Monday, February 9, 2009

Cardists

Dan and Dave Buck (more commonly known as the Buck Twins or, their YouTube username, dbsquared) are the two people who revolutionized card magic for me and for many card enthusiasts around the world...They moved my direction from the Dai-Vernon-esque approach to a more flourishy and visual approach to card magic. They're releasing a new DVD entitled andthensome as a sequel to their much acclaimed The Trilogy: Tricks, Flourishes, Everythingelse.
They had a teaser out for andthensome which is quite promising (as all Dan and Dave Buck stuff usually turns out to be). If you haven't already checked them out, visit their website here for some more info on who they are, how they started and a showcase of their products.

In the meantime, feast your eyes on this sample of The Trilogy.
P.S: Don't bother trying to find out the secret, many magicians fail to master three quarters of the tricks on The Trilogy. The Buck Twins are known for both an extremely visual style and for creating extremely knacky tricks.
P.S.S: The Buck Twins are pretty full of themselves. A quote from an explanation of a trick on The Trilogy should serve to illustrate the point, "The more cards you have, the easier it will be. Four, five, maybe six cards. I'll use two. That should be enough."

Almost forgot about the video!

5 comments:

Zaytoon Wo Za3tar said...

Heeeeey!!!
That's so awesome! O.O

*goes to watch vid again*

Hamdy Elgammal said...

Hey there! Yeah, they're quite brilliant, I have all their stuff...*cough* Piracy *cough* =p

Zaytoon Wo Za3tar said...

Hahahaha!

Do you know any of their tricks?! O.o

Hamdy Elgammal said...

I know a bunch, most look great on video, few look as good in reality as they do in real life but most don't.

But I have to give it to them: They NEVER use rigged cards or 'special' equipment...All you need is a deck of cards and you should be able to do all of it =D

Zaytoon Wo Za3tar said...

Very nice!
Very impressive O.O

=D