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Please can people enter in the poll.

If other please pm me.

I'd have to go with RRTCM it has if not all then at least most of the basic card slieghts that you will need to become profficiant in Card Magic. It also includes tricks that empoly the slieght you have just leaned.
The one downside is that some consider the Language a little archaic, but it wasn't a problem for me

Here is the contents page for RRTCM

l Preface
l The Overhand Shuffle, I
l The Riffle Shuffle
l Flourishes
l The Glide
l The Glimpse
l The Key Card
l The Palm
l The Backslip
l The Overhand Shuffle, II
l False Shuffles and Cuts
l The DL and Turnover
l The Pass
l Miscellaneous Flourishes
l The Reverses
l The Hindu Shuffle and Other Controls
l The Classic Force
l Top and Bottom Changes
l Arrangements
l Routines
l Platform Tricks

Difficult to respond in some respects. RRTCM is the old original but, as has been mentioned plenty of times here, is very old fashioned in many ways, and there are far more modern methods which can be used these days. It is still staunchly supported as being a good 'un and I can't argue with that view at all.

To offer 'other' as a choice might lead to disappointing results in a poll as there are so many - I had 6 different card books at Christmas and they all vary in content and extent of teaching.

I have posted other because there are MANY good magic books on the market. RRTCM is great but i think that some of the best books arent just for cards. I have the Mark Wailson book which is a wealth of knowledge, right from cards to large stage illusions.
In my opinion the best thing to get, cardwise is Daryls Ambitious card, DVD, because if some one hands you a pack of cards and says 'do something with that' then you have a 5-10 minute routine that you can do.

mark wilsons for me too my first starter bible.

nice section on cards updated in new version with self working and set up tricks as well as basic shuffles, royal road as a follow on or aq dvd for better understanding of slights.

I've voted Royal Road to Card Magic it's a great start, it's a hell of a lot cheaper than the entire Card College collection and it keeps you going for ages to completly master. Like what's been said it's got some good little trciks in too, aswell as just teaching the slights. It's a great classic and a good lead on to Expert Card Technique, by the same authors.

Also agree that Dary's Ambitious Dvd is excellent. It's got loads and loads and loads of moves on and you can easily pick and choose which ones you want to use in an ambitious routine. It inspired me to try and think up some new ambitious card moves, Note- Still Trying...

Hmm, I've gone for other as, like Mandrake says, there are far to many to limit it to just two titles. My current favourite is Andrus Card Control since I've just rediscovered it. My opinion is bound to change when I get a copy of Vernon's Inner Card Trilogy though, and then again with the next book I get. Quite a subjective question too, a book that I find great might be too advanced for a beginner who would be right at home with some of the stuff in RRTCM, and similarly there are books of sleights out there that I would find pretty tough based on what I know already. I'm not saying that any of them are beyond any of us, but they will take a lot more effort for someone who hasn't learned as much yet.

Im new to magic and im Studying Card College vol 1.
I Also got RRTCM which i like but for me my vote is Card College due to the great illustrations.
Maybe as I get More into it i night change my mind hehe.