Roberto Giobbi's Card College is the most extensive book about card magic. It comprises 5 volumes and is a groundbreaking course for magic with playing cards

Volume 1 begins with a lesson over the right way to keep the cards, divide and mix, volume 2-4 then progresses with many basic tricks and techniques. Every technology, each handle is rounded off with a routine at the end of the chapter in which the techniques can be used.

In addition to the classics of card magic, Mr. Giobbi also contains original ideas and refinements from his own repertoire that, no matter how he is experiencing, guarantee fresh techniques and insights into the execution of professional card magic!

The Card College is in English. It is also available in German under the name "Card School".

Part 1:

• The Tools of Card Magic
• Fundamental techniques
• The Overhand Shuffle
• The Riffle Shuffle
• False cuts
• Transfer cuts
• Card Controls
• Card forces
• The Glide
• The Double Lift
• The Hindu Shuffle
• Flourish
• The Spread Cull
• The Top Change
• The key card
• Auxiliary Sleights

Volume 2:

• The Glimpse
• Card Reverses
• The Crimp
• Palming
• False cuts
• False Counts
• The Pass
• The Overhand Shuffle
• Flourish
• The Double Turnover
• Misdirection
• Psychology
• Routining
• Presentation

Volume 3:

• The Biddle Steal
• The K.M. Move
• Breaks, Steps & Injogs
• Advanced Palming
• Card Controls
• The Zarrow Shuffle
• Advanced Double Lifts
• Multiple Shifts
• The Pull-Rough Shuffle
• The Faro Shuffle
• Color Changes
• The Side Steal
• The Diagonal Palm Shift
• False Counts and Displays

Volume 4:

• Forcing techniques
• Card & Packet Reversals
• Advanced Passes
• Culling & stacking
• Half passes
• Tilt
• Sandwich Techniques
• More flourishes
• Lapping
• Card & Packet Switches
• Estimation
• Deck switches
• False deals
• Structural Theory

Volume 5 differs from the proven Card College formula. On the assumption that the reader now has more than enough tools in his hand, Roberto Giobbi delivers eight chapters full of tricks and routines that show how different techniques are used to create card magic from world -class. Most come from Roberto Giobbi's professional repertoire. You can find pearls like Fred Kaps presentation for "The Signed Card in Box", Henry Christ's fabulous ACE routine and a great treatment of a forgotten masterpiece by Charlie Miller.

Volume 5:

• Making Secret Setups
• False Shuffles
• Obting duplicate signatures
• Quick tricks
• Openers and Routines with the Aces
• Favorite effects
• Gambling demonstrations
• Mental mystery

All in all, volume 5 34 routines contain a professional level that have amazed the audience around the world.