This is a great way to get started! I will add that some of the sleights are a little more
sophisticated than what I think of as a beginner (like me). Those will require more practice (which
you should be doing, right?), and it would help to acquire some additional basic skills. But if you
are a determined magician, you're going to have to learn all of these anyway. Might as well get to
it. (Tons of YouTube videos.)
I love the pinky shot flourish! But it could use a little
explanation that if your hands are cold and/or dry, you may have trouble sliding the single card
down as demonstrated. In that case, something like SortKwik might be helpful.
Kudos to Eric
for mentioning that we should use these methods to develop our own original magic. He's a good
presenter.