ARTHUR - TUTORIAL (CARD TRICK)

We've all opened a box of playing cards to discover a double back card... Question is, what do we do with it?!
Luckily, Peter Mckinnon teaches his favorite thing to do with a double backer!
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[@PeterMcKinnon]

Double Backers FTW!!!

[@jannis248]

Peter McKinnon :D

[@jacque5599]

Peter McKinnon thank you!!!

[@thecardistian1380]

Hey Peter... I Dropped A Few Messages On Insta Asking About Your Book... I Think It Might Have Gotten Lost In The Thousand Messages You Would Be Getting Everyday... Is There A Way To Get In Touch With You...? Would Love To Talk About That Book... :)

[@deeponmukhuty8064]

Peter McKinnon plz teach ur dribble....its so smooth ....nd ur fan looks awesome too😮😮

[@TheSkipper.]

OMG, Pete, I didn't even realise it was you until I opened the description after watching... Awesome trick!

[@ellusionist]

FINALLY! Some Double backer action!

[@abdallahelnemr9290]

Ellusionist peter knew you from your hands before your voice and send my greets to Arthur😂

[@aumthakore450]

???????????????????????????????????????????????

[@nashgross8658]

Ellusionist finally indeed

[@XIjagIx]

Would love to see some more blank face cards in your decks!

[@abdallahelnemr9290]

jordan griffiths you can make one yourself grab some acetone or the product that girls use to remove fingernails paint and just use a piece of cotton and erease the ink from the card

[@motzhalal]

I thought this was Chris Ramsey tbh

[@RaFFyXDSmiles]

Love that top change anyone who performs 2 card monte probably agrees

[@carma2602]

incredible!! I had the same idea 3 days ago,ellusionist can read my mind!

[@ellusionist]

Yes. Yes we can.

[@FirstnameLastname-yh5fb]

What's the card in my mind rn +Ellusionist

[@jellomellowpee]

5 of hearts

[@n3mo_17]

That's awesome... Seriously, I never thought of the double backer in that way...

[@danielfarcas751]

Genius as always Pete!

[@Creuzillion]

I came here not to learn the trick but to learn top change. This has to be one of the best top change tutorials on youtube.

[@Toady1018]

Great video, it amazes me how some of the most simple tricks can make such an impact. Thank you for sharing.

[@jasonbratby5107]

Peter McKinnon is quickly becoming one of my favourite magicians

[@MrMolotow97]

I'm pretty new to the whole magic thing and I rarely performed tricks in front of strangers, but it's incredible how much more confidence I have when performing with the double backer as a backup in the box.

[@srulysteiner2719]

Cool idea for a double-backer, peter.

[@RKMagic12]

I first learned this in Peter's Burn After Reading. Such a simple, yet killer effect! Love it!

[@jayskiv4125]

saw this first in the kings deck download and it just brought back a bunch of good vibes

[@YoseHel]

the double backer in the box tip is a life saver

[@gijoe3181]

That is legit!! Just started missing around with slight of hand and close up magic. As a hobby, this trick will help out a lot.

[@johnjoriguera2552]

Wouldn't it be crazy if you shuffled the double back in after top changing and then told them to look for their card and then they see it's not there but the double backer is there and then they flip over their card?

[@RebelRadios]

I have such respect for Peter Mckinnon, and after watching this video it gave me motivation and sparked an idea to make my own variation of this trick! Thank you!

[@ellusionist]

Excellent!

[@hawaiihi9930]

man I've been using this method for so long and I didn't know if anyone else knew and it turns out they do awsome you got a new sub man

[@gmurtaza]

You sir, are awesome! And sometimes I get tears of joy in my eyes just by watching your videos. Wow is all I can say.

[@baileybarker6086]

Have been waiting to learn this since I found out I could no longer purchase the original booklet. Super pumped.

[@HimanshuShresS]

My favourite card is also double back card. There is so so many tricks with that!

[@STEPHENHAMMER]

HELL YEAH. Glad to see Peter on E teaching some stuff.

[@Rhainee]

I loved this, If you want to add a little more flair, I like to use a fan to flip over the card its great cover if you want to swap the facer back onto the surface immediately after. Just cut the chosen card from the bottom to the top whilst you ask them to try to flip it over again :) Performed this a few times and I love it because its just so effortless, staple trick!

[@ZGBrickfilms]

I absolutely love this! Definitely will use it in my routine!

[@leedarrow6117]

Good concept - and I love the bail out idea as well. Thanks for sharing this.

[@imaautistictard754]

wow! i had never looked at a double backer from that perspective! !! i love it!

[@jnelly814]

I've actually been wanting an easy trick to do with a double backer because I haven't yet really looked into it. Thanks!

[@ellusionist]

Now you've got two!

[@jnelly814]

I actually tried it to a co-worker at lunch and got some good reaction

[@scottmatthews4637]

I love it. Awesome ideas. I love double backs as well. So much fun to play with.

[@Fanta2320]

Super cool, thanks Pete and Ellusionist 🤘

[@slashLTU]

Very workable stuff for close-up, ill try this out, thanks for sharing.

[@everydaymagic6499]

Thank you! Great idea for the double backer as a back up in the deck.

[@trevorfoster5510]

Pete is one of my favorites :) Thanks Peter!

[@showmanmagic]

so glad to here the word 'Ninja'. loved these on vhs!

[@Nyiati]

The double backer is almost as awesome as the Blank Card. I love the "Find The Queen" Trick with a Blank-Card-Reveal at the End. Someone saw through my Trick and said look, you have there one card mo-Oh shit, what's that?" and everything was fine :D

[@tamijo-]

The trick was great, and it's very fun, but honestly that last little bit about recovering into the double backer is just so absurd. Definitely always playing with a double backer now.

[@f_lo_jr]

That was an awesome advise on making use of what we have in our decks.

[@celsobrandon9579]

Accidentally went through your channel then BOOOM! You're one funny magician. Great tutorial!

[@agamdeepsingh6339]

That top change was so sweeeeet!!

[@Jakeykerr]

Same idea for the box. You can use it for a super clean card to pocket

[@sachasjt7387]

great to see you doing magic Peter! Nice deck of cards!

[@johniestokes9222]

Great video that trick with the box is very powerful

[@sammcewan9544]

Woah?!! Freaked out for a sec when you said your favourite card was the 2 spades at the start (was thinking of the same card when you said it) - #MINDFREAK haha

[@ellusionist]

Spoooooooky

[@Kiiiyoshiii]

awesome idea, can't wait to try out a few routines, thanks!

[@deeponmukhuty8064]

Man best tutorial till now

[@mateuszslowik9521]

Great idea...never thought of utilising the double like this

[@TheRealCowlick]

Similar to a Tyler wilson trick that he published in his last book. He just does it with s phone camera...

[@Skeletor611]

what do you mean

[@NigelNapalmXXX]

Awesome tutorial Peter! Now finally some use for the double backers haha. I knew it could be a powerful tool just never bothered to take the time to see what all can be done with it, theses are great tips especially leaving it in the box for situations like that! brilliant!

[@ew6316]

Nice idea to expose the doublebacker, I subscribed!

[@igniculus_]

This channel is growing really fast

[@RickHenderson]

I love this. Now I gotta work on my too change!

[@marcol.5121]

I hope that in the next episodes you give some tipps for being more professional in magic. Or other good tipps from your professionals to us hobby magicians

[@digitalis7]

That was great fun! Learned a few things...

[@duncanross8247]

That was two very good tricks. Thanks.

[@navdeepkamboj827]

i really like​ doing tricks using this card good work man

[@theescapeclause]

Black close up pads look so nice

[@ellusionist]

Classy.

[@SeeminglyOdd]

Very nice. Gonna have to try that some time.

[@MichaelGriffin9]

Simple but very Awesome routine! Thanx for that😀

[@ellusionist]

Simple hits hard.

[@pavlovsunhappydog]

Throwing the odd paddle move into the mix, used minimally, might just send them over the edge.

[@mujiii]

Peter Mckinnon is just great

[@aljencervantes6730]

AWESOME. I can use this in my ACR and other trick :D

[@kyleblegen]

Way cool! Great lesson.

[@themagiciansapprentice4715]

Great video, love your teaching style!

[@MultiXGamer1]

This is actually fucking genius, I've been looking for a good use for the double backer. And the cover up is sooo good if you mess up, literally amazing, would literally pay 5$ for this if you were selling it or smtin, hell I'd even pay 7$. (but that's it, I'm broke after the 7$)

[@themaggot8]

it reminded me of Juan Tamariz's "the prediction", but nice variation, I loved it

[@Manngregor1]

I love Tamriz` effect as well. It is a piece of pure beauty. This lefts me cold

[@shawngale6342]

this is awesome can't wait

[@mr.feeler9313]

Really great trick. I just don't have a double backer

[@Mickey-bl5lt]

how the heck does he di that shuffle where he pushes the cards into each other and they go perfectly 1 after the other?

[@ellusionist]

That's a Faro shuffle. There's a knack to it, but really what you're seeing is how you do it - you just line the cards up and apply a little pressure and they weave together.

[@DasBootsDaddy]

Brilliant!

[@noblecarter2173]

Damnnnn it I bought the Kings deck for this!!! But good job anyway, these quality videos are bloody awesome

[@Leo-sy4vu]

awwweessooommeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks man... the routine yu told us all is mind blowing

[@Mattasaurusbot]

Thank you for these!

[@johnhay6380]

Thank you!

[@torndevil2661]

this trick is awesomeee !! i dont have a doubleback card though in my deck :/

[@kaigancoldstream3961]

they arent hard to make, just look up a tutorial :)

[@torndevil2661]

Kaigan Coldstream ok ill check thanks !!

[@HypnoticRhythmm]

I suggest buying a full deck of double backers if you are using bicycle cards. A full deck is only about $8 and making them takes quite a bit of time if you want them to be 'perfect'.

[@WrenCubes]

Torn Devil the civil war bycicle deck has a double in it

[@seanhsieh6158]

Torn Devil pretty sure this is 8 months late but I find a blank card to work just as good. I too dont have a double back but i pretty sure not many people have seen a blank card either so you could use on of those. If you dont have a blank card you can find videos of how to make them. Its really easy.

[@markemerson98]

Curious to see you perform in the street as described with this routine

[@cainebarrettduggan5337]

I think the most underrated card is the joker

[@velizarmitrev7510]

Just dropping a small tip from me. If some people have problem with the top change you can switch the card with a simple double lift because its a double backer. You just have the double backer on top of the deck and when you get the card you put it face up on the deck and you do a double lift. This way when you turn it you get the double backer and the normal card is left on the deck. When you get the double backer you do the same thing and so on. Or you can use both the double lift and the top change so they wont suspect you of switching the cards. Just swapping between the two methods mid-performance. Hope it makes sense!

[@Yoghi09]

very nice, very easy.

[@br4nify]

That intro is awesome

[@d.m.t9098]

Nice one Pete :)

[@unicycle_kid7629]

I'm a little late but this channel is so awesome

[@ellusionist]

Glad you are here!

[@zack1140]

That's an awesome trick !

[@FirstnameLastname-yh5fb]

next up and new magic... nice editing :D

[@edwardv7991]

Any videos of live performances of this trick?

[@ElsewhereGaming]

The only gripe I have about this is it being a tad bit unconventional because to perform the top change the hands have to come together just briefly and after doing it once or twice the spectators are going to obviously catch on to the fact that a switch is occurring since there is no reason behind the hands coming together every time the card is being placed onto the table.

[@ellusionist]

That's where audience control and misdirection come into play.

[@matthewsydney5594]

that's a really cool idea

[@makrostheblack4791]

I... I have never gotten a double backer. 😢 But I've made some!!

[@EirTheGhost]

Some decks come with one

[@diazz287]

Card Thru Bill

[@blowmind2844]

so awesome

[@boriscortez1899]

Hey! I have a question for whoever can answer... I want to make my switches more silent. For example this Top Switch. It makes too much noise. Is there a way I am handling the card? Taking it? Can you point my to a video? A book? (@Chris Ramsay) or do I just need to practice a lot more? Any feedback would be appreciated

[@ellusionist]

Practice! Make sure you're not just brute dragging the card across the deck.

[@boriscortez1899]

Ellusionist thanks, kids! I'll keep myself on check

[@xulio23]

What is the name of the Intro song?

[@lightninglifeguard]

RANDOM STOFF Darude Sandstorm.

[@green3890]

Awesome!!!

[@gameboygeorge1]

Hey Ellusionist bought your 1800 deck today and needless to say its fucking amazing thanks, guys

[@ellusionist]

Thanks for being part of the community!

[@ResoluteGryphon]

I really like (and have used) the double-backer in the box as an "out". I also like how you might play it off if a spectator mistakenly selects the double-backer. But I don't think I'd ever purposely show the double to the audience. It's a gimmicked card and suggests a gimmicked deck. If you do, you will ultimately lose some credibility.

[@Leo-sy4vu]

Peter Mckinnon yu also teach the second one in the kings deck

[@prashantvaishnav9373]

Will you please make this type of videos​ in your channel....By the way I love your videos 😍😍😍😍 Just saw your latest video b-roll challenge between you and matti

[@skiboyscuba]

Great video

[@darioiii9773]

this is freaking brilliant

[@zakshah3480]

What Marlo move are you referencing at 4:30, you said Brad taught it in Ninja 2

[@ellusionist]

Variation of the top change.

[@elopers6424]

Zak Shah it's that part where Brad explains a couple of ambitious card routine moves

[@hudders11]

Nice idea. I need to find some good effects that exploit a double backer as I have a full deck of them in rider back and I've got one with almost every t11/ellusionist deck I've ever owned as well. Anyone recommend any real killers? Even if they're marketed or on a marketed download or dvd

[@ellusionist]

The Trick That Fooled Houdini

[@hudders11]

Ellusionist oh yeah I know how that works, just looking for some other uses other than disproving a double turnover via being able to deal off the card face up because of the two backs

[@sleightlyhandy889]

U can do a ton. Honestly, if you just sit there with one and see what you can do, a million things will pop up. Force a card with a different back. Get rid of a gimmicks card. Hide something on the back of a card. There are millions of possibilities.

[@TenzinNamgyel]

i feel like a joker would be just as funny