In this download, Eddie teaches five powerful false cuts for use at the table. Alongside teaching his handlings of these moves, Eddie also includes some of his insights into structuring your magic. Eddie discusses when to use false-cuts; how to add beats and pauses to make them, even more, deceiving; as well as his thoughts on how to pace an effect to remove suspicion.
Comments from Professionals:
“An in-depth toolkit for expert card magic.” – R. Paul Wilson
“If you cant learn them from this video ‘you should give up card magic and take up stamp collecting” – Garry Plants
“…not only as an excellent primer for beginners, but contains little gems that will delight advanced practitioners as well” – Jack Carpenter
“I highly recommend this to people wishing to add some fantastic tools to their repertoire.” – John Carey
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Contents
- The Affas Gaffas Cut by Frank Garcia
A triple packet cut that allows you to fairly and slowly collect each packet up. - The Marnase Cut by Ed Marlo and S.W. Erdnase
A practical and straightforward false cut that uses a similar retention-of-vision to the Mel Stover/Winnipeg Cut taught on the Cold Deck Cut Project but done on the table. - The Multiple False Cut by Dai Vernon
A strip-cut style cut from Dai Vernon with several subtleties that add to the visual complexity of the cut and the convincingness. - The Hustlers Triple Cut by Darwin Ortiz
A simplified version of the Vernon ‘Multiple False Cut’ from Darwin Ortiz’s annotated Erdnase included for completeness of the discussion. - The To the Table Cut by Larry Jennings
An initial handling of the “swing cut”, which does the swing as a hidden action that is used to set up the cut. Eddie adds his touch of this inspired by Gordon Bruce.
Each cut is demonstrated and taught from multiple angles and broken down so that you can follow each of the moves. These cuts are excellent to follow a false shuffle with to complete your “mixing” of the cards.
Running-time: 31 minutes.
Professional Reviews
“An in-depth toolkit for expert card magic.” – R. Paul Wilson
“I love false shuffles and false cuts. You can never have too many of them in your arsenal and so I can recommend, without hesitation, Eddie’s new video on false cuts. If you cant learn them from this video ‘you should give up card magic and take up stamp collecting” – Gary Plants
“Well filmed with very thorough explanations, Eddie McColl’s series on card technique serves not only as an excellent primer for beginners, but contains little gems that will delight advanced practitioners as well.” – Jack Carpenter
“Just had the privilege to watch Eddie teach a whole range of highly deceptive blind or false cuts. Beautifully performed and taught, with some absolute gems taught in exacting detail. I highly recommend this to people wishing to add some fantastic tools to their repertoire.” – John Carey
“Having a variety of different style of false cuts is something that should be in every magician’s repertoire. Eddie gives five different cuts in this download, everyone looks real. I cannot wait until Vol. 2.” – Allan Ackerman”
“This is a must for those interested in performing deceptive card work. Highly recommended.” – Tom Gagnon
“If you are serious about your magic, two of the most important tools you must have in your arsenal is an excellent false shuffle and an excellent false cut. Eddie McColl’s false shuffle techniques are incredible and now he accommodates this with his new download featuring incredible false cuts. I have seen Eddie utilizing both these tools and both are something to behold.” – Howard Hamburg