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Understanding Magic #6 – The snap deal

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Lennart Green is a master magician, as you can see in the following TED video. The first four minutes are a little slow, but by minute five he is rolling:

There are a dozen or more separate techniques displayed in this video, so let’s pick one. It’s called the snap deal, as demonstrated in this 30-second video:

It is a very nice illusion. The key to this technique is sleight of hand, as demonstrated in this tutorial:

Another technique is called the “top shot” move. Here is what the move looks like:

And the reveal:

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