The Online Magic Store Blog: Card Forces

A hand pushing one red-backed card out of a ribbon spread on green felt

Forcing decks: all cards identical

How one-way, two-way and three-way forcing decks guarantee the chosen card, and the handling habits that keep them secret.

A magician’s hand holding a red-backed deck while a spectator’s hand takes a card

Card forces: overhand, Hindu and cut

What a card force is, and how the cut, Hindu shuffle and overhand families work, with a learning order and the mistakes to avoid.