Card manipulation
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Card manipulation, commonly known as card magic, is the branch of magic that deals with creating effects using sleight of hand techniques involving playing cards. Card manipulation is often used in ma
Card trick. Upper left: "Pick a card, any card". Upper right: Back-palming a card. Bottom left: A "spring" flourish. Bottom right: Mixing the cards (shuffling) allows for card trick preparation.
Orson Welles performs a card trick for Carl Sandburg (August 1942)
Cardistry
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Cardistry is the performance art of card flourishing. Unlike card magic, cardistry is meant to be visually impressive and appear very hard to execute.
An advanced two-handed flourish
A Charlier one-handed cut
Mechanic's grip
Revolution cut