How to Do a Ribbon Spread | Magic Card Flourishes

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This is how to do a ribbon spread turnover.

You hold the deck of cards in your hand and you have it slightly beveled. That means you place it like this and you get an angle going towards your hand so you should get an angle like this and you place your index finger over the side. So your third, fourth and fifth fingers are riding along the edge and you have your index finger along this end.

You place it down into a surface and apply even pressure as you go in a straight line or an arc, if you like to do it like this, across the mat. It's important that you just don't try to match the cards because you'll get a very uneven spread that will be very thick at one end. So the important part, once again, is to have the bevel, place your finger over and just spread the cards. To turn them over, you need a surface like this is a closet mat but it also works on a carpet or anything that will have friction. It won't really work on a table so well because it will immediately just flip and the cards won't work.

So what you do is you grab one end and you place your finger on top and you can ride right across turning the entire spread over. This can go back and forth if you like, shuu, shuu, and you can even split it in the middle. So if you go to about the center, place the other finger on top, you can make two peaks go back and forth like this.
The danger is that it will split like that occasionally so I usually just do the spread like this and pick them up.

And that's how you do the ribbon spread.

[Paraprax]

To anyone trying to do this on a smooth wooden table - don't waste your time! It physically requires a cloth surface; I defy you to find a single tutorial on here wher a even a pro is doing this on a regular non-fabric table(like you're probably planning to use for a casual game with your friends).

[senseismores]

Thank you so much Howcast! I was wondering why it would never work for me, and it was because I was only doing it on my kitchen table. Liked!

[chair]

If you're trying to do this with old cards they might be too sticky. Put them on a ziplock bag and put in a couple spoonfuls of flour and then shake it around a lot and then wipe them off and you'll have a better time

[britishinc]

This is the thing i need for my magic Thank you

[lucaspretto]

thank you so much, I managed to perfect my technique, power distribution, speed, and timing all in the matter of 12 hours of practice just with this video alone

[not_coffee]

thanks picked this up quickly really helped

[Owaowah]

all i needed this whole time was more friction lol

[mehakverma]

just did it while sitting on my bed, its so satisfying

[champasarkar]

Do it in rough surface for better results

[charliehennessy]

I've looked at 3 different vids still I have no clue

[neelbakaraniya]

from where do you develop your deck of cards. i found that the colour of your shirt is the colour of your cards

[sameeratareq]

I used to think that it is soooo hard now when I saw this I'm like dude it's easy

[magiclab]

I Had this Superpower Since I Started Card Magics 😂

[ThatNixfan]

having a bit of trouble, when I do the ribbon spread gaps appear in the layout? any tips?

[jinnoparangue]

kind of mat do u use?! pls help....btw i like ur explanation for this tnx dude~!

[kozak_]

I am a kid and I learned this in 5 min!

[OviMG]

There is a trick you have 2 decks and spread them like in ribbon and then you shuffle them, can you tell me the name of the trick

[trentontaylor]

on the turn over you don't have to ride it i think it adds a cooler effect

[chronology]

Im doing it over and over again and it wont work on my carpet or a wooden table

[thatgamerperson]

ive have been trying to do this for 30 minutes but it just wont work guess my hand is to small ;-;