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Card College Light (Vol. 1 in the Light Series) By Roberto Giobbi (Hardcover)


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From the author of Card College, the world's most acclaimed course on sleight-of-hand card magic, comes Card College Light, Roberto Giobbi's first text focused entirely on professional caliber card tricks requiring no manipulative skill.

For whom is this book intended?

It is for beginners, of course, but by no means in total. This book is intended for everyone who has always wanted to perform card tricks, but who didn't have the time necessary to learn complex routines, or the years necessary to master difficult techniques. So, yes, this book is certainly meant for beginners. However, it is also directed at those who are already proficient in the craft.

Card College Light is in a class apart from other books that focus on sleightless card tricks. When it comes to artistic considerations, interpretation, staging, communication and psychology, other books seldom even recognize such concepts.

Card College Light strives to remain as simple as possible, yet to identify concepts and to open doors that put sleightless tricks into the context of artistic and utterly baffling card magic. Although other books consider the same type of material, their approaches to it are quite different from Giobbi's.

Most of the tricks taught are from Mr. Giobbi's active professional repertoire, with which he baffles the public and magicians, too.

Every trick can be done with any deck of cards of average quality, and many can be done under all performance conditions, with a borrowed deck and no preparation.

With these sleightless tricks, you can easily acquire a reputation as a magician who can really make magic.

When it comes to great card magic, there is more to the secret than just the secret!

Countless books on card magic promise tricks that "require no skill" and are "easy to do" or "self-working". They expose the method behind the tricks, but they fail to explain how the tricks are made genuinely amazing. Card tricks that allow the fingers to remain idle require that their methods be cunningly protected through presentation and psychology, which in turn amplify the feeling of real magic. Without these things, all you are left with are mere puzzles.

Giobbi brings his widely respected talents as both teacher and full-time performer to bear on tricks he has selected from time-tested classics and little-known modern miracles by world masters, taught with a thoroughness that includes psychology, presentations, scripts and invaluable performance tips.

21 Tricks - 7 full routines!

Giobbi has also organized these tricks into powerful routines, which teach the reader how organization and combination can be used to make good tricks even more inextricably baffling. These lessons serve not only the beginner, but also the advanced card-magician who wishes from time to time to include a trick wherein the audience can stare relentlessly at the fingers without discovering a thing.

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Pages 170 - Hardcover

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A powerful choice of effects that don't involve sleight of hand Report this review
Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 2nd, 2010
I really like this book, and the one that follows ("Card College Lighter"). This reminds me of the "Scarne on Card Tricks" book that got me started in card magic many years ago. Each of these effects can be performed with no sleight of hand, but they make it appear you are working miracles. I love effects like this that allow you concentrate on presentation and not worry so much about that pass or slip cut you've got to execute perfectly with everyone watching your hands.

The good thing about this book is that the effects are already grouped into threes. This gives you (if you so choose) a ready-made routine with an opener, middle, and closer. They flow seamlessly between each other. But you can also choose to take any of them as a standalone effect and create your own routine. Some will require a bit of set-up (especially if they are part of a previous routine that would have naturally done the set up for you, like revealing the four aces or something similar) but many are ready to go when you are.

Not every effect is a gem, but there are so many good ones you can't complain. The book is professionally done, and Giobbi does a great job of explaining how to create your own routines and what to look for in them. This book isn't just for beginners, though they will probably benefit the most from it.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on December 5th, 2015
I love self working and sleightless card magic and Roberto Giobbi delivers on all fronts. Each trick is well written, through with patter and concept and has beautiful artwork, Already an experienced card shark? No problem - this book contains powerful magic and great concepts - this is not your Dad's beginner card magic book - this is the Card College Son - you're about to get schooled! Out of the three in the series - this is my second favorite, but if you have ZERO of these - START HERE
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on January 2nd, 2019
Excellent card tricks, as expected from Roberto. Most of them I already knew and performed, but the book contains several details, subtleties and ideas that were very useful for me. I rate it four stars in comparison to the (five star) Card College 1-5 volumes.
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Card college light - amazing book! Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on September 4th, 2020
Card college Light is a book showcasing 21 card tricks that involve no sleight of hand. It is the 1st of 3 books by Roberto Giobbi, an amazing card magician. Each chapter is made up of 3 card tricks put together as one routine, so you get 7 routines (of 3 tricks each) in all. While I haven't studied all the routines I have read through the book and each routine looks like they will be much fun. I am only on the 1st set of tricks but they should serve well for this review. I bought the book because I have very small hands & so sleight with cards is difficult for me. Each set of tricks has great line drawings showing important portions of the tricks so even a visual learner like me should have no trouble. WARNING - these tricks do take some careful manipulation to achieve & a good deal of practice to perfect. But then, all really good magic does, doesn't it. My one (very minor) complaint is that in each "tips" section at the end of the routines description, there are a number of "moves" that are named but aren't detailed so you will have to do some online research to find, then practice these moves in order to perform the trick as described. Wish he'd included details workings for these too. Highly recommended. Well worth the price!
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Card College Light (Vol. 1 Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on March 18th, 2023
was disappointed that tricks required pre setting the deck before use.

I have used other tricks that donot require slight of hand and can be done even with borrowed deck...

This is only because of my expectations......
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Card College Light Roberto Giobbi Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on June 3rd, 2022
His books are top notch and this comes with a number of very good effects with a normal deck of cards. Good impromptu advice and well explained. Welcome addition to my bookshelve and it's well marked up with notes.
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Great self-workers but with some reservations Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on November 10th, 2021
There are some great card tricks in this book that will work for the beginner as well as the advanced magician. Four stars because many of the tricks require elaborate set up of the deck. It's hard to keep bringing out new decks for several tricks. If you use the three-together format of the book, then you can get at least three illusions out of one prepared deck. Regardless of whether you use several or none of the presented tricks, it's still a great read. Giobbi is a prolific writer and you will definitely take some useful ideas from the book.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on June 14th, 2020
I start reading the first effect and realize that it is the trick that Siegfried Tieber used to fool Penn and Teller! Every effect is explained with utmost detail. I’m going to order the other 2 books in the series
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 23rd, 2022
Love this series.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on September 21st, 2020
Great book!
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