Dan and Dave

Daniel and David Buck (known by their stage name Dan and Dave) are American sleight of hand practitioners known for their contributions to the art of cardistry.

Background Growing up in Sonora, California, Daniel and David Buck wanted to become illusionists at the age of 12 after watching David Copperfield perform on television. After watching one of David Blaine's popular street magic specials, the twins switched to doing close-up magic and eventually just card magic. This interest grew when the brothers met magician Ricky Smith at a convention who lent them VHS tapes on card tricks by Lee Asher and Aaron Fisher. After learning the five faces of Chris Kenner's famous Sybil cut, Dan and Dave became fascinated with card flourishing and spent the next years practicing nothing but flourishes.

Early work Dan and Dave became mesmerized by a VHS instructional tape made by American magician Brian Tudor known as Show Off. The three-volume tape introduced new card flourishes such as the "Revolution Cut", a variation of the common "Charlier Cut". Inspired, the twins released their own Show Off-like tape in 2001. Dubbed Pasteboard Animations, it was filmed as a low-fi home video with a tripod-held camcorder, edited on a dual VHS tape deck.

DVD releases By 2004, Dan and Dave had created and mastered over 18 of their own flourishes. This was released as an instructional DVD called The Dan and Dave System (commonly referred to as simply the System) which was met with critical acclaim and commercial success. Dave had previously performed hand doubles for Jeremy Piven in the 2006 movie Smokin' Aces.

Dan and Dave also performed the "Super Moves" card tricks on LazyTown Extra.

In 2013 they founded Art of Play as a subsidiary of their lifestyle brand Dan and Dave Industries, Inc. Art of Play features a carefully curated collection of designer playing cards, some of which were created by Dan and Dave under their own Art of Play label. In addition it features unique puzzles and amusements sourced from around the world. The Art of Play brand has developed into one of the world's leading sources for designer playing card, puzzles and magical home goods.