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
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.
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
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
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
![Brilliant Basics 2 PART 4, aka "brilliant basics_2_4" [Timestamp Notes, Ben Earl's DMS, Winter 2020]](/content/images/size/w600/2025/01/ererrere-1.jpg)
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
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
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
Some routines demand you split the deck or catch a pinky break in spots that aren’t exactly convenient...
![Which Hand or Which Cheek? Timon Krause's New Book is OTW [updated!]](/content/images/size/w600/2025/01/zaqwsx-1.jpg)
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
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