A COMPLETE COURSE IN CARD MAGIC If you're serious about card magic, and let’s face it, who isn’t? The Royal Road to Card Magic with R. Paul Wilson is your go-to. No fluff, just the good stuff.
Since its birth, The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue has been the heavyweight champion in card sleight literature. We’re talking essential techniques here, from the Overhand Shuffle to the Pass and Palm. If you don’t know these, you might as well be doing card tricks with rubber chickens.
Every chapter dives into a new sleight, followed by a handful of tricks that utilize your newly acquired skills—many of which are some of the best effects ever conceived. Seriously, this is the kind of stuff that will have your audience gasping for air.
Countless top-tier magicians got their start with Hugard and Braue’s classic, including card wizard R. Paul Wilson. In this video download, Paul takes you down this Royal Road with flair, demonstrating each sleight and effect from the book while sprinkling in some of his own clever touches. With crystal-clear instructions and multiple camera angles, you’ll feel like he’s right there in your living room—minus the awkward small talk. Plus, he performs most of the tricks for a casual audience, so you can see the magic in action before diving into learning it.
This series isn’t just a rehash; it’s a full-on course in card magic that expands on the original material with fresh effects, polished methods, and wisdom from some of today’s top card conjurers. Follow this course from start to finish, mastering each sleight before moving on, and you’ll be well on your way to dazzling your audiences.
Learning card magic from R. Paul Wilson? You’d be hard-pressed to find a better option. The production values are top-notch! This is the best download course on card magic available today! -Bill Malone
Paul Wilson has been performing card magic since he was eight years old and, let’s be honest, he probably still has a deck of cards in his pocket. Now a world-renowned, award-winning magician, Paul is known for his innovative approach to magic and his killer card skills. He’s a regular at the Magic Castle in Hollywood and travels the globe performing and lecturing on sleight of hand. Paul’s also authored a slew of booklets and manuscripts and produced several instructional videos. His film and television credits are impressive, including roles as a technical advisor and second-unit director for Shade, producer for A&E's Mondo Magic, co-producer and star for Court TV's The Takedown, and technical advisor on Smokin' Aces. So yeah, he knows his stuff.
VOLUME 1 Introduction Overhand Shuffle Hand Position Execution Controlling the Top Card Controlling the Bottom Card Top Card to Next to Bottom and Back The Run Injog Double Undercut Control Retaining Top Stock Full Deck False Shuffle Topsy-Turvy Cards Poker Player's Nightmare Pocket Discovery Telepathy Plus Thought Stealer Pinkie Does It A Card and a Number Riffle Shuffle Intro Refinement Retaining the Top Card Retaining the Bottom Card In the Air An Instinct for Cards Ultra Card Divination Flourishes Intro Ruffle Spread and Turnover Springing the Cards Waterfall Shuffle The Fan One Hand Fan One Thumb Fan Bonus Material
VOLUME 2 The Glide Intro The Glide Glide Refinement Design for Laughter Observation Test Glimpse Intro & The Bottom Card Glimpse The Top Card Glimpse #1 Gray's Spelling Trick Key Card / Undercut / Card Under Do As I Do The Three Piles The Twenty-Sixth Card Meeting of the Minds Non Poker Voice Sliding Key Card Bonus Material
VOLUME 3 Palm Intro Top Palm 1 Holding Card / Holding Deck Multiple Top Palm Palm Glimpse Replacing Top Card Refinement Card in Pocket Now You See It Gathering of the Clan Spring Catch Piano Trick Back Slip Intro Back Slip Lightning Card The Tantalizer Under Your Hat Overhand Shuffle 2 Intro Overhand Break Control Overhand Lift Shuffle Lift Shuffle Force Spread & Break Holding a Break Spread & Break Control Refinement Obliging Aces Leapfrog Spectator's Card Poker Puzzle False Shuffles and Cuts Intro Optical Shuffle Charlier Shuffle False Cuts Palm Cut An Incomprehensible Divination Circus Card Trick Blackjack Detective Bonus Material
VOLUME 4 Double Lift and Turnover Refinement Double Lift Glimpse Reverse Rapid Transit Ambitious Card Throughth and Consequences Insidious Dr. Fu Lui Tu The Pass Intro Pass Technique Refinement Roy Walton's Pass at Red Kangaroo Card Righting a Wrong Blindfold Pack Double Speller Color Change The Changing Card Self Cutting Deck A Pretty Cut Pop-Up Card Charlier Cut Acrobatic Aces Reverses Intro First Method Second Method Third Method Fourth Method Reversed Location Tipsy Turvy Double Reverse Mentalivity Mountebank Miracle Bonus Material
VOLUME 5 Hindu Shuffle Control Hindu Force Hindu Glimpse The Step Natural Injog All Change Here Classic Force Intro Now You See It One Hand Force Bottom Force Two Card Force Riffle Break Force Sliding Key Force Double Lift Force Cut Force Justice Card Trick Fours of a Kind Pulse Trick Top & Bottom Changes Intro Top Change Refinement The Changeling Bottom Change Arrangements Jacks Wild Think Stop Reds & Blacks Matching the Cards Platform Intro 3 Cards Across Ladies Looking Glass Paul's Tips Bonus Material
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