How to LEARN CARD MAGIC!

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In this video, I talk about how to learn magic. Rather than teaching any specific tricks, think of this as a meta-tutorial for the overarching process of learning magic.
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This video was inspired by videos by Jason England ( • Jason England - What t... ) and Michael Vincent ( • Michael Vincent presen... ) -- definitely watch them both! The "landscape" of right and wrong answers is an idea I encountered when reading Sam Harris' book "The Moral Landscape" which is available here: amzn.to/3tjaDRh. I wanted to provide my recommendations for how to approach learning magic, what books and videos to look for, etc. Of course, my recommendations are influenced by my own personal tastes, and this certainly isn't the "best" or "only" way to go about learning magic. Hopefully, some of the ideas expressed in the video will be helpful!

[@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 CREDITS: This video was inspired by videos by Jason England (kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6nPgaWvis-db5Y) and Michael Vincent (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHTJfIV7fMesgbc) -- definitely watch them both! The "landscape" of right and wrong answers is an idea I encountered when reading Sam Harris' book "The Moral Landscape." I wanted to provide my recommendations for how to approach learning magic, what books and videos to look for, etc. Of course, my recommendations are influenced by my own personal tastes, and this certainly isn't the "best" or "only" way to go about learning magic. Hopefully, some of the ideas expressed in the video will be helpful! The techniques I demonstrate come from the book/DVD that’s onscreen during the demonstration of the move. The opening sequence is a variation of Triumph by Dai Vernon.

[@channelminecraft754]

Are u bengali roy is bengali title

[@user-ev7qw8oi7e]

Daniel Roy is one of the most under-rated magician. This guy is incredible.

[@ackman88]

How he actually finds the ace of spades at 3:57 literally blows my mind

[@Rutuz]

double backs

[@infokubarcade]

When Harry Potter becomes Dumbledore. I watch your videos in a random order but i always come thanks you here for sharing all of this. And the tricks inside the video makes the video even more enjoyable. Thanks, i hope these books exist in french.

[@tiggert4002]

I love this. I had been looking forward to this video. What you said about the violin makes a lot of sense. When I was a kid learning how to play the violin, I would 'cheat' by writing numbers under the notes. By doing this, I never learn how to read the notes. It wasn't until middle school when I learned how to play trumpet that I had to read the notes. Learning how to do something the easy way isn't always the best in the long run.

[@bws6058]

Very great insight and information, thank you for taking the time and including the links to every source mentioned.

[@Davlavi]

This is great thanks for these recommendations.

[@nancycrase7112]

You make me want to get back into the habit of practicing. Thank you.

[@isacubes]

Honestly, The Expert at the Card Table is a great foundation for other magic. And it's public domain, meaning you don't have to buy it to read it.

[@elementohm]

Daniel The Goat Roy. Thanks a lot for this helpful and very well done video!

[@woah5663]

I love your videos. Straightforward. No unnecessary intros.

[@samuell.hodgesjr.1577]

Very good video. Good teaching.

[@nhfmagictricks4034]

Yeah you are very smooth👍

[@dominic_cards]

Thank you so much for discussing your favourite books! I really enjoyed watching this video 🙌🏻🔥💪🏻

[@igormartins2701]

I actually lost some of his info in the very beggining as I was hypnotized by the tricks on the screen, truly amazing

[@RobertBallMagician]

Thanks for your insights on books and DVD's. Wonderful resource of information.👍👍😊😊👍👍

[@mkoutofmymind5902]

Thanks dude

[@michaelthompson75]

Daniel, I subscribed to you a few weeks back, and this video proved how right I was, I love the way you execute your routines, I’ve been trying to learn magic for about a year now, and I’ve got the knack of a few beginner moves and routines, but this video is exactly the roadmap I’ve been waiting on. Thankyou!

[@danielmwangi9026]

This guy is legit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Introvertmusic2710]

Will start ... Form today ❤️

[@gtwthewarrior4256]

You deserve more describers. Love your videos!

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Thank you so much!

[@karleyyork9001]

Thank You. 👌

[@rockybilbao]

that last ace production in the intro got me like "uh?!?" and then i realized what you did there. Smart!

[@princeali7752]

HOWWWW

[@fisknylle]

@@princeali7752 do you see the faces of all the cards at some point?

[@aditsu]

He double-crossed us in a back-handed way :p

[@magictomi8433]

This is indredible thank you 🤟

[@poofy1652]

3:26 Imagine being so good that it becomes hard for you to fail intentionally

[@TheEnderLeader1]

he doesn't, though. When he's picking the cards back up, he flashes the ace of spades on the bottom of the deck

[@probablyoversharingpodcast815]

This dude is just on a different level. Hope he gets the recognition he deserves.

[@kuuki2067]

These really helpfull

[@Rimantas78]

He is a new Daryl. 👍

[@ShadowKhada]

20k subs already! 10k was only a month or so ago

[@franco6915]

I literally bought Card College (Vol 1) yesterday after watching your 10 Levels of Sleight of Hand video, thanks for the inspiration and confirming my choice!

[@Expolrethelife168]

Your video burned my magic Passion. Very good. Thank uou

[@matthiask6876]

Wow.. i came to this channel after your fool us performance and you had 3000 subscribers .. now you have 20000. You deserve it! Well done!

[@WhamBamBoozler]

This video is fantastic! You do such a wonderful job of making the idea of getting in to magic not seem like such a completely overwhelming ordeal. Thank you you get my sub for sure

[@fxdgshovelhead]

Thanks for the vids Daniel always great content, beautiful card work, big fan here .

[@paolofalcone6782]

I suggest to have a look at Tommy wonder books!

[@MagicJames58]

So one of my biggest questions is when should I learn something new and can I focus on multiple things such as learning bottom deal, pass, pinky count, and push through shuffle.

[@CMDRDexterWolf]

You read my mind. Exactly what I needed. Thank you so much for this information, and also the two video links for more suggestions! 👍

[@alessioc6219]

Another thing you might add to the videos against books: there are tons of free videos. That means a lot for a beginner that isn't even really sure he likes magic

[@luisganiko8964]

I’m on Royal road... now. Next it will be College... thanks 🙏

[@memorizer4941]

I “made it through” royal road I think, and the reason for the quotation marks is I didn’t formally go through practicing each sleight to perfection before moving on as the authors suggest but have probably read each part many times haphazardly.

[@stokesfitness7492]

This is really awesome and invaluable information. This could save new magician years of trying to figure things out. I've been watching you since seeing you on Penn and Teller, you are the cream of the crop with your instruction and in-dept explanation of everything!

[@ed_h_1508]

Even the way you turn the pages of the books looks professional

[@justinlynn4323]

Please keep making videos! They’re all super good!!

[@scott701988]

Smooth

[@kshitishdate8513]

You are nailing the videos!!!

[@SafetyBriefer]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@UnkleRiceYo]

It's so rare to see a comprehensive list of specific books! Really appreciate it

[@floriandasilfa3044]

Been in Magic 1 year and i loooooove it!

[@memorizer4941]

:)

[@sacHin-pj9re]

I'm in magic from 3 + yearss. 😣

[@memorizer4941]

I think I have somewhere from 1 to 1.5 years

[@memorizer4941]

Florian Dasilfa do you practice mostly card magic and/or other branches of magic like coin or silk etc.?

[@floriandasilfa3044]

@@memorizer4941 Card magic only, with focus on Mentalism.

[@rop1352]

Hi Mr. Roy may I request a video about practicing magic? I think this topic is what magicians struggles in the most, maybe because they have little time and so many sleights to practice and learn. Thank you and goodluck for all the things you do. God bless.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

I’ve got that video filmed and mostly edited already - should be posted within the next 1-2 weeks. :)

[@rop1352]

@@DanielRoyMagic cant wait for it thanks Mr Roy, your content is always so amazing.

[@memorizer4941]

@@DanielRoyMagic Yay!!!

[@ez9069]

Im not sure if you’ll see this, but I had a question regarding some controls in The Royal Road to Card Magic. What’s the difference between retaining the top and bottom cards (overhand shuffle,) and top to next to bottom back to top?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Well, when you're only controlling the top card, keeping it in place vs. shuffling the top card to the bottom and then back again has the same result. Same idea if it's just the bottom card, or just the top and bottom cards.

[@malachiwatters8596]

I thought my vision went blurry XD 5:56

[@luis_sirgado]

This is the kind of videos beginners should check on KZbin! Congrats Daniel!👍

[@ninhnhattran6165]

Very useful.

[@giorgisarsevanidze5340]

♥♥

[@jamesbao6538]

When will Daniel Roy be on Fool Us?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

I was on the show! Video was erroneously copyright claimed (I have the rights to post it), so trying to get that sorted out.

[@richardebbole1]

how can I get red fingers like you

[@grinder5000314483]

What is the Triumph called in the very beginning fooled the heck out of me idk what you could be doin

[@paolofalcone6782]

Michael Vincent Is the goat!

[@jayplays568]

Hi Daniel, thanks for this video. I had a question: for someone who is more interested in learning gambling sleight of hand/routines as opposed to magic, what books would you recommend and in what order should I read them? I have read RRtCM, and have Card College, and while I like learning the sleights, I'm less enthused about performing the actual magic tricks. I've seen recommendations for many books that seem like they would be good sources for gambling sleights and routines, but I'm not sure the best order to read them e.g. should I start with EatCT by Erdnase, or perhaps one of Ortiz's books (and if so, which one), or maybe one of Jason Ledanye's books, or should I just skip them all and go for Steve Forte's GSOH books? Would really appreciate hearing your thoughts, and of course keep up the good work!

[@DanielRoyMagic]

For gambling sleights, I would start with Jason England's Foundations Series, and if you want to get really serious, Forte's GSOH. If you want to be able to perform compelling gambling demonstrations, I would definitely recommend Darwin's books (D.O. at the Card Table, Cardshark, Scams and Fantasies with Cards, and Lessons in Card Mastery). Those books also teach a number of gambling sleights. I would also highly recommend Darwin's book Gambling Scams for an overview of cheating methods and The Annotated Erdnase for an in-depth analysis of the classic text.

[@jayplays568]

@@DanielRoyMagic Thanks Daniel. Are the Ortiz books suitable for beginners looking to get the basic mechanics correct? The Foundations series looks great, number 1 seems more focused on the gambling side of things. Are 7 sleights really enough to be able to perform routines? (I think each DVD teaches 7 sleights)

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Ortiz books are advanced material but they could help you set aspirational goals. Foundations will teach you the “core” gambling sleights. You’ll still want to learn from card college to have an all around basis in sleight of hand with cards. In my experience, students of mine who initially say “I just want to learn gambling moves, not magic tricks” end up LOVING authentic and authentic-seeming gambling demonstrations (often from Ortiz books). They also provide a great framework to practice moves in a context.

[@Magic2020kim]

you r a best lecturer if there is a real card college👍

[@greggouze5568]

Hey, What is the card Triumph trick named at 0:22?

[@_robertas]

2 years later you got your answer, the cards on the left dont have a face other than one which has the ace of spades, they are the same on both sides, so when the flips the deck, its all down cards but 1

[@abstractwars]

Been trying to immitate your style of handling the deck haha

[@DanielRoyMagic]

I might actually make a video about how to learn to handle cards elegantly and with grace. There are specific things you can do to improve that are rather counterintuitive and not obvious. So maybe that will be a future video.

[@abstractwars]

@@DanielRoyMagic would love to see that master magician Roy! :))

[@stjepanbarac3166]

Look at the way Darwin Ortiz handles cards. It's practically the same style.

[@abstractwars]

@@stjepanbarac3166 just checked it out, very similar.

[@stjepanbarac3166]

@@abstractwars Practice and learn from following names: Darwin Ortiz, Martin A. Nash, Jason Ladanye, Richard Turner, Jason England, Steve Forte. It also helps to have a mentor. In mere 10 Sessions with Jason Ladanye I've been equipped with strong set of sleights and now i am finally ready to tackle Darwins books after a year of 12-14 hour day practice. Never give up and practice your ass off and trust me you will handle cards like Daniel does and then some. Daniel is also one of the best out there with a deck of cards. Have fun and good luck!

[@NickKravitz]

Great stuff Daniel. I learned magic in the 1980s around the time where magic learning was transitioning from books to VHS. Most traditional card gambling routines focus on 5-card draw poker, which was popular until the 1980s, where it was replaced by 7-card stud poker, again replaced by 2-card Texas Hold'em in the 2000s and to some extent 4-card Omaha. I am curious if you do any gambling routines updated for recent forms of poker?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Yup, I do! In my riffle stacking video I do a few hold’em demos.

[@angelogandolfo4174]

0:18 was just Beautiful! What’s it called, please??

[@fasterbrutaler]

I remember learning magic & card flourishes when i was 17 years old ,now im 29 years old & i haven't doing any magic tricks for more than 5 years i guess. Seeing this guy doing tons of sleight of hand reminds me on my early days.

[@niekklaij9686]

Hey Mr. Roy, what your doing is amazing! Respect! May I ask you something? I'm a beginner in Slight of Hand and I've purchased some wonderful books, but I started with the royal road... I actually don't know what to study next. Would you like to tell me the best order for me to study these books one by one? I hope so.. I'll make my list here: The Royal Road To Card Magic, Expert Card Technique, The Expert At The Card Table, Scarne On Card Tricks, Card Control and Self-Working Card Tricks by Karl Fulves.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Those are all great! I’m a big fan of card college, so if you can get your hands on volume 1, that would be my pick. Then you can go back and sample stuff in some of the older books.

[@archismanghosh5648]

Get this guy to 1M subs already

[@chillax3158]

🖤🖤

[@ijlalaslam3575]

Loved it by the way can you tell that the last trick which you did with cards in magic castle is in one of darwin ortiz book or in video lecture??

[@DanielRoyMagic]

It’s an original routine based on a number of sources. You can see them in the “credits” section of the magic castle video.

[@glennbishopbishthemagish]

Most of the books you mention I would not recommend. The reason is, the person learning magic should make up his or her mind as to what kind of magician they want to be. If they want to earn an income by doing shows I would recommend all of the Harry Lorayne books including the classic, Close up Card Magic. The Card Magic Of LePaul by Paul LePaul is also an important magic work. I would recommend these books for people that want to do shows, perform in restaurants and at parties. If the person wants to be just a Magic-Technical person, I would suggest some of the books you suggested. And Expert at the card table I don't believe was a book on card cheating, it was a book about card magic.

[@glennbishopbishthemagish]

Also Al Leach books are also very good on practical card magic to entertain an audience. I started to learn card magic back in the early 60s. My first two books on card magic when I was eight years old were, Harry Lorayne's Close up card magic, and Expert at the card table by S.W Erdnase. Both books were very good because they had very good Technical writing of moves, and they had "Very Good and Practical" performance material in them.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Hi Glenn, I love all of the books you mentioned! There just wasn't time to include every great work under the sun in a video. I certainly agree that the type of magician a person wants to be influences the books they should read -- that's why I describe what it is I think of each book so that the student can decide for themselves. Also, I can only speak from my own experience and recommend the books I've found the most helpful. Regarding Erdnase, I think Steve Forte's analysis in Gambling Sleight of Hand (Vol. 2) is probably the most thorough, and I tend to agree with his position there.

[@glennbishopbishthemagish]

@@DanielRoyMagic I never met Steve Forte but I think he is skilled on what some magicians call gambling moves. I don't think that Erdnase has much to do with gambling moves, however it has a lot to do with card magic. In the gambling section in Erdnase are great moves and routines for a performance of gambling magic, not card cheating.

[@glennbishopbishthemagish]

I just did my first segment on Erdnase and will do at least a second segment. I also know at least a little bit about what magicians call "gambling moves" and don't buy into what the so called experts say about them.

[@DanielRoyMagic]

@@glennbishopbishthemagish Steve Forte is the greatest living sleight of hand artist, bar none, and is also one of the greatest authorities on gambling protection, so he has a unique perspective on Erdnase. And his analysis of Erdnase actually matches what you say: Erdnase wasn’t a card cheat, but rather a sleight of hand enthusiast! I agree with the following sentiment expressed by Ricky Jay: that there are far more differences between the magician and the card cheat than there are similarities. So I definitely agree with your analysis of Expert at the Card Table.

[@artegall1]

Fantastic video, thanks Daniel. Can’t believe you didn’t find room for Paul Harris :)

[@DanielRoyMagic]

I love his work! I wanted to focus here on primarily card work, but he’s clearly made lots of great contributions in that area.

[@cmamagic]

03:56 Daniel just explained that the goal is to find the ace of spades in an elegant way and the card on the bottom of the packet he is squaring up just so happens to be the ace of spades. 😂Best accidental magic trick ever!!

[@andy54668]

WTF....how did you do that triumph, that shuffle didnt look fishy at all. excuse me?

[@yungsnow_8208]

¿Any Way to gey these books for free? I don't have money to buy these books :(

[@memorizer4941]

Some (like expert at the card table) you may be able to find PDFs of online.

[@davidrobins1021]

Or you could forget about all this and just go to Hogwarts.

[@memorizer4941]

But then you’d have to learn it all there...

[@potandpoliticswithmr.broph1420]

I don't know why but for some reason KZbin has been flooding me with your videos and GothamChess videos and now I want a collaboration video but I have no idea what you guys could do together other than teach each other. I think you're both in NY so who knows, maybe you'll randomly run into each others channels and come up with some kinda Collab. Anyway, have a great day my brother and thanks for the hours of entertainment and lessons. Peace✌️

[@DanielRoyMagic]

I love his content! He's super entertaining, great stuff

[@bharanidharan2578]

Do tutorial for sleight of hand from basic to advanced. Love from india.

[@BelisariusCawl]

💜💜

[@Rick_vEL]

do you watch video?

[@clintn.kildepstein1656]

I have some of these books like Royal Road and Expert Card Technique, but I find it hard a lot of times to understand what they’re saying. Any advice?

[@memorizer4941]

The only suggestions I can think of is to go through with deck in hand and follow the directions exactly. Another thing (important!) is to know the hand and deck anatomy well so that when the book says something to the effect of “hold the deck in your left hand in raised dealing position with the first phalange of the thumb in the center of the left long side of the deck, and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers resting on the right side with no more than the first joint showing above the top of the deck. The 1st finger resting on the bottom of the deck”, you know what to do!

[@memorizer4941]

Sorry for the long example! Sometimes I ramble...

[@clintn.kildepstein1656]

@@memorizer4941 thanks so much for the tips! And yes, the whole “phalange” and “joint” references are some of the stuff I’m talking about😂

[@memorizer4941]

@@clintn.kildepstein1656 Yeah it took me awhile to get those! 😂 also, don’t you just love the word phalange? Phalange phalange phalange...

[@memorizer4941]

@@clintn.kildepstein1656 Also I don’t have much experience but I think that having another person to work through the book with would be very useful for finding other takes and opinions on the descriptions.

[@adambe1126]

Out of intetest, do you play violin (someone who didn't normally wouldn't think anything of the devil that is the bow hold)?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

Yup, I played violin growing up. But then it was getting in the way of magic, so it had to go haha

[@ShatteringPerception]

Could you link that closeup pad. I need a big one

[@DanielRoyMagic]

I buy mine here: www.pattricksmagic.com/magical-mats. I like the green, black, and red colors in both plush and spectral fabrics.

[@DMTInfinity]

*. . . 500th Like . . .*

[@carlosluizs2774]

Daniel, when will you gonna teach us Another magic trick again. I mean, so far you just made one video magic trick tutorial. Can't wait to learn new magic trick from you..

[@HenningGu]

0:32 I literally gasped out loud.

[@Ayush_1908]

I’m not even learning magic and yet here i am

[@madarauchiha8469]

Harry Potter and the Fundamentals of Card Magic

[@manishakumar2396]

IS KZbin A GOOD SOURCE FOR BEGINNERS WITH CARD COLLEGE?

[@DanielRoyMagic]

If you have card college, you won’t really need to learn anything off KZbin anymore...except, of course, for every single one of my videos - they should be watched at least 10 times a day. Just kidding. Card college is great, don’t bother with KZbin stuff for now, just learn what’s in there. :P

[@manishakumar2396]

if i have card college but it is not bad to learn frm youtube right? and plzzz i do not understand one card middle pass

[@harrisonleeds1409]

Or just watch Ricky Jay for hours and you'll be truly satisfied

[@Tiger-uk6es]

You don't deserve dislikes .

[@bwest8372]

A blind man can teach about light all day long but he ain't ever seen it. I'm all for book knowledge but I prefer hands on.

[@theratking5393]

Who tf let him out of Arkham

[@dartfield4655]

the intro made me 3rd degree burn your hands for the rest of the vid, what were you talking about? ^^

[@abiegreyvenstein5427]

Daniel, why are all magic tricks, card tricks? It seems the magic has gone out of magic.

[@reignorshine.]

My first book was expert atct probably should've started with something easier to understand, now I just want to learn derren Brown techniques so I can make my roommate Rob an armored truck for laughs. (Jk).

[@janalbrecht7082]

Very Good Video. But learn Magic is wrong for the headline. Its more card magic

[@DanielRoyMagic]

You’re very right! I might change the title

[@starofjustice1]

How to learn magic: Don't. Give up on your dreams and get a job at Walmart.