XCM is the abbreviation for Xtreme Card Manipultion. Technically XCM is the flourish of cards for no magical intent, just for fun or as an art. It is also known as cardisty and flourishing among other names. It was first labeled xcm by De'vo vom Schattenreich. This German underground coin, ring, and card manipulator is a big name in the cardistry world. Along with Jerry Cestkowski, he created the Handlordz store and forums and the Superhandz "blog." Other big sites in the cardistry world include Decknique, which is a fairly young but very noticable member video site. Just over a year old, Decknique has some of the world's best manipulators. A huge number of manipulators are viewable on various other online user submitted video sites, such as YouTube. Cardistry is spreading rapidly and becoming a slightly more common, but still isolated art. Many magicians, gamblers, and other card artists are adapting the true form of "XCM."