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Bicycle cards in the supermarket (USA)
In my final allusion to my travels in the USA, I thought I would show you the Bicycle cards I discovered in ordinary supermarkets. As you will see, there are some that have made their way over here,...
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Bicycle-Cards.co.uk announces new partnership with MagicShop.co.uk
Over the past few weeks and months you may have seen a few changes taking place on the bicycle-cards.co.uk site. And today we go live with not only a new look, but also an exciting new partnership....
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Peter Turner – The Experience – Review
The Experience is the third review in our LADS 2015 series – this time highlighting the powerful mentalism of Peter Turner. It is difficult to write a review of this lecture in the conventional way...
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Want to win some free stuff? £50 voucher giveaway
As we mentioned elsewhere we are planning on having a new giveaway every two months. And our first launches today! We’re giving away £50 of vouchers to spend at the Merchant of Magic shop. 1st prize...
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Steve Cook – Symbol – Review
Symbol is a nice and direct mind-reading/influence/psychological (or however you choose to dress it up) effect from the ever creative Steve Cook. In essence you demonstrate that you have predicted the...
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JP Playing Cards – Luxx Eliptica – review
I have been something of a fan (no pun intended) of the Luxx playing cards since JP Playing Cards produced their original deck back in 2014. Since then we’ve enjoyed the version 2 deck and especially...
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John Bannon – Move Zero – review
It’s Bannon, it’s self-working, you’re going to love it. But I guess you’re probably going to want a little more than that in this review of Move Zero. Bannon is a great magician and a clear teacher....
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Trick of the Month – July 2016 – sports, butterflies and applesauce!
In honour of the summer of sports (well, at least the Euro 2016 and Wimbledon) I thought we’d start by re-visiting an older trick, but still a nice close up routine. Dean Dill’s Sports is a neat little...
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The Other Brothers – Hands Down – Review
The Other Brothers – 2 magicians both called Daryl (though with slightly different spellings) have released their own take on the famous ‘which hand’ effect – called Hands Down. It promises to ‘leave a...
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Cameron Francis – Over the Top – review
Over the Top is the latest release from that talented magic creator Cameron Francis. It is a great effect where the spectator is the star. After a deck is shuffled and cut several times, the spectator...
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John Bannon – Move Zero Volume 2 – review
We really enjoyed Move Zero Volume 1 so it’s great news that Volume 2 is out so soon. Like Move Zero Volume 1, the DVD features strong and essentially self-working magic and is full of wisdom from the...
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Jeff Copeland – The Traveler – review
It is hard to know where to begin this Traveler review – except to say that as an Englishman I squirm every time I don’t type Traveller! The Traveler is a beautiful artisan coin wallet, which not only...
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New to card magic? Our beginners guide…
We love all kinds of magic here at Bicycle-Cards.co.uk, but this site started off life focusing on card magic. We review many of the latest card magic effects – but if you’re new to card magic, or just...
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Peter Nardi – the Butterfly Effect – review
The Butterfly Effect is a slightly difficult effect to explain, but I’ll have a go. A deck is shuffled and then the spectator deals through the deck making various choices on the way. In spite of an...
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Steve Dimmer – Screen Test Pocket Edition – review
The original Screen Test was one of the stand out releases of 2015 (as you can see in our glowing review here). As its name suggests, the Pocket Edition is a re-release of the effect but in a smaller...
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Stephen Minch – Secrets of a Puerto Rican Gambler – review
Vanishing Magic have been putting out some stonking (note for non UK-readers that means excellent!) books in recent years, and Secrets of a Puerto Rican Gambler is no exception. Except that it is....
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Rasmus – X-Ray – Review
There have been many different variations on the ‘which hand’ effect – so what makes X-Ray different? That’s a harder question to answer than you might first think. So let’s take a look at what it’s...
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Jeff Prace – Vice – review
Jeff Prace is a young magician I had never heard of, but the premise of Vice is a wonderful visual bit of magic which I was keen to take a peek at. The effect is simple to describe – you visibly...
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New and notable playing cards
We’ve been doing so many magic trick reviews recently that we haven’t got to any round ups of latest Bicycle (and other) playing cards in the UK. Sorry! Here, we try to make up for it… (all prices...
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Anthony Stan – The One 2.0 – review
Card to impossible location seems to be an enduringly popular card magic plot. We noticed ‘The One 2.0’ advertised a while ago – at a point where we were overwhelmed by the spate of ‘card to...
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