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Color Card Change - aka - The CCC

video Color Card Change - aka - The CCC

A quick but powerful effect that shows a card impossibly change right before your spectators eyes! Apperently, it's actually called the Erdnase Color Change, sometimes called the Houdini Color Change. Credit goes to Houdini himself for creating this trick.

26 comments

Jun 20, 2010. 11:06 AMmelli1992 says:

bluuuhh.. My hands are too small -,-

Aug 4, 2011. 6:35 AMDreamTheEndless says:

Try "bridge sized" cards. They are what I do most of my magic with. They are great for beginners. They are just as long as standard "poker sized" cards but they are a little narrower. They are made for old ladies playing bridge with small hands - holding 13 cards at a time was tough.

May 12, 2011. 9:52 AMThe Magic Tricks Homepage says:

Nicely Done! With practice you can extend this move slightly as Juicyjay already commented. I'd just like to add that doing it that way is the opening into doing it with the deck held sideways to the floor rather than backways and can become n effect that you can do really slowly and gracefully. The fact that you do it slowly makes the effect even more visual because people think that 'trick moves' happen fast so that you don't see them (long live the public misconception that the hand moves quicker than the eye! )

Oct 20, 2010. 6:20 AMkashus(VN) says:

toan la english, cha hieu 1 chu~ j he^t' hix hix....(T~T)

Feb 6, 2011. 11:41 PMhathuctien says:

Howdy, I VN too. It is so easy to read

Aug 24, 2010. 12:27 PMtinker_lady says:

Nice trick ... =D =D

Jul 12, 2010. 2:05 PMgrooooovy says:

If you want more card tricks, i have quite a few.

Jul 2, 2010. 9:24 PMMudbud says:

this is cool :D but takes lots of practice XD

Aug 25, 2009. 5:33 PMjuicyjay says:

Come on man, give credit where it's due. This is the Erdnase Color Change, sometimes called the Houdini Color Change, as it is in fact, created way back by Houdini himself. 6/10 for performance. Try this: After you bring the 2nd card to the top and is hiding it in your palm, show the top card again by sliding your hidden card to the right. You should stick your deck hand's pinky out so you can rest the hidden card on it. THEN slide the hidden card over the top card. This way its more convincing AND visual.

Sep 6, 2009. 1:15 PMRC-Roi92 says:

Source for the fact that Houdini invented it? As i know the Houdini change as a different change. As far as i have heard and read the original source for this change is in the legendary book Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase, called "transformation-first method" later given the popular name Erdnase Change or the classic color change.

Jun 24, 2010. 3:10 AMpyrocop1 says:

I really like knowing the origin of an effect. Then I normally research that person and try to learn more about their style. Thanks for the update

Aug 25, 2009. 7:03 PMluke674 (author) says:

Hey man thanks for the tip...I didn't actually know the name or origin and I have no clue how to find it. But I'm not trying to take credit...It's just I don't have time to give credit...30 seconds is not a lot of time. But yea, I'll edit the description...Thanks for watching!!!