Expert Card Technique by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue

Build your card magic from the fundamentals through more advanced flourishes with Expert Card Technique by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue. This illustrated, 448-page softbound book teaches card manipulations step by step, then puts them to use in a wide range of tricks.

• Core sleights: Study techniques including the palm, shuffle, lift, side slip, pass, glimpse, jog, and reverse.
• Advanced card work: Explore false deals, crimps, changes, forces, fans, and the use of a prearranged deck.
• Varied tricks: Learn discoveries, self-working and one-handed tricks, stranger cards, and classics such as The Four Aces and The Rising Cards.
• Performance guidance: Find a compendium of shakedown sleights, plus advice on misdirection and patter.

Hugard and Braue focus on practical technique used to mystify an audience, rather than technique for its own sake. Keep this classic card magic reference close as you develop a stronger repertoire and shape each trick into an entertaining performance.