I got a free gold arcane deck from Ellusionist a while ago and I still haven’t opened it. I thought about doing a contest but everyone on facebook and twitter was like “Keep it! Let it age and sell it on eBay for a little fortune!”

These cards are expensive, I guess I could trade it for a deck of Jerry’s Nuggets or two…

But I think I’ll do a contest, a card flouirishing contest. Maybe magic, I don’t know. And I think it should be a YouTube contest…

What would you do?

I need ideas so…

Leave a comment below!

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If you got a gold arcane deck for free when you ordered all your cool and expensive magic stuff at E, and want to throw it into the contest as some kind of sponsorship let me know and I’ll give you a call ;)

A lot of you guys have been asking me for a tutorial ever since you’ve seen what card flourishing is about in Starry Eyed. Here’s a basic flourish tutorial for you to get used to and exercise your hands with. If you have any problems with the move, do leave a comment below and I’ll try to get back to you.
EDIT: Sorry for the soft-ness of the audio. I didn’t realize it was so soft whilst editing.
- Jaspas

Hey guys, here another tutorial for you. Kind of experimenting with different teaching styles in this one, so tell me what you think. I also added a bonus move, Instant One Handed Triangle (IOHT) :D
enjoy
- Tashfiq

This cut contains some intricate elements and unorthodox finger positions, which may make it quite confusing and tricky to learn at first.
But practice makes perfect =)

-Garry

PAPERCUTS is a DVD showcasing and teaching Chris Hestnes’ repertoire of card flourishes, created and perfected over the past five years.

The DVD is shot by avid amateur film maker and freelance cinematographer Allan Hagen on professional camera/lighting equipment in spectacular locations in Trondheim, Norway.

Produced by Dan and Dave Buck with help and creative consulting from Jordan Lapping and Erik Jansson, Papercuts is a result of years of collaboration, starting with Allan and Chris working together, making short videos in and around their hometown, showcasing Chris’ flourishes and Allan’s cinematography.

More about how the DVD came to be can be read here:

http://www.dananddave.com/articles/ou…

Music by Sigur Rós.
- Allan

On the way back to Canada from Indonesia, I stopped by Singapore for a night. The timing was perfect since David “Blanch” Pedersen was staying there for a week. I had a lot of fun and I’d like to thank the Singaporeans (Jaspas, Leon, Ambrose, Ling, and Kenneth) for taking the time to meet up with me :)

-Garry

UCC 2010 , a competition for the people, by the people , big thanks to all involved…..
Lets do this!!

- Scott

Heres my entery for UCC 2010!
enjoy!

and excuse the absence of my fingernail :P

Inspiration/credit
Anthony Nguyen
Dan and Dave
Nikolaj
Sebatian
Aviv M
Eric Tam
Garry A.
Yosoon

- Tashfiq

My submission for UCC.
Wanted to add the rest of my recordings for the vid , some weird ideas
- Ash

READ
This is my UCC submission. I hope you like it!! The vid quality is poor because its done with a webcam as my digi is at the repair centre :((
Sorry for the lag in the middle of the vid
- Chotu

This marks my one and a half year of Cardistry! As i said at da` end of the vid, Thanks to my card bros` listed here on my tube channel for their support! (they know who they are) :)
Credits: Ellusionist Kent, Brian Tudor, Garry A, ProFound, Jerry Cestkowski, AvivM, Elijah, Nebelfuchs, Dimitri, Tiberiu, Oprea, Bone Ho, Naoki Ogi

- Stanese

My entry for this year’s UCC. Credits go to: Seb, Trashmanf, Viet, D&D, Aviv M, Dimitri, Ambrose, Ben, TG Murphy, .t, Ryu, etc.
Enjoy!
- Adam

It’s true. Jaspas is back

There’s a lot of new editing techniques being tested in this video, and the idea of a flourishing MV is uncharted grounds. In the coming weeks and months I’ll be uploading movies that will not be mere videos, but experiences instead.

SUB, and get ready for one hell of a ride.

Edit: As of 15/8/2010, I have officially been announced as the champion of UCC2010. I would like to thank the United Cardists for hosting this great competition, the judges for taking the time and effort to look at all 56 videos (about 2 hours running time), the contestants for making the event so wonderful and exciting, and of course you the viewers without whom I wouldn’t be who I am today.

- Jaspas

…and it was green :) thumbs up for the origami crane XD , this is my entry for UCC 2010. Welcome on a tour in my dream , hope you get inspired and become a dreamer like me , this is my DreamWorld , enjoy.
[Peace on Earth] [kiDex]
Inspirations :Aviv M , Chotu , Ambrose , Ben , Alejandro, Dimitri Arleri and maybe YOU! :)
Camera work: Mihai

–This is an apology for my crappy UCC vid–
This will be my last video for a year or more, simply because i’m going to focus alot more on school, so i really hope you enjoy this cause i wont be posting, you’ll maybe see me in some jam vids though.

Cya guys, take care!

Credits/Inspiration:
AvivM
Brendan Conner
Wilson Ku
Tobias Levin
Mathis Pedersen
Jonas Haglund
David Blanch

- Nikolaj

Winner of Dan and Dave’s PREQEL contest.

[Watch in HD]

The world is an opponent of our passions.

It is no surprise how time passes so fleetingly in our lives and how we take simple things like a deck of cards for granted but the paradox is that when we look a little deeper and exalt imagination, infinite possibilities abound.

“To see the world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.”
- William Blake

2 pairs of hands combined, 2 styles intertwined. Like the “helix” in our blood, the engine for our minds.

Location: The Helix Bridge
Time: 0000 hrs to 0730 hrs
Music: Otherworld – Eugenic
Editing: Ben & Ambrose

Credits:
Ling Xuan
Kevin Ho
Jaspas
Dimitri Arleri
Alejandro Portela
Andrei Jikh
Dan Buck
Dave Buck

[Ben You]
The idea for the video is as stated above.

I would like to thank the community for inspiring me through the videos they have contributed for the past few years. I would like to thank the people I had the honour of meeting up with on Saturdays, the regular so called “Singapore” gang of guys, you know who you are.

I would like to say that this video would not have been possible if not for the ideas I have gleaned from the community and it is this art that completes me as a person.

Without videos as a medium of thought exchange nothing in this art would have been possible and hence I would like to thank Dan and Dave, TheCuso.info, UnitedCardists as well as Theory 11 for organizing these contests that brings continuity and excitement to the community.

We hope you have enjoyed this video and if so then it has served its intended purpose of community contribution.

Enjoy.

[Ambrose]
Hey awesome people, sorry for the little hiatus from the flourishing scene. As I have not been actively producing videos for quite some time,
I saw the ‘Preqel’ contest as an opportunity for a comeback.

As for the video, I would say that it is a fast-paced video packed with synchronized moves. After all the hard work we’re pretty satisfied with the end product. Just so you know, we missed a night of sleep for the filming of the video.

Like what Ben had mentioned above, I would like to thank the individuals and communities like UnitedCardists, Theory 11, D&D and TheCuso for holding up contests and keeping the community alive.

Now, enjoy one and a half minute of your life

Tashfiq is gonna make some tutorials for his awesome cuts. This is the first one in the series.
Wait for more ;)

Dan and Dave, Dimitri Arleri, Aristote Simonini, Anthony Chanut, Bebel and other great french magicians and card flourishers at the Buck Twins European Lecture held in Paris.

Thanks to the magic brainwasher for this awesome video!

filmed, performed, edited and played by Alexander Marzok

Credits:
Flourshing:
Dan and Dave , Kevin Ho

Music:
Nobue Uematsu

“Instruments” used:
Piano, Tambourine, percussion, a Cup

If you listen carefully you will notice after watching the video a few times that there are 4 “instruments” ( listed above) , yet you only see 3 of them in the video, I left out the percussion, because there was no space for it in the video , and the other instruments covered enough of the video. Poor little percussion

Feel free to comment, rate, subscribe, or ask questions.

Contact:

http://www.facebook.com/alexander.marzok

http://vimeo.com/alexandermarzok

- Alexander

My entry in Dan and Dave’s Preqel contest //
90 second flourish video*
- Alex

[ I've did it finally , it's been a long time since my last video , i think this is my debut video in card flourishing, so i really want to thank to all the card flourishers out there for the inspiration. Thank's for stopping by.]
Peace on earth. [kiDex]

INSPIRATIONS : Dan and Dave , Daniel Madison , Andrei Jikh.
And the rest of the world.
Special Thank’s to Stenmagik and Uia.

- Vlad