THE VIDEO SHELF · card magic
Ricky Jay - Amazing Card Trick/Manipulation
A three-minute clip of magician Ricky Jay performing a card manipulation routine, including table faro shuffles. The routine builds in intensity and ends with a surprising finish.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people share it as a classic example of sleight-of-hand mastery whose ending is mind-blowing.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- theeloved1
- Topic
- card magic
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I didn't know who Ricky Jay was but ages ago i ran across this youtube video and was just floored, the whole thing just builds and builds and builds. [VIDEO]
duxup on Hacker News · 2018-11
In Ricky Jay’s Magical Secrets (1993)I am not 100% convinced that this isn't just actual magic. The manipulations are pretty amazing and then at the end it's mindblowing. [VIDEO]
onychomys on Hacker News · 2023-07
In “Cards as Weapons” by Ricky Jay (1977)
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