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Learning Paths

Don't wander the library at random. Each path is a hand-built route — the right tricks and principles in the right order, with a badge waiting at the end.

For beginners5 lessons+250 XP

First Night With a Deck

Your very first miracles, learnable tonight.

You have a borrowed pack and twenty minutes. This path walks an absolute beginner from 'I know no tricks' to a small handful of clean, self-working wonders you can show a real person before bed.

Path 1 About 1 hour of learning, a week of practice
For beginners5 lessons+350 XP

Self-Working Miracles

Impossible effects that run on rails.

Effects so well-engineered they almost perform themselves. Lean on mathematics, spelling, and clever procedures to do the heavy lifting while you focus on presentation.

Path 2 A weekend to learn, ongoing to polish
Intermediate5 lessons+400 XP

The Key Card Cabinet

Master the principle behind a hundred tricks.

The key card is the skeleton key of card magic. Learn it deeply — the glimpse, the control, the false shuffle that protects it — and a huge chunk of the Encyclopedia opens to you.

Path 3 A week of focused practice
Intermediate4 lessons+300 XP

Spell It Out

Let the alphabet do the magic.

Spelling effects are charming, baffling, and mostly self-working. This path collects the cleanest spellers in the book and the setup logic behind them.

Path 4 A few evenings
Intermediate4 lessons+400 XP

The Prepared Deck Cabinet

Meet the secret packs that do the work.

Svengali, stripper, short card, one-way — the famous prepared packs each hide a simple idea. Learn what each one is, how it works, and one strong effect with each.

Path 5 A week, plus a deck or two to prepare
Advanced4 lessons+600 XP

The Memorized Evening

One stacked pack, a whole show.

The deep end: pre-arranged and memorized decks. Learn a stack, protect it with false shuffles, and chain a programme of feats that look like genuine wizardry.

Path 6 Weeks of memory work