Magic Tricks

I received this deck recently, and I love it.

I am happy with the result - One clue I really like something, I try to get two copies (in case they're a limited run, or one gets lost/damaged). I just ordered my second set.

The quality of cards is great, the design makes the deck look like a legitimate card game (which you could play if you didn't use the methods).

I find sometimes that, say, a gimmicked book for a book test (or a deck of cards for a supposed game) looks... odd. It doesn't come across as a legitimate book (or deck of cards) you'd find at a store. This, like several other decks I have been lucky enough to get recently, looks like a real professional set you could find at a toy/gaming store.

I would say that once certain aspects are learned, I believe that if you, for whatever reasons, didn't perform this for a certain amount of time, and wanted to pick this up again, I would think that you'd be able to remember the basic method without having to go back to the video, so it's fairly easy - not a lot of difficult memory work involved, so you can focus on presentation.

The game is named differently from the "trick" name - some creators have made that mistake (creating a trick with the same name of the deck) so that those few audience members who are "method sifters" can find information on it easily with an internet search. I think that his would make that more difficult; a nice touch.

It comes with a nice box for storage (just don't use it when you're actually performing) so it could make your cards stay a little nicer when traveling; and there's an important card box for the cards themselves (don't discard this; it will help with certain aspects.

There are some brilliant ideas in the video, the quality of the online video is pretty good, (fairly easy to hear and understand, and he has a nice pace for people to keep up.

There are a lot of things you can do with this deck. Even having someone pick a card at random, then you could have two other people involved right away (especially if you... keep the cards... in a certain condition) which seems utterly baffling. The cards can be looked at, and other than the names being all different (even on the back design), the audience probably would be grasping at straws to come up with an exact method, for those concerned about that.

Yes, the cards ARE all different. Like I said, front AND back. I'm sure that you could let them stare at the cards for a long time, and they'd never figure it out (though I would never let them examine everything too closely in ANY effect).

The deck has both modern and old celebrities (like Charlie Chaplin, Elvis, Paul Rudd and Emily Blunt), both living and deceased, and the deck isn't all actors/actresses, so it will probably entertain most audiences of any age who keeps up with film, music, or sports.

This might not be for everybody (not every trick IS developed for everyone), but I'm sure most of you who like mentalism or mental magic (and celeb culture), will love using this deck.