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Lessons in Card Mastery

Ortiz, Darwin

(Based on 1 review)
Among Darwin Ortiz' many fans, the only question is which of his card books is the best: Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, Cardshark, or Scams & Fantasies with Cards. Now there is a new candidate: the aptly-named Lessons in Card Mastery.

This time the accent is on uncanny displays of card control. You'll display physical control by cutting to a selected card with just one finger, trapping two selections in a shuffled deck, displaying mastery at Texas hold'em, instantaneously producing an entire suit, making the deck sort itself into reds and blacks, and causing all fifty-two cards to rearrange into perfect suit and number sequence. You'll display mental control by diving cards under impossible conditions and memorizing a deck in a matter of seconds.

Again and again the cards obey your will like soldiers following the marching orders. These are effects that will convince any audience that you can do anything with a deck of cards.

Reviews

Joe Diamond

Official Reviewer

May 13, 2013

This book by Darwin Ortiz is for serious card workers.

This is the second product I’ve gotten this month with the word “mastery” in it’s title. I think mastery is a relative term, which is why I chose to ignore it in both reviews. That said, there are some great pieces in this book.

The material is not suitable for most ‘standard’ close up strolling situations like restaurant work or cocktail parties. You’ve got to be sitting at a table doing a show for most of this material to work. This isn’t the kind of material you read, work on for a week, and do at the restaurant or for your friends. Each one of these pieces are going to take a lot of time. Not a huge negative, but something to keep in mind if you are a professional.

If you are not a professional, there are plenty of fun, interesting, and knucklebusting moves and sequences for you to work on and practice.

The two stand out routines for me are the nine card multiple selection routine, and Darwin’s Wild Card. Those two routines are worth the price of the book.

If you want some interesting card magic to practice for the next few months, then this book is worth your investment of money and time.
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