Straight Talk Magic reviews

Arrow is an entertaining and amusing gimmick that allows you to, in a very fun and lighthearted way, reveal a selected card with moving ink in the form of an arrow drawn on the back of a playing card. What you get for $35 is a twenty minute instructional DVD and a pre-made moving ink… Continue Reading Arrow by SansMinds Magic

When you buy Stick To It for $29.95 you get an 11 minute instructional DVD, a premade gimmick and a couple of tuck box sticker used during performance. So what’s this all about? A spectator picks a card and it is marked on the card back with a tuck seal sticker that comes with every… Continue Reading Stick To It by Shahrul Nizar and SansMinds Magic

Digits of Deception is an Alan Rorrison and Big Blind Media collaboration that delivers a DVD case full of 8 different and varied tricks. The DVD is shot according to BBM’s top-notch production and editing standards. The first trick presented is Rory’s Rise. It is a gimmicked trick that allows you to make a card… Continue Reading Digits of Deception by Alan Rorrison and Big Blind Media

With your $12 purchase you get a deck with 56 cards. The cards manufactured by the USPCC cannot get confused by your standard Bikes because of the unusual colors and the unique artwork. In addition to the 52 playing cards you also get a double backer, two Jokers and a blank faced card. The Sinis… Continue Reading Sinis (Turquoise or Rasberry) Playing Cards

This effect is a release of Bare, just in a smaller version. With Bare or Bare mini, you ask the spectator to pick a card. They hold a business card that the performer gives them and holds it in between their two hands. Then the performer pours some pepper, or dirt, or sugar or ashes… Continue Reading Bare Mini by the Other Brothers and Vanishing Inc.

With the Crimson Deck you can do several different effects which are pretty impressive and easy to do. The effect presented by Laura London is as follows: The spectator picks a card, returns it to the deck and its’ location is unknown. The performer guesses the card through a body language reading routine and then… Continue Reading The Crimson Deck by Laura London and the Other Brothers

    If you want to rock the house with old school mentalism techniques, this thumb writer is the perfect accessory. It is comfortable, small, hard to detect and writes great.           This is an accessory that needs no introduction. In fact, there is no routine instruction and the writer is… Continue Reading Vernet Band Writer (Pencil)

Man, when I found out that Big Blind Media was releasing Volume 4, I could hardly wait! I keep volumes 1-3 in my “select” library in my bedroom closet (as opposed to the vast majority of my DVD library which is stored in a larger closet downstairs. The first three volumes are great and this… Continue Reading Ultimate Self Working Card Tricks Volume 4 by Big Blind Media

This is the most practical and amazing magic square effect (and more) because of the super cool gimmick manufactured by Uday’s Magic World. When I was a kid I played with a sliding number square puzzle every once in a while, usually for no more than two or three minutes at a time. They seemed… Continue Reading Outnumbered by Danny Weiser and Matthew Wright and Marvelous-FX

I love the Wild Reserve playing cards designed by Bill Davis and manufactured by the United States Playing Card Company. These cards cost 15 bucks and can be found on tons of magic sites as well as at www.billdavismagic.com. These cards and the tuck box are cast in a light pink color and the design… Continue Reading Wild Reserve Playing Cards by Bill Davis Magic