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  2. Zarrow shuffle - Wikipedia

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    Zarrow shuffle is a sleight of hand technique that gives the appearance of being a normal riffle shuffle, but in fact leaves the cards in exactly the same order. This is an example of a false shuffle. It was invented by magician Herb Zarrow c. 1940. [1]

  3. French drop - Wikipedia

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    The French drop, also known as "Le Tourniquet", is a sleight of hand method used by magicians to vanish a small object such as a coin or ball. It is one of the oldest methods of vanishing, however it is still effective when properly executed. [1]

  4. Sleight of hand - Wikipedia

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    Sleight of hand (also known as prestidigitation or legerdemain (listen ⓘ)) refers to fine motor skills when used by performing artists in different art forms to entertain or manipulate. It is closely associated with close-up magic , card magic , card flourishing and stealing .

  5. Card manipulation - Wikipedia

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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 magical performances, especially in close-up, parlor, and street magic.

  6. Close-up magic - Wikipedia

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    Sleight-of-hand, also known as prestidigitation ("quick fingers") or léger de main (Fr., "lightness of hand"), is the set of techniques used by a magician to secretly manipulate objects. [2] Coins and playing cards are the most commonly used objects, but any small item can be used such as dice, bottle caps, sugar cubes , sponge balls, pebbles ...

  7. List of card manipulation techniques - Wikipedia

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    Card manipulation is the branch of magical illusion that deals with creating effects using sleight of hand techniques involving playing cards. Card manipulation is often used to perform card tricks in magical performances, especially in close-up, parlor, and street magic.

  8. Cups and balls - Wikipedia

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    Christian Farla performs Cups and Balls on stage.. The most widely performed version of the effect uses three cups and three small balls. [11] The magician makes the balls appear to pass through the solid bottoms of the cups, jump from cup to cup, disappear from the cup and appear in other places, or vanish from various places and reappear under the cups (sometimes under the same cup), often ...

  9. Cut and restore rope trick - Wikipedia

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    The second method involves introducing a short piece of rope of the same type as the main rope, and cutting that instead. This can be accomplished by many sleight of hand tricks but attaching it to the main rope disguised as the loop of a knot is the most common method. When the performer removes the knot, the original rope is completely uncut. [1]