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Karate Key by Craig Petty & Seth Race


Push your SPECTATOR'S OWN FINGER through the tiny hole in this key! See for yourself, this gets the best reactions for a key trick we've seen yet.
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"Revolutionary! This is the coolest Every day carry I have ever seen." - Alex Jesson (Matricks Illusion)

"Craig's new Karate Key is a great piece to integrate with your existing key-magic routines, and serves as a fun visual finale to a longer routine, or a punchy standalone slice of memorable visual weirdness with a super-organic EDC prop. Plus: Craig's addition of a handling that ends with a reveal of the key on their finger is a solid update that is sure to get great reactions." - Phill Smith

"Cobra Craig! He’s done it again ! With more key magic than Yale & Chubb! It’s organic and the perfect EDC! I can’t wait to start performing it. Very, very good!" - Steve Gore

"Craig’s taken a killer visual and built it into a key — which is perfect, because this trick unlocks some serious reactions. It’s everyday carry, everyday awesome" - Jamie Williams

"With coins becoming less common it’s great to be able to bust out this classic with an every day object. I’ll be adding this to my keymaster set for sure" - Roddy McGhie

"The key is on their finger!! I have never seen anything like that before. Absolutely brilliant thinking." - John Morton

"OK let’s be real. It’s not gonna matter what I say or anybody giving a quote says. Why? Because key master series is bigger than Craig and Penguin. It’s sitting in the kings chair of key magic. With this being an addition to that lineup I already know it’s going to be huge. And it should be Karate Key is spectacular" - Chris James

Your finger melts through the face of a key as though it were a ghost passing through a wall. Then the key is immediately restored and can be handed out for examination. Inspired by David Roth and building on the Keymaster line, this incredibly visual piece of magic will live in your pocket and make your reputation. Presenting: Karate Key by Craig Petty and Seth Race.

Here’s what happens:

1. You display a solid brass key that can be examined by your audience members.

2. You touch your finger to the face of the key, which immediately melts through in a trippy visual.

3. You pull your finger out of the key, which immediately restores itself and then can be handed out for examination.

Karate Key is an incredible effect that uses pure sleight of hand to create a memory that lasts a lifetime. Karate Key is a new expansion into the Key Master line of effects from Craig Petty, allowing you to perform it as a one-off effect or add to existing routines you already love to perform. With a full tutorial by Craig Petty, you’ll learn multiple routines that are both visual and easy to perform. Comes with the cut key gimmick and an examinable cut key. You’re going to love performing this classic effect updated to work with ordinary house keys.

It has been brought to our attention that Jay Sankey had released a Karate Key effect titled "Tight Spot." The Karate plot has been used with coins, cookies, finger rings, crackers, matchbooks, and much more. We consider Craig Petty's effect an advancement of the Karate object due to his handling. But we want to acknowledge Jay and his creation.

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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on November 4th, 2025
Am a big fan of the 'Keymaster' range and this latest addition unlocks new possibilities. The props match other Keymaster effects, so you can easily switch from one bi of Keymaster magic to another. Having struggled with some karate coins, due to having fairly fat fingers, I was very pleasantly surprised by the size of the hole, which my finger slips into easier than in any other 'karate' device I've tried. Then there is the tutorial - it's Craig Petty, so that means you're going to get a very comprehensive tutorial - a general intro, a useful sleights section, and a pile of routines This is suitable for magicians of all ability levels and is extremely good value.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on November 2nd, 2025
I love karate coin, and coins are falling out of fashion. So when I saw this, I thought “cool, people still carry keys, this is a perfect medium for the plot”. (In fact, because of this Ive built myself quite a little collection of key magic). At the same time that I saw Karate Key, Keymaster happened to be on openbox. So I grabbed it at a discount thinking I would have the option of combining the effects. After all, its the same type of key in both, should be fine.

Now Keymaster comes with uncut key blanks, and one of the selling points is that you could cut the keys to be whatever you want, even your actual house key. But its not necessary, leaving them uncut still works as long as they all match. When the 2 key effects arrived, I opened Karate Key to find the keys come pre cut. So now if I want to add Karate Key to the Keymaster routine, I will have to get the Keymaster set cut the same as the Karate Key props. Its not a huge deal, just a minor inconvenience, but enough to lose 1 star.
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