A streamlined version of the classic "ACAAN" plot. Paul performed this routine for lay audiences for over 25 years, making it his own. This section teaches you how to use the Side Steal as a secret slip cut to control a card to any number named by a spectator.
A variation of Bill Simon's concept where a card is stolen directly to the second position from the top, facilitating a clean, unconfusing transposition. Block Shift / Transposition paul cummins the side steal declassified repack
He looked at the Side Steal and saw that it was misunderstood. Magicians thought it was just a way to steal a card. Cummins realized it was actually a method for control —a way to invisibly move a selection from the middle of the deck to the top (or into a palm) without a single tell. A streamlined version of the classic "ACAAN" plot