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- C/S - see Copper and Silver.
- Cardician - a magician who only performs card magic (term coined by Ed Marlo).
- Cardini Single Production - a technique,invented by Cardini,that is used in card manipulation.
- Centre tear - a special way of tearing up paper billets used in mentalism.
- Change - changing one card (or object) for another.
- Charlier Cut - One handed flourish cut or pass.
- Classic force - a force performed by fanning the cards and timing the force card to land under their fingers.
- Classic palm - to palm with the centre of the hand.
- Clean - a hand which is empty or the condition achieved at the end of an effect where the magician has no supposedly vanished objects or gimmicked items in her hands. See Dirty.
- Cold - A deck secretly switched in during play. "Cold" because it hasn't been warmed up by handling.
- Color Change - Changing one card into another right in front of the spectator's eyes, as opposed to switching two cards secretly.
- Confederate - an audience member planted to act in a cooperative manner.
- Copper and Silver (also C/S) - Effect using two coins of contrasting metals which change place.
- Crimp - a gambler's move which can be used in magic, there are many different types* used for card location.
- Cut and Restored - see Torn and Restored.
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