Inside the Hypnotic Art of Card Juggling

Cards twirling, knuckles blazing, hands-a-blur-welcome to cardistry, the sleight of hand acrobatic sensation all done with a simple deck of 52. The kings of the cards are Dan and Dave Buck, twin brothers dealing out some of the best moves in the game. Their mesmerizing, seemingly gravity-defying flips and tricks stem from card flourishes originally used by magicians to introduce their tricks. Now, thanks to artists like Dan and Dave, cardistry has spun off as an art form all its own-keeping the magic without the abracadabra.
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[@ChrisRamsay52]

These guys will be talked about forever. #Legends

[@user-pz9cw7ze7w]

😋

[@danielbueno2557]

You're sure to find you in any video card related😂👌🏼

[@nikhilpatil2025]

Chris Ramsay Yo what's up! welcome back!

[@nicholasdolan4794]

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[@ispyu1514]

Hey! What's up.

[@SchoolOfCardistry]

The real godfathers of Cardistry right there! Love how Dan and Dave describe cardistry with such passion

[@icecreamjoe9744]

SchoolOfCardistry was great meeting you at the con this year in LA!

[@primalcardistry4277]

SchoolOfCardistry yyyaaassss Cardist squaaaadddd!!!😁😁😁

[@primalcardistry4277]

Good to see ya Jaspas! 😜

[@ajoonskrub5106]

Yo Shuffle Squad represent

[@Krookedhands]

SchoolOfCardistry actually Brian Tudor taught Dan and Dave or they learned from his VHS video called Show Off

[@DecemberBoys]

Fantastic stuff! Dan and Dave are BEASTS!

[@petrchromcak3130]

December Boys They not a best and who saying I'm the best is very stupid

[@sukrijamuratovic5460]

Petr Chromcak he didn’t say best. He said beast

[@victoriedits]

cardistry takes a lot of diligence and practice. many of the people i know who do them have been practicing for years. there is little to no room to cheat in performance; your skill is really all you have, and that's why i can always appreciate someone who does cardistry.

[@Meekox]

fairykim with cardistry learning a flourish takes a week, mastering it takes a year

[@lukasky6234]

Yea but there is a lot of flourishes with diffrent difficult level. For example Charlier Cut - you can learn it in a few minutes. Opposite - Tornado Cut - very hard move. Even one trick cann surprise/blow someone who watch it, it is why i like cardistry more than penspinning. And also cards are magical thing

[@fokusnikfm]

Lukas Ky Charlie cut in minutes???? You don't know what you talking about. But yes the problem of penspinning is that the tricks look similar.

[@TheCardbry]

As a master card flourisher, thank you. No body cares but everyone looks.

[@cal5750]

@@fokusnikfm Necroing but I learned Charlier just from seeing it once on tv. It's incredibly easy.

[@RichFerguson]

My boys! Do legit. Living legends.

[@ayaanfurtado-tiwari9696]

Didn’t expect to see you here

[@krono7843]

@@ayaanfurtado-tiwari9696 same

[@theOrbitdeck]

In the Buck Twins we trust.

[@frankistea]

the true OGs of cardistry

[@jakelamb4538]

They revolutionized cardistry and made it it’s own thing. If they didn’t start doing magic, I don’t think that the cardistry community will ever exist if they didn’t. It’s such a amazing art and I love it.

[@random-zb7fp]

It's like freestyle football

[@nanimator0]

“I had no idea it could be this big” That’s what she said.

[@IVAN-vx8ln]

😅

[@G0DofRock]

From speed-cubing to pen-spinning to zippo flipping to balisong spinning, and now I have another journey... Cardistry! Can't believe I didn't learn this sooner.

[@78878s]

"It's no longer for games, it's no longer for gambling. It's cardistry." -Dan and Dave

[@blackgoku678]

Huge respect to these guys , as a beginner these guys are nothing but legends but that's the dumbest thing i have heard today. That's like saying basketball or football is for doing tricks with those rather than playing

[@Nobodyfrom2003]

​@blackgoku678 no, you missed the point. Is not like you wouldn't be able to use cards to do magic, play games or gamble. It is about YOU as a person (Cardist) associating deck of playing cards with Cardistry. Pretty much the point is that for people to see a card and instead of saying "oh yeah those things gamblers use" or "oh the cards we use to play Poker" you could be like "oh this cards would look awesome while doing 'The Worm' on them" or something like that.

[@zeliumite]

Reading through the comments and seeing the number of non-cardists appreciating the art just makes me feel so good inside.

[@RareBrink]

for anyone else looking, the orange and black geometric deck at 0:27 are called "Prime Playing Cards" and they are sold out on artofplay.com but a few other websites still have copies left.

[@tocommenter2726]

I got a tip that worked, or atleast for me: So learn the steps to do your card shuffling, and try to remember with muscle memory. When you do it, do it while looking at a fun video, or something to keep you amused and makes you not look at the cards, then you will learn it also without looking and you will over-all learn it faster. Again, worked for me, don't know about others.

[@denisamatei2335]

To Commenter: something like this happens to me too, if i look at my hands too much when i play piano,i forget what it.s next

[@AAAAAMMM]

If anyone wants to see more videos, Cardistry is sometimes called card flourishes. "Cardistry" is actually a relatively new word, maybe only around the past ~5-10 years did it have a google-able term.

[@schlambabelische3692]

Oh thank you very much, I wondered why I could find nothing about it

[@rahuls.5740]

Beautifully shot and edited...and D&D are the best!

[@houndlifevlogs1055]

That's a really cool skill. Just walk around with cards everywhere, entertainment on the spot.

[@coastalcardiciancollectabl1032]

Hound Life Vlogs I tell you what, it’s waaaaaay better to whip out a deck of cards versus staring at a screen when you have time to kill! Lol

[@like.clarkwork]

Hound Life Vlogs cardistry is becoming the new Patreon

[@notmagicok7612]

You must try it? Just remember you need to start at the basics

[@johnnyappleseed4279]

I've always wanted to do some of these, but every time I try, it looks like I have Parkinson's

[@cpak4156]

Trust me we all start like that.

[@johnnyappleseed4279]

C Pak that's good to know lol I thought I had no hope

[@like.clarkwork]

Johnny Appleseed we all start like that. It looks intimidating when in front of a cardistry master

[@ianho386]

well practice more! Practice makes Permanent

[@vitodarelltjoa6781]

Practice makes it perfect

[@NofirstnameNolastname]

It's funny that I recently got into this, thinking to myself.. well I've been thinking about this for years.. about time to start learning card tricks.. And then realize Cardistry is actually a new and growing branch of card usage. I'm really glad I started this. And it's just there's no cheating with this, a lot of tricks have to be performed perfectly. You cannot stop practicing ever.

[@farhannr28]

I will never forget that this is the video that brought me to this channel, and made me love it ever since. Thank you do much Great Big Story, you are lowkey one of my favourite channel in youtube. Even till today i remember most of your iconic videos, especially the ones about food since they usually company me while having a meal. It's sad to see you go but Thank You for all this years and great big stories you have brought to this channel ❤❤❤❤

[@Meekox]

Take a good look at these two, they are one of the people that shaped and made something that is to stay for decades to come,

[@satyajitacharya8798]

The intro act was very attractive. With that music it seems to be a part of the movie which Nolan would make on cards ( if he ever does ).

[@samrusoff]

You know they're really amazing at these moves when they even look smooth and polished in slow motion

[@miss_magicunknownxx6143]

By far the #Legendtwins I love the passion & enthusiasm they have for anything card related both magic aswell as cardistry and how they speak of these things with such pride! Love you guys❤️

[@bensondowney7610]

dan and dave will never de lost #legend

[@bensondowney7610]

#legends

[@wazup7952]

Who is a cardist here

[@mrdirexion]

me

[@damainguy4002]

Me

[@calvinpham5622]

waz up me

[@riyuiwashere]

Me I'm a new one

[@wizz1548]

me...i can do flourish only 1

[@TalonV9]

Wooo cardistry growin

[@cleinberger]

I love how you can learn something new every day with this site. I never heard of this before!

[@jeb.2x]

As a skateboarder, I love the analogy. I understand it wholeheartedly without even trying it for myself. Hope you guys get even bigger than your goals 🙏

[@kurtmendoza1974]

MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CARISTRY BECAUSE AT MY SCHOOL 99.99% WILL SAY WHAT IS CARDISTRY

[@shadowoc91]

Always exciting when I see familiar faces on this channel.

[@MahdiTheMagician]

These Young Flip Floppers!

[@bensondowney7610]

great job love dan and dave keep going

[@KC-yv2ds]

Sees Dan and Dave collaborating with great big story. Me: clicks as fast as I can

[@RoseRiverSong]

Incredible! Love their passion and creativity!

[@matiasromanach6091]

Everyone needs to see this video.

[@coastalcardiciancollectabl1032]

“Route of Ages - Aurum” by Encarded featuring Predator. “Liquid Paper” by The Virts My two favorite flicks of all time. I get chills every time I watch them.

[@thetruth2488]

Mr Slaybury check out my Playlist I've got almost all videos by Predator at one place. Even few ultra rare ones Pred himself gave me some time ago

[@78878s]

Last Minute II

[@amiracam3007]

Woah, the tricks were so mesmerising

[@BedaUnik]

ahhhh i miss doing cardistry, pactice and pactice

[@przemoc56]

Great video!

[@wolfpac24]

If anyone's thinking of learning some of this, look up "cardistry" in youtube there are tutorials everywhere. Try Searching : "School of cardistry" "beginner cardistry" Or "beginner card flourish" To get started. Personally I'd suggest sybil (I believe dan and dave said it was thier first). Also a tip, put rubber bands around the packets before you start and practice moving them around first. That way you don't have to pick up the whole deck each time you screw up. Hope this helps.

[@JohnsConga]

Michael Wolff Funny when I can do Phased but can't do Sybil, I can do Faro shuffle but can't do Riffle shuffle

[@aronquemarr7434]

Did you try learning sybil or riffle shuffle.

[@agoniavr]

Loved this! What's the place to find guides about learning the basics and some simple tricks? :)

[@JohnsConga]

AndreAgonia School of Cardistry or look up Chris Ramsay Basic Cardistry

[@DaveBuck84]

Also check out artofmagic.com for a bunch of top rate cardistry tutorials.

[@visualsym]

I've enjoyed your videos from time to time but I'd never think you'd make a video about something Im passionate about :) thanks Great Big Story!

[@lost.with.cards.9117]

This is one of the best videos about cardistry!!

[@sirtroy]

I love his monologue!

[@homerperez8481]

Added to my bucket list

[@vissz]

This is really cool👌

[@jordamndough9017]

been waiting for this day

[@jasminekorana2233]

Man why did i decide to do cardistry i cant quit anymore its like smoking tbh

[@MrAvocadoMan]

Love it!

[@mrdirexion]

This is awesome! cardistry is growing stronger by the day. Thanks Bucks

[@DanielRodriguez-gm1ih]

I am from San Diego and I have to say, you guys went around a lot of places to get those shots. They looks so good as well! Really well shot video

[@debjitmagic1]

Legends

[@tracis.1691]

Cool! I wonder if they could do these tricks together...have one person toss and one catch perhaps! I could never do this!

[@gabino9002]

That chess set is the coolest one I've ever seen in my life

[@Meekox]

Green Rusty I would suggest checking out Dan and Dave's own store artofplay there is more chess things from them

[@cyberpunkchloe9]

WOW! That is so Cool, Very Talented Very Skilled!

[@emilykent469]

I have difficulty shuffling cards normally....

[@magrace6863]

These guys are #legends they make me do cardistry at 8 years old ITS really fun to do

[@sambrown7033]

Cardistry Moment

[@Dipi4pinoy]

I'd love to learn this especially since I'm a BlackJack dealer at a casino! I'd blow people's minds but I'm too lazy😭

[@birdsong3786]

Just learn the card spring

[@AwesomeRegularDude]

Well you should ask your manager if that's even allowed. I know in some places, dealers can't do flourishes because the players may be able to see some cards, also you might get accused of manipulating cards. I would recommend learning a move called "flicker" though, it's a one card move that's fun and easy to do to deal down like a final card.

[@soosh2934]

Cardistry*

[@cambridgeratmom]

Beautiful

[@gedundakpa]

nice ending

[@jasminekorana2233]

Around 20800 cardist magicians and maybe even card players awesome

[@ccharles848]

Cool!

[@stephapie1612]

So cool!

[@clarinetcola]

where do u guys get your music? it's awesome!

[@leesaigett184]

Where can one purchase that orange black and yellow deck, deck of cards is gorgeous af

[@Meekox]

Lee Sai Gett from Dan and Dave's own website artofplay! :) it's a new print of an older deck

[@ditwrd]

Cardistry Legend👍👍👍

[@lourdesraupe3824]

Amazing!

[@thorhaveron]

Omg is appeared in my subfeed and just 🐘💨 😮➡️➡️➡️➡️➡️. 🤕 Too good

[@clodomirchibreluisant7079]

I have to learn this

[@jonathanschmidt5841]

ye u should its really fun

[@Thewizardguy]

Awesome video guys I liked and subbed 😆

[@OkitaNamikaze]

so its gonna take me 10 more years to be like them IF I practice cardistry for hours and hours non stop? well......starting from now.

[@aronquemarr7434]

Not ten years. Maybe like two. But the cardistry you saw here isnt the best. Theres better stuff which is more difficult.

[@groslinchristina9593]

Woooh, amazing guy's.......

[@goldentrout4811]

Very cool.

[@shadow_4111]

Anyone else try to learn to do this and fail miserably ✋

[@Rutabagas]

A Single Cheeto Puff you got to try for a while lol. I’m anything but a natural but after 8 months even I’ve got some stuff

[@SiFiBro]

Holy shit, this is awesome!

[@Pauliwallnutz]

Iv been a card flourisher for 10 years and i do agree these two were pioneeres

[@MacFlorendo]

CARD LEGENDS!!!

[@JakoTheWacko]

Does anyone know the name of the geometric, orange and black borderless cards? Those are the sickest cards I've ever seen.b

[@reannenbartha9944]

Did you ever figure out where those cards came from? I'm looking for them

[@schlambabelische3692]

I saw a comment saying its from their own website artofplay and that it is a new version of an older deck ( comment was an answer by @Meeko )

[@pbrn1729]

Awesome 😎

[@strangerinnight1341]

that shirts give +100 dexterity :D

[@ezekielpeppers637]

Is it weird that i knew this was in san diego just from seeing the thumbnail. I could tell that was balboa park lol.

[@ilham7345]

So in nutshell, this could mean how to impress your friends (and crush) while playing cards?

[@MrAvocadoMan]

It's not just about showing off, it's just fun to do. But yes you could do that.

[@Xmw3killerX]

Damn right! Too bad my gf isn't into it as much as me! -buttcards

[@listen7634]

Where are my Cardists at!?

[@theasiangecko]

Wow this is cool

[@Iamafafr]

Their faces is enough to hypnotise me 😍

[@peterkim8525]

Ayyyy cardistry is an art

[@prafultalekar5512]

Legends of cards

[@daturainoxa3037]

Good job Dan and dave

[@MartinTabanag]

What a wonderful form of art. I think they held competitions about this?

[@MrAvocadoMan]

Yeah, they do. But the kind of cardistry you see on those competitions is a bit different from what these guys do.

[@MartinTabanag]

Tinky Winky i would really like to cover those kinds of events and show the world this kind of community and art form. Do you fo cardistry too?

[@MrAvocadoMan]

Martin Tabanag Only a little bit, I struggle to get things smooth. Also I focus more on the classic stuff, like the cuts created by these two masters, not so much on the new stuff. Cardistry nowadays has many forms. Theres stuff like isolations, cool cascades but fancy cuts continue to be my favorite type of cardistry.

[@MartinTabanag]

Tinky Winky that's amazing. I wonder why you are not making those content on your account?

[@MrAvocadoMan]

Because my channel revolves around other things, and I'm really not that good. You can find real talent on youtube so my input wouldn't be worth much. I have made a little compilation about these guys on my other channel though: /watch?v=trzmbg_Qp4E

[@alfredosojr]

if i had a pixel for every dollar in this video, i would have dyslexia

[@chubipower]

mesmerising indeed. i wonder how many paper cuts they got from practicing...

[@ObiWanKenobi]

2:12 good pun "dexterity"

[@Krookedhands]

Well if it wasn't for Brian Tudor then Dan and Dave probably would have not got into flourishing cards

[@vancityguy]

I fear to watch, yet I cannot look away...

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

They make it so easy...

[@aronquemarr7434]

No they don't.

[@madschtz]

Shoutout cardistry

[@razzerraw1108]

All these Cardists in the comment section make me happy, Oliver Sogard where you at?