Card manipulation (or card magic) is the illusion of magic using a deck of playing cards. A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper thin card or thin plastic figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing Card games Card magic is commonplace in magic performances, especially in close up magic or parlor magic and street magic. Street Magic is the second book in the quartet The Circle Opens by acclaimed fantasy author Tamora Pierce. ^[1]

Playing cards became popular with magicians in the last century or so as they were props which were inexpensive, versatile, and easily manipulated. Although magicians have created and presented myriad illusions with cards (sometimes referred to as card tricks), these illusions are generally considered to be built upon perhaps one hundred or so basic principles and techniques. Presentation and context (including patter, the conjurer's misleading account of what he is doing) account for many of the variations. Patter is a glib rapid speech, that accompanies and complements some actions e

Card magic, in one form or another, likely dates from the time playing cards became commonly known — towards the second half of the fourteenth century — but its history in this period is largely undocumented. One may surmise from the practice of how other everyday objects have been pressed into the service of conjurers across cultures and the ages that card magic developed spontaneously and roughly concurrently in different parts of the world, if not always synchronously. However, compared to sleight of hand magic in general and to cups and balls, it is a relatively new form of magic. Sleight of hand, also known as prestidigitation ("quick fingers" or léger de main (from the French for "lightness of hand" ^[2]

Card "manipulators" performing card fans and other manipulations, which require the individual cards to flow smoothly across each other, sometimes use a Zinc stearate-based powder (marketed as "Fanning powder"). Zinc stearate ( Zn ( C18[[Hydrogen H35]] O2)2 is a zinc soap that repels water This is applied as a means to lengthen the life of the cards and to make the friction between each more consistent throughout the life of the cards.

Though manipulators tend to have personal preferences on the types and brands of cards used based on their own experiences, the overall favorites almost always have an “air cushion” or small dimples on the finish of the card. These hold air, in a similar manner to the dimples on a golf ball, and allow the cards to glide over one another easily. However over time they can collect oils and dirt which make the cards harder to use in manipulation. Applying Fanning Powder to card beforehand helps slow this as well as repel moisture that may build up on the hands through extended performances. Also some manipulators may keep their decks in card protectors or clips to further extend the life of their cards.

Notable card manipulators

• Lance Burton
• Allan Ackerman
• Bobby Baxter
• Cardini (Richard Pitchford)
• S. W. Erdnase
• Lennart Green
• Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser
• Guy Hollingworth
• Robert Houdin
• Ricky Jay
• Simon Lovell
• Ed Marlo (Edward Malkowski)
• Jeff McBride
• Darwin Ortiz
• Jerry Sadowitz
• John Scarne
• Juan Tamariz
• Roy Walton
• Daryl Martinez
• Michael Ammar
• Herb Zarrow
• T. Nelson Downs
• René Lavand

See also

• Card marking
• Sleight of hand
• Trick deck
• Flourish
• Card throwing
• Si Stebbins
• Cardistry

References

1. ^ Wilson, Mark [1975] (1988). Lance Burton (born William Lance Burton on March 10 1960 in Louisville Kentucky) is a Jewish American stage magician who performs nightly Allan Ackerman is an American magician who specializes in Sleight of hand magic with Playing cards. This article refers to the English footballer for the Scottish footballer see Bobby Baxter (Scottish footballer. Richard Valentine Pitchford ( November 24, 1895 &ndash November 13, 1973) was a master magician S W Erdnase is the author of The Expert at the Card Table, a book detailing sleight of hand and cheating techniques using playing cards and in continual publication Lennart Green (born December 25, 1941) is a world champion close-up/card magician, a title which he won in 1991 at the FISM convention in Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser ( June 19, 1806 &ndash March 11, 1875) was a minor employee at the financial department of the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy Guy Hollingworth (born 1974) is an English conjuror known for his skillful card magic and elegant performing style Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin ( December 6, 1805 – June 13, 1871) was a French magician. Ricky Jay (born Richard Jay Potash; 1948 is an American Stage magician Actor, and Writer. Simon Lovell (born 1957 in Manchester) is an English comedy magician and card shark Ed Marlo (born Edward Malkowski in Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 1913 - November 7, 1991) was a legendary cardician Jeff McBride (also known as Magnus) (born September 11, 1959) is an American magician. Darwin Ortiz (born 1948) is an authority on gambling and card manipulation Jerry Sadowitz (sometimes billed as Gerry Sadowitz) (born 4 November 1961 is a Scottish card magician and controversial stand-up comic Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia ( March 4, 1903 - July 7, 1985) was born in Steubenville Ohio, The United States of America and at some Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón (born in Madrid, October 18, 1942) is a Spanish magician. Roy Walton (born 1932 in London) is a Card magic expert from England who currently lives and works in Scotland. Daryl is a common English name Daryl (name DARYL, a 1985 science-fiction movie Daryl may Michael Ammar (b June 25 1956 is one of America's best-known close-up magicians, and is famous within the worldwide magical community Herb Zarrow (November 41925-May 11 2008 was an American magician influential in the profession for his inventions of unique Sleight of hand and Card tricks Thomas Nelson Downs, also T Nelson Downs, ( March 16, 1867 &ndash September 11, 1938) was one of the most famous manipulative Héctor René Lavandera usually known as René Lavand (b September 24, 1928 in Buenos Aires) is a magician from Argentina Card marking is the process of altering Playing cards such that the suit rank or both are only apparent to the person marking the cards (or potentially another conspirator usually Sleight of hand, also known as prestidigitation ("quick fingers" or léger de main (from the French for "lightness of hand" A trick deck usually refers to a deck of Playing cards which has been altered in some way to allow magicians to perform certain card tricks where Sleight Card throwing is the art of throwing standard Playing cards First popularized in the West among stage magicians the art of throwing cards was called scaling. The Si Stebbins is a Card stack system used to perform Mentalism and card tricks with a Gambling theme (see Magic (illusion) Cardistry is the non-deceptive manipulation of playing cards designed to impress through dexterity and style rather than by tricking the eye Mark Wilson's Complete Course In Magic. Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic is the title of a book on magic written by Mark Wilson the stage magician. Courage Books. ISBN 0894716239.  Card Magic, pp. 17-171.
2. ^ Randi, James [1992]. James Randi (born August 7 1928 (stage name The Amazing Randi) is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of Paranormal Conjuring. The word conjuration (from Latin 'conjure' 'conjurare' to swear together can be interpreted in several different ways as an Invocation or Evocation (the latter St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312097714.  Conjuring in early Europe, pp. 17-27.

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