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Who’s the jerk on the right? It’s not about you!

Love his instructional videos, I purchased two of them back in the 1990s and it help me so much!

Think I'll be be doing card through handkerchief from the card box for now on instead. 👏👏👏

NEVER KNEW of Star Warp! You do this and twisting aces with such gentle beauty as your fingers are merely instruments of the magic that's happening! 😊

I really want him to be my uncle. Hahaha

Great video dont suppose you can recall who did a trick where 4 chosen cards turn up between the aces had it on video in late 80s ! thanks Michael

I just realised you were on youtube! Omg your voice. You cant understand how many times I watched your vhs tapes... I used them till they weren't even playing proper its insane. also took the little paper written recaps and glued them on cardboard and cut them by trick. oh man the memories. nostalgia... its nuts. Funny enough I am doing my first night of card magic at a local bar tonight... for the first time since I was a teenager... wish me luck hahaha

How is this trick done??

Really cool magic! How’s it done??

I always love listening to these guys talk. They're so enthusiastic about what they do. Fancy spending 30yrs studying the legendary cups and balls. Just fantastic. It's like a concert musician who learns a concerto when he's young, and then spends the rest of his life reinterpreting and perfecting it. So much devotion is required. I became a musician, but I've tried to be a magician over the years. Now I have bad arthritis in my hands, I can no longer really be either. Which is a cause of great sadness. Still gives me great enjoyment watching these fellows though.

"Thats it" is a good routine, Its just missing a tag line. He should point to the spectator and say "I told you, every time someone tries to get away with it...and you had such an honest face" Make the Spector think they got away with something and the magician was almost the victim yet again. That would be fun and with a payoff. Also "Thats It" is one of the rare routines that actually has misdirection built in it...Not sure if Ammar is aware of that. 90% of these routines have no misdirection at all.

Boring delivery, hallow actions (Touch your finger underneath and "Squibble") this is all we had growing up and he took us for every penny. Clever ideas but far from a complete presentation. This type of magic is so boring for an audience. I wouldn't even call it magic its just an odd puzzle(How can we put as little effort as possible just to get to and through the effect)

Why a video from 2010 looks like 80's?

Ammar is one of the reasons why magicians are so boring. Not only did Dave heckle him on two of the tricks, but he was right! So if you can easily understand the secret, weres the trick???? Effect ,after effect, after effect, is the new bread of "Magicians". No Misdirection?. How can you do a trick with no misdirection and expect an audience to enjoy it? Your the one who claimed to be a Magician...you thrusted the expectation onto the audience . So.... DELIVER

Damn. Amazing 😮

how?

never seen anyone spread the cards after doing the bend part of this trick. ballsy

Love the 2 Dollar Bill Tear. Purchased the effect from your website back in the day.

RIP

Masterpiece. Now this is a trick.

I still do this in many of my paid gigs to this day in the gambling demo of my act. I just call it “The Blank Monte.” And of all 5 methods I know for monte effects, this gets BY FAR the best reactions. It’s quite simple to perform too

Before Michael took up bodybuilding

Best teacher of magic ever!

IS the girl to his left Janelle? Who has glasses in later videos?

When you are taught by the Professor himself I expect no less than this perfect act.

❤

Nothing better than the classics well performed by a Magician who knows what he's doing.

I learned these tricks the year this edition of Easy to Master Card Miracles came out (I believe this was the first on DVD 📀 instead of VHS). I do both to this day along with dozens of other effects and routines from this series. Sleeve aces requires so little setup you can do it in 10 seconds of misdirected time, and Spelling Collins Aces is totally impromptu esp once you’ve produced the aces ahead of time. I can’t recommend this 9 part DVD series enough. You’ll learn nearly 100 tricks, all from masters, and not one trick requires professional level sleight of hand. If you put in the practice, you’ll have an arsenal of tricks you can do with any borrowed deck - most are impromptu. I carry a few of the packet tricks like Virgina City Shuffle (I just call it “Blank Monte”) and Factory Misprints with me everywhere I perform. It’s bc of this 9 part card magic series, Michael’s 3 part Easy to Master Money Miracles series, and Icebreakers that I was able to start my career as a magician. From there, I got the classics like Erdnase, The Royal Road to Card Magic, then moved up to Tamariz’s work. Now I own some 200 magic books, have shelves full of DVD’s, and hundreds of instant downloads…but it all started thanks to Michael Ammar. Imo, he is the greatest magic teacher ever. He cuts through the nonsense, takes out unnecessarily difficult moves when needed and replaces them with natural and basic moves, and shares routines developed by masters from Vernon, to Jennings, to Marlo, to Brother John. Mnemonica changed the way I look at card magic, and Juan’s student Dani Daortiz has taken it to another level - but without Michael Ammar, I wouldn’t be a magician. Thank you for your years of dedication in teaching the art properly Mr. Ammar 🙏

The day he dies I will have nothing to do in this world by myself

This is Michael Ammar at his finest. I grew up and learned magic from this series. A simple force, a simple use of a technique usually reserved for a vsn of 3 card monte, a simple gimmick…but layered like this, a brilliant effect. Thank you Michael Ammar for teaching me a hobby that I have kept 30 years later 🙏

1994 omg

Ammar the Amazing!

Janel ❤

Paul fox miracle,I have done trick for many years and have had no figure it out,great would be an understatement

From the book Scarne on card tricks

Great promo!

Imo, this man is the best magic teacher of all time. No one did instructional video content quite like Michael Ammar (and every effect in every volume are wonderful and easy to master as the name of the series suggests).

I owe Michael Ammar a huge debt of gratitude. It’s bc of his Easy to Master Card Miracle series and coin series that I took closeup seriously way back when the initial volumes were only on VHS. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I was still a teenager, and thanked him then for getting me started in this beautiful art. Thank you again Mr. Ammar 🙏

Great routine Michael. And I really love the triple coincidence trick, that one through my mind.

I have seen enough of these to start recognizing the spectators. I loove people who love magic

Michael, that was absolutely brilliant. I met you years ago at the Browsers den of magic annual bash, and I have a picture of you and I or you’re pointing your finger at me and smiling. I got to know you through studying some of the work of Dai Vernon, rated purchase is complete video set where he’s being interviewed by yourself and you’re sharing magic techniques. I also purchased the small hand from your wife Wayback win. I don’t think it was actually commercially for sale, and it’s one of my best effects. So thanks for all the years of entertainment…you’re still the best.

3:10 the way girl looks at him ♥️

Like the girl in the tight blue dress

I do your "twins" card trick from penguin that trick gave me an appreciation for card magic ...im having trouble finding Paul fauq performances... his lit cig vanish is rad.

どうやってるんだろう∑(ﾟДﾟ)？

Brooooooo dunberry aces! What a setup for a 4 ace trick. Ammar is the ultimate magic sensei

That was one of the greatest revelations I’ve ever seen with a cross-cut.. and Ammar’s signature slow and purposeful patter and hand movements make it perfect. Michael Ammar is without a doubt my hero. I always look to his presentations for inspiration on how to perform effects in the most perfect manner. He’s my single biggest inspiration in magic. I hope to meet you one day soon. Hopefully @ Magic Live 23?

What was this taught on?

When you can simultaneously two cards swipe and turn!😅🤭 Great job👍👍👍

Always hated his double lift, his index finger totally gives it away every time