Getting Started in Magic: A Super Basic, Must-Know Tip (from my experience) for Beginners

I'll obviously be talking about card magic.

I believe, and this is just my personal opinion, that when we first start out in this craft, we all get obsessed with learning as many effects as possible.

Over time, this doesn't really improve. It can take quite a few years until we start prioritizing and focusing on just a few effects (our favorites) and really structuring our repertoire.

Self-working and automatic effects, with easy or more difficult techniques, using gimmicked decks or individual gimmicked cards, with just a few cards...

Well... a lot of stuff.

Actually, when we start learning sleights (the palm, the Pass, false shuffles, forces, the Double Lift, Ascanio's Spread, false counts, etc.), we always run into a few problems as we try to progress, which in some cases has caused us more than a little frustration.

Obviously, perseverance is what it takes to iron out the kinks and achieve perfection.

But if someone had told me, perhaps before I got so obsessed with all those sleights, I would have learned one VERY USEFUL thing before anything else (especially since the younger you are, the better your memory is :slight_smile: )

I'm talking about the Memorized Deck (any system), in my case, I went with Juan Tamariz's and Dani Daortiz's.

If there's one thing I truly believe is worth learning right from the start, it's a MEMORIZED DECK.

I promise you that your time invested will be rewarded with hours and hours of pure magic.

All the best, everyone, and keep the magic going!!!