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Steve Cook – Volition – review
Volition is the latest release from the clever mind of Steve Cook. Steve has a knack of knocking out simple but fooling mental effects – let’s take a look at this one and see how it turns out. The...
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Outlaw Effects Hideout Wallet V2 – review
I was fortunate to own an original Hideout Wallet around 10 years ago, so I was intrigued to see how it had fared under the Alakazam touch. Here are some highlights of my findings in this Hideout...
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Latest Decks Roundup
It’s been a while since we’ve done a round up of the latest decks of Bicycle Cards – though we do have plans for a couple more in-depth deck reviews with lots of lovely photos next month! For now,...
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Matt Johnson – The Journey – Review
The Journey is the second ACAAN release from Matt Johnson – but it’s the first I’ve seen to review. It turns out that doesn’t matter since the original is one of five versions of this plot that is...
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Jimmy Strange – Parallax – review
When new five pounds notes arrived in the UK, I remember thinking “How long will it be until magicians start releasing new effects which take advantage of their features?” To the best of my knowledge...
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Magicians Anonymous Playing Cards – deck review
We haven’t done a deck review for a while – so it was nice to spend some time with these Magicians Anonymous Playing Cards. Let’s start with the tuck case. This has a decent quality feel (is it me, or...
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Murphys Magic Signature NOC Playing Cards – deck review
To my shame, the Murphys Magic Signature NOC Playing Cards are the first deck of the iconic NOCS I have actually handled (and the range is really quite large now). If you haven’t seen any NOCS (where...
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Juan Luis Rubiales – Olé– review (part 1)
Ole is another beautiful release in the Essential Magic Collection series featuring the unique magic of Spanish magician Juan Luis Rubiales. Like many of these releases it is a 4-DVD set, and is so...
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Juan Luis Rubiales – Olé– review (part 2)
This is the second part of our review of Ole by Juan Luis Rubiales (you can read part 1 here). Disc 3 – Close Up Miracles This third DVD explores two areas of close up magic. Some lovely coin magic...
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Mariano Goni – Coffee Cup – review
Coffee Cup brings together several things I love – magic with cups and balls and beautiful and elegant magic. If you know anything of the breadth of this wonderful art of ours, then you will be...
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Sans Minds – Devour – review
Devour is Sans Minds’ take on a plot that has been around for a while. In brief – spectator selects a card which is signed and returned to deck which is then returned to the card box. Performer then...
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Steve Rowe – Appear-8 – Review
Appear-8 was quite a success at the recent Blackpool Magician’s Conference – so we were pleased to put it through its paces in review. We’ve been impressed with Steve’s ideas in the past (e.g. the...
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Joshua Janousky – Invisibill – Review
Invisibill exemplifies one of those things I’ve noticed in commercially available magic over the years. Things go in trends. So some years ago – I don’t remember how many – there was a fantastic and...
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Ryan Schlutz – Mr Lifto – review
Mr Lifto is a pleasingly visual effect which is simple to describe. The spectator chooses a card which is lost in the deck. The magician then removes a bunch of cards from the deck which proceed to...
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Josh Janousky – Whiplash – review
Whiplash is the second release by Josh Janousky that we have looked at in quick succession (read our Invisibill review here) and is, in essence, a cleverly gimmicked card which enables some very nice...
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Liam Montier – Spell-O-Matic – review
We’re a bit late to the party with Spell-O-Matic which was released about 6 months ago. But now we’ve finally had a look at this excellent release, we thought you’d like to know what we thought of it....
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Latest Cards roundup – keeping you up to date
It is very hard to keep up with all the latest cards but here are a few new Bicycle cards which have come in recently that we’ve not had time to mention. As a magicians first and card lover second,...
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Sherlock’oin – Thomas Riboulet & Anthony Stan – review
A card trick, also using a signed coin, that’s easy to do? Sherlock’oin sounds like it ticks lots of boxes – but how did it fare under our review? The effect is easily described. A card is chosen and...
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Banachek and Philip Ryan – Fall – review
We’ve only just been able to get our hands on this excellent release from last year – but it has been worth the wait! Read on for our full review of Fall by Philip Ryan. The effect The basic effect is...
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Jaehoon Lim – Navy Effects – Volume 2 – review
If I’m completely honest, and I do try to be in these reviews, I wasn’t particularly looking forward to writing this Navy Effects Volume 2 review. In the end, this card magic DVD was better than I was...
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