If you aspire to be, in Marlo's words, a Cardician, then here's the lowdown on the faro shuffle.

Not just how to do the regular shuffle, which is very cool by itself, especially since it can leave the deck in its original condition after eight shuffles.

You'll also learn how to use it to accomplish a variety of card control methods, such as the Throw-off Faro, Above the Crimp Faro, Off-center Faro, Faro Checks, and a host of others.

Partial contents:

• Introduction
• The First Technique
• First Variation
• Second Variation
• Faro Aids
• The Rock and Reweave
• Fan Spread and Weave
• Re-squaring the Packets (three methods)
• Cutting at 26
• The 26th Card Faro Check
• The Fourth Finger Table
• Faro Riffle Shuffle
• (Five) Variations in Technique
• In the Hands Faro Riffle Shuffle
• The Butt Faro
• Partial Faro Check
• Throw-Off Faro — Top
• Throw-Off Faro — Bottom
• Above Crimp Faro
• Off-Center Faro
• Half and Half Principle
• “Half Plus One”
• Combining Riffle Shuffles and Faros
• Reverse or Backward Faro
• On Discrepancies

Reviews:

"I strongly recommend that the interested reader get Marlo's Faro Shuffle... one of the finest 'weapons' in card magic." (Charles M. Hudson) "I followed Marlo's step by step directions — and it worked perfectly the very first time!" (John Braun)

Magic World revised edition contains two new chapters. (See also Marlo's companion book, Faro Notes.)

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