Easy False Cut Tutorial

Learn this powerful card sleight, performed casually and is a convincing effect to show a buttery smooth false cut.

False cuts are used widely in card tricks to convince the spectator that the cards are thoroughly mixed.
Playing cards being given a false cut in a magicians hand.

There are various methods of doing a performing them. This one in this tutorial is great for beginners.

The pack of cards is seen to be cut and top half changed with the bottom half ( to the untrained eye) !!

Cutting the cards can add credibility to a magic act by appearing to strengthen the fact that the cards are not in a fixed order.

Learn how to do this cool sleight by watching the free magic trick video tutorial from Jarek i20's Youtube channel on this page. It shows the move being performed which is followed by the steps and timing required to do the sleight.

This looks a very simple way to perform the sleight but paying attention to the timing and angles can really add to its effectiveness in convincing your audience that the order of the cards in the deck have actually change.

These subtle little pieces of attention to detail are what make the difference between an OK performance and a great performance.

This manupulation along with the double lift and a few other popular sleights are moves that are used in a great variety of conjuring feats. They are worth spending some time practicing until you can do them smoothly as you will reap the benefit of them in many of your other magician routines.

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