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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Magical Cardistry Bonanza => Topic started by: Nurul on September 19, 2013, 11:18:55 AM
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So, I was wondering what your favourite kind of technique is to shoot a card out of the deck. I have two that I use
http://youtu.be/wyjIjdTidgA which is a hot shot card tutorial. I use this whenever I do the gun trick
And the top shot which dynamo tends to do a lot.
What techniques do you guys use? Do you have any different ways of shooting the card out of deck?
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I love the move "pop tard".
http://www.theory11.com/wire/mark-zellinger/pop-tard/
The angles are a bit tricky, but it's super easy and looks pretty cool.
The Benzais spin out is a pretty great one too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNQnSKuKy6g
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Ah yes the benzais spin out is sweeeeet .. Where have I seen it before? I think maybe one of bill malone's performances .. N didn't daniel madison use that on penn&teller too for his 4 ace card production?
EDIT: It wasn't DM .. I can't remember where else
Not a big fan of poptard, mainly because of all the springing that has to be done
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I use the hotshot because it was the one of the first cuts I learned and it has just become so natural and reliable. I have played around with a few variations on the hotshot, because if I want to teach it to someone they usually have issues with the deck starting between their index and middle finger, but they just don't feel as solid in my hand.
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When I first started learning it, I found it comfortable holding it in that position between the index and middle finger. I remember the first few times I did it, the card would never shoot out right. Is end up just placing the card on top of the deck instead cos I just couldn't get that spring. Now I hotshot like a pro (well, kinda)