Straight Talk Magic reviews

UP is a gimmick that allows you to place any selected card on top of the deck and have it levitate on command about an inch off the deck under your spectator’s finger.  For reasons described below, this trick gets a poor rating. With your $29.95 purchase, you get the pre-made gimmick on a Bicycle… Continue Reading UP by Steve Marchello

Cartamundi has hit it out of the park with the Warrior decks roaring with black and white backs.  The Midnight Edition are black backed cards and the Full Moon Edition are white backed.  The graphics are set in inverse colors, but they are identical. Let’s start with the Midnight Edition:  You get your standard 52… Continue Reading Warrior Playing Cards by RJ (Midnight Edition and Full Moon Edition)

The Vanille playing cards have a colorful art deco feel to them with squiggly lines in a turquoise.   green, black and white.  Printed by the USPCC company, you get the standard 52 cards with two jokers a double facer (with different faces) and an ad card with the url paperclubs.com. The tuckbox is a cardboard… Continue Reading Vanille Playing Cards by Paul Robaia

The Incantation Midnight Edition deck of playing cards is the sister deck to the Incantation Ritual Edition. Printed by Cartamundi in Belgium, it comes with your standard 52 playing cards plus an extra Ace of Spaces, a blank-faced card and two cool Jokers. One joker depicts a tuxedo donned magician (it invokes a classic Thurston… Continue Reading Incantation Midnight Edition Playing Cards

Mortalis Playing Cards are marked cards with a sophisticated (as in Snazzy) black-tie looking design.  The marking system is something that I have never seen before and it is impossible to detect, except for the few people that will buy this limited edition deck. First, the back design has a thin white border and is… Continue Reading Mortalis Playing Cards by Area 52

The Sphere playing cards make a beautiful deck.  The cards are the white canvas colored with multicolored circular designs.  Manufactured by the USPCC, designed by Vivek Singhi and produced and distributed by Magic Encarta, they come with your standard 52 cards and two identical Jokers and two gaffed two of clubs. The card back design… Continue Reading Sphere Playing Cards by Magic Encarta

The Incantation Ritual Limited Edition deck of playing cards is something special.  This deck just has that something super cool and magnetic about it.   Printed by Cartamundi in Belgium, it comes with your standard 52 playing cards plus an extra Ace of Spaces, a blank-faced card and two cool Jokers.  One joker depicts a tuxedo… Continue Reading Incantation Ritual Limited Edition Playing Cards

The Snowstorm in China effect is a classic.  I have seen it performed live and done well it is quite captivating.  I have never performed his trick routine, but have always enjoyed watching it.  The trick in a nutshell is as follows:  The performer rips up a piece of paper or napkin, maybe throws some… Continue Reading Snowstorm Deluxe by Raul Brauer

A Letter to Santa is a niche product designed for a child audience for Christmas season performances.  It is a comedy piece that, in the right hands, can generate laughs and pandemonium for your young audience. So here is the routine: The performer explains that the child spectator will send Santa a letter with a… Continue Reading A Letter to Santa by George Iglesias and Twister Magic

This is a great app for your smart phone and the reactions are totally killer.  You (the performer) take out two decks of cards and place them on a table.  The spectator takes one deck and you take the other.  The spectator can shuffle their deck and they can choose any card they want while… Continue Reading ACAAT (Any Card At Any Time) by Sebastien Macak and Philippe Molina