Quick note on the series:
ETMCM is a series of 9 DVDs released by Michael Ammar between 1994 and 2004. It covers 99 (I counted them Laughing ) classical effects with playing cards, a wide range of creators. It targets beginners, but the tricks and their effect are by no means basic, and you can see that a great deal of thought and collective experience has gone into streamlining them. Simplicity is often the hardest thing to achieve, isn’t it? Smile

The Man:

The man needs no introduction, world famous, award winning magician and in my opinion one of the best teacher out there. An article about him on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ammar
He is one of my favourite magicians.