionados.Pace YourselfCards can be | | | | watched can be quite unnerving, but this is |
| quite tricky, and the first step is | | | | the only way to see if what you have |
| establishing a pace that makes card dealing | | | | practiced really works. You have to get a |
| seem effortless in the eyes of your audience. | | | | feel for the audience, as well as what words |
| The only thing that gives a good card trick | | | | or spiels to use in order to get them under |
| away is if you break the rhythm of the | | | | your spell. Try it out. Getting their |
| routine, which is most probably the part | | | | feedback will be valuable in your next |
| where your sleight-of-hand action is done. | | | | performance. After the initial thrill, the |
| Practice in front of a mirror as fast or as | | | | rest, as they say, is history. |
| slow as you can, trying to get a feel of how | | | | |