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Card College by Roberto Giobbi (VOLUME 2)


The DEFINITIVE course for serious card magicians. Highly recommended by card professionals.
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"If you love card magic, you can't do better. They're just incredible valuable tools. If you're very serious about learning magic, you can't do better than study what Roberto Giobbi has put into these volumes for the serious student." -John Lovick

"They're excellent books. I'd recommend them to ANYBODY, especially those just getting into card magic." -Michael Close

"Card College is the complete course in card magic. I 100% it's going to help you today and every day in your career." -Jeff Prace

Picking up where Volume One left off, Volume Two teaches such classic and invaluable sleights as the palm, the pass, the glimpse, false counts and much more. Volume Two concludes with a chapter on psychology, misdirection and presentation that's among the best treatments ever done on these important subjects. Throughout, Mr. Giobbi includes original ideas and refinements, guaranteeing every reader, no matter how experienced, fresh techniques and insights. Some of the topics covered in Volume Two include:

The Glimpse
Card Reverses
The Crimp
Palming
False Cuts
False Counts
The Pass
The Overhand Shuffle
Flourishes
The Double Turnover
Misdirection
Psychology
Routining
Presentation

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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 2nd, 2010
My favourite piece of magic to perform for almost all situations is the "Homing Card" routine described in this volume (2). An offbeat, funny, killer ending card to pocket routine. Never fails to amaze even the most annoying hecklers. You should be buying this NOW! Oh yeh, I think I forgot to mention to other 300+ pages of meticulously detailed magic... BUY THE SET NOW!!
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 9th, 2010
The Card College series is similar to books like "Modern Coin Magic" for coin workers, or "Royal Road to Card Magic" or "Expert Card Technique" for card guys...it's a MUST HAVE. The book is a staple in card magic that will not only give you a fantastic start into card magic, but will give you an excellent source of sleights and effects for years and years to come.

I bought the Card College series years ago, and even after making a successful living in magic for over a decade now I still benefit from the books. Everytime I flip through the books I find something new, or something I'd forgotten, or something that I'm now ready for that I wasn't before.

You simply must get these books. If you are even reading any reviews on these books just add them to card now. It's well worth it.


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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 5th, 2018
Card College (V1-5) is just one of the many references I own in my magic library. However, it stands alone as the best reference of any I have ever seen. I started out in magic not able to do anything with cards. I couldn't shuffle, I couldn't spread the cards, and I certainly couldn't control the cards. Over the course of several years I worked my way through every page of this series on cards. As a result I have become extremely comfortable (and competent) performing card magic. The slights are explained, with excellent graphics, better than any other reference I own. The tricks are just fantastic. When I find tricks in other references that mention slights which I may not be familiar with or that I might be rusty performing, I just refer to card college for the explanation on the slight.

If anyone plans on doing card magic, this series may be the best reference on the market. Please note that if you are making an investment in one of these books, plan on buying all the books as you will want a complete reference. Each book focuses on different techniques.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 2nd, 2010
Here we get into more advanced techniques, and you should spend much time on this material. Buy these books one at the time, as Darwin Ortiz writes! Card College volume 2 gives you a lot of material, most noteably the classic pass, palming techniques, false cuts and finally a real, practical double lift to use. The flourish section is essential, with the one handed shuffle and some coul turnover techniques to mention some. Good tricks include homing card plus and
Giobbis ambitious card routine.

Last but not least: the theory section is AMAZING! Man, this guy is so rich on knowledge, and so good on conveying it. Card college 2 is a must have, but buy volume 1 first ;)
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on March 3rd, 2023
I am working on a card to box routine and was interested in his take on Tommy Wonder's routine.
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on November 26th, 2018
Hard not to echo what everyone else is saying about these books but I want to point out the value of Volume 2. There are many great tricks but where I learned a lot was from the ending section discussing theory. The ideas presented literally made me change how I perform and construct a trick. Rather than doing sleights and moves, it caused me to determine which sleight works best in this situation and how can I transition to the next trick. I'm super glad I have this set and look forward to getting the hard to get volume 5. Buy the books if you want to take your magic next level.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on October 2nd, 2018
This volume is no exception. One small side note: I'd highly recommend Giobbi's accompanying videos that are based on Card College 1 & 2. These are tremendously helpful to aid the books. I'm not sure if they're available on Penguin, but they're available as a direct download from Giobbi's site.
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