10 Levels of Sleight of Hand: Dai Vernon's Triumph

[@DanielRoyMagic]

BUY TICKETS TO MY SHOW: parlourofdeceptions.com ONLINE COURSE ON CARD MAGIC: cardmagic101.com PRIVATE EVENTS AND LESSONS: danielroymagic.com/booking SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER: danielroymagic.com/newsletter A BRIEF HISTORY OF TRIUMPH: Although commonly (and appropriately) credited to Dai Vernon, the magical phenomenon of face up and face down cards turning face down was already an established plot. A commonly cited starting point is Theodore DeLand's Inverto in 1914. In 1932, a slop shuffle variation of triumph created by Ralph W. Hull was published in Eye-Openers. The type of shuffle used in Vernon's variation was first incorporated by Laurie Ireland in 1935. Furthermore, the idea of having every card turn face down except for a selection (or multiple selections) was used by Martin Gardener in 1940. So, what's so special about Dai Vernon's incarnation of Triumph? According to trusted personal sources who are far more knowledgable about magic history than I am, the idea that order would "triumph" over chaos began with Vernon. It is this central theme, sometimes expressed explicitly, but always present implicitly, that to my mind makes Triumph the single greatest card trick in the history of magic. Even though there are other tricks I personally like just as much, if I could only do one card plot for the rest of my life, it would unquestionably be Triumph. CREDITS: - Levels 1 and 2 are based on phases from Henry Christ's Fabulous Ace Routine, published in Professional Card Magic in 1961. - Levels 3 through 6 comprise Dai Vernon's Twisting the Aces Routine, published in More Inner Secrets of Card Magic in 1960. The final phase incorporates a Darwin Ortiz idea that he calls Twisting the Case. It is briefly discussed in Designing Miracles in 2006. - Level 7 makes use of ideas from Martin Nash, Jason England, and, of course, Dai Vernon. Triumph, in its modern incarnation, was published in 1946 in Stars of Magic. I first encountered the classical triumph effect performed with the four aces by Ricky Jay, though I imagine others had similar ideas. - Level 8 is an amalgamation of John Bannon's Play it Straight (Triumph), published in 1990 in Impossibilia and Darwin Ortiz's Fast Company, published in Lessons in Card Master in 2012. - Levels 9 and 10 are a combination of Denis Behr's routine Messy - The Director's Shuffle, published in Handcrafted Card Magic Vol. 2 in 2011 and Darwin Ortiz's routine 52 Pick Up, published in Lessons in Card Mastery in 2012. I have also incorporated ideas by Rod the Hop and Steve Forte that can be found in Gambling Sleight of Hand.

[@jozd7631]

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[@DanielRoyMagic]

@@jozd7631 because it's a subscriptions service, I think you need to use a credit card or bank account rather than a paypal balance, not entirely sure though

[@garyquack19]

great video, you are so polished; i am using a couple images from this routine in a song soon, great magic;

[@Grant-H2O]

dang man thats a good one. Dai Vernon would be proud of your accomplishments im certain. Thanks for the time and effort you put into these videos maybe one day ill have some magic worthy of being recognized by the greatest. Currently im working through expert card technique and my feeble mind is not able to understand the moves at first glance although i am getting better at it. prolly hasnt helped that ive only read 5 books in my entire life lol. i really like movies. it takes a vast amount of knowledge to create even a simple variation of any magic. That being said the best way to create a magical moment is to learn as much magic as humanly possible and to be patient with yourself in learning and in practice. anyways killer moves man until recently i always wondered where i could learn stuff like that so thanks again.

[@ts4gv]

amazing stuff. one suggestion to smooth out the commentary: i’d drop the word “now” from your vocabulary. you use it to introduce each level.

[@datom229]

Love the “10 Levels of” trend you’ve started on your channel and it’s really impressive and original!

[@DanielRoyMagic]

thank you!

[@datom229]

@@DanielRoyMagic thank YOU for creating such great content 🙏

[@thisaccountissomethingelse6960]

How impressive is impressive?

[@yuutamii4684]

"and for my next trick, I will make every card in the deck face up" *flips deck over*

[@divangibran8007]

Good idea.. might actually perform it at fism

[@Nerdcrusher]

Level 0?

[@happyeevee4955]

thats a really good intro actually

[@hctaz]

I know that “knowing the trick” can ruin the magic for some, but I’m honestly genuinely curious how you manage to pull this off. To me, the mystery isn’t usually the most impressive thing about magic, it’s the skill that goes into the trick that really gets me impressed. Very cool.

[@wolf-xf6hf]

I have no idea how the later tricks were done but the first few were just cleverly flipping over cards right in front of the viewer plus some deck order

[@nez14526]

yeah, the shuffles and cuts are all _very_ precise. basically, every card's movement is planned ahead of time. his bit about "even with all my practice, I need two shuffles" is because the routine actually needs two shuffles. the first (faro) "shuffle" interleaves every other card. the second one results in some other known/desired outcome (the index of each card in the deck roughly doubles, mod 52 -- which is what the first shuffle did too). it just blows my mind how seamlessly he does it and how effortless he makes it look. as stated in the other comments, there is likely some sleight of hand thrown in as needed, but I don't know enough to know whether that was needed for the higher level tricks.

[@inv41id]

I can't tell you how he controls all the cards in the deck since I'm a total amateur, but something that's quite easy to spot if you're looking for it is when he flips some of the cards when he "cuts" the deck

[@lyingcat9022]

@@wolf-xf6hf I’m late but I’ll give you a hint… 4 of Clubs is 1 and 9 of Diamonds is 52. And there’s a crazy Spanish guy with a friend named Monica ;)

[@alexrider9961]

Is it just me or is no one even slightly bothered by the fact that this is all done in a single take, as perfect as it can be!😲 Great work dude, enjoying your content so much. ❤️

[@andrewfaraca1441]

I love it as much as i love fortnite

[@caseydub386]

Magicians practice their routine. Of course he does it in a single take. You don’t get edits or jump cuts in a live performance……………….

[@Karpalet]

Actually there is a cut.. :P

[@nyeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooom610]

@@Karpalet when

[@willierants5880]

I'm troubled that for the first levels where there is no shuffling I have no idea how the cards are flipping.

[@kdott360]

Starting to think these might be real magic

[@kamrankhan6760]

I come back to this every few weeks. Triumph is no 1. Cheers Dan

[@enygma7725]

Normally I can understand how you do most of the sleights in your videos, this time I couldn't understand a thing. This truly is an amazing routine and I must learn at least some of this, I'd like other people to experience what I just experienced.

[@Severin-Rom]

Best card routine I ever seen. Period. Level 10 blew me away. This genere is great

[@donaldmoser212]

Great Job! If you watch very very closely, you can see his assistant come into the room and switch the card decks on his desk. Happens every time from Level-4, about middle of each level. I had to play the video multiple times before I caught it. It's a fraction of a second. Try slowing down the video to 1/50 normal speed then it is easy to see.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Gosh you caught me lol

[@tashyabraj]

The number of double and triple lifts he did just blew my mind away.

[@Samatha446]

Wherever Ricky Jay is now, he can rest easy knowing the future of magic is in good hands.

[@exploringspace5640]

You handle the cards smooth as butter! 😍🤘🏻.

[@GrandLake420]

That is the best routine I've ever seen! Definitely level 10.

[@sheer7500]

Between figuring out the premise of level 10 early and seeing throughout 2 videos that your go-to suit order is clubs, hearts, diamonds, spades; I'm proud to say it only took me about 30-45 seconds on pause to figure out the order of every single card in the deck before they were revealed I'm not usually a smart person either, I only caught the suit order thing by accident in the first 10 levels video when I noticed that it kept popping up. Those simple things like knowing which order you put your suits in and noticing that there were 9 cards on top of the four of clubs dumbed it down for my brain; and for the first time on this channel, I saw right through the trick before it even unfolded It really gets me thinking, sometimes it's not a smart person thing to see through tricks like these. The smaller, more unassuming things that I observed casually were the key. Sometimes even things that I might not have noticed had I been actually focused on figuring out the trick rather than mainly watching because I like how you engage with your audience

[@rolandochavez8591]

It's a cooled deck before he starts

[@purplepotato2015]

Back at it again with the best sleight of hand demos. 🔥🔥🔥

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Thanks!

[@purplepotato2015]

@@DanielRoyMagic no sir, thank you for the videos.

[@GiveMeMyNameBackYoutube]

Wow! Been doing card tricks since 2002. I know triumph but this was amazing!!!!

[@folly9360]

A new video! I don’t have to keep rewatching your old ones for at least a little while haha

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Keep it up I need that watch time lmao

[@cjwarrington177]

This is one of those classic routines that you can't help but appreciate even more when you know how it's being done. 10/10 what a delight to watch!

[@shlecko]

HOWWWW

[@infinitonica2362]

Enjoyed every minute of this! Seeing stuff I have seen or done 100s of times becomes interesting again in the 10 levels concept.... I love this thorough exploration from all angles thing. This is real mastery!

[@Munyanyo2219]

At first I thought it was cool how you essentially tied in a bunch of tricks together. I knew most but then the last 2 or 3 levels I genuinely smiled because I had no idea how it was done. Started the video with a trip down memory lane and ended absolutely amazed. 10/10 great routine!

[@windfury1980]

The only thing I think I see is the handturn in Level 9 for half the pack during the cuts but that's only because I was staring at your hands due to your other videos. I absolutely missed everything else but it was awesome to watch. (I never slow the videos down as I find that to kill the wonder)

[@kaylubwilletts]

How do you not have more recognition than you as much magic as I watch and the tricks that I know my brain hurts everytime you do a trick man keep it up I l always look forward to your videos!

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Glad to hear! More on the way :)

[@dr.downvote]

Because he doesn't do it for fake internet points in tiktok, but does it in KZbin for recognition and livelihood I guess

[@kenzini]

Great performance, Daniel! You're truly a master of sleights!

[@TheOriginalNCDV]

At first I think "ok, some sleight of hand, quite simple for a professional magician", and then it slowly ramps up to insanity levels of implausibility. Just brilliant!

[@lahmfan92]

Amazing routine and performance Daniel! One thing though: After seeing your sleight of hands skills in many videos now, I kind of don´t believe you that the position of the card in level 10 was 10 "by coincidence" ;-)

[@DanielRoyMagic]

🤔🤔

[@waynerogers5485]

I’m convinced there is nothing in here, anywhere, at any time, that would be anything close to coincidental.

[@ewallt]

That’s a nice routine. There’s several levels of thought involved as you’re having to keep things set up for many levels later, all while making everything appear random. Very clever.

[@Scanlaid]

So tonight I've watched 3 videos of the Triumph, starting from Kostya Kimlat on Fool Us, then 52Kards and now yours. And it's always the friggen Ace of Clubs!

[@paganmadnessYT]

Daniel Roy - The gold level of sleight of hand. Thx for bringing me into magic in the first place half a year ago!

[@nervocalm]

You are incredible! My jaw was already dropped at level 4 and I kept thinking "what could have the next level more impressive than this?" And then I get amazed in ways I couldn't believe possible, level after level. You are amazing Daniel! Love your videos.

[@PaulTheillusionist]

Amazing job as always, Daniel. Beautiful routining and gorgeous production.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

thanks paul! means a lot coming from you

[@sashamagician]

Hey Daniel! All my respects- you’re a wonderful orator, teacher, presenter and sleight of hand performer. Cheers! 🥂

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Thanks!

[@TSfish94]

Not even 45 seconds in and you’ve already intrigued me with the “theme and variations” plot. I guarantee that line drew in any musicians watching.

[@TheAlexandriusIII]

Also obwohl ich selbst zaubere und das Prinzip, und alle einzelnen Tricks kenne, ist Deine Art wie Du sie präsentierst so genial, das ich gefoolt wurde. Du hast einen genialen Stil. Verbeuge mich zutiefst.

[@b3arwithm3]

Your 10 levels routines are my favorite. Very impressive and so cleverly constructed. Although i often guess what is going on in the first 5 levels, i still appreciate the performance because how you string them together.

[@jonchambers724]

For me the first demonstration was the the most impressive. Not the first level but before you began the ten levels. As always, you displayed an impressive amount of skill with this video.

[@orangefruit5519]

The first one was insane, but here is how it was done: A perfect cut was made between normal cards and double backers. He mixed the cards up and turned the deck upside down to show all the backs of the normal cards as well as the second back of the double backers so that it would seem like all the cards have turned. Your welcome and please like this comment

[@peterdelessio9274]

Another awesome video Daniel! I highly recommend lessons from Daniel he's as good a teacher as he is sleight of hand wizard!

[@yaskynemma9220]

8 and 9 levels were my favourite, I can see it can be a lot of fun planning the routine of 10 levels to end like this

[@quannky5662]

phenomenal, and for those who are magicians like me, where did you get you close up pad?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Check out the description :)

[@quannky5662]

@@DanielRoyMagic thank!

[@indmych]

The order vs. chaos commentary at the end was insightful.

[@jeffreylee4665]

This man had to learn so many versions of Triumphs to create this video--everyone give him some respect!

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Believe it or not, there are some other versions of triumph I do that wouldn't even fit in this one video!

[@jeffreylee4665]

@@DanielRoyMagic how do you deal with having so many versions of 1 trick? Do you practice the other versions often? Do they sit in the back of your mind? Do you combine bits and pieces of all of them to create the Ultimate Daniel Roy triumph?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

@@jeffreylee4665 it’s more that over the last 15 years I’ve probably learned 15 or 20 versions of triumph. I don’t actively perform them all at the same time, it’s more dependent on my interests that month (or year) or a smattering of other criteria. So when making a video like this, I comb through them (and other related tricks that fit the video’s premise), get back into practicing them, and then work out all the details for the video.

[@asishthankachan1315]

Who here feels like this guy deserves 100k subs already?

[@excellentdriver]

just amazing! putting the cards in order at the end always gets me

[@vektacular]

That was fantastic sleight of hand right there!! You’re very talented and I love your cadence…speech cadence….much like Daryl was for the soul.

[@yokoa3825]

Oh my god that first shuffle you did in the opening, it looks so cool!

[@dr.downvote]

Legend has it that his girlfriend doesn't even know when she reached her climax because of his sleight of hand techniques

[@the_rover1]

in fact, any woman experiencing a climax out of nowhere could be daniels' effort. the lucky women just don't realise it was him. it's magic! 😏

[@dr.downvote]

@@the_rover1 wireless connections

[@the_rover1]

@@dr.downvote telepathic magic!

[@voidzminer1017]

Y’all are weird

[@lastbornrelic3430]

@@voidzminer1017 nah ur the only one being different

[@ianferris]

I love how you handle the cards, so satisfying!

[@novocaine88]

Mind blowing. Love this format!

[@stevenhoog1]

I love your work. You do the REAL Work. Did you have a teacher?? How is your Biology going.

[@jackkuehneman9300]

This guy is so good at sleight of hand I was missing a kidney by the end of the video.. well done sir

[@jonascederlof7450]

Honestly, I find level 0 to be the most puzzling. I have no idea what's going on here and that's after watching it frame by frame (and unfortunately for me there is no hint/credit in the description). Simply AMAZING! Love your work Daniel, keep it up, you are truly an inspiration for us slight of hand enthusiasts!

[@DanielRoyMagic]

:)

[@jonascederlof7450]

Aaaah, I finally figured it out. That was some sneaky stuff right there! No wonder frame by frame did not help me. :)

[@purplepotato2015]

Oooh Daniel, I just thought of a video idea : 10 levels of color changes/card switches 👌

[@homesless]

You are absolutely BRILLIANT!!

[@coolworld520]

Do you teach the entire thing you did here on your course?? If you do, then I am DEFINATELY signing up and purchasing it!

[@marksimpson2321]

I'm sorry but this is just out and out bonkersly amazing! Unbelievable! Ty.

[@cristianrezende5513]

Cheers from Brazil Daniel, hope u are doing great :D

[@zombieking0437]

These videos are just a fun watch and super entertaining!

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Glad you like them!

[@markpjf85]

Very good 👍master of card level 10 great routine 👏👏👏👏 lot of Practice to get this right

[@FriedlandM]

Beautiful card technique.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Thank you!! Hope all’s well

[@OddModlin]

Unbelievably awesome. Bravo sir.

[@real_canadian_everything]

Glad you popped up on my videos, You are amazing man! I have much to learn lol Edit: Your only 23..Dude, When did you start card magic?

[@ten8468]

Those shuffles and cuts look like Richard Turner's. Amazing work!

[@rockybilbao]

wow you managed to make the twisting plot enjoyable. kudos sir.

[@JamesRoberts-r5v]

Another Daniel Roy classic

[@Rangelrok]

Great video! I loved the breakdown at the end.

[@ちゃんらん-h6k]

What a fabulous technique!!

[@mikmop]

Does your card magic course cover the methods for all these 10 effects? Great performance. You are truly a world-class act.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Some of them! Bit by bit. Some of this stuff is pretty advanced near the end though.

[@mikmop]

@@DanielRoyMagic I was interested in learning the level 10 affect. It reminds me of the sort of effects that are typical of Lennart Green's magic. I saw him live about 20 years ago. I think he'd be about 80 years old now.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

@@mikmop it’ll take quite a bit of practice to do the level 10 routine. That’s something I teach in private lessons, primarily. You can contact me on my website to learn more.

[@Zack-pq2fn]

We love Daniel

[@someknave]

My favorite triumph routine is Daniel Garcia's "Nacho Mama's Triumph" it is a simple handling of the effect but ends with changing the backs of the entire deck. It's specifically designed to catch out magicians.

[@nick0703]

Great routine! Loved the ending!

[@e.s.andrews1702]

Super cool video! Thanks, I love this.

[@BrianEHoover]

Stunning performance. Great work and timely given how other content producers are jumping on the 10 levels of x vibe!

[@frenches1995]

Ypu didnt fooled me on all the levels but daaamn youre clean! Could watch it over and over again and to some I would wish to see a tutorial

[@HaveGuitarWillPlay]

I would love to learn level 8. I’ve seen that presented once before in a different way. Awesome video man! Love it keep it up!

[@kramermagic12]

where did you get the black hearts and diamonds, red clubs and spades deck that you used in the ten levels of psychology video?

[@davidmurphy9049]

This is just fantastic to watch :)

[@Vaioretto_822]

Awesome video🔥 I understand through level 1 to 8 but when it gets level 9 and 10, my mind was blown...keep making more video like this Daniel (and I just realized if Twisted Ace's also a triumph)

[@djryanmcdonald]

Unbelievable performance I would love to learn this routine

[@MagicAvi]

Man that was so good! I can watch this on and on! 🤩

[@yupyupyupanon]

You say slight of hand just to hide your wizardry! Who'd you sell your soul to?!? Hahaha. Love the routine.

[@MEGAMIGA]

This is absolutely impressive!

[@evanhogan9674]

I know a little about card manipulation, so this was fascinating.

[@1YUSEOUNG2]

I am looking at you in Korea. I hope you'll continue to make great videos.

[@chenghsin8619]

If I remember correctly level 8 is something Joshua Jay created called Trumped Triumph which Darwin Ortiz had a variation on (published in his book). But great work on the video your skill is amazing!

[@DanielRoyMagic]

It’s originally a John Brannon Idea - Josh has a version of it too, I think. Full credits in the description.

[@chenghsin8619]

@@DanielRoyMagic Thanks for the clarity!

[@endurorider974]

Beautifully executed as always 🙌

[@shamecubing6341]

As Magician Even if you know how Daniel does the trick, it's really impressive, how well he can do it. Didn't fool me, but still amazing trick! Keep going:3

[@kery4607]

Thats cool awesome..can u show some tutorial regarding on that video.

[@Nate3x]

Fantastic !! So amazed 😍

[@Grant-H2O]

Question. Did you make the blue petroleum deck yourself?

[@michaskwar]

HEY Daniel I have a question regarding one of your video's (Learn an easy magic trick) What about when the card they choose is the same collor and number as the on eon the bottoms of the deck? (They choose 6 diamond bottom is 6 heart's)

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Check the description of that video - I answer the question there :)

[@michaskwar]

@@DanielRoyMagic I found it thank you very much. This video got me here to your Chanel can't wait to see more of your teaching

[@siddharthgor1648]

i want to learn the 10th level of neuroscience of magic[THE REAL MYSTERY]

[@gabrearaujo]

Man, its just amazing!

[@elliottmagic]

Man that integration of twisting the aces and the faro was genuine

[@DKMMVII]

My thoughts exactly

[@NarcTM]

"Bit of a coincidence" OR IS IT? HEY VSAUCE, MICHAEL HERE!

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Lmao true

[@GHutchOrgan]

I was watching so closely for the slips, flips, and tricks but I kept being distracted by your patter and gestures. One small constructive criticism, perhaps your farewell wave could be a single wave of the hand. It communicates finality rather than greeting as the repeated motion does in my opinion. Love the smooth delivery and skilful manipulation of the cards and my perceptions. Truly magical.

[@dartfield4655]

mind gone ham at level 1... really entertaining all along :) and no zarrow/overused sleights used (for what I saw at least and I might be blind), almost a flex at this point :) but is the intro pure sleight of hand too?

[@prashanthkoundinya8385]

Amazing work, what cards do you use?

[@JoebidenWakeup-b1g]

"he has to be cheating, like cutting the video and flipping the cards" he legit its that good that after watching the video a trillion times my dumbass still can't tell how he did ANY of the levels, like even level 1 is too hard for me. keep going man you are insane ^^

[@faro1875]

Well done.

[@TollmanVideoWorks]

Where can you learn these ten levels? Do you teach all ten on your website?