Cardistry Bootcamp - Basics / Faro Shuffle Tutorial 

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Mastering Calculus and Chemistry is easier then doing the Faro shuffle.

Step 1: Draw a circle. Step 2: Draw the rest of the fucking owl. I can’t do this shit, no matter how easy you make it look!

The irony of the faro shuffle is that you either find it very easy to do or you find it impossible. There's no in between. I'm in the latter category.

learning this is like smashing two blocks of wood together expecting them to magically splinter perfectly together 😂

Why is it that EVERY faro tutorial on RU-vid is someone basically doing a perfect faro, and the person saying basically "Now just do like I did" - I'm gonna put up a tutorial on how to play the guitar solo to Stairway to Heaven in which I just play it and tell people to do exactly what I just did.

i am just absolutely,convinced the farro shuffle isnt a real thing

So for those wondering why they can't do it, one of the biggest factors might be the deck itself. I have a cheap deck that I use for practice, the deck is thicker than what I'm accustomed to and lo and behold, the faro is the only trick I can't pull off, but the moment I switch to a better deck the faro becomes so simple to do it feels like I second nature. Other than that, idk, you might be putting too much pressure on the cards

"naturally weave one by one" my weave: 1card, 10 cards, 2 cards,3 cards etc. :')

honesty the best tip is: get a new smooth deck of cards

2:28 Naturally weave one by one. my cards just jam together

OMG GUYS YOU WONT BELIVE ME! I was trying after watching the video, and I got a little mad because it didn’t Work. But then, I pressed the two parts together in anger, and it worked!!

Thanks! I've been trying for a few hours and a few tutorials. The last part about very slightly moving back and forth was the last bit i needed to make this work for me. Now to keep practicing for speed and consistency.

Life hack: spit the deck in half and stack one card after another.

It’s amazing that some people can do this one handed

OMG! Thank you, thank you. I have been trying to do this Faro shuffle for 3 weeks now, and I have been following other RU-vid tutorials that didn't work. I have been a subscriber of yours during that time but somehow missed this particular video of yours till today. Watching this video just once, I managed to accomplish my very first Faro shuffle and it looked exactly like yours! While watching the rest of this tutorial video, I managed to do 3 more perfect Faro shuffles! Your instruction here was pure gold. The number one mistake I had been making all this time, is not leaving enough space open on the right hand side like a 15 degree opening. That made all the difference and what allowed me to accomplish the most difficult card shuffle I have tried to date. Thank you again for this masterclass in the Faro shuffle. (By the way, I finally managed to score the elusive blue Ventus cards you use here in this video and your other tutorials. I have been trying to find these for a while now and was lucky to discover an eBay seller who was offering them. Like your Contra Edition Venuts' they are incredible and handle like a dream).

Best tutorial for the faro shuffle i found on youtube, first time doing it consistently right

completely your first faro shuffle is so pure it can't be described with words thank you so much

"the cards should naturally weave together" uhh... yeah... k, dude.

My faro was really clunky before you mentioned the tip about sliding the cards. I think that was the best tip! Thanks!

I got it! Thanks / I struggled with the waving the two packs together but the slow-mo helped a lot I saw u only really use the two tip corners to rub

I've watched several tutorials and I thought I'd never be able to do this, but with you I get it first try. Amazing how they just snap together - like it wasn't me who made it happen. I still get surprised when it happens.

Thank you so much I've been watching slider hand and Cardistry videos For some time can you give the most clear precise detailed Break Downs I've ever heard.

This is amazing! It helped me a lot! I can actually do it now

This video made me do my first accurate faro shuffle, I realized that I didn't perform the 2 principles, the hand position and the rubbing. Thanks for teaching me the principles!

thank you dude, I wanted to do this and following your instructions it worked first try. I still cant belive it, its like you just made me auto trick myself

I actually learned the faro with this turtorial thank you

The best tutorial I’ve seen. Great job. I’m already Farrowing all over the place. Thanks

Very nicely explained and demonstrated, thank you!

OMG thank you this is the first tutorial that worked for me

Alright guys, I think I got it! So basically, you level the twodecks, keepit very tight, push the corners together, push up a LITTLE and keep quickly sliding them left and right. in about 8 seconds, they will find the angle to shuffle into each other

I love that deck you have. That’s such an awesome design.

thanks heaps! this tutorial helped me a lot and learnt this in only an hour :)

So it took me about an hour before I managed to pull this off (almost perfectly). It's NOT impossible! I also did it with a reasonably old deck. You don't need a new deck! The motion is very difficult to explain though. It's almost like you're fanning them together with your right and left hand rotating back and forth in opposite directions.

legit i thought my deck was broken lmao, then this guy said for tips just rub em together and it all came together, my mind was blown

Thank you so much 🥰💓💓🥰 Now I can do faro shuffle😁

After like 2 hours I got the hang of it, thanks!

Omg, I know nothing about cards and I did this the first time. It doesn’t look smooth and professional like yours but it works! My deck is stiff and slippery so I bet that helped

Great tutorial and tips on such a useful card shuffle!

This helped so much, I actually can do it consistently now

So satisfying. ☺

Thanks I got it in a hour and a half it's not perfect and I can't do it really fast but it looks cool

You just need to practice. I learned Faro in about 2 weeks of practicing. Here's a key point: when you press the two halves together, the cards should interleave automatically just from applying the right pressure. You are not doing it "so well that you are able to interleave every card" by yourself. The cards just do it. The interleaving of cards is done due to the way the cards are cut. The edges have bevels/curves so they "slide/fall into place" automatically. Just pressing the two deck halves together they will interleave by themselves. You just have to get the pressure right and the angle. There is no way to explain this, it is muscle memory and fine muscle control that just comes after practice. But once you learn it, you cannot forget it. You will always just do it. Like riding a bike. You cant forget how & suddenly not be able to ride. Do not get discouraged at first. The first few days it will be a total mess, but if you keep at it, you'll wake up the next day and suddenly, as if by magic, you're sort of able to do it. Keep practicing, and one day you will try it and magically it just works. It's very interesting. You cannot describe exactly how, it is muscle memory/fine control you cannot explain. Same thing with Riffle Shuffle. I had no fine control and my hands were aching and had small blister spot at first. After a few days and my hands aching bad, I wake up and my hands feel normal. And I try it and magically I'm able to do it significantly better. After a few more of these, suddenly I was able to do it. You have to keep practicing and you will fine tune the shuffle. But the basic/core ability comes on quickly after about a week or so. Wash your hands with soap and dry them fully before you practice, and do not get the deck dirty or wet, and a single deck will last you indefinitely. I have a basic Bike deck thats a year old and clean, handles perfectly. These basic cards are very high quality actually, we dont realize how good they are. They are simply cards so we take it for granted. But USPCC has been making cards since the 1800s and they handle so damn well. No comparison to junk playing cards from a dollar store which don't Faro and are garbage. (I am not talking about ex-casino used cards which are totally legit. But those are made differently and may not handle well for cardistry). A broken in deck of Bikes is very satisfying to hold and shuffle. And they do not break down as long as you are clean and dry while handling!

Really nice method. Riffle shuffle hurts my thumb so this is great alternative.

Nice now i just need a card of deck easy easy

I know I’m kinda late but tonight I finally mastered the faro shuffle as my second day. Thanks for your awesome tutorial

Fuxkk Brooo I Learnt it by practicing Bro what satisfaction comes when you do it Just loved 😍

I was finding it impossible. Trying to merge my left stack on top of the right. Randomly decided to put my right hand on top instead and instantly I could at least get 90% of the deck to merge together. Still having a hard time getting them all together and I keep bending edges of cards :( but switching the top hand helped so much.

Did it one try nice teaching

This is a very, very good tutorial

when the card was dropped I saw it was very satisfying

Nice, I painfully managed to do it with an old deck

Sorry, I think that there are just some people who will never get it, and I'm one of them. Been trying for years. ETA: Um, I finally got it! Took me 6 days of frustration, but I got it!

I finally got it. Took a few days.

If you can’t do it try using a new deck it help me a lot. But if you are using a new deck of cards just try a little bit more. The cards just falls right on each other once you get to the middle part of the weave.

What the deck

Thank you for teaching

This is so hard when your hand is small

Struggling to get the weave down lol, I'll keep tying and experimenting though xD any tips for beginners?

I still cant do it

Awesome video!

So satisfying

I just did it a few times! Not very well but still!

"Ahahahahahaahahaha YES!!!!! Shuffle well, FARO!!!"

bro just did this shit first try and this is the first ever trick i have learned with a deck of cards

thanks for teaching helps alote

Nice cards!

Best tutorial ever I had learned it in only in 7 minutes

I got like half the pack to do it lol the others... Didn't want to work with me lol but that's good enough for my 5th time trying

hardest parts of the trick: 10% faro 90% weaving

I think this is the best way to teach faro, i mastered it in 3 hour straight (not kidding) well done bro

Can't believe! This is the first cardistry shuffle I'm able to perform with a sh*tty Copag 139 deck! I'm elated XD

My deck is always card against card and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

the hardest part where ''cards should Naturally weave one by one'' is the lest explained in the video. should have take more time on

this did help at all all it was doing was pushing my cards together. so please if you see this please can you help me with this

I'm still unable to do this, the cards don't open up to then go into eachother. I guess it's like learning to do cartwheels, once you know the correct angle and propulsion needed, you will always be able to do a cartwheel and get it right every time.

I would really like to know what brand of cards you are using. Maybe that would help me.

thx man

From experience, its the release of pressure between the two packets that makes the shuffle work.....

THANKS THAT WAS EASYYY

Thnx for the tips man really helps a lot

Super amazing

Never tried it would need very good cards for it

Bro, How do you put the cards inside of each other???

Just put two packs face to face then apple force either upwards or downwards (depends on your cards) and move two packs in opposite directions making a V shape between the cards like in the video and Voila!

Listen to me please I have 8 different deck of cards from various type. Bicycle, Uno, game cards, the highest price is red Bicycle around 48 bucks. But why I can't even do faro at all? Is it the problem with cards? Cuz my cards seems do not want to separate at all. I HAVE BEEN PRACTISING THIS SINCE THE START OF LOCKDOWN.

alternate title for video: *how to play 52 pickup*

Weaving together works very well. Good tutorial. But the spring is not going smoothly. The cards are rather together gliding away.

Like the advice

Day 60 of quarantine: learning card tricks

im having trouble riffling it to the other hand at the end. The hand I'm doing the bridge in keeps catching all the cards instead of letting them move over

Learned it within half an hour, quite tricky but you have to follow this tutorial EXACTLY.

I find the Faro shuffle to be very natural and easy, much easier than a tabled riffle shuffle.

Ok, after a couple of hours of practice, I actually can do it fairly easily. What I still don't know is how it works, tough. Feels like I'm not doing anything differently than when I started... cards are weird, man.

thank you

That helped a lot. Thanks!

Get a smooth deck of cards. It made it easier for me to pull off the shuffle

Not gonna lie, I just got it FIRST TRY sitting at my desk while exporting a video for work, and it's 5;30 in the afternoon. I was watching this video while eating breakfast earlier this morning, wondering "I wonder how you faro shuffle?" I have ZERO cardistry experience and I nailed it first try. I gotta pursue this!!

FINALLY

Use a top-quality deck? But how do you divide the deck into exactly 26 cards each?