Magic Tricks

It is rare nowadays to find a true diamond in the rough when it comes to Magic. This venue has been drowned with mediocrity, that when something truly worth owning gets buried underneath. The Trilogy by Dan and Dave Buck truly shines and anyone who performs Card magic professionally or not should look into this collection

Dan and Dave pull out all the stops here. This collection is jam-packed with over 6 hours of Tricks, Flourishes, and Everything Else...literally. Disc 1 contains 13 tricks that are very visual. The tricks themselves are in the intermediate-advanced range, but they are all well- explained and Dan and Dave are excellent teachers, as well as performers. The great thing is none of the tricks require gaffs, dupes, or gimmicks, pure sleight of hand and skill. mastering these will definitely be a feat but the payoff will be worth it.

Disc 2 contains a bevy of flashy flourishes. I'm not much of a cardist, but these moves are a definite asset to cardistry enthusiasts. Some of these moves are not for the faint of heart and may take quite a bit of practice to get it down straight. The Buck twins again do a great job of teaching here, some times they tend to go a little faster than one would hope but overall they get their points across.

Lsstly Disc 3 is pretty much a cornucopia of random: Sleights, shuffles, finger exercises, changes and more. Also some of the more basic flourishes are taught in a section labeled "Flourishes 101." Here 20 of the more basic flourishes are taught such as the Thumb Fan, Pressure Fan, Charlier Cut, and Sybil just to name a few. There is also a few little tricks scattered here and there on the Disc 3 such as the The Black Jack Production and Shuffled Aces. Probably one the funnest DVD's of the three to watch. Disc 3 pretty much sets the bar high for an "extras" dvd.

As well as this, Dan and Dave teach numerous sleights and controls, such as the DMB Spread Control, throughout the Trilogy which can be used in numerous applications and tricks in your own arsenal.

Overall this collection is top-shelf. The material contained on these DVD's could last you for years, and there is always something to go back to. It can be overwhelming to some, but this will really make you work hard to achieve some visual miracles with a deck of cards What Dan and Dave have done is purely a masterpiece and should be a standard in the making of all magic dvd's henceforth.