Magic & Illusion
Reviews of Gaffed Cards: Hole 2.0 and the Weapons Deck
Here are reviews of two gaffed cards. Mickael Chatelain's Hole 2.0 offers a gimmicked card that can make it appear to pass through another card. Meanwhile, Eric Ross' Weapons deck is a collection of gaffed cards that you can add to your Bicycle cards. There's lots of fun effects to be worked up and performed.
Review of Diception by Chris Congreave
I am normally not a fan of card tricks that rely on dice rolls. That said, Diception, by Chris Congreave, has easiliy won me over. In this trick, which is like a mini "card at any number," the dice roll is completely free and the number doesn't have to be mathematically altered to fit a force. Furthermore, the prediction not only foresees the identity of a playing card at a location in the deck, but the roll of the dice as well. It's a powerful double prediction.
Review of Red Mint by Victor Sanz
In the past, I haven't been much of a fan of magic with a package of gum. But if I'm going to perform with gum, I'd like to have Red Mint by Victor Sanz. This gimmicked prop, which is made from a real pack of gum, offers three color-changing phases as you transform the flavor of the gum from peppermint to fruit. It's quite good.
Reviews of Magic Postcards: Screen Test and French Postcards
Anytime one can dress up a card trick with a theme can create a welcome experience. Two new effects, Screen Test by Steve Dimmer and French Postcards by Chris Philpott, present fun themes by employing post cards that look like the real thing. Screen Test is mentalism with a movie theme while French Postcards exploits a spectator's basic, animal instinct.
Transposition Reviews: Chapswitch and Domino
Transpositions are effects that connect with spectators. Instead of using coins or playing cards, two marketed effects allow you to do so with common objects. Chapswitch is a transposition between a tube of lip balm and a dollar bill. And Domino Effect causes two different sugar packets to change places. And this happens in the spectator's hands. Here are my reviews of tricks that transpose common objects.
Close-Up Reviews: Cup Cards and Card Under Glass
Here are reviews of two close-up effects. Cup Cards is an effect with playing cards that represent the famous cups and balls routine, complete with final loads. Doc Eason's Card Under Glass, on the other hand, gives you a thorough lesson on the legendary bar routine and how to entertain.
Two Card Transformations With Boxes: ReBox and Box Pad
Two gimmicked props allow you to make fast and visual changes with playing cards. They can both complement your card tricks. ReBox makes your cards immediately be found inside of a card box. Box Pad, on the other hand, converts a notepad into a deck of cards.
Ring Trick Reviews: The Vault and Ring Through Laces
Two marketed effects allow you to perform close-up magic with borrowed finger rings. ""Ring Through Laces" is a penetration of a ring through the knot of the laces on your shoe. "The Vault," on the other hand, allows you vanish a finger ring or coin and make it appear in an impossible place.
Reviews of Stand-Up Routines: Heist and Cody Fisher's Comedy Book Test
Looking for material for your stand up set? I've got two great products to consider: The Heist and Cody Fisher's Comedy Book Test. The Heist offers a theme where a robber tries to steal items from you, but being a magician, you foil the criminal. Meanwhile, Cody Fisher's Comedy Book Test offers a hilarious routine. It's not often that laughs are associated with a book test.
Reviews of Vaulting Wallets: Handomatic and Launch
Two new products let you vault cards from your wallet to different effect. Handomatic is designed to make it look as if a card has materialized from thin air and dropped into a spectator's hands. On the other hand, Launch, which works with your wallet, allows you to fire a credit card into your waiting hand.
Storyteller by Ravi Mayar
With no card tricks, on Storyteller, Ravi Mayar teaches seven close-up effects. All require gimmicks (which he teaches you how to make) and all are fast visual effects. Many of these could find a place as a supporting role in your close-up sets. For example, to magically produce a lighter or bill.
Reviews of Close-Up Tricks: Die-Namic and Fair and Square
Here are two marketed close-up effects that rely on brilliantly gimmicked props: "Die-Namic" allows you to cause a die to penetrate through the side of a glass. Meanwhile, "Fair and Square" is a transformation that turns a regular coin into a square one and you get to deliver a painful pun.