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Peter Turner: JazzACAAN (VIDEO, Mindvention 2014)
The man is from another planet.
Yall aint seen real poker chips, fam?
Stepping up your poker chip magic game, fam—you’re about to level up!
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Billet Chi by Nestor Dee [VIDEO]
Guest Post: Atomic Deck by Craig Petty - My Biased Review [by Akshay Mishra]
Note: We received this guest submission before the latest Atomic Deck update. As of yesterday, Craig Petty announced an update for Atomic Deck that allows you to substitute your phone for a crib that "can be hidden in plain sight." As you guys know, I used to be

I Performed ACAAT 165 times: 84% is my final answer.
Administrative Note: If you're already a Premium Member subscriber for $3/month, you're good—nothing changes for you. But if you haven't upgraded your account, you will indefinitely lose all access to the DDC in 48 hours - past and present. All Premium Subscriptions
Off Balance Transposition, an alternative worth checking out

ACAAP Meets the Passport Diary Trick
On March 1st, the DDC will become an invite-only club, and free content disappears. This is your only chance to lock in your Premium Access Membership for $3/month—after that, it's invite-only. We're currently posting to our site and via email approximately every 3 days.
Final Call: DDC is Going Invite-Only – Lock In Your Access Now!
Big changes are coming. On March 1st, the DDC is becoming an invite-only club, and free content will be completely discontinued. As a courtesy to our free members, we're giving you one final opportunity to secure a Premium Access Membership for $3/month—after this, membership subscriptions will
Blackpool Highlights: Magic For...on YouTube
This Friday, Premium Access Members get an exclusive post via email featuring a routine that has a taste of ACAAN, a touch of the Diary Trick, and a sprinkle of creativity needed from you—making $3/month for access to our Premium Content feel like daylight robbery (for us). If

The first VI blog post
Many people don't take the blogs over at Vanishing Inc too seriously. I mean, maybe there’s some decent stuff buried in there, but let’s be honest—there are better magic blogs out there if you’re looking to learn something new. Anyway, it's the
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Brilliant Basics 2 PART 4, aka "brilliant basics_2_4" [Timestamp Notes, Ben Earl's DMS, Winter 2020]
2:00 | Direct Side Steal (Marlo) 7:45 | Side Steal to Full Palm 12:40 | Cover Action for Full Palm 13:45 | Direct Side Steal from Spread (no insertion) 23:05 | Triple Dribble (Dribble Pass) 29:15 | Pinky Break Control 32:50 | The Classic/Dribble Pass 38:00 | The Invisible
Old News May Not Like This [Video]
Magic Fairy Dust of the Day: Paul Gordon has reprinted a paperback version of Gold Dust, which is now available for purchase here. This is a highly elusive title, so you may want to grab a copy while it's available. Yo, yo, yo – Comin’ at ya live from
Card Sleights
Preserving a Half-Deck Stock While Asking a Spectator to Shuffle Everything [Video]
Who did it better - Mallory on the cover of JAMM... Or Lil Bennie... Don't lie: Old-school Bennie got your willy wet.

Card Sleights
Separating a Deck at a Specific Point
Some routines demand you split the deck or catch a pinky break in spots that aren’t exactly convenient...
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Which Hand or Which Cheek? Timon Krause's New Book is OTW [updated!]
Update: You can now pre-order Timon's upcoming book, On Cold Reading: Theory and Practice, here. MindFX recently announced that Timon Krause has a new book on the way. Attendees at Blackpool will probably get first dibs, but they'll be opening their registration list for interested people
mentalism
Guest Post: Caesar's Stack by Akshay Mishra
I used to be a mentalist. I say 'used to' because I lost all interest in mentalism when it started becoming more and more popular and magicians who were average at best started branding themselves as mentalists in the hopes of corporates paying more for using this buzzword

Over a Decade in the Making: Mission Accomplished
Announcement: Our first Guest Post drops tomorrow. It's an eye opener! I don’t know what Rusty’s up to—probably making some prison warden’s life hell—but that fool’s gonna lose his damn mind when he hears I finally got my hands on Issue Two

IN THE MATTER OF: DFB Keyboard Warriors vs. The Magic Community
Public Service Announcement: Copying & pasting directly from our DDC newsletters, posting it in Facebook groups, and then lying about the source? That’s next-level fuckery. A lot of our DDC members are in those same groups — we received multiple screenshots. We want you to share the info we put

Upcoming Magic Book Reprints on the Horizon from Murphy's Magic
Ah, brevity—a virtue often overlooked, yet here we are, delivering it with the precision of a well-practiced double lift. Less than a week ago, Austin Murphy, CEO of Murphy’s Magic, recently provided an insightful update regarding upcoming reprints. Tentatively, here's the reprint agenda for magic books:
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Timestamp Notes
Brilliant Basics 2 PART 3 aka "brilliant basics_2_3" [Timestamp Notes, Ben Earl's DMS, Winter 2020]
New to the DDC? Timestamp Notes are just a small part of what we do. If you’re easily offended, this probably isn’t for you—we don’t cater to mainstream magic opinions. The Dildo Conundrum is about as offensive as we've got (so far). But we
An Ode to Ernie: a response to an email
Hear ye, hear ye! Gather round, ye jesters and scribes of the magical realms! Upon this day, the 27th of January, in the Year of 2025, let it be inscribed in the Magic Books of Mediocrity that a man, one whom we shall call Ernie, hath ascended beyond mortal bounds
Random Thoughts about a Random Trick
When my time on Planet Earth comes to an end, I secretly hope my funeral has two acts with an intermission. Act One: me lying face-down in the casket, so all the two-faced magicians can line up to kiss my ass one last time. Act Two: face-up, eyes fixed on
Special Thanks to Chris N.
You ever wonder why the magic community’s so allergic to supporting good people? It’s like pulling teeth to see anyone lift each other up. Heck, even the crew behind the DDC are just a bunch of two-faced selfish, stuck-up buttholes. We're not out here running a