Ray Kosby is best known among advanced card handlers for his Raise Rise routine and his many applications for Fred Robinson’s Ambitious Riser which many have coined as the Raise Rise move. On this video Ray performs and teaches his visual Raise Rise routine plus three excellent routines using the Ambitious Riser. Direct card magic at its best.

Routines performed and explained:
►Deep Thought: A spectator thinks of a card seen in the deck. The deck is shuffled and fanned. A single card is pulled out of the fan, so it sticks out of the deck. The spectator names her card as the deck is turned over to show the card sticking out of it is the thought-of selection.

►Raise Rise: One of the routines Ray is best known for is this visual ambitious card sequence where a signed selection is placed near the bottom of the deck, so it sticks out half its length. Suddenly it visually jumps to the middle, near the top, it becomes the top card and finally ends up on the bottom of the deck -- you will not believe your eyes.

►Venus Fly Trap: Two queens are placed together face up in the deck, so they are sticking out for half their length. A card is selected and placed face down protruding from the deck. In an instant the two queens seem to jump through the deck and encircle the selection.

►Half Right: A quick and visual torn-and-restored card routine where a card is torn in half and then restored as the spectator pulls it out of the deck.

A Meir Yedid Magic Product. Hosted by Richard Kaufman. Original release date: 2018 (Footage from Ray Kosby’s Impossible Card Magic). Running time: Approximately 25 minutes.