International Cardistry Association
The first arts nonprofit dedicated to cardistry.
Free and open to all.
The Art
The performance art of card flourishing.
Cardistry is the art of moving a deck of cards beautifully. Cuts, fans, spins, and displays, performed for their own sake. It grew up next to magic, but nothing is hidden: the skill is the show. What started as a small online community twenty years ago is now practiced by thousands of people in dozens of countries, with its own conventions, regional styles, and a history worth keeping.
The Archive
7,237 videos. 1926 to today.
The most complete record of cardistry in existence.
Drag across a century of cardistry. Tap to watch.
The Workspace
The practice room.
Slow any clip down, mirror it, and step through it frame by frame. Tag the moves as you go, jump between them, and set two performances side by side to see exactly where they differ.
The Community
Where cardists spend time together.
- Jam with anyone, in any language, including cardists in China. Captions translate as you talk.
- Watch together. Pull a friend into a jam and watch the same video in sync.
- Battle live. Go head to head in a jam while everyone watching votes.
- Keep what moves you. Save your favorite moments in cardistry history to your profile.
- Follow your favorite cardists. See what they post and save.
- Show up in person. Find your local Cardistry Club and see what’s happening near you.
The Fellowship
cardistry.org is free and always will be.
Fellows are the practitioners who choose to sustain the ICA.