Do not walk down any street of Magicdom without the right kind of backup. Roll hard into any performance or session with these seriously deceptive and useful techniques from a real-world performer and session assassin. Steve Reynolds shares some of his most closely guarded sleights, moves, and strategies in the first book in a Six Part series on his Card Technique and Finesse.

• 9 ITEMS
• 15 PHOTOGRAPHS

EPIPHANY SHUFFLE

Meditate on this one. Give the deck one riffle shuffle. No strip-outs, push-throughs, Zarrow Shuffles. The spectators see the deck being squared and yet a 26 card stack has been retained. Great for use with Half-Mem Deck Work .

REAL-TIME SIDE STEALS

Learn Steve's fast and furious Side Steal Work. The deck is squared, the card is palmed. Cardman Chop!

FAR - OUT FAKE OUT CONTROL

This is a blind side and bold technique. Before they know it, they've been ambushed.

COVER COUNT

Secretly obtain a break above any number of cards in a quick and natural way without exposing your week spot (ie reversed cards, odd-backed cards, etc).

CLICK SWITCH / YOUR FAVORITE MY FAVORITE

Another fast-action technique that allows you to quickly switch one set of cards for another as they are removed from the deck. No need to go back to the deck with this one. It's over before it starts.

BOX LOAD

Another, "Go practice falling on the ground till I get out there " technique. A signed card appears in the card box without palming. You'll add this one to the arsenal right away.

1st edition 2013, 16 pages, 15 photographs.
word count: 2548 which is equivalent to 10 standard pages of text