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[@SankeyMagic]

LEAVE A COMMENT for your chance to win one of my 'Hoodlum' gimmicks! Tell me, "What's one of your favorite card magic sleights - and WHY do you like it so much?" Stay safe - and let's make sure to TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. ❤🙌❤🙌❤

[@zd5587]

DOUBLE LIFT. It’s the start of 99 percent of tricks. What would the world be without it? Simple yet effective.

[@mystiquesiddharth5450]

My favourite Card trick is acaan because it gets the best reactions one can get and I also love it because when I see people performing it I also get fooled sometimes . It is the next level trick all thanks to David berglas

[@elam8696]

Any good control. Why? Because it is so versatile and able to transform into multiple tricks with multiple hits.

[@caidengirardot9400]

I really like the double lift. I've been doing magic for about a year, but no matter how many times i use this, nobody picks up on it. I feel like its so simple, and me being a begginer you'd think I'd be really bad at fooling people. However, every time i perform I'll do a trick with this and it gets em everytime.

[@ivanflatimininski2284]

I use the pinke count, it is really helpful in a ton of my tricks.,

[@busterhyman103]

There are many yet I admire the Double Lift for its versatility . Difficult to perfect then it opens countless doors into the Magic Kingdom. Thank You.

[@kevincompaney1503]

I love the backslip force, great way to have the spectator stop a riffle and have it seem incredibly fair. Lots of applications!

[@abrammysterio6429]

The bottom palm. Palming a card from the bottom of the deck and depositing it on the top is so smooth and undetectable. Love Sankey magic!

[@garymillar5297]

The Emsley count. I love it when you show 4 face down cards and then when someone taps the pack the Ace turns face up. you then continue as the 2, 3 and 4 turn face up and finally show the fifth card to be the Queen of hearts who was your assistant during the performance

[@LTheDrone]

This was one of the best Top Change tutorials I have seen on KZbin. Most tutorials just cover the change itself, but Jay gives a variation, plus a couple applications. I am actually thinking I would do a similar trick, but after showing the wrong Card, and then doing the top change, when I am looking baffled and trying to "search" for the correct card, I would put the actual card down during that offbeat. I would then ask the spectator to name there card, and be, honestly unable to locate their card in the deck: Even hand them the deck and ask them to search for their card. When you, or they, fail at finding their card point to the card you unsuspiciously put down just moments ago, and say to inquisitive question ("This is the only card left, do you think this could be your card"? or something) then reveal their card. Also, Chris Ramsey teaches this as a way to stop hecklers. As them the chose a card, and fail to locate it. Do the top change, and while astonished that you failed, show the card (now the actual selected card) to the other spectators, but still out of view of the heckler. Ask the heckler to state his card out loud so everyone knows that you failed, and when they name the card you showed everyone else, the heckler will be made to look a fool. Pretty awesome. As for my favorite sleight, well, all my sleights suck. But my favorite is probably the cull. So powerful because it looks so fair, and truly goes under the radar. Every motion seems like it belongs. I like it so much I use it in my Chicago Opener (Red Hot Mama) routine. I place my force card 5th from the top, and then do a cull force for the second part of the routine to get the spectator to select the 5th card. Works so smooth, but again, even my cull is not that good.. YET.

[@kevinj9059]

You could have them hold the "wrong" card while you're looking through the deck trying to find the right card. Then blame them for screwing up the trick: revealing they are actually holding their chosen card.

[@freshboss285]

Jay sounds good but how do you keep them from turning it over

[@kevinj9059]

@@freshboss285 Have them hold out one hand, palm up. Place card face down in their hand. Have them cover the card with other hand.

[@weevil451]

My favorite card slight is the double lift. I like it because it astounds people whenever it seems like you switch their card using ‘magic’ but really it was the wrong card to begin with.

[@deacont3250]

My favorite card sleight is actually the top change. How convenient! I like that it can be done on an off beat. How it can be done in seemingly full view. How you could adapt it to reveal two cards for two separate spectators. It's just so casual a fluid, I always love using it.

[@martinbansey719]

I’m still learning a lot of the techniques I’ve seen on your channel but the False Count is one that I am pretty good at and one which never ceases to amaze me about how effective it is

[@jyack275]

I love the snap change. It's easy to do and blew my mind as to how simple the process is. I'm fairly new to card sleight of hand.

[@joshuaquinn5604]

I love the Tenkai palm, because I just learned it and it amazes my kids. It's easy to do and has such an amazing reaction. I'm pretty new to magic but I've always loved it. I just love the reactions of everyone. Thanks Jay.

[@jasoncopeland8478]

Being stuck (mostly) indoors, I began rewatching the Jay Sankey DVD library I've amassed and I had forgotten how INSANE your Piece De Resistance card trick is on Kaleidoscope. It reminded me that one of my favorite slights, even though that trick doesn't really utilize it, is the second deal because it conveys the idea of fairness while being totally unfair. Stay well, my friend, and thanks for the continued content.

[@SankeyMagic]

It's my total pleasure - with a fan like YOU. ❤🎉❤🎉❤🙌🙌🙌

[@zenicepian4330]

My favourite is the double lift, so versatile and effective. Easy to get started with as a beginner and you can constantly improve and refine it and learn new presentations

[@alexrisenhoover3857]

My favorite sleight is a face up pass. Idk if what thats what it actually called, but i love it because they can select any card when you fan them out and when you flip the deck its on the top. It is such an ambitious move that its hard to understand why it works everytime

[@cfov]

I think one of the most beautiful slights is when you can vanish and recall one or more cards in only one hand. When done well it is pure amazement

[@jermismyname]

I'm new to magic, ive just started getting into it with simple card tricks, i just love the reactions I get from people and I love learning the new thing, so i dont rlly know what slights are😅😅but id love to get into the "hoodlum" thing

[@jaspervandersteene9077]

If you are new to magic I would begin with learning the double lift, a force, a peek and a control. From that point you'll know more about magic and you can do what you prefer.

[@barrymendonca2672]

I like to have spectator pick a card and while shuffling it into the deck, I say it’s 43 from the top of the deck and I do this 2 more times telling them I know exactly how many from the top their card is located, finally I count down to their favorite number and their card is exactly that many from the top! I use the overhand shuffle slipping single cards to the top of the deck counting the appropriate amount of cards onto deck to put their card at their favorite number then I then in-jog a card and continue to shuffle the balance of the cards onto the deck! Then I simply get a break at the in-jogged card and cut off the cards above the jog. Then you can do false cuts and shuffles retaining the top packet of cards then finally count down to his favorite number and magically his card appears at that number! Hope this makes sense! Thanks Jay for your passion and inspiration! Your friend, Barry

[@marvemark195]

One of my all time favourite card sleights is the classic palm. That is because it enables you to control one or more cards while apparently being in no control over the cards at all as one can for example invite the spectator to shuffle.

[@dannydrucker8327]

My favorite slight is the double lift. What I like about it is that it is very simple and used in so many effects. It can create a very simple but powerful effect.

[@pritampai8114]

I love the glide, since it is one of these sleights that you can repeat multiple times without anyone noticing anything!

[@christianbomer7924]

My favorite sleight is the convincing control. It looks so real and unsuspicious. Stay healthy!

[@SankeyMagic]

I love that one too.

[@ashlikoontz2517]

my favorite sleights are the classic pass & the erdnase color change, because they're so smooth and invisible, an feel satisfying to do.

[@TayyabKhalil]

So simple yet so amazing!

[@josephcastricone1187]

My favorite card sleight is The Classic Pass. The reason I like the Pass is because if done correctly. No one has any idea anything has happened. As Dai Vernon once said, if a sleight is done correctly? No one should suspect let alone Detect anything has happened. On another note, after trying to learn the Classic Pass for about a year. I learned it from you on one of your old VHS Tapes. Thank you Jay!

[@williamdaniel8912]

I like the side steal. I probably don't do it 'right' but having come up with a method on my own to transfer a card that I (or a spectator) clearly placed upon the lower half of the deck so that it now resides at the top of the deck carries with it a pleasant nostalgic satisfaction whenever I perform it.

[@jaysimons2735]

Love love love that ambitious card!!! I like the Elmsley count. It's the first sleight I ever learned and comes naturally now. ✌

[@Riddict]

The glide Love this sleight and have used it for decades now. It can be done right under their noses, fully surrounded. No suspicious movement involved at all since it happens so fast. Holding the deck just above the waist, then lowering it just slightly to waist level to remove the card and the move is already done and it's all performance after that. Not once has anyone caught me doing the move. An absolute classic sleight that when used with a great effect, just blows em away every time Jay. I have dozens of various effects I use that sleight for. I remember first learning that move in an old card trick book back in the late 80s, and ever since it has stood the test of time.

[@aceofadam2300]

My favourite slight is the bottom deal. I like it because if done well your left completely clean and can be so deceptive. And its truly versatile.

[@DiegoLopez-ll5os]

My all time favorite card sleight must be the gambler's cop!! I feel tons of satisfaction whenever I nail it on a performance mostly because of how angle sensitive this sleight can be. And also my hand looks more relaxed comparing it with the classic palm.

[@alexwill7513]

Overhand shuffling. You can control single cards, a block of cards, two blocks or the whole deck. You can do so much amazing stuff with that. And it looks so common and natural to shuffle cards that way.

[@shaggy0917]

I love a good ol' classic pass. Easy to practice mindlessly, so it's not hard to get smooth, and it's such an important, useful move. Similar to a doublelift in ease of practice and breadth of utility, but I love the feeling of the motion of a classic pass. Also, wanted to say I love the name and idea of "Hoodlum". Clever name and a great impetus to create it too, wanting rope magic to be less connected to stage or "classic" magic.

[@rosstheboss100]

my favorite card slight is the slip force, i use it in my bar card magic routine, ive only been caught once, angles, but if you do it right it works every time! what i like about the routine is that every time i use a different force so the spectators have no idea whats going on! love your work! keep up the great work!

[@JovinGhoul23]

The elmsley count, it's so versatile, and so deceptive when preformed with years of practice

[@SankeyMagic]

Classic sleight!

[@d.c.wolffe3612]

My favorite card sleight is "The Gambler's Cop" I like how your hand still looks so natural. There's so many applications for this.

[@immike84]

I love false cuts/shuffles. They are my favorite because I put any card or cards on top and no matter how much I "mix" the cards they are right there on top for me to get to.

[@putridalien]

I absolutely love the second deal. It confuses my family so much. But I do need a little practice. Also, thanks for the amazing video. Can't wait to show my friends and family

[@benjjones4542]

Honestly, the double lift is my favourite sleight, because it’s so simple yet amazing things can be done with it

[@ronaldbaran5971]

my favorite sleight is the top change you used in the video.i like it because it will only work if you use the proper misdirection

[@victorsorban5817]

Above every others, i really fanci the Elmsley count. It's so natural, versatil and full of possibilities ! Greatings from France. Bad times over there

[@scottjpetrie1972]

The simplicity of the double lift is awesome

[@markt.6915]

I love the top palm man! Not just the one handed top, but I love a beautiful two handed top palm. The action generally requires a small handful of misdirection (god i'm so proud of this pun) that works so well as a casual moment of relaxation. Its that "oh, this wasn't your card?" kind of moment that allows you to make the palm work. I think it was vernon who said something along the lines of never letting your hands come together during a routine, so its the almost "race against the clock" mentality for me, yet somehow feeling like an "all the time in the world" moment instead. I think learning this sleight is something everyone should do just to engage those social muscles of stepping out of the trick and just engaging with the audience.

[@SankeyMagic]

Oh yeah - so many cool things you can do with it!

[@CJ-mq8lv]

The Vernon addition. It is very simple and super powerful.

[@jaspervandersteene9077]

I have multiple favorite slights but at the moment it is probably the diagonal palm shift. It is just so beautiful for people who know how it works and for people who dont know how it works.

[@seraph127]

If anybody's still interested, that rocking action that puts space between the cards is called "airing out the deck". Russell Barnhart did this exact "tap thru" thing with a card in Kaufman's CardMagic...

[@roelofandrea5120]

My favorite sleight of hand is the second deal. You can use it as a force, a replacement of the double lift and for some great effects in tricks.

[@sickofjunk]

Double lift...because I can use it a few different ways as a amateur magician...I love it..thanks for the videos

[@larrylawrence6863]

I love to false shuffle and the ability to force a card and no one has no clue. The reactions are the greatest. Great vid as always

[@theboomerranter]

I love the simple double lift. Can use it for numerous routines.

[@Ian_Robinson]

My favorite one would have to be the top change because I first learned it from Mr. Sankey and he did a very good job at describing every aspect of the trick so now I am good at it.

[@junreymingo8065]

Really enjoying your videos. You're top of this game.❤️

[@ryanfelber]

Gotta go with the glide. Simple and the basis for some great tricks.

[@donniehodges9857]

i like using the little pinkie break. so useful in so many tricks.

[@SankeyMagic]

Great choice. Tiny but POWERFUL.

[@isaiahwarlock]

My favorite sleight is the pass, because of how versatile it is, and because it's fairly difficult to learn, but once you learn it there's so many things you can do with it that you couldn't do before.

[@chriskimballchannel]

Jay... I used to take your philosophy and psychology explanations for granted... satisfying my instant gratification "need" by just learning the technique... "the secret". How unfortunate... because 90% of "the secret" is the psychology!!! And you, from YEARS of experience, arguably know more about the psychology of magic than anyone I know!!! I no longer skip the most important parts of your explanations... and want to take this moment to earnestly THANK YOU for the extraordinary time, love and effort you take to teach us. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!

[@SankeyMagic]

Hey Chris, thanks for the kind words. And I really DO understand how many people watch my videos and just wait for me to 'get to the secret.' LOL. But as you mentioned, that's NOT the art of magic. And this beautiful art has been a huge part of my life forever. I respect it and love it too much to not share the information that I feel is the MOST VALUABLE. My wonderful fans deserve the best I have to offer, even though it is of course limited and flawed. Big hug.

[@chriskimballchannel]

@@SankeyMagic You are a master magician, a fantastic teacher and clear communicator. You do it all in a very engaging, entertaining way. You are also kind-hearted - that comes through LOUD and CLEAR. I hope to meet you one day. Till then, you and your family stay well my friend!

[@makismagic8129]

the invisible pass...so hard to master but an amazing move.also the elmsley coun ofc..so many uses..

[@bobbob123ful]

Can't go wrong with the double lift- so versatile

[@mustaine1981]

Good stuff! Always down with your vids!

[@SankeyMagic]

Thanks boss.

[@Matt_IsaBird]

I love using double grabs because you can take that and build your entire routine around that one movement.

[@spared2]

I love the Marlo tilt because I find it my go to that is easy

[@brandonsands4114]

I’m not a magician, but I just found your videos and I love them! So bare with me, I’m not sure what it is called. I’ve seen a video and maybe it’s a camera trick, but I’d like to think it’s not. A man(with rolled up sleeves) is dealing cards on a table and as soon as the cards touch the table them seem to instantly vanish! This trick blew my mind because I really have no idea how he did it and he did it over and over and over again! He could confidently repeat the same trick and it was still as amazing as the first card. It would be amazing to win, because the hoodie concept really appears to me as someone new to magic! There’s a lot of comments already so you might not see this, but if you do if you even told me the name of the illusion I would greatly appreciate it! Maybe you could make a video on it...

[@cranefive]

Gotta go with double lift. So versatile. Relatively easy and used in so many effects.

[@mikkiwulfsohn1624]

The convincing control. One of the best controls out there and definitely my farvorite. It looks so clean and also you can cop or palm their selected card away, while it looks like their card is still sticking out of the deck. Great for any card to wallet or pocket routines. Absolutely the best!! Also, thanks so much for doing this Jay!!

[@HauntedVenturesFX]

I haven't used this in a long while, but there's a color switch card sleight that I like a lot. I think it's by Cardini? Extremely fast "visual" switch of a card shown face up on the top of a deck that switches to another card right before the onlookers eye. I love this effect because it's so fast that those watching the trick are never prepared for the switch! Literally blink and you've missed it.

[@Dave-Legend]

Thank you SO much for these tutorials.. I've learnt two of your tricks so far and they blew my Nieces mind! I'm going to try this one next as i LOVE IT! (i've had too much coffee today so forgive my over enthusiasm). You make it all look so easy, whereas inside I panic hard that the audience has noticed the switch. So i'm learning magic and losing weight at the same time due to the stress.. win win! thanks again!

[@SankeyMagic]

You are so welcome!

[@Shadowise-46.2]

One of my favorite sleights is the bottom deal. I can use it for so many different deceptions. I like to do the Greek deal so that I can actually (inadequately) show the bottom card and still pull an impossible card from the deck. I practice my bottom deal and Greek deal all of the time.

[@jacobwohlrabe]

I personally like the classic pass and the Herman pass. The move gets people every time. I like it because you can use it as a cool color change if you do it the right way, and it can also be an amazing control. I love to use a pass at the beginning of an ambitious card routine. It really draws the attention of the audience to you because it is so visual and it looks like nothing was done with the deck.

[@water-9]

Good stuff bro. New sub. I think the riffle force is my favorite. Riffle the corner, they say stop, you cut the deck and slide forward holding the top card with fingers of the other hand. If practiced this will fool the eye, ... Even if someone knows how to do it. I've done this for fellow magicians that didn't even recognize it. It's all about smoothness and timing.

[@kanesteadman4119]

New to magic, mine is the spread pass. Been practicing a lot and making good progress. Love the vids man ✌🏻

[@aarynraynor2669]

My favorite card sleight is the bluff pass. I like it because I feel it is underrated and its more clever than people give it credit for

The Erdnase-Houdini change. Very simple and quite versatile.

[@josefrennleitner9549]

I think that the elmsley or gost count is one of my top choice .to many great trigsters made a name with this move .! Cheers

[@blandentertainment3178]

I love a good Gambler's Cop. Fantastic for moving a card around right in front of your spectator

[@AryanSehgal]

My favourite would definitely have to be the double lift. It's simple, it doesn't grab any attention and the reactions are always magical!

[@HypnoticPhantom]

My all time favorite card slight is the double lift because you can do a lot of amazing things with it and if you learn various methods of doing it you can repeat a trick and do the double lift another way to amaze them again.

[@TheQuadraxis123]

I love Marlo’s Tilt, pretty sneaky stuff, a really organic illusion, the handling is pretty easy and it looks really natural. Extremely useful for ambitious card, but I usually use it to set up a color change.

[@allenharden6442]

You just helped me get away from the bend part of the ambitious card routine. Thank you

[@SankeyMagic]

Boom!

[@Drago-wg7zs]

I guess for me one of my favorites slights I use is the spread cull. It is probably my favorite control out of all. It is really invisible. No spectated ever sees it. Well it does take some practice to make it look so natural but it is definitely worth the invested time. In general culling can be useful for so many different effects.

[@tommogriff]

This sleight looks so awesome with the Bee deck of cards. The design on the back makes it hard to see the switch because the two cards almost blend into one another 👍

[@magicmanody98]

TPC (tamariz perpindicular control)since i became a magician and started to learn from you and other books,i stumbled upon this move by tamariz at first i was very hesistant to study this move because im not sure if this could be done in real world. And then i gave it a try,after that i was able to do a lot of card effects surrounded.i could easily palm a card,control the card and many more.one of my favorite effect to do is the card to box using the tpc.

[@Tommytat2]

Double lift. I have been using it practically everyday in my life. And its amazing.

[@camdenmooring]

I’d say that my favorite slight has gotta be the double lift, but more specifically a pinky count. I’ve been doing magic for almost 5 years now and I’ve learned almost everything from tutorials like this. I realize that the double lift is a total beginners move but at the same time you can do SO much with it. It’s a slight that’s used in almost every trick to some degree, plus it can be an entire effect in itself. I hope I’m not being too basic but I love your videos and I just wanna get better

[@Mercutio01]

I would say card forces are my favorite sleights in card magic. My personal favorite is Vinny Marini's giggle force, but backslip and hindu shuffle forces are fun, too. All this just to say I still suck at classic and need to practice it a lot more.

[@Snake_Cobra]

The glide...it’s not used a lot but I just love how simple and easy the move is and it blows peoples minds done with the right routine

[@lanegutz9768]

My favorite card slight is the Cardini change because it is so visual.

[@paramarthabanerjee3638]

My fav card sleight is the diagonal palm shift 😬 And also the convincing control

[@lian2022pakingan]

My favorite card sleight is Erdnase Color Change, because it is an easy and visual color change

[@taitjohnson]

i love the force because if you do it enough times they can catch on, and you can base an entire routine on making the audience think they caught on then, BOOM you were still several steps ahead if you make something feel like a move the there was none then the since of deception and misdirection is really strong

[@dannytanner7806]

Oddly enough, the top change is my favorite. I'm still wondering how I keep getting away with it. Your advice was spot on. Clever, subtle misdirection. Thx jay

[@SankeyMagic]

Always happy to share what I've been lucky enough to learn.

[@silleme1]

I like the double undercut. It’s easy and useful.

[@SankeyMagic]

Me too!

[@filipfras6520]

My favorite card slide is the one that you have two piles and turn over dive cards on one pile and than show those and sicretly put one card face up on bottom od that pile and complite the čut. This one is my favorite because it was one od my first slides and I get realy good reactions with it.

[@Selavel1]

im new to card magic but I love my first card trick with three piles and palming to make a card pull through a table or surface

[@nickmarden4908]

Love the Duck change. Just because something about the card changing in mid air makes it all the more magical.

[@charlieherman1977]

I couldn't really do the switch quick enough at first so I did a double lift and then dropped the wrong card instead of the switch. Easy win! Thanks so much for the tutorial!

[@scottvaneerden1]

Center Double. So easy to get an ACR card signed in secure and natural way, and so undetectable.

[@andrewcowley2691]

For a novice, anyway, I love the spread force because it’s easy to do and clean. You can force either top or bottom card. I’m very comfortable with the top version using the intro patter as a diversion.

[@SankeyMagic]

Very strong sleight.

[@WalterOlsss]

I know people in the magic community knock the double lift these days, but I love a good, convincing double lift. So much to be done with it and lay people don’t know what’s happening. That was an excellent tutorial. Thanks for sharing!

[@SankeyMagic]

Thank YOU for being a fan.

[@toddkearby5519]

Favorite sleight is a push thru control that puts the selection at second from the bottom with a pass or double cut

[@allankane1044]

Diagonal Palm Shift - I barely use it in performance, but it is such a beautiful move.

[@anthonymadson13]

I cull cards the most and I like it the most because when performing they have a free choice of a card and where to put it and no matter what it ends up at the top or bottom