I was a huge ‘flourisher’ in my early teens. This was about ten years ago, before the terms “Xtreme Card Manipulation” or “Cardistry” existed. While I don’t do any of it in my professional work anymore, I enjoy practicing it, and I do appreciate the skill required to create and pull off some of those moves.

This DVD set features the work of two manipulators. They cut, toss, spread, and shuffle cards in so many different ways, it boggles my mind. No ‘magic effects’ are taught, but many of the moves are magical, because it seems like it is impossible to pull off what you have just seen.

The DVDs are very well shot, and packaged. The menus are a little funky on both discs, and neither have a ‘Play All’ function for the entire DVD. That aside, the teaching is fantastic, and you will have nothing in the way of learning the material. Pulling it off will still take months of practice, though.

The moves themselves are difficult to describe, so I won’t try. However, I do feel the stand out on this collection is the “One Handed S-Fan.” You read that correctly. This move almost looks like magic, because one fan looks like it is floating, or suspended in a seemingly impossible way.

This is another easy one. If you enjoy learning, or just watching “XCM” this DVD set is worth picking up!