Editing Card manipulation (section)

== Important Figures ==

=== Modern day ===
Jason Ladanye is one of the most popular magicians performing the gambling subcategory of card magic<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Ladanye at Irvine Improv |url=https://improv.com/irvine/comic/jason+ladanye/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=Irvine Improv |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Ladanye |url=https://bourbonroomhollywood.com/tm-event/jason-ladanye/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=The Bourbon Room |language=en-US}}</ref> and has published multiple works teaching card tricks using advanced card manipulation.

[[Roberto Giobbi]] has had one the largest impacts on modern card manipulation with their book series ''Card College'', an encyclopedic work taking magicians through all the fundamentals for card magic, from easy manipulations to difficult manipulations in 5 volumes<ref>{{Cite web |title=Card College Volumes 1 - 5 |url=https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/card-magic/card-college-volumes-1-5/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.vanishingincmagic.com |language=en}}</ref>. Considered one of the best card manipulation fundamentals book.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Store |first=Butterfly Magic |date=2024-06-02 |title=Best Books for Card Magic - Butterfly Magic Store |url=https://www.butterflymagicstore.com/blog/best-books-for-card-magic/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=butterflymagicstore.com |language=en}}</ref>

[[Dai Vernon]], along with [[Ed Marlo]], pioneered modern card manipulation in the context of magic<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />.

[[S. W. Erdnase]] created one of the most influential books for card manipulation, and helped pave way for much better manipulation books, letting just about anyone learn card manipulation<ref>{{Cite web |title=S.W. Erdnase and W.E. Sanders — Textual Analysis |url=https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~coyne/erdnase-sanders-use-of-language.html#:~:text=The%20Expert%20at%20the%20Card%20Table%20(EATCT)%20by%20S.W.,magicians%20for%20over%20a%20century. |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=www.cs.columbia.edu}}</ref>.

=== Early card manipulation ===
Giovanni Giuseppi Pinetti is often accredited with the title of first card magician<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Card Tricks |url=https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/learn-card-tricks/history-of-card-tricks/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.vanishingincmagic.com |language=en}}</ref>, performing to notable figures such as King Louis XVI, and, from what records we have, started the trend of card magic. He, however, was not the first to perform or publish card magic or manipulation.

=== Misdirection ===
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Misdirection, though not entirely specific to card magic, is indeed very prominent in most card performances. In many cases, the ‘skill’ of a card illusionist is determined by how well they can switch the audiences attention from one part of the performance to the next, which becomes more difficult when dealing with [[Heckler|hecklers]]. Magicians can use card techniques like [[Cardistry|flourishing]], [[Misdirection (magic)|verbal misdirection]] and by cracking jokes, in order to mislead the audience, making concealment of important sleight of hand easier in the process.