Glossary of Magic (illusion) - R

R

• Retention of vision - the after-image on the retina* applied to certain visually convincing vanishes.
• Raven - a pull consisting of a padded magnet on elastic.
• Riffle - to let cards come out of the hand, creating a noise.
• Riffle shuffle - the most common shuffling technique in which half of the deck is held in each hand with the thumbs inward, then cards are released by the thumbs so that they fall to the table intertwined.
• Rough - cards which have been treated with substance to increase surface friction, making it easier to keep cards aligned to each other.
• Routine - a sequence of effects (typically related).
• Run - taking the cards off singly during an overhand shuffle which can be used to stack the deck.