Sleightly Magical by Dan and Dave

Overview

Dan and Dave are known for their hardcore flashy style and this manual represents nonetheless. You will enjoy six brand new tricks featuring six original sleights that will entertain you with months of practice.

And if that’s not enough, they continue their ongoing repertoire of flourishes with a new concept that is a must learn for any card manipulator. Although the majority of the material is demanding, there is something for everyone (well, as long as you’re into cards). Read through the content descriptions below and just think, the secrets are only a mouse click away.

Contents

TiVo 2
The most visual two-card transposition ever published, and we’re not the only ones saying that. Imagine openly placing a selected card out-jogged in the center of the deck, turning the top card face up and without ever covering either card, they instantly transpose. In addition, you’ll learn an awesome new double lift from the center. This trick rocks on all levels!

Hedbergs Peak
If you ever need a quick trick to shut that noisy guy up, this is it. It leaves them completely stumped after thinking they had you all along. It’s another quick transposition effect (might as well get them out of the way) but is open for tons of possibilities.

Carnahan Fan
An instant classic and a must learn for all card manipulators. This is a lighting fast, almost instant, production of a huge fan of cards and then as quick as it appeared, it is gone and the deck is ready to do your bidding. Not too difficult either.

Ginastaire Double
A beautiful flourishy double lift that spins from the top of the deck. Acts as a great opening for an ambitious card routine or just to produce a double from the top. Even a seasoned professional won’t believe this could be a double.

D.D.C. (discrepancy dribble control)
Similar to Lee Asher’s Losing Control but without having to spread the cards. Very open with practically no movement. Great for large and small groups alike.

Osh Negash B'Gosh
Imagine a card selected by being propelled through mid-air and caught between two mates. The card is noted and the packet placed on the table. Another selection is openly made and instantly changes into the first selection. When the sandwiched card is turned over by the spectator, they find it to be the second selection. An extremely strong table-hopping effect!

db Spin Change
Pretty much the most visual change on the planet. The type of change you only dream about! (other than Keira Knightley changing)

Erdnase Go Round
An AWESOME and easy little flourish you’ll have tons of fun with. It’s essentially a one-hand cut, but involves packets spinning and flipping through the air. Other applications include a wicked single card production that’s magic in itself.

The Greek Time Machine
A Dan and Dave remix of the classic Back in Time effect by Steve Freeman. (If you know the Freeman trick, just imagine it with a face up card and you’ve imagined this trick, seriously)

Game with a Ghost
Similar to The Greek Time Machine but with an added card to pocket/transposition kicker (and when I say “kicker” I mean it like if you were kicked by The Incredible Hulk, but further!)

Summer of 69
The coolest packet trick you’ll ever perform, if you could ever work up the nerve to perform one. The four sixes are shown with the added Buck flair. The performer jokes about how if he turns the six around it changes to a nine (pointing to an upside down six from the spectators POV). The next time the performer turns them around, they really do change to four nines and the cards can be handed out for examination.

Dracula, Count
Part of the reason you don’t see packet tricks anymore is due to the boring counts involved. Well, Dan and Dave have fixed that by creating a beautiful Gemini Count sequence (2-for-4) that will leave your spectators asking you to count the cards again.

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Author: Michael Taylor
One of the main reasons why I liked this new set of notes was definitely the originality, and style. The tricks are just as Impressive as the Flourishes. There style not only is with the cards!
First off the notes look amazing! Full color pages make your jaws drop at the great detail. There is definitely something in these notes for beginner to advanced card workers.

They describe the moves with great detail. They even have a whole page in what TiVo 2.0 should look like as a frame-by-frame still art. Some flourishes in there are just amazing, stuff you would never think possible with cards. The Carnahan Fan is a lighting fast instant production of a fan, opens and closes in about 2 seconds.

There a many other things in the notes that are WELL WORTH IT. Three words PUT IN CART!!!

Author: Aethan Friday
Hello out there, what follows is a review of the Dan and Dave notes to soon hit the magic/flourish community. I have personally seen these creations and can say we are all in for yet another treat. I thought it would be fun to read about what "SLEIGHTLY MAGICAL" is all about so here you go.
Flourishes

Erdnase go Round: A quick and relatively easy (provided you have mastered "The Erdnase Shift-one hand" from T.E.A.T.C.T pg.99) flourish in which the bottom half of the deck summersalts from under the top half flipping its way in air, and around the top half where it then lands face down top of the pack.

Carnahan Fan: A lighting fast instant production of a fan, and then as qucik as it is there it is gone and the deck is ready to do your bidding. I saw Dave do this quite a while ago so my memory is a little "foggy" but it from what I remember it was sweet.

Sleights

D.D.C: (discrepancy dribble control): A beautiful disarming card control to the top of the pack. There is little to no motion of this control. It is discrepant but as Dr. Daley has said (at least I believe it was he) "Any good card trick(in this case a control) will have a discrepancy in it." This one will take a little bit of practice because the timing and fluidity of it is the key.

Spin Change: Alls I have to say is "Wholly Shit!" This is about as visual as a change can get guys. A card it shown and placed face up in the center of the deck sticking half way out. The card is spun 360 degrees and it "morphs" into another card. It looks amazing. I had the same idea for the change--never telling anyone--about a year ago but thought it would be impossible and so I gave up. Leave it to Dan though to take the "impossible" and make it a REALITY!!!

Spinner: A flourishy and disarming way to do a double, you will think "no way!" But yes folks, it is a double!!!

Dracula Count: A flourishy and fast way to count 2 as four. I was pleasently surprised to see the Bucks do a packet trick (summer of 69) let alone to see a new and highly unorthodox way of counting 2 as four.

Tricks

Hedbergs Peak: This one is FUN to do! A transposition where in the spectators are "sucker punched" at the end. This one takes only a fraction of an instant to do but there is a double tranposition within. Recommended!

Summer of 69: A packet trick, I believe the first from the bucks, where the four 6's are shown in a most unusual count (flourishy and fast). The four six's are given a twist, while you explain to the audience that if you twist the "6" around it looks like a "9". You then explain "no really look!" and that's when you twist the packet around again and there is a nine! In fact when you spread the packet there are the four 9's!!!

OshNegosh B'gosh: A randomly stopped at card propells itself from the pack through midair, where it is caught face down inbetween two awaiting face up mates in the right hand. This "sandwhich" is then tabled. A card is named by the audience from the pack and this card is placed on the face of the deck. The named card then instantly changes into the previously stopped at card! And--you guessed it folks--the sandwhich on the table is spread to show that the face down card inbetween is the now the named one!!! A killer transpo.

The Greek Time Machine: The Bucks take Steve Freeman's version of the classic "Time Machine" effect and give it their own spin.

TiVo 2: Dave hits hard with this highly visual and qucik transposition effect. The name says it all guys, like "TiVo Transpo" its predecessor but a different method.

Well guys that about wraps it up. There is a possibility that my review is incomplete. That is, there might be a few more things in the notes. The final write up is still pending and I don't know what the Bucks will ultimately include. But I would rather ommit some items, then to promise you guys more tricks than are really there. Thank you all for your time, and I appoligize for any unclearity in the review.

Author: Erik
I was really excited to buy this, as those few who had it said it was the best set of notes by DB2 so far, and it really is. I would have loved to have seen everything performed before learning it, but ah well, I'll have to live with it.
Overall this is the best set of notes that DB2 have released. The design is awesome.

I give it a 6 out 5 stars.

Good work guys!

Author: Chris Hestnes
So, this morning I woke up earlier than normal. Why, I don't know, but I knew that it was good for something. I did my usual morning stuff, went on the computer and started doing my daily routine, including doing my job on this forum. "Hmm, Dan's posted in the Coming Soon forum. Probably another delay on the notes :( ". Djizes, was I WRONG. I grabbed my mothers’ credit card and ordered at the moment. Woho, I was excited and ready to spend this entire day reading a journal and practicing stuff from two of the guys I look the most up to. I had a good reason for being enthusiastic and excited, Dan even told us that the material would be twice as good because of the wait. Ah, the 17 mb file was downloaded...
The Contents
DAMN! Sweet design and layout, I was really in for a treat now! The colors fit together perfectly, and the pictures are amazingly rendered.

These notes contain so much nice shit that will keep you busy for MONTHS! Really, if you like flashy, flourishy and direct card magic, these notes are perfect for you! Take my word for it, they rock!

Author: Jeremiah Xiufu
I must start out by saying that the layout and the writing far out do anything the Bucks have done before. The photos are also beautiful and very easy to learn from.
Tivo 2: A transposition of two cards that I don't think I will ever do. But I certainly found it superior to it's predeccesor. If you liked Tivo I think you will really enjoy this.

Hedbergs Peak: A transposition of two cards that I know I will do. It has an interesting kicker that makes the effect play like this "These two cards transpose........no they didn't......." It's fun, but as the notes say it's definetly not for every crowd. I also want to say it's definetly not for every hard ass crowd either as some imply. Just because the method will fool those out to get you doesn't mean they will follow the effect.

Carnahan Fan: I feel like a broken record. This one is very cool. It's like a knack and once I got it it came easy. I will say however that I am one that focuses on magic effect more than flourish merit, I believe this fan has less functional merit because it is harder to have a selection taken from it and maintain it. It is however so good that it is one of the only flourishes I will do just to do from now on.

Ginastaire Double: This one is good. It is exactly my style. I love spinning doubles. Ala Asher, Stone, whoever. Now I can spin a double via Bucks. I will throw it into performances as soon as I can do it.

DDC: This is one of those things that if anyone else besides the Bucks published it, it would be overlooked. That doesn't discount it's merit as a sleight though. I didn't find it particularily useful to myself, but I think a lot of people will add it to their control repitiore.

Osh Negosh B'gosh: This is another cool thing to do. There is one minor discrepency that shouldn't be worried about, I am disapointed that this will now draw attention to Ackerman's Palm Switch which I have not seen anyone besides myself using for the last 5 years.

db Spin Change: I was suprised at how easy this was once you were holding everything right. I love it. I love it. Oh I said that twice. There's nothing more to add, the description of it says it all.

Erdnase Go Round: This is one of those things that everyone (flourish community wise) is doing. Which is why I don't think I'll ever do it. A young gentlemen named Eric from New York showed it to me a while ago so I must say, having seen it live did make me want to perform it.

Greek Time Machine: Well.....I don't really care for this type of routine. Using a single card change as an entire effect.

Game With a Ghost: I liked this a lot more. It's an add one to Greek Time Machine that truly makes it a fun routine. Both use moves found earlier in the notes.

Dracula Count: Hmm... this is something that I cannot visualize in my head being done. Which makes it hard for me to practise as I don't know what I'm shooting for.

It is discrepant (like most counts!) however it is also very flashy which makes the discrepancies all the worse. Because the count is hard to follow I don't get the impression that I see four sixes, rather that I saw the cards flipped around fancily and saw some faces in the mix. I would really need to see this one live.

The flourishiness of the count doesn't cancel out the fact that it's hard to follow.

Summer of '69: I'm not a fan of the effect. But I also cannot visualize Dracula Count so I'm not 100% sure yet. But I do know that the idea of simply turning sixes to nines does not entice me.

My rating for usefulness to me 8 out of 10 total. (not counting how I feel about Dracula Count and Summer of '69k, I'll wait and see if that changes after I see it done by someone good at it.)

My rating for usefulness to all (potentially as we all have different tastes) 9.5 out of 10.