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Card-wise I would get 1 each of the following:

Red Back Bike
Blue Back Bike
Red Tally's
Blue Tally's

4 decks, 2 different types of cards. You can get a feel for Bike's and Tally's, and answer that age-old question for yourself:

'Which are better... Bike's or Tally's?'

How many posts have we seen asking this?

Enjoy!

Thank you for you advice all. Mark I dunno if I should buy both because the Svengali, stripper and invisible decks are all bieks and people say that you should stick to one kind.

Edit: On the other hand, I will buy both. Thanksa to you al.

Thanks for the advice everyone, but I am going to buy the three books, and go through each one at a time. And this is my final list-if you strongly think that I should not buy something from this list please share your opinions.

Product Name Unit Price
Nickels to Dimes 1.75
Born to Perform Card Magic with Oz Pearlman 29.95
The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue (book) 9.56
Stripper Deck (Bicycle) (Blue) 5.49
ID (Bicycle) 5.49
Bicycle Deck (Blue) 3.49
Svengali Deck (Bicycle) (Blue) 5.49
Vernet Soft TT 4.95
Twisted Sisters by John Bannon 11.95
101 Tricks with a Stripper Deck (Booklet Only) 3.99
Mark WIlson's COmplete COurse in MAgic $14.95

Subtotal $ 100.55

Good list, personally I wouldn't bother with RRTCM but on the whole I don't think you will be disappointed with that list and I will be interested in your view on RRTCM.

I agree with Happy Toad... you could drop RRTCM and still have enough to be getting on with. Mark Wilson's book has tonnes to work through on it's own.

Still, RRTCM does provide a good grounding in cards, so keeping it in your list won't do you any harm whatsoever.

Go for it, but just remember not to rush through it all. Don't try and learn too much at once, as it won't work. Take it nice and slow, and regular practise will produce better results than rushing through everything.

And more importantly... enjoy yourself!

Thanks Mark and Toad, I definitely wont rush through it. I am going to order today or tommorow becuase if I dont I am going to go crazy.

Probably Mark Wilson's book...

Anyway, I would second everything here. You definitely don't need all the stuff here...

My recommendations?

• Born to Perform (everything you need to do great card magic)
• Mark Wilson's CCM (don't have it but everyone else seems to like it )
• 1 red Bike (useful for switching with the ID)
• 1 red Tally-Ho (w00t)
• 1 blue Tally-Ho (ditto)
• 1 red ID (inordinately useful for outs and great effects)
• Color Monte (this should get you started with one killer effect you can do)

should be more than enough.

Once you've got through all that (Born To Perform should take about a month if you're a complete beginner - you should be able to do everything on the DVD perfectly. I'm being hypocritical here though...I still can't do the Hot Shot ) you could consider getting maybe a couple of gaff effects.

Kati

Nickels to Dimes 1.75
Born to Perform Card Magic with Oz Pearlman 29.95
The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue (book) 9.56
Stripper Deck (Bicycle) (Blue) 5.49
ID (Bicycle) 5.49
Bicycle Deck (Blue) 3.49
Svengali Deck (Bicycle) (Blue) 5.49
Vernet Soft TT 4.95
Twisted Sisters by John Bannon 11.95
101 Tricks with a Stripper Deck (Booklet Only) 3.99
Mark WIlson's COmplete COurse in MAgic $14.95

Subtotal $ 100.55

I decided to order everything that is on the above list, thanks for all your help guys.

Ohh the items have been shipped. CAnt wait till they arrive.