Card tricks have been around a long time - probably as long as there have been cards to do them with. When done right, they can amaze and astound the people who you are performing the trick for. So whether you want to learn the "simple" Lost Ace trick, or the more complex Vice Versa, you will find the information you need here. In order to become a successful conjurer with cards, it is essential that you first become familiar with the various sleights or skills upon which the most effective card tricks are based. It is impossible to devote too much time to the acquirement and practice of these moves, there being practically no limit to the degree of dexterity that can be reached by practice (and only by practice). After the necessary degree of proficiency in sleights has been acquired, each trick that the beginner intends to perform must be carefully laid out and clothed, as it were, with a certain speech, technically termed "patter", the object of which is to cause the card trick itself to assume, in the minds of the spectators, a plausible appearance. The performer's manner should be suave, but not over polite &endash; a mistake made by most beginners. Over politeness tends to reduce the performer to a level below that of the spectators. Instead, the object is to convey the impression that the performer is gifted with an inexplicable power. Home | Card Tricks | Card Trick Skills | The Pass | The Force | Changes False Shuffling | The Glimpse | Card Palm | Card Sleights Copyright © 2003-2006 HowToDoCardTricks.com. All rights reserved worldwide.   You can quickly get a copy of every trick on this web site in a downloadable PDF book. That's over 40 classic card tricks to amaze and astound your friends, all stored on your computer to refer to at any time! Just click the link below to get your own copy today for just $5.