The Ripper
A single strange card, pulled straight from the pocket... split down the middle... and torn apart to reveal your four Jacks. Lee Asher's Ripper is pure pocket magic-fast, visual, and over before anyone can blink. No table needed, no setup in sight-just a rip and a reveal that lands like a gut punch. Direct, devastating, and built for instant applause. Watch it today.
Card to Balloon
A spectator freely selects a card, signs their name on the face, and buries it anywhere in the deck. An envelope handed out earlier turns out to say just one word: balloons — the prediction, sight unseen. Three balloons are chosen at random and shuffled, and the spectator names one to pop. Inside is the signed card, name and all. Michael Ammar's Card to Balloon — watch it today.
Time
A hundred-dollar bill hits the table before anything else happens: if this goes wrong, it's yours. The deck is shuffled by the spectator, then cards are peeled off one at a time until they call stop — and the card they land on is a three. That number becomes the deadline: three seconds to cut to all four Aces out of a deck nobody has touched but them. The spectator runs the clock and says go, and it's over in two. Jason Dean's Time — watch it now, then watch it again slower.
Flush Brush
Cards as an art form: the reds and blacks are the colors, and shuffling them face up and face down is mixing the palette. The deck becomes the brush, the close-up pad becomes the canvas, and a few casual strokes leave four aces standing on the mat. A few more, and two complete royal flushes appear beside them — painted into place one stroke at a time. Doug Conn's Flush Brush — watch it now, then watch it again.
Gadabout Coins
Mike Gallo's Gadabout Coins was an instant member favorite when it landed at CC Club. We've trimmed the fat off the teaching so you can learn it quickly and easily. This is one you'll want to get in your repertoire right away!
Hamman First Twist
Four cards — Ace through Four of Spades — and a premise that sounds like a bar bet: every card has its own weight. The lightest one turns face up on a snap, then flips back down as the next one takes its place, one at a time, in order. The four is the heavy one, and a snap won't budge it — that takes a breath. And when it finally turns over, it doesn't come back the way it left. Gary Nealon teaches Brother John Hamman's First Twist — watch it today and see how much work that premise is doing.